Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday june 19, 1981 3 trustees delay decision on Sites for French programs St. Boniface school Board has postponed a major policy decision Oft place ment of its expanding French Immer Sion program. Trustees voted earlier this week to establish a Grade 9 immersion program at Louis Kiel collegiate in september. Currently Guyot and How Den schools have immersion students but Only up to Grade 8 at Guyot and Grade 7 at Howden. Trustees discussed sending both Ades 8 and 9 immersion students to i Kiel but no one seconded Trust Ken free press be Joan Barker s motion proposing that. It Means Louis Kiel collegiate will House an immersion program b French program and All English pro Gram this september. The French immersion program is for children of English speaking parents. Almost All the instruction is in French. The b program provides half the instruction in French half in English. The Francais program is de signed for francophone and most instruction is in French. Division superintendent George Derenchuk and a 21-member residents advisory committee recently recommended separate plans to resolve the crowding caused by the increased popularity of immersion programs. Derenchuk recommended that the Board maintain the status quo this september except to move the Kinder Garten immersion program from Guyot to Shamrock or Howden school. He said that in september Wuh the Board should Send grades 9 and 10 Guyot students to Louis Riel along with grades 7 and 8 students from Provencher school. English students should be transferred from Louis Riel to Pierre Radisson High school and Windsor Park collegiate he said. The residents committee recommended that immersion students in grades 7 to 9 share Louis Riel with the b program students there now and that English speaking students at Louis Riel be transferred to Pierre. Radisson and student protest students from Golden Gate Junior High hold a lunch hour demonstration to protest the Transfer of band teacher Shane Nestruck to another school. The students who protested yesterday at the St. James Assiniboia school division offices on Portage Avenue cite Nestruck s Success with bands at the school which has had five band leaders in two years. Judge overturns publicity ban by Steve Pona Manitoba court of Queen s Bench Justice James Wilson yesterday granted a motion by the free press to overturn a provincial judge s order Banning publication of testimony at an extradition hearing. Judge Wilson said the Section of the extradition act under which the hear ing was held presumes an open court proceeding and if somebody wants to publish what went on there then that s the Way the cookie the ban on publication was imposed by judge Ian Ubienski at the opening of a two Way extradition hearing on monday. The judge said publication of testimony could prejudice the accused s trial should he be extradited. The accused Ian Stephen Ruben 22, was charged with murder and robbery last month in the 1976 death of Jerome John Plett in Thompson. Also charged is Frederick Roy Blitch 26. This week s hearing was held to collect evidence to determine whether Ruben should be extradited from Israel where he is an israeli Soldier. Order illegal free press lawyer Knox Foster argued yesterday there is nothing in the criminal code of Canada or the extradition act to provide for a ban on publication at such a hearing. Foster said judge Ubienski s order was unauthorized and illegal and based on speculation that something prejudicial would be done. The lawyer quoted extensively from a Manitoba court of Appeal decision in 1979 upholding the right of the free press to cover the trial of a Massage parlor owner charged with operating a common Bawdy House and another supreme court of Canada Case. Foster said judge Ubienski s order offends the Cardinal principle of our judicial system of publicity being the hallmark of Justice and open court with publicity being the vehicle of obtaining Crown counsel William Morton said an Appeal of judge Wilson s decision is not being considered. Morton argued that provisions of the criminal code of Canada restricting publication of pre trial proceeding indicates parliament intended to protect accused persons from publicity. Policeman committed to trial on charges of Gross indecency Constable James Norman Hanson former president of the Winnipeg police committed to stand trial yesterday on two counts of Gross indecency which the Crown claims involve a 17-year-old male. Hanson 35, appeared at a one Day preliminary hearing before provincial court judge Charles Rubin. Hanson elected trial by county court judge. He will appear aug. 11 when a trial Date will be set. An additional charge of contributing to juvenile delinquency to which Han son has pleaded not guilty is being remanded until after the outcome of the trial on the other Case. Hanson a Constable with the police department for 17 years was arrested March 11. The charges Stem from events Between oct. 1 and March 11. At the preliminary hearing yester Day judge Rubin barred the Public and press but not police from the court room while a youth gave his Testi Mony. The