Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ruling leaves Crown without court Ftp to Thrift dlr Imti of Gioffi the iuv0fiite division and one front be aft is face the fit away of in Sam a Nimuan Idoft fee in an Intel age Fawn Are going w be pm sweated and by the Crown cant seem to find a court to try a male accused of impaired driving Oft his 18th judge Charles Ruffin yesterday filled the accused was a juvenile and could not be tried in provincial judges in a similar Case earlier this judge Brian Giesbrecht ruled a person accused of committing an offence on his 18th birthday was an adult and could not be charged in juvenile yesterdays decision surprised senior Crown counsel Wayne mesh so we have two conflicting decisions from the provincial judges court one the a Toft he said an an inter View following the Ofle of these two decisions is obviously it appear that at moment we dont have a court to charge this he according to the criminal a person Doest become 18 until mid night on the Day of his 18th but the interpretations which is used to determine who Falls under the provisions of the juvenile delinquents states a person is 18 at the Start of the Day of his 18th judge Rubin based his decision on the criminal code to find otherwise in my View would be an Absurdity since the Ace of majority May of iffy from Fife Ite Tami Ince to Ana do a consisted and Fie told the Fri the ruling leaves a Itei Fethi who commits an offence on his i8fh birthday above the out department has always taken the position we Arent Overly concerned whether its the criminal code or the juvenile delinquents act that just As Long As one of them Moshkowsky although the situation appears to make people immune to the Law on their 18th Moshkowsky said this int the lets face they Are not going to he they used and convict one court or the but at the moment f cant Tell you which Moshkowsky intends to Send judge Rubins decision to a department re saw Isibue for appeals and ask it to consider appealing the the Crow has 30 Days to file an i dont know what any appellate court will eventually Rule on which court is the proper forum to hear the but i can guarantee Rule one of them Moshkowsky there not going to Rule that this person is immune from the Law for a 24hour period because that would be absolutely Canadas own Mack Smott was King of Winnipeg free press july 1980 hot 108no Sun sets Moon rises sets sunny today 35 Clear tonight 21 final 200 for Call Bill would let utilities Board Rule Cable use operator of Raes food store tries to grab picket sign away from demonstrator protesting against Sale of intoxicant sales protested food store picketed for making a Messof Community by Laurie stretch about 20 people from the Dufferin school area in North Winnipeg picketed a Corner grocery store last claiming it was Selling Lysol Vanilla extract and rubbing alcohol As Allan chairman of the Dufferin Community school which organized the said Mem bees of the group have seen the store owner sell the products to people who drink he has it under the he brow bags it under the Cochrane its making a mess of our the operator of the Raes food Mart at 626 William who refused to give his protested that he didst sell any of the do you see anything he asked As he showed reporters his i dont sell the they dont they dont shop but he was upset by the demonstration in front of the store and shouted at picketers from the ripped City official scorns River pollution warning by Ritchie Gage a City of Winnipeg official has rejected outright an environment Canada report that warns of High concentrations of Antibiotic resistant infectious bacteria m the red the microbiology report says the concentrations of bacteria Are High enough to cause ear and stomach infections and recommends that recreational use of the such As swimming and water be discouraged and warning signs posted at some Points along the it says the bacteria Are coming into the River from the South end water pollution control Centre and North end sewage treatment Plant affecting the River from the Sputh perimeter Bridge to Harold head of the cites Laboratory called the report poor work by a Bunch of Young Engi neers in Edmonton with nothing better to we told them he said the City monitors the River daily and is aware of the infectious bacteria but said bacterial resistance to antibiotics want Hamish director of the Federal environmental control for said the head of the Federal Jim Bell of is a respected microbiologist who is Well known in the Bell was unavailable for com y i wont comment on Lacey re Marks except to say that Bell is respected in his and that the report was not an engineering it was a microbiological Jack head of the provincial government Cadham called the report excellent As far As it the data shows that the River is Breeding infectious bacteria resistant see study Page 4 signs and ordered them to show me your you get away from my the shelves did not contain any of the articles the group said were sold at the Cochrane said an announcement was aired earlier yesterday about the planned the demonstration was organized to publicize the problem in the Community and the need to improve enforcement of legislation controlling Sale of such products or have the Laws improper Sale can result in a Fine of not More than and imprisonment of up to two Advance notice of the