Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press. Saturday. June Kaplan May recall mounties Ottawa up solicitor general Bob Kaplan told the provinces yester Day that he will pull the ramp out of 49 Large municipalities across Canada unless a better offer is made for their services. Earlier this week the provinces offered to pay 61 per cent of the Cost of using ramp As municipal police in communities of More than popu lation. In messages to provincial attorneys general Kaplan said the offer is too Low to be considered. Ottawa would Cut off Federal finances for policing in the 49 detachments unless a better offer was made. Officials said the Federal government now pays about 20 per cent of the Cost of using the ramp in these municipalities. Kaplan wants the Federal share Cut to 10 per cent. Kaplan and the eight provinces All but Quebec and Ontario which ramp Are used As provincial police Are trying to negotiate a new five year contract for such services. The last contract expired april 1 with Ottawa paying 44 per cent of the Cost involved. Kaplan wants to Cut this figure in half saving the Federal government More than million a year. Pha Macare payments rises Manitoba s Pha Macare program paid out slightly More than Mil lion in benefits last year for claims health minister l. R. Bud Sherman said yesterday. The benefits were about million higher than the million paid out last year by the Manitoba health ser vices commission under the plan. The plan reimburses eligible claims Over for people under 65 and claims Over for people 65 years and Over. In 1980, families received pay ments with the average Benefit per family amounting to in 1979, families received benefits averaging per family. Louis Lourmas a cancer victim trying to swim from Montreal to Quebec City neared his objective Early today undeterred by a setback last night which forced him briefly from the cold murky St. Lawrence River. Lourmas 60, had been hoping to swimmer nearing goal reach Quebec City by Midnight last night but took a 90-minute rest after Strong winds pushed him off course 40 Kilometres from his destination. Lourmas still can break the Montreal Quebec City swim record of 100 hours which he set in 1959. Fox Back in Hospital for infection treatment new Westminster . Up Marathon of Hope runner Terry Fox was re admitted to Royal columbian Hospital yesterday morning for treat ment of an infection and re evaluation of his condition his doctor said. Fox raised million for cancer research when he completed kilo metres of his attempted Cross Canada Marathon of Hope run on an artificial leg last september. He had been undergoing treatment with the anti cancer agent interferon since february when doctors discovered the cancer that claimed his right leg had spread to his lungs. Terry will be in Hospital for several Heffelfinger said. He is at present off interferon but will be starting it a Hospital spokesman said of the National hero As previously he re Mains in serious but stable Condi Fox 22, began his run april in Newfoundland but was forced to Stop near Thunder Bay ont., when it was discovered the cancer had spread. Tory fuels spy debate Ottawa up solicitor general Robert Kaplan is trying to divert Tion from allegations that spies May be operating in government circles by developing a sudden interest in missing top secret documents former solicitor general Allan Lawrence said yester Day. In a move to turn an intensifying Battle Over National Security Back on his desired track Lawrence asked the government to release details about a Man named Frank sales who he said allegedly admitted to being a govern ment spy but now is living on a govern ment pension. I m not going to be put off by personal attacks on my own he vowed after again trading accusations in the commons with Kaplan. The solicitor general promised to Check the allegation but continued to press Lawrence to return top secret documents he says his progressive conservative predecessor should t have kept when he left office. Papers missing the solicitor general raised the Issue of missing papers thursday in an apparent Effort to turn the tables on Lawrence who is waging a concerted Campaign to Force the government to release information about alleged spies and spying incidents in Canada going Back 35 years. Lawrence my for the Ontario Riding of Durham Northumberland has made a series of unsubstantiated allegations in the last several months about suspected spies. He now appears to have irritated the government officials to the Point they have launched an offensive against him. Prime minister Trudeau and Kaplan have challenged Lawrence to Back up his charges. Kaplan has accused Lawrence of breaking oaths of secrecy he took when he was in office and now is wondering How Many top secret government Docu ments Lawrence has in his filing cabinets. Judge awards Farmer by Pamela Fayerman in what has been called the most damaging expropriation of a farm property by the provincial government a Stony Mountain Farmer has been awarded More than in compensation by a judge. Or. Justice Peter Morse of court of Queen s Bench yesterday ordered the Provin Cial government to pay Stan Ley Donald Kowalski the amount to compensate for the severe consequences of the expropriation undertaken in 1977 for the purposes of relocating Highway 7. The construction ultimately resulted in a Busy four Lane Highway right through Kowalski s 90-hectare Dairy farm judge Morse noted. The in compensation awarded by the judge includes to transform manual feeding methods to a mechanical system for the expropriated land Legal fees with interest from 1977, and other amounts re lating to the farming opera Tion. Easy Access prior to 1977, when the government expropriated 15 hectares of Kowalski s land his property was divided by a railway line which did not pose any problems to the farming operation because of easy Access to both sides. However after the High Way was built there was no ready Access from one Side to the other. Judge Morse said Kowalski not Only suffered a loss of 15 hectares of pasture land but As Well he is no longer Able to use the land to the West of the tracks As pasture and must feed his Herd of 60 to 70 cattle in an alternative method during the summer. Judge Morse said that at the time of the court hearing in May Kowalski represented by lawyers j. S. Walker and Bruce Cristall and the government represented by w. G. Mcfetridge did not question the fact that the Farmer was entitled to be compensated for the Market value of the expropriated land and the damages which resulted to the operation. But the judge said the Dis Pute concerned the amount Kowalski should be paid. In an interview Cristall said yesterday the province offered about which reflected its attitude that what Kowalski wanted was a Cadillac of a system and it believed a Ford would the Nice thing about the decision is that the judge has recognized the province was Low in its approach which would have made the farm ing operation the lawyer said that while he is pleased with the award Kowalski s wife will never be compensated for her health problems especially a heart condition she Deve loped As a result of the stress from the expropriation. The Highway construction forced Kowalski who has operated the Dairy farm for the last 40 years to hire labourers for certain work which he and his wife had managed to do alone prior to the expropriation. Judge Morse said Kowalski was asked in 1977 by the government to remove his cattle from the pasture and remove the fencing on the expropriated land. As a re sult of the Lack of fencing mrs. Kowalski could no longer Chase the cattle to pasture unassisted. The judge awarded in additional labor costs. The loss of 15 hectares of pasture land translated into an annual decrease of nearly 20 per cent of feed product Ion. When cattle Are not at pasture they have to be fed More Hay each Day. Judge Morse awarded the sum of in labor to obtain the extra feed deliver and store it and feed the cattle. Wanted owner operated Tow trucks Auto Rescue towing is looking for owner operated Tow trucks. Must be bendable and Clear driving record. Call Andy or Nick 774-1906 Church of the Way Corner of Lilac Scotland 10a.m. Sunday school for children adults promotion sunday 11kx3 . Clifford Edwards arguing with god . Church picnic . No service a cordial Welcome to ail Faith Temple notre Dame ave. Cliff Helen Beard from Australia wed., june 24 at . Thurs., thru sat., june 25-27 at . And . 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The Public utilities Board of the province of Manitoba herein after referred to As the will be holding a Public hearing on Friday the 26th Day of june. 1981 at the hour of nine o clock in the Forenoon in the la Verendrye room of the fort Garry hotel in the City of Winnipeg to hear firstly an application by inter City Gas utilities Ltd. Hereinafter referred to As the for an increase in the rates to be charged by the company for Gas