Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 8, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rare disease torments children find drugs in clinic s trash bin by John Sullivan the discovery by school children of two boxes of controlled drugs in a garbage Container outside a Transcona medical clinic has triggered an investigation by police and the Manitoba College of physicians and surgeons. A police spokesman said authorities believe All of the drugs were recovered three to four hours after they were discarded saturday afternoon in a bin outside the Transcona medical group 701 Regent Avenue West. The drugs All physicians samples in vials and on blotters were of All kinds a whole slew of things including controlled said or. E. J. Pilat who was on weekend duty at the clinic and notified police of the discovery. Among the samples were painkillers containing codeine High mood pressure pills and diet pills he said. Some kids got at them and turned them into the pharmacist a few hours said Pilat. Pilat said the drugs were apparently discarded Between 2 . And . And recovered by police and the doctors at about . St. Boniface and Concordia hospitals were notified in Case anyone was admitted with a drug reaction. The police spokesman said it s unlikely charges will be Laid against a doctor suspected of having placed the drugs in the bin because the Federal narcotic control act and food and drug act Only require strict disposal procedures for restricted drugs. If anyone had ingested any of the drugs with serious consequences if a child had died or something there might be a charge of criminal neg i he said. But at this stage 1 Don t see anything we can however a doctor could face disciplinary action by the College of physic ians and surgeons if he acted improperly said or. Ken Brown the College s assistant registrar. Brown said there Are no College directives or government regulations on disposal of prescription drugs other than those restricted by the Federal Laws. But the principles Are pretty he said. With any drug that involves risk to the Public the physic Ian or pharmacist has a responsibility to dispose of them in the legislature Wilson Parasiuk demanded that health minister Bud Sherman study the incident and Issue directives to doctors and health care personnel. Sherman said he believed precise regulations Are in place for drug disposal but promised to Check. Clear tonight -3 Cloudy tomorrow 7 us i wednesday april 8, 1981 free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets mid. Final for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 pm reverses stand will meet premiers Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau surprised the commons yesterday by offering to reverse his Long standing refusal to meet the premiers to discuss an alternative constitutional amending formula. However in a dramatic move before suddenly hushed maps the prime min ister said the offer is conditional on concessions by the premiers and by the Federal progressive conservative opposition. Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon spokesman for the eight provinces which oppose Trudeau s proposals responded to the announcement by say ing Well wait and see what Tran meanwhile talks Between leaders of the three Federal political parties and several caucus meetings appeared to bring them close to an agreement on ending the present impasse in the com Mons. Stanley Knowles new democratic party House Leader said Only details rather than major stumbling blocks remain. His conservative and Liberal counterparts said talks would continue today. No announcement appears Likely until the commons sits this afternoon. Ramp service cuts threatened Ottawa up solicitor general Robert Kaplan said yesterday he is ready to reduce ramp services in Manitoba As Well As in Newfoundland new Brunswick and Saskatchewan unless the four provinces agree that contracts for ramp services be Retro Active to april 1. However he emphasized at a news conference that municipalities with ramp policing contracts would nut be affected by any reduction in ser vice and offered concessions aimed at making a new contract More attractive to the provinces and municipalities. Manitoba attorney general Gerry Mercier said he has not heard of a plan s plan and has not received any information about a reduction in ser vices from the ramp. It s All Mercier said this morning. This is a ridiculous Way to negotiate Date for a new contract through the Kaplan offered a one year Extension of Cost sharing arrangements to about 120 municipalities with populations under about 184 municipalities use ramp services and would have faced Sharp Cost increases in their share of pay ments. Kaplan said he is ready to implement his proposed Cost sharing plan with the smaller municipalities gradually. He also said he is ready to recommend to Cabinet that a 10-year, rather than five year agreement be signed if the provinces agree to his proposals. The Federal proposal is that its share of ramp provincial policing costs be reduced to 20 per cent from the 44 per cent Ottawa was paying when the last contract expired March 31. Mercier said he told Kaplan he expects ramp services to be provided according to the existing Cost sharing scheme. As Well the attorney general wants the new contract to be retroactive to april 1. Kaplan said the proposal would save Federal taxpayers million a year but municipalities which would pay up to 91 per cent of costs under his plan and provinces would still be getting a Good Deal. See Kaplam Page -1 would be Assassin arrested in new York new York a Federal authorities were searching today for any Possi ble connection Between accused presiden tial assailant John Hinckley or. And a Man arrested Here with a loaded pistol who allegedly threatened to bring to completion Hinckley s Mccarthy leaves officials said there was no evidence of any conspiracy Between Hinckley accused of wounding president Rea Gan and three other men last week arid Edward Michael Richardson Whu allegedly told officials who arrested him at a bus station yesterday that he was on his Way to Washington to kill Rea Gan or other High officials. However the daily Neiry quoted sources As saying the secret service was investigating reports the