Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Abuse of children in Centre alleged up photo Edmonton up childcare workers say children at a government run treatment Centre in Edmonton Are being confined to poorly ventilated rooms for up to four they say residents at an institution for disturbed and delinquent Are put into solitary confine ment for minor such As smuggling creating disturbances at the failure to do Home skipping running away or throwing temper the including former and present staff of say the rooms where the children Are con fined Are called thinking rooms or they Are about three metres by with White Walls and bars on the window and Only mat tresses on the at when there Are not enough staff to escort children to the Wash they Are Given empty milk nation Cartons to urinate some of the angry at being Uri Nate into the air theres very bad ventilation in the said Lynn who re signed from Westfield because she did not like the Way the institution is being its dead air and it Westfield director August Frauen while confirming the use of the thinking denied allegations that it is brutal he said their use is to protect violent other children at the institution and the children at Westfield Range from six to 16 years of age and All of them at least wards of the Gallimore said Westfield is run by an old school management that believes disturbed children should be she called on social services minister Bob Bogle to investigate the conditions at but Albertas former assistant director of child de fends the use of thinking he said some of the older children Are almost six feet tall and stronger than Many male staff when these children Are out of they Are a danger to other Chil Dren and and it is in the Best interest of All concerned to put them in thinking the a former president of the Alberta association of child care denied that children were kept in thinking rooms for up to four weeks but said in one a child was kept in for one he said that child ran away from Westfield repeatedly and got into serious trouble while he was external affairs minister Flora Macdonald and immigration minister Ron Atkey announce a new refugee program Winnipeg free 1979 13 pc wants refugees in Asia Ottawa up a progressive conservative my yesterday urged the government to consider ways of keep ing Southeast asian refugees in at the same time the Canadian con Ference of Catholic Bishops praised the government for instituting a new pro Gram that could result in Refu gees arriving in Canada by the end of Otto my for Halton in Ottar said in a Telegram to prime minister Joe Clark that notwithstanding the compassionate position of the govern ment to increase the number of indo chinese it should consider assisting other asian countries through foreign Aid programs for the expansion and improvement of temporary refugee Camps which could with further assistance Lead to a More realistic and comprehensive resettlement program of asian refugees within their own a copy the Telegram was distributed to the Tuxedo Park Large 8 4 Bungalow of exception Al design 4 full completely finished for further information Call Alda to 10 Only at Canon photo copies National cameras i h concourse store Portage a main 319 Donald beside Capitol theatre 639 Portage at Sherbrook have you y Ever seen a whales Jawbone you will when you visit the University of during july and August a guided tour leaves weekdays at 10 from the information Centre on University Crescent for for for Adams Abian whisky Oana Dieb 5 years old what better time than summer to Spruce up your Kitchen during our get your Kitchen together you can buy Kelvin Tor Home appliance pairs for one Low these offers Are for a limited time so hurry use your credit account its a perfect match both packed with Kelvin Tor convenience Kelvin actors no Frost 15 capacity refrigerator litres features an enclosed ice Energy saving Power miser a three temperature butter porcelain meat keeper with Crisp control and plenty of shelf space with five cantilever ask our sales people about Kelvin actors full factory warranty and Kelvin actors variable timed Range is available in either a self cleaning or an easy clean both models feature a timer control meals Are cooked while youre then kept piping hot ready to also featured Are infinite heat controlled bake and Broil and Black Glass Ebay clean Range and fridge together Only 88 delivered refrigerator separate Range or Almond self cleaning Range and fridge together Only i v 9 delivered refrigerator separate Range or Almond adv Lumc i furniture appliance showroom now 3 stores to serve you Winnipeg 1030 James 970 Nairn Brandon 1240 18th Street carom from the apply for your Oltmans credit card today ;