Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free press Friday. April 24, 1981 Rural businesses learning to Cope without buses free hcs8 by Tom Goldstein businesses and medical facilities along Highway 2, left without Bug ser vice because of the greyhound strike Are learning to Cope with the Situa Tion. Most Are using courier or local trans Fer companies or relying on neigh Bors. It s a bit like the Post office you lose it you Leam to get along without Glenboro veterinarian or. John Coates said yesterday. Coates said samples to Winnipeg yesterday with an area Farmer who was going to the City. He said the situation currently is a bit of nuisance which could become a real inconvenience if the strike continues. Communities along the trans Canada Highway West of Portage la Prairie also Are without bus service because of the strike. However Grey Goose bus lines does serve Brandon via Minnedosa. The walkout which took More than 400 buses off the Road at Midnight tuesday affects greyhound service from Sudbury ont. To Vancouver. Both the company and local 1374 of the amalgamated transit Union which represents the striking workers have said the dispute could be lengthy. Each Side waiting spokesmen for each Side said yester Day they Are waiting for the other to resume negotiations which broke off in Calgary about an hour before the strike deadline. The strike is expected to have the greatest Impact on Alberta which de pends most on greyhound. The remain ing three Western provinces have larger local carriers and greyhound plies the main inter City routes. In Manitoba much of the service is provided by Grey Goose. The company also has connections with Eastern can Ada at Hearst ont., and with the Saskatchewan transportation co. Via its Highway 3 route. Grey Goose provides service to a few communities South of Brandon along Highway 2. It s really not caused any great Deal of discomfort said a waitress at Treherne s Blue Bird lunch where greyhound stops. The waitress who asked not to be identified said Grey Goose service is Only 20 minutes away at Somerset near Highway 23. Courier service is available As Well she said. Workers at the Reston Hospital received their cheques via courier this week said spokesman Marian Bullock. Laboratory work is sent to Brandon by truck she added parts delivery Andy Lang owner of Lang motors Ltd. In Souris said the strike has hampered the delivery of parts from Winnipeg. The firm had to use a local Transfer company to pick up a ship ment in Winnipeg normally delivered by bus. Bruce Morrison customer relations representative for Puro Lator courier Ltd. In Winnipeg said business in the City has increased by 33 per cent since the strike began deliveries to Rural communities. Calls from outside Winnipeg Are up 15 to 20 per cent he said. We have Felt the Pinch the Calls keep coming Morrison said. I guess Well get More As More people know about meanwhile in Calgary Union presi Dent Bob Saarinen said of the stalled talks they know How to get a hold of us and we re waiting for them to do but company president James Knight retorted their demands Are totally unacceptable to us. They d break the Saarinen said he thinks greyhound and the Union could quickly close the Gap on wages but a tangle of other items is preventing a settlement. The main stumbling Block really never has been he said. It s All of the fringe benefits All of the other Little things that have been neglected for so Many years or have been allowed to Saarinen said the Union insists on retaining the old contract s Cost of Liv ing clause. Greyhound wants to abolish the existing Cost of living clause but the Union says it should not even be a Point of negotiation. Knight said the company is prepared to off on that demand if it will help Lead to a settlement. Fire chief Lloyd moist checks out one of two new Lime yellow pump trucks unveiled yesterday by the City fire department. Fire engine fans won t be seeing red City joins continent wide trend in unveiling two Lime yellow pump trucks by Manfred Jager the Winnipeg fire department marked the end of an Era yesterday As it unveiled the latest fashion in fire trucks. Yesterday the department rolled a pumper but of its Osborne Street Hall with the paint Job fire chief Lloyd moist says is officially known As Lime yellow. For Winnipeg fire engine chasers it Means they la no longer see red but yellow Green apart from the flashing lights which remain As red and visible As they be always been. Moist a red Man myself admits you can t Progress so is. Inch by Inch and truck by truck during the next several this trend has been going on for a Good number of the chief said yesterday while showing off the first