judge allowed two police offi . Des Depourcq and a member of the police depart ment s internal investigation unit to remain in the courtroom. Objection raised Brian gory a freelance reporter who writes for the free press and the Globe and mail objected to being barred. Judge Rubin said he agreed with Crown counsel Greg Lawlor and de Fence counsel Al Mcgregor that both the Public and the press should be excluded in order to guarantee the proper administration of Justice. The free press May legally Chal Lenge judge Rubin s reasoning for issuing the ban. Both the free press and the Globe and mail Are members of Canadian newspaper company ltd., part of the Thomson organization. Lawlor said in an interview after the hearing that the reason for requesting the Public and press be barred from the courtroom was the boy s reluctance to testify before a crowd of people. Lawlor said he spoke to the youth before court and he had a definite reason for not wanting to testify in open court. If he had refused to testify it would have jeopardized the proper administration of Justice the Crown attorney added. He said he took the position that neither the Public nor the press had a legitimate reason for being present during the youth s testimony. In the Case of the press judge Rubin had ordered a ban on the publication of any evidence heard during the hearing so the reporters had no legitimate reason for being there Lawlor added. He said the two police officers had legitimate reasons for being present because of the possibility of disciplinary proceedings being launched by the police department against Hanson once the criminal charges Are dealt with in court Lawlor said. After the youth gave his testimony which lasted for about an hour the Public and press were allowed Back into the courtroom Lawlor said. Morton said that was especially important in this Case because the accused was t present at the hearing. If parliament intended this kind of a hearing to be without publicity it would have said so As it did in the Case of bail applications or preliminary in quiries but it did Foster replied. Lawrence Greenberg lawyer for Ruben said testimony obtained at such a hearing is Given without any answer from the without any rebut Tal and without any of the Normal tests of veracity and to allow the proceedings to be published would permit the circulation of irrelevant and possibly inaccurate and prejudicial information he said. Foster said the Media has a Obliga Tion not to publish any information which May prejudice a fair trial. During the extradition hearing ramp officers testified they went to Jerusalem in january to investigate the matter regarding Ruben who has been serving in the israeli for the last two years. Searches unsuccessful police also have travelled to Florida Ontario and British Columbia in their investigation into Plett s death. Ramp testified that in december 1979, they arranged with the police do master to begin in the Spring of 1980. A search for Plett s body. The searches through the Marsh and swamp area outside Thompson using a police dog and seven ramp have been unsuccessful. Police said the search turned up Many skeletons of Moose Raven and rabbits but they did not find any human remains. Following the hearing judge do Bienski authorized a warrant for the arrest of Ruben who worked at Inco in Thompson along with the co accused. Judge Ubienski said it was not Nec Essary for him to decide the guilt or innocence of the accused but rather to determine whether there was enough evidence to justify a committal for trial. Plett was an Inco employee when he disappeared Between dec. 6 and 13, 1976. Windsor Park. This would eventually make Louis Riel a grades 7 to 12 school for. Immersion students and a High school for b program students. The residents report said division immersion enrolment is projected to jump 79 per cent in the next four years to students while Over All division enrolment is projected to decline 21 per cent to committee chairman Vic War Kemin said he is not unhappy with the Board s decision this week although adding he would have liked to see a Long term solution approved. It s not the Best decision but it s better than no he said in an interview. War Kemin said the committee has recessed until september but will hold meetings again then. The school Board approved establish ing the Louis Riel immersion program by a 3-to-l vote. Board chairman Jim Garwood said he left before the vote was held because of frustration Over the slow Pace of t North Portage businessmen fight Core plan by Gregg Shilliday some North Side Portage Avenue businessmen have joined forces to fight the proposed Core area redevelopment plan. Twelve owners and managers of Vari Ous Portage stores and restaurants Between Carlton and Edmonton streets met yesterday and decided to form an association to fight the proposal. A free press reporter was asked to leave the meeting an hour after it began. He was told it was for organizational purposes and the first held by the businessmen group. In an interview later spokesman Ken Hpwell of Howell s uniform Centre said the group unanimously opposes the expected