Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 15, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg few july in Rosser Opic Cumira by the committee yester Day of paved by Joes it a a film of Oliviet town in the approval Cliffle after three tee me Dew representing Wal areas Boft Jerling the Day had left the the three hid voted against the Al it december when it was one of the Reeve 61 West said later the aha it teluk Ammie few Rural Alia nut Punk Trie Jett would he considered but they would have reaffirmed Steif or position had they own in sure if Hester had known about flits they would have had fat a awlwft1 Fri representative there to turned Down Joes twice last opposes the development because it wants to preserve the agricultural character of the said Deputy Reeve Jack Fie said environment committee Sham Dhave Teal with the scheme the presence w the of Tartu i fam i Ihm 209 old Wood feb i to die site to create a Fow also included in the project is a Markst Fla faeries carnival outdoor stage and display 0f anti tie vehicles Ana Faafiti Jefic Obud said he win Betm wife on the estimated project within three weeks of receiving a build Lilg pert Titt the site to at die of Fer 6f sufi Pigeon Road and in Stet in chief Justice of Maff Toba court of Deeris Bench tested the company application to have the project classed As an if Joes had favo Fawe a Olav it could have proceeded despite rosters objections because the current zoning on the land allows such an environment committee decided the cow Pliny could proceed a heft that ate Jett be As an exhibit two the committee was a Ifo ached by Loes because it has Over development within Ive Miles of the City Oatway said one of the municipality cont Titis is that there int a sufficient tour Salt business of the project to it could quite As a mess have to give to Back the provincial government 6f me added that Rosset has earned on its opem ions Fot Many years As an agricultural we have held the line on Urban sprawl and 1 dont think this thing is compatible with that a in contrast to oat ways environment chairman Jim Ernst ice Grants Mill termed the postal a helluva Good Jim Moore Wood saying anyone who has been at a heritage Park knows what it can local demolition of apartment supported spectators who turned out to hear Douglas Chris ties pitch for Western separatism last night didst have to fight for turnout Low for separatist Only eight attend talk on Why West should go it alone Western separatism came to wiring last it Drew an audience of Douglas a Victoria Law yer and founder of the Western Canada was undaunted by the Small turnout at the Marlborough you know Why theres nobody Here tonight he asked his its because the people know they dont count and he is one of the main the four Western provinces and two Northern territories should Sepa rate from it int possible for West Ern Canada to protect its own economic said with 95 Federal seats and Quebec with 75 Rule the while the with just 27 per cent of the population and 78 seats contributes 52 per cent of the Gross National we have less than on third of the political Power and were Selling the farm bit by bit to a Federal system that gives us once the wests resources Are de the Region will be like the Mari times Bei ii of resources and total in dependent on the Central Canada political he then it will be the equal distribution of and that is what the country will become when the West is fully and completely a separated West would have a 30 to 50 per cent reduction in its Cost of living because of free he a West Ern Canadian Dollar would be Worth and there would be better and cheaper government poli cies in your own interests and a nation in which you would have a significant because of the difference Between Domestic and world Oil Alberta has foregone billion in the past eight Ontario and most of the Aero space contracts for the defence depart ments new f18a fighter go to Ontario and while Quebec got Mirabel the worlds fair expo 67 and the olympic games just to keep them Liberal and Christie said his organization int a political party but we Hope to be a political party if none of the others accomplish the ends which we although he reportedly Drew Only two people to his Brandon University meet he said hot has had run wrist of from by Pamela Fayerman while tenants of the Waldron apart ments argued yesterday that tearing Down the Block on Broadway would be a members of the civic environment committee found they resist the design of great West life Assurance to replace it with a new Bank if a new Branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce want impressive a 10man insurance company delegation yesterday proceeded to show civic politicians now about 16 acres of greatest life land including the Waldron property will be transformed into up to million Worth of new according to company represent the development will provide an additional permanent jobs when it is Complete in 10 there will also be one million Man hours of work for the construction and trades industries while it is being but Frank Johnson appearing before the commit argued the City readily adopt the plans As when the Safeway store on Broad Way was torn Down by Quilico developments we were told it was because there were imminent development now look at the Lovely parking lot we have the voted unanimously to support great wests development plans which company officials include the 70yearold Waldron the recommendation of the commit tee not to list the Waldron As historic Branch to be ready by next and the Start of the new Headquarters at a Cost of the second phase will incorporate a computer and commercial retail Structure to be completed by in the third with no construction Date the company will build either con Dominium or rental units on vacant lots it owns on Balmoral Street the which currently operates on the Corner of Broadway and of will Trade lands with the Compa nys proposed head the Bank was reluctant to move because they have such Good exposure so we offered them the next Best place in terms of prominence the Corner of Broadway and that where the Waldron Smith Raymond a tenant of the said the company had no absolute proof one Corner is better than As a concerned citizen and a i am one who thinks that old build Ings Are a link with the if the City demolishes its its character is altered without reasonable Johnson we Are faced with this undoubtedly Beautiful plan and no one wants to deprive the City of we Are being cast in the role of those who retard growth and that we Are merely asking you to prove demolishing the apartment is absolutely necessary and i for one am not satisfied alternative plans have been looked ally thus preventing unnecessary goes to the full Council we looked at keeping said Ernie Smith of Oxford development but very Early we came to the conclusion that the whole development scheme work with the two just wont marry although project supporters came to the meeting yesterday with colourful Wall charts and a miniature Model of the greatest life officials said they were presenting final but not Complete development it was the second major presentation of plans for new construction on the land it owns in the Broadways