protest was Given to Winnipeg news Media and eight television and newspaper reporters and cameramen were Gath ered in front of the store by the time protestors the which says it has the support of Community groups in the area and includes area residents and Community wants to get the products out of All the stores in the area or have owners who wont remove them the group said it has peo ple who would be willing to Tes Helen who lives across the Street from said she has seen people waiting for the store to open in the its upsetting and it scares me when there Are seven or eight big men standing out there she Smerchanski has lived in the area for 30 but stopped shopping at Raes see intoxicant Page 4 by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the Manitoba government yester Day introduced legislation that would give its Public utilities Board sweeping Powers Over the provinces coaxial Cable government services minister Harry Enns told the legislature that proposed amendments to the Public utilities Board act would give the Board Juris diction Over who uses coaxial what travels Over that electronic High Way and what rates Are charged for Cable amendments to the Manitoba Telephone act would allow the Manitoba Telephone system to negotiate the Purchase provided for under a 1967 agreement with two Winnipeg Cable companies of the amplifiers and wire drops to sole owner this would make its the sole owner of the coaxial Cable except for Small pockets owned by private opera tors where no option to Purchase Enns the acquisition of this combined with possible new Home ser As fire and burglar alarms could Lead to additional revenues for its and a possible lowering of Basic Telephone Enns the two Cable companies Videon and greater Winnipeg Cablevision refused to comment the Bill says pub authorization wont be needed for any Cablevision system operating before the new Law comes into under the its or any other company owning coaxial Cable lines would have to get pub authorization before renting the lines to Cable its chairman Gordon Holland re fused to comment on the Enns said the potential of exploding communications technology is Stag Gering and with this Bill the govern ment is taking an important step in the direction of assuring that the benefits will accrue to Manitoban in a Cost effective and organized Utility defined the legislation includes in the Defini Tion of a Public Utility any system or equipment providing programming services through coaxial Cable or Fibre although All aspects of Cable television come under Federal Enns said the Federal government has indicated it is willing to hand Over control of rate setting and network in anticipation of the Bill includes sections which ont be pro claimed until jurisdiction is Given to the Enns where a Nate operators will be encouraged to offer new Cable such As fire and burglar medic Tel shopping and electronic for which technology has been its will offer such services Only when it is in the Clear Public Enns the Bill also offers safeguards against the loss of Revenue through illegal Telephone anyone Selling Telephone attachments will be required to inform the customer on whether the attachment has been authorized by probe stalls haying Manitoba agriculture minister Jim Downey has temporarily suspended allocation of Hay from Crown land in the red Deer Lake area pending an investigation into allegations that speculators May be Selling the Hay for a under fire in the legislature for Lack of a Clear policy on Hay said officials from his department will go to red Deer Lake today to see if the distribution is fair and equitable in the area just North of Porcupine provincial Forest near the Saskatchewan Dennis Depar of Agri culture representative to e Swan River agricultural District includes red Deer Lake area Day denied there is any n in Hay in the he said some producers want to use their own equipment to put up the but others want the land tendered out for if the land is tendered one producer will put up the Hay and the others will buy it from but Irwin a councillor Tor the local government District of said there was dissatisfaction among local Farmers with he method used to fill contracts for haying on Crown after a recent Hiebert said last several Farmers complained that the Rural municipality of Swan River had hired one person to put up the Hay rather than tendering the con tract to All the he said the complaints were that one Fanner was hired to put up the and the others would buy from him in the Hodgins said no single person has a contract to put up Hay on the Crown rebuild of a Cabinet committee has conditionally approved the rebuilding of Southern portions of the Alaska Highway natural Gas bombers lose Winnipeg big Blue bombed in its first Outing of the 1980 Cal losing 3613 to the powerful Edmonton ups and Downs cars have their ups and Downs for the factory building my sports cars is closing but sales of the Russia built Lada Are going up in exacting test the Marine corps officer school is a rigorous training ground for prospective leaders in 7 Western Index forum anytime Bridge business Cansino classified comics crossword deaths entertainment Fot Henegham s3 focus 2q Horoscope 20 Jumble Puzzle 27 letters 33 movies 34 relax 14 sports 20 sports record 2 34 stocks 21 the Foo 7 to listings 6 7 20 38 6 24 33 49 53 28 17 33 ;