expropriation of their Busin esses in order to make Way for the proposed Extension of Central Park. The whole idea of the Park is a backward step. What did Central Park do for Ellice said Howell. We Are against the idea and we Are going to fight Howell said the association would be formed within a couple of weeks. He predicted the group would probably make representation against the plan to City Council. We All feel this plan could Hurt and even kill some of our he said. "1 Don t see Why we should be forced to relocate. There s no fairness to Howell said he could t understand How the proposed expropriation budget of million could cover costs even if businessmen would eventually accept expropriation. I m told just the land along the Portage strip is Worth in the neighbor Hood of million. Up the buildings and everything else and i d like to know How we re going to get a fair he said the association would t include building owners who plan to fight their own Battle. Do believe that this plan can be changed if enough people speak out against it. That s Whai we plan to Howell said representatives from the two streets to be closed on weekend for repairs Keewatin Street at the up rail main line crossing North of Logan Avenue will be barricaded and closed for track repairs Between 4 . . Sunday. As Well Oak Point Highway Between Selkirk Avenue and King Edward Street will be barricaded and closed Between 7 . And 7 . Saturday to permit installation of a land drainage sewer. Downtown theatre and the two pinball arcades affected by the plan were invited but did not attend the meet ing. Several owners of Portage shops interviewed earlier put the blame for the deterioration of the North Side of Portage on the Advent of pinball arcades. As Well they pointed to the insistence of the theatre owners on showing adult movies. The North Side Portage Park proposal is part of a million Core area Initia Tive project announced jointly earlier this month by the Federal provincial and municipal governments. Free rides on dash to begin Winnipeg transit s downtown dash shuttle service will become a free ser vice monday. The id cent fare will be eliminated and the hours of the service adjusted. I dash will operate from 11 . To . A time Slot which accounts for 80 per cent of the current ridership. According to City transit officials. The elimination of the fare was authorized by Council when it approved its current budget on March 26. The dash service used to run from 9 . To 4 . Also cuts in the Birds Hill bus service go into effect tomorrow. Buses now will leave from fort Street and Portage Avenue during the weekend at 10 ., 12 noon 4 . And 6 . Weekday service will be to two round trips a Day leaving at noon and 4 . Meanwhile the first of the City s new fuel efficient Orion buses went into service yesterday. The Orion Worth about million were purchased through a Federal provincial Cost sharing agreement and Are scheduled to run on feeder routes through residential areas. The City has ordered 22 Orion with a capacity of 31 passengers and six with a capacity of 39 passengers. Transit officials say the new buses should All arrive by the beginning of september. The first bus began running on the Coniston route yesterday. Other feeder routes scheduled to receive the smaller buses Are Aberdeen Jaulneau Conis ton Crestview Kenaston Knowles Leila Point Road South Charleswood. South Transcona and Westwood. Four face charges for Pyramid plan Winnipeg police say they have Unco Vered a High stakes Pyramid invest ment scheme in the City and have charged four women two from Winni Peg and two from Vancouver with conducting an illegal lottery. Winnipeg police crime supt. Herb Stephen said yesterday that information received from a caller police raided a Quappelle Avenue apartment wednesday night and seized More than Stephen said the Money had been collected at an investor recruiting meeting attended earlier by about 15 people. He said the Pyramid investment scheme is the same get Rich Quick scheme that swept through other parts of Western Canada earlier this year. Under the scheme 15 investors Are needed to form a Pyramid. Each must pay in order to buy into the plan. Each new investor starts out on the Bottom of the four tiered Pyramid. If the investor successfully works his Way to the top by recruiting new investors he gets j17.000 in return for his initial Stephen noted if not enough new investors can be found original investors lose their Money. The four women ranging in age from 29 to 34, appeared in provincial judges court yesterday. They were granted bail and remanded without plea to june 25. Second group this year the four Are the second group of people arrested in Winnipeg this year for allegedly conducting a Pyramid investment scheme. In april three people were charged with attempting to launch a slightly different Pyramid scheme which Alleg edly involved an initial investment of 1700 and a payout of Pyramid investment schemes entered Western Canada from the United states late last year. To Date almost 250 persons in Vancouver Edmonton and Saskatoon have been charged by police with promoting or participating in the schemes ;