borne Street an announcement in was followed by demolition of the old Lavatts company officials said yesterday project plans have undergone some changes in the past 11 Ken Oxford construction attributed revisions to changes in pro Gram needs due to an enlargement of the initial included in the latest plans Are a corporate head More than double the size of the building proposed last but the commercial and residential components of the project have both been scaled officials said there would be Square feet of Commer Cial space from less than a year ago and 150 to 200 Condo minium and rental units As compared with 350 when first the first phase will include a Bank motorists Aid sought by ramp the ramp is seeking the help of a Motorist in connection with the axe slayings Friday of Aminder and her 19yearold Parab Jit police want to talk to the who they believe gave an East Indian Man and a Young child a ride from Highway 9 near Willis Road to Winni Peg Early the brother and sister were killed As they slept in a Home on Willis Road shortly after 8 after killing the boys the assailant is believed to have taken her infant son and left the police were later called from a Down town furniture store in the ramp said two pedestrians were picked up at about they were dropped off in the 800 Block of main Street in the Driver is asked to Contact the ramp in Winnipeg or Jatinder pal Singh has been charged with two counts of first degree a brother of the Hus band of the slain Sodhi was scheduled to appear in Selkirk Provin Cial judges court there is no political reason for the government in Ottawa to consider the interests of Western West pm votes do not count you May As Well not bother voting the country Tariff on imported cars to protect Ontario Auto plants is the highest in the the Federal he offers handouts to Ford and Chrysler 30 to 275 in Alberta and British he said he pays most of his own expenses and is using his vacation this year to promote his views differ on tap water fibres Winnipeg works and operations committee has voted to ask the Federal health and welfare department to con duct further tests on Asbestos fibres in the cites water but councillors and civic officials poo poohed the recent health and Wel fare report which showed water consumed by Winni Eggers contains More than 10 times the amount of Asbestos it had when it left Shoal a report yesterday from the inner City health department said prolonged occupational exposure to High Levels of Asbestos by inhalation and ingestion shows a distinct relationship to the development of certain lung and gastrointestinal but studies to Date would indicate that the general Public is not exposed to dangerous Levels of Asbestos in their water sup the Federal report said two readings of Shoal Lake water found an average Asbestos fibres per com pared with an average four million fibres per litre from three readings in the cites tap the Range for tap water was from one million to lion fibres per the City health department report said the Federal report also cautioned that where locations have High Fibre the values Are found to fluctuate indicating that grab sampling is Don Winnipeg chief medical told councillors he didst believe the Federal sampling statistically the motion passed by committee called on the Federal department to initiate an Multi Sample and year round study of Asbestos fibres in the committee also voted to request that a study be taken into Winnipeg Gastro intestinal councillor Alf Skowron Wood said the big problem is opposing views from engineers and such groups Don swim signs studied is works and operations committee Nas asked the cites health department to investigate the wording and possible locations for signs warning residents against swimming in the red the request follows i recent environment Canada report saying that signs try Mil be Rumold because bacteria concentrations Are High enough to cause respiratory and stomach the Federal study showed 57 per cent of the bacteria tested had the Rivers focal col form count ranged As High per 100 Nuriu with an average of about per 100 Mii litres of Federal four a of 209 parts per 100 Millilitres for water to be Safe for recreational Don Winnipeg chief medical suggested the signs say that As Long As conditions remain the people should swim in the water at their own a blatant order Banning swimming in the River might result in some people swimming just around the Bend from where the sign is he told committee he also said the River int Safe for water Sling because most skiers fall once or but the River is Safe for canoeing and Gen will a two Page civic administration re port received yesterday by the com Mittee said the 1964 Charleswood la goons 1965 expansion of treatment facilities at the North end sewage treatment Plant and 1974 construction on the Plant for the Southern suburbs totalled million in 1980 As an additional million has been proposed in 198185 to upgrade the Northan Southend sewage the report none of these improvements is de signed to make the River Safe for recreational a 1976 civic report said initial costs for Chlorina Ting sewage outlets along the red Rivers would have been million Cost for each year following would have been about 21 As that report said chlorine could reduce aquatic life and produce can As the United states environmental Protection councillors voiced some concern but no alarm about the Federal i have Faith in the cites administration in still going to drink the Eldon Ross Deer Lodge just Tell us How much booze we have to put in the water to neutralize John Angus to quipped to civic Harold Piercy son suggested a person would Proba Bly get More Asbestos in his body while putting Asbestos insulation in his House than in All the Winnipeg water the person would drink in a Sandy Winnipeg waste and water department cited a report by two re searchers which said if a person drank two litres of water with six million fibres per litre every Day in a 70year the person would consume about As much Asbestos As there is in an aspirin 381 of Asbestos Penman also said yesterday Winni Peg has about Miles of pipe for of which 380 mites is made of Asbestos of wit bpm the fool Jive of cast but he told committee Asbestos is Best for Winnipeg soil that cast Iron is More Likely to break Down and admit dirt into the the City could install polyvinyl cd to ride hut no ssh Adverse effects offs element Are unknown and could take As Long As 10 years to show Penman cattle buyer killed by Bull in Boniface stockyards a 77yearold Man died yesterday after being trampled by a Bull at the Union stockyards in police said Samuel Greenfeld of Lansdowne a self employed cattle was found dead yesterday at in a Corral used to hold cattle after they Are brought in off a police spokesman said the Man had been trampled by a Bull that is thought to be one be brought in himself to the one animal was in the Corral when the body was the Corral was about 15 feet wide by 30 feet with a five to six foot Fence around a stockyards employee few people would have been around the pen at the time of the because the auctions Are finished by late the employee the stockyard employee said Greenfeld May have been giving the Bull a i i ;