Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 15, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Al Al l r Imol divisions at impasse Over talks by Noelle Boughton a spokesman for the Manitoba teachers society says 1979 contract negotiations Are stalled in almost two thirds of their bargaining we Haven seen this level of impasse since the first year of the said Aubrey the so Cletys economic development Coor 1976 is noted As a record year for the number of stalled of the society 60 bargaining Asper said 26 have opted for Concilia Tion and 13 Are asking for Arbi he 13 units Are still negotiating and Only eight have reached if we could Settle two major issues Money and the Layoff clause wed probably have a whole rash of said he said Many negotiations Are stalled because teachers want a Lay off clause and school boards say that a management Asper said the Winnipeg teachers association is going to test the negotiability of layoffs by taking the matter to since that an Issue in divisions such As Jame Assiniboia and he said negotiations could probably be seeded up if a court judgment is rendered the Winnipeg teachers association Hast yet filed the matter with the though Asper said it Hopes to do so before the end of Asper said there Are several in stances there where the two sides Arent far but Treyve dug in and neither is ready to if we can break the deadlock in some divisions maybe people would be persuaded to other impasses hinge on Money and local said the eight settled Divi Sions have agreed to salary increases of to per the most recent settlement was reached by conciliation in Lynn he teachers there will receive an although two settlements in Winni Peg fort Garry and vital Are at per Asper does not see this As a he said these two divisions have the highest so other Divi Sions will be looking for something More in order to close the Gap be tween the state of negotiations in Winni Peg is d River seven and Assiniboine South Are still negotiate d Norwood and Transcona Springfield Are in d Boniface is at the arbitration Winnipeg free press March 1979 it Ity news 2nd class mail registration number 0286 it leaves you breathless facilities unfair to handicapped concourse Access spurs rights probe photo by Wayne Glowacki can she make it pop Barbara Centre and Elin right look on As Susan tries her hand at breaking a floating balloon with a potato Peeler at one of the Many activity Booths set up by students during the purim carnival at the Winnipeg hebrew school wednesday by Tom Goldstein Manitoba human rights commis Sion has launched a preliminary investigation to determine if limited wheelchair Access to the Portage and main concourse violates the human rights of the Harvey the commissions said wednesday the probe will determine if reason Able grounds exist to Lodge a formal complaint against the developers of the including the City of Winnipeg which paid 80 per cent of the projects construction the commission is acting on its own and has yet to receive an outside Moats weve been monitoring the Situa Tion since the concourse opened he such a complaint would be heard by an Independent Board of adjudication appointed by the attorney Gener als department if it could not be resolved he Moats said the preliminary probe will focus on whether the proposed two Corner elevator Access to the underground concourse violates the human rights of the wheelchair hand capped the about 20 including about a Hal dozen in demonstrated against the concourse last women Home closing its doors by Ron Campbell Hargrave a women Resi Dence at 62 Hargrave will close june 30 because its facilities duplicate those offered at Webb the Young women Christian association Myca residence at Colony and in announcing the the har grave House Board of directors said its women Between the Ages of 18 and will have first priority on available rooms at Webb when it opened in it was seen As an alternative to Webb which then offered Only room and Board Hargrave a five year Pilot project at that offered not Only rooms but shared cooking facilities for its up to 60 now Webb with a capacity of 140 also offers shared cooking facilities As Well As a Vari Ety of social and recreational opportunities not offered at Hargrave the june 30 closing Date was Cho sen because the directors Felt that the Many of them could most conveniently relocate at that rent for a single room at Webb place is now to go up to May for double Maccomo the rent is monthly per this compares with the Hargrave House single accommodation rental of for the first month and a month and double Ccu Pancy rental of for the first month and a month Webb place is now at almost 100 per cent said Owca executive director Marilyne Hargrave House would be Between 90 and 95 per cent she Hargrave houses proposed 1979 budget is its actual approved budget for 1978 was Keely said that since its inception it been financed by rental revenues and Manitoba housing and renewal corporation has picked up any Defi prior to the residence was operated by the Sisters of service of a roman Catholic they were going to close it because of Cost when Marc came in with a deficit financing lease agreement which expires March 31 this Keely that agreement had in fact been renegotiated to extend into she but the Board