Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free tree embed 9 l Jalili frail ii l n conflict the cites desire to see mands Creek turned into a Public Park water Way has come into conflict with a developers desire to nut the Creek through a Concrete Culvert under a twin Storey apartment lbs construction has asked for a building permit to erect twin Storey apartment towers with a total of 334 units on a site East of Empress Street South of the Velo the project would Cost about the project conforms with existing zoning and environmental planning director Roy Darke said the permit would normally have been issued by since the plans appear to have gone through the requisite plan examination but environment commissioner David Henderson brought the matter to civic environment committees Atten Tion yesterday because executive policy committee indicated to him it wanted the committee to consider any proposed private development which might conflict with the Park waterway proposed upgrading a provincial plan has proposed up grading the Creek flow from the present 440 cubic feet per second to 900 cubic feet per second and the acquisition of Creek Bank for a linear the total Cost is estimated at of which the cites share has been estimated at about councillors so far have withheld All but approval in principle for the but yet dont want to see private development preclude Trevor Thomas of the cites Law department advised the committee yesterday that the City might have to undertake to cover the developers costs to convince a court to order the permit delayed while the City attempted to reach an agreement with the province on the mands Creek development the delay costs could include losses through the developers subsequent in ability to take advantage of the tax shelter available under the Federal governments multiple unit residential building curb which expires police photograph a bomb package yesterday in Canada Trust at uni City shopping Hospital to open next october hiring of senior staff next step in Early preparations at seven Oaks the seven Oaks Hospital will begin admitting patients health minister Bud Sherman announced with months left before the open ing of the a dozen employees have been hired out of an eventual staff of about Hospital executive director Gudmun Dur Myrdal said yesterday the practice conforms to government regulations which say hiring must be with certain staff being engaged at different he said the Hospital Board has received approval to begin hiring senior since the seven Oaks facility the Corner of Leila Avenue and Mcphil lips Street is the first new Hospital to open in Winnipeg in 30 staff availability is Likely to be a Myrdal said the Hospital will be recruiting from Manitoba and possibly from across the next 10 months will be devoted to equipping the setting up sys tems and developing personnel poli he a budget must also be developed before opening Myrdal in his Sherman said operation of the 336bed Hospital will be phased in Over a ninety 12month Osborne House Grant termed insufficient a provincial government Grant to help Osborne House meet its deficit int the president of the which operates the crisis Centre for women and said yester we will not infect our said Joyce who estimates it will exceed the deficit has increased because the facility on Hargrave Street had to close but the new Centre on Balmoral Street provided by the Manitoba hous ing and renewal corporation want ready for Christie this meant the Shetler want getting the daily support for mothers and children on City or provincial welfare staying temporarily at Osborne she the 68 women and 150 children who sought help during the monthlong clo sure were housed by the City and provincial welfare departments and the salvation we did not see anyone left out in the Christie Christie said she say when the facility on Balmoral would she said the Owca haunt been officially notified of the government a Marc spokesman said it is hoped the Balmoral facility will be ready by period after it when fully opera seven Oaks will require million to operate services will include diagnostic fact operating theatres and a family practice teaching unit for the University of geriatric and psychiatric services will be priority Sherman although the Northend facility is equipped for initial plans do not include services in that area at seven service sufficient now the governments position is based on the advice of obstetrical specialists including a committee of the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba studying current trends of hospitals in North and the fact there Are sufficient obstetrical Beds and services in Winnipeg at the present Sher Man not Only is seven Oaks the first new Hospital in Winnipeg since the opening of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in but it is also the first replacement Hospital of any kind since Concordia Hospital was built on a new site in committee rejects Frontier Village plan a proposed 120acre Frontier Village recreation and commercial develop ment on the cites Northwest Side in the Rural municipality of Rosser was rejected yesterday by the civic Environ ment in a 5to4 the committee agreed with Cyril keepers Redbone motion that the Appeal from a rejection of the proposal by Rosser Rural municipal Council be oils Contention that the estimated million Complex would bring More in convenience than advantages to the area should be development consultant David Palu Beskie told the committee the de Joes and company wants to build 50 to 60 buildings in the style of Manitoba Frontier Days on the West Side of Sturgeon North of Inkster keeper argued that the Rosser coun inside the buildings would be restau museums and outside would be appropriate recreational up to Man hours of work would be needed to build the which would provide up to 200 jobs when parallel developments would be heritage Village in Calgary and upper Canada Village in southwestern Ottar pal Beskie the Developer would provide All Secu water and Road services in the the Prairie dog Central old a shined tourist railway runs past the site and would provide transportation to he somebody proposes something and its turned i dont know Romeo president of the development said after the committee rejected the he said he had no immediate plans to try relocating the development else local news bomb squad too say merchants by Brian Cole three businessmen have criticized the length of time it took the Winnipeg police departments bomb squad to arrive at uni City shopping mall yester that Ray manager of camera said of a on hour wait yesterday for a police explosives expert after a package was left in the Canada Trust office in the a fake consisting of three Maroon flares in a Inch package wrapped in red Christ Mas was left inside the Canada Trust office in the mall during a Rob police said a carrying a pack age and a detonating walked into the building about and demanded he received about and then fled the scene leaving the package a 35 year old Man was arrested at the Back of a nearby Motel within 90 minutes of the police secure area police arrived at the mall within minutes of the robbery and secured the immediate closing Down nearby stores and controlling the huge crowd of curious shoppers that had Gath ered in the aftermath of the it was at least an hour