two May once have been room mates. And officials said there were similarities Between Hinckley and Richard son arrested after authorities were see Man Page 4 Richardson threatens Reagan earlier Trudeau said the premiers cannot agree on anything let alone a new amending formula. He reiterated his refusal to accept a provincial demand that he drop the charter of human and language rights and the entrenchment of a new equalization payment formula other two crucial elements of his plans to Amend and Patriate the British North America act. Lyon said the provinces have been opposed to the prime minister s plans from Day one and gave no indication they would change their positions. He emphasized that the provinces would meet april 16 to clean up their amending formula and would then be prepared to meet Trudeau. Trudeau called on the Federal conservatives to agree to limit the final round of parliamentary debate on his package to two More Days after the meeting with the premiers. That would mean abandoning plans for Parlia ment s traditional easter break. Commons adjourned Trudeau also reiterated a commit ment not to press for passage of his constitutional package through the British parliament until the supreme court of Canada rules on the legality of his attempt to act against the wishes of eight of the 10 premiers. The commons adjourned for almost two hours in the afternoon so the Par ties could discuss Trudeau s offer. The three House leaders reported Progress on ending the present impasse which has prevented any constitutional debate since March 23. As part of their temporary truce Liberal House Leader Yvon Pinard withdrew a government bid to invoke closure on discussion of a conservative amendment to the package. The com Mons then moved on to debate a government Bill to turn the Post office into a Crown corporation. During a Rowdy Exchange in the daily question period during which sever Al irate conservatives were cautioned by party whip Bill Kempling tru Deau said the premiers Are interested Only in the same thing As the Federal conservatives delay. And he repeated statements made monday that he thinks the premiers Are Only bluffing on the question of whether they have an alternative amending formula. Pm willing but the prime minister said later he is willing to meet the eight premiers who oppose his package the Day after parliament is supposed to take its traditional easter break. But they want a vote on All proposed amendments before the supreme court begins to hear the provincial Challenge to the legality of Trudeau s unilateral approach april 28 which would mean no Holiday for maps. A final vote would be postponed until after the High court issues its ruling in late May or Early june at the ear Liest. Trudeau said that if he and the premiers can agree on an amending formula he would be willing to include it in the package sent to Britain for passage. But he quoted Lyon As saying the premiers reported alternative is not final and said Quebec Liberal Leader Claude Ryan campaigning for the april 13 provincial election has indicated he would not be ready to attend the meeting if he wins the vote. Grain explosion a worker places a jacket Over the shoulders of a fellow employee injured when a Corpus Christi Texas Grain elevator exploded yesterday. Three people died and three others Are unaccounted for in the blast one of two Grain elevator explosions. In Bellwood neb., a Farmers Coop. Elevator was ripped apart. One Man is missing and two others were injured in that Accident. Disposal site rouses fears by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Crookston Minn. Some area residents wary of a proposed state hazardous waste disposal site say canadians should be concerned if the project is located near Here. Water Luns to the said one local resident following an information meeting held yesterday by the Minnesota waste management Board near Crookston about 240 Kilometres South of Winnipeg. Both the Roseau and red Rivers Drain North into Manitoba from this area in Northeast Minnesota. Despite assurances yesterday that no site for a hazardous waste disposal facility has been selected yet most residents interviewed were opposed to the Prospect of having the controversial project in their area. Eugene Battles of Warroad left the meeting wondering if the site would be built in the area. It s a Good Chance of it. We re the lesser he said. Everything they be got Points to the red River Valley said another of the approximately 100 local residents who attended the meeting. Expressed concern residents interviewed expressed concern Over the safety of their Well water Supply. However a spokesman for the Haz ardous waste Board said yesterday if the waste disposal site is located in the area danger to surface water is exceedingly when asked whether the Board could guarantee the safety of water flowing into Canada if site is located in the watershed draining into Canada waste management chemist Steve Riner said there Aren t any guarantees of any but any Adverse effects would generally be suffered by ground water rather than surface water he added. The Board has not contacted either the Manitoba or Federal governments he said. Suitable ground water conditions and the fact the Board does not want to place the Plant in a heavily populated area make the Northwest portion of the state attractive said Riner. However he pointed out there Are factors against this agricultural Loca see waste Page 4 Las in a Flap allegations that the Board of directors for Manitoba Hydro ignored Legal advice on alleged improper actions by the Tritschler inquiry created an uproar airships suggested dirigible could be used to move Grain in Canada within 20 years an expert so hopeful Winnipeg symphony orchestra May eliminate its projected deficit for the 1980-1981 fiscal Brock unhappy Dieter Brock does t like the idea that he might have to play another Cal season in a Winnipeg Blue bombers 1 Index Ann Landers. 48 answers. 17 Bridge. 45 business.30 classified.57 comics. 38 crossword. 54 deaths.2, 57 editorials. Letters.6 entertainment. 51 food guide.25 Horoscope. 50 Jumble puzzle.61 klady.54 Mcl Troyon to. 53 movies.55 relax.17 sports. 65 sports record. 71 stocks. 32 Sullivan. 17 tempo.41 to listings. 17 Werier. 7 ;