two yellow pumpers. There s been Survey after Survey and lots of scientific evidence that a red vehicle actually seems to turn Black at night and is not nearly As easily seen As a yellow one flashing lights the chief said. No extra costs moist said the transition from Ted to yellow will not Cost the department anything extra. Well just phase it in. Every year this department buys at least two pieces of apparatus. Well from now on Well simply stipulate that they la have to be yellow. Same with repainting when a vehicle comes up for repainting it la be repainted yellow not s Why it s going to take several years to Complete this. I Don t know How Many but i would say More than moist said the yellow trend started i More than a dozen years ago and is gradually taking Over with Only a few holdouts among them Vancouver. Calgary i understand is pretty Well All yellow now. I hear they re ahead of everybody else in the moist said. One of the big pushes for yellow conversion actually came from fire fighter unions the chief said so Here we Are. Lime yellow vehicles. Does t look too bad i firefighters looking on yesterday As the new equipment was introduced to reporters generally were in favor but not without a bit of nostalgia. This is the first yellow pumper Here and they invite you Guys to show it one firefighter said. When the time comes for the last red fire engine to go it might be an idea to invite lots of children who la have to Start a whole new sense of Romance about yellow fire engines. Come to think of it they might invite toy manufacturers he added. City Calendar Alcan head to address meeting Patrick j. J. Aich president of the aluminium company of Canada will address the annual meeting of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce at 1 . Tomorrow at the Viscount Gort motor hotel. Chilean Folk groups Mill Rapue and ail Leehue will per form chilean andean music at an event called a night of folklore from the Southern hemisphere at . Sunday at the Winnipeg Art gallery. The Manitoba association of social workers will present a panel presentation entitled teen agers As parents at 7 . Tuesday in the Winnipeg Centennial Library auditorium 251 Donald Street. Admission is free. Weather t. I chios Oak Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy periods this morning becoming mainly sunny this afternoon with a High near 15. Low tonight near 6. Frequent Cloudy periods tomorrow with a South wind at 25 and a High near 20. Isaac Brock residents association will present its Omand s Creek Resolution to Community committee at 6 tuesday in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Area residents Are asked to attend. Elmwood High school will present the musical the King and i at 8 . April 29 to May 1 in the school auditorium 505 Chalmers Avenue. Ralph Brown school will present the operetta the Frog Prince at . April 29 and april 30 in the school auditorium 485 Mcgregor Street. Nip Leader Howard Pawley will speak at a nomination meeting rally presented by the Elmwood nip at . April 29 at lord Selkirk school. Russell Doern la for Elmwood will seek his fifth nomination and term. New zealand High commissioner Edward latter will speak on new zealand s relationships with Canada at 8 . April 29 in the hotel fort Garry. The meeting is held by the English speaking Union of the Commonwealth. My Jake Epp and Manitoba Liberal party Leader Doug Lauchlan will speak on the Canadian Constitution question at a free Public meeting sponsored by the Central Canadian Council of Canadian b Nai b Rith. The meeting will begin at . April 30 in the seventh floor ballroom of the hotel fort Garry. Sir John Franklin school will feature a school lunch program and provide a before and after school care program for children six to 12-years-old at the school 386 Beaver Brook Street. For registration and further questions phone 489-3566 or 489-6082 Between 6 and 8 . Our mistake the Telephone number published in a letter to the editor wednesday for the Winnipeg Home improvement project whip was incorrect. The Correct whip Telephone number is 942-5554. Win Tario extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy and cooler sunday sunny with near Normal temperature readings of 12 and 0 monday and tuesday. Northern Manitoba Cloudy sunday and monday sunny tuesday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 10 and -4. Northwestern Ontario Cloudy sunday and monday sunny tuesday. Temperatures a Little above Normal sunday deaths dropping to near Normal readings of 11 and -1 monday and tuesday. Nine winning numbers were chosen thursday in the win Tario lottery. The number is 410985. 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