of directors decided to close the House now be cause of duplication of services offered by the on the Board of directors of the House Are members of the Sisters of the Owca which has a management contract with the Board and citizen and resident Mem the demonstrators made a few circuits of the intersections four violating a traffic Regula Tion which prohibits pedestrians from crossing Portage and main at Street pedestrians Are expected to use the underground concourse to Cross the plans for the concourse had provided for wheelchair Access from Only the Northeast and Southwest Corners of the at such Access is available Only from the Northeast Richardson building Cor while the second elevator is expected to be begin operating within the next few the two Corner Access was decided upon after discussions among the the architect Smith Carter partners and the Canadian paraplegic association the association had recommended wheelchair Access be provided at All four Cor the association does not plan to Lodge a complaint against the limited Access to the spokes Man John Lane said Lane said the association has been somewhat compromised because of its involvement in the design the Manitoba league for the physically plan to Lodge a formal complaint with the human rights Dave Jen chairman of the leagues Community Access and use committee league members participated in fridays Street crossing Demon certainly that sort of an approach appeals to Jenkins Moats said the commission would Lump All such complaints into one senior Crown attorney John Guy said his office has submit Ted a report to the attorney Gen reals department to determine if charges will be Laid against participants in fridays attorney general Gerry Mercier declined saying he had yet to read the police took Down the addresses and Telephone numbers of about a dozen including those in sort of hoping they Lay Jenkins police powerless fort Whyte dog packs killing Deer a costly search for food stray dogs Are killing Deer in fort by James Haggarty at least six Deer have been killed this year in the fort Whyte area of Winnipeg by roving and chief conservation officer Walter Redlick says More May be killed before Spring with authorities finding it difficult to do anything about Deer Are now at their most vulnerable having been weakened by the Long Winter and extreme he and stray dogs Are harassing the Herd of about 200 Deer that live in the Bush in the but its not necessarily the area residents pets that Are causing the said this time of when the dogs Are they run for he said he recently followed some dogs from an Alfalfa Plant in fort Whyte to Grant a distance of almost three George manager of the Alfalfa products Plant in fort said about four Deer have been killed inside the Plant area by dogs in the last four the Plant Yard int fenced and the Deer come in to feed on the Alfalfa pellets that Are Deer have been feeding from the spillage since 1956 when the Plant was but in the last few years the growth of the Herd and in creased number of Homes with pet dogs in the area have contributed to a higher number of he recently Stilwell arrived at the Plant and found a pack of dogs feeding on a carcass of a Deer that had apparently been pulled Down the night the police were called in and Al though the dogs were still feeding the police refused to do Stilwell Redlick said that although there is a bylaw authorizing the police to shoot the dogs harassing the police Are lacking the necessary High powered Deputy police chief Ray Wilson said his department was consider ing ways of dealing with the prob including stationing a Man in the area with a Rifle capable of killing at Long such As a the shotguns carried in squad cars Are most useful at close Wilson explaining an officer Likely be Able to get too close to a dog in the act of Harrasin a Wilson also said the department was Ever cautious about the possibility of shooting a bystander by mistake in the Bush he said the reason police Haven shot any dogs yet is because police officers Haven caught them in the under a City bylaw the dogs can Only be shot if they Are caught in the Redlick said another problem is the dogs which Are causing the problems Are running Loose without licences making it impossible to Contact the he in some mans Best Friend is As the Snow gets deeper Over the the Deer sometimes enter the residents Yards to eat horse feed left out for ponies and and the dogs attack and Chase the the encroaching developments in fort Whyte have removed Large areas of cover for the forcing them into the open and making them More vulnerable to Redlick local residents have been sup porting the conservation officers by phoning when they see stray dogs or by chasing the dogs but that like adding a Little bit of photo by Dave Bonner water to a great big he the problem is the stray the Deer Are in poor condition this Winter because of the extreme cold and Snow cover and Are easy prey for the said provincial biologist Ross at this time of year the Deer have to rely on the fat Supply in the Bone and As result they become terribly anaemic and Lack the problem has sprung up in the last month because of the warm weather which melts some Snow and forms a crust on the Snow this allows the dogs to run on it while the Deer break said the ;