before the Oneman bomb squad arrived to Deal with the the police were said explaining that it was the response time of the bomb squad that he found to be Pat manager of duet fashion also was critical of the slow response time saying closure of his shop Cost him some it sure took a hell of a Long time for them to get he want As fast As i had anticipated it would Joe manager of Smitts Pancake which is located next to the Canada Trust also said he lost some business because of the slow response superintendent of detectives de Igelski said part of the reason for the delay was because Only one of the four bomb squad members was on duty and he was in Transcona on regular Igelski maintained during an inter View yesterday that there was nothing wrong with the response time because officers had secured the area making sure All persons were evacuated and out of he said the department Doest have a permanent bomb squad downtown or in any of the six districts be cause the City int plagued by bomb you dont have the manpower to warrant a luxury of a permanent bomb squad that does nothing but bomb he Canada Trust office manager Bob Scott refused to comment on the Inci Dent and warned All other employees not to talk to any drug charge Laid against bomber Star Winnipeg Blue bombers Bernie the leading scorer this year in the Canadian football was to appear in provincial court today on a drug Possession the kicking specialist was charged with Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana after City police raided his Greensboro Bay Home in no has played with the bomb ers since 1975 and has signed to play again next during the offset he Sells bomber general manager Earl Luns Ford said in an interview yesterday the club has always had a strict Antidrug policy and it will continue regardless of what the Law Lunsford said Ruoff mentioned the charge to him shortly after it was depending on the outcome of the he will speak with Ruoff further about the he six years halfback Mack Herron was fired after conviction on marijuana and cocaine Possession juveniles separated in youth Centre move juvenile delinquents and other Juve Niles housed at the Manitoba youth Centre in Winnipeg will be separated in a move announced yesterday by Community services minister George min effective All juveniles taken into care because of Circum stances in family or Foster Homes will be moved to the seven Oaks Centre for youth in West which has been designated As a child welfare reception Minaker in Only juveniles held for alleged offences will be detained at the youth 170 Doncaster Minaker he estimated approximately 35 Juve Niles will move to seven Oaks Centre until a More permanent place can be found or they can return the Centre is capable of housing 45 Juve the separation was recommended in the report of the juvenile Justice com Mittee headed by chief provincial judge Harold Minaker said juveniles now committed to seven which has been operated As an Industrial will continue their sentences in two cottages at the youth which will be known As Doncaster capable of accommodating up to 30 Central inspections registry studied the City will look into establishing a Central registry to House information involving its various inspection ser civic environment committee yester Day instructed environment commissioner Dave Henderson to look into the Cost of setting up such a computerized system which would contain information regarding such inspections As health and the proposed Regis try also would contain information from the provincial health units which serve suburban areas of the the City has been examining the possibility of consolidating its inspection services for about seven but has been unable to do so because of the division of responsibilities Between the City and Henderson he added a centralized civic inspections and enforcement Branch would continue to receive the same Lack of support it has for the past 6 years until City and provincial inspections Are a centralized information Bank and improved communication among the various departments involved would Likely facilitate improved inspection he discrimination not primary pension concern by Noelle Boughton although some Manitoba pension plans have terms which discriminate against the pension commis Sion of Manitoba says discrimination is not one of its primary lets first get everyone then we can look at commission superintendent Aidan Obrien said in an interview yester the commission discovered that per cent of the 621 pension plans it studied since 1978 have different requirements for How Long a Man or woman must have worked before they have to join the company commission pension analyst Judith Froese said on the average these plans have women wait an average of years longer than men to join the both Froese and Obrien said some companies make that difference because they have higher female than male employee since establishing a pension plan is expend employers May not want to invest Money in plan until the employee has been with a company for one or two years the 1978 study which has not yet been released also revealed that per cent of the plans studied have different Ages for men and women who have to join the on the Froese said these plans require women to wait years longer than she said most of those plans with eligibility requirements differing according to sex were established in the 1960s when not As Many women were involved in the work Manitoba does not have legislation prohibiting differences in eligibility re said but Froese added that in the past four years the commission registered any plans with discriminatory she attributed this to a growing awareness of the human rights Legisla Froese also pointed out that most employers would be willing to allow women to join a pension plan earlier if the women men and women Are also treated differently in the pension area when it comes to establishing monthly pension payments Are based on How Long someone is expected to be cause statistics say men live an aver age of years after the retirement age of 65 and women live an average of men receive higher monthly Obrien said although unisex tables giving the same to both sexes Are used in some there Are no moves afoot in Manitoba u change the present use of different tables for different we Are concerned about discrimination in pension plans but As a secondary said first lets get them All then we can look at he pointed out that the commission is most concerned with those people who do not join the plans which Are available or those who do not have private plans Froese said that As of Only 36 per cent of working Liani zobans were paying into private pension and since Many of these expect old age Security and Canada pension Dan will provide adequately for their old she said they get a rude Awakening at age Obrien said that by the time they Are people should be involved in a private pension often it makes the difference be tween one and two meals a Day after youre said this is particularly important now because of the ratio predicted for 50 he said now it takes about seven workers to finance one pensioner by 2030 there will Only be three workers Tor every one person Over Obrien said the commission has the most problems getting both men and women to join plans in is the Small business world As car dealer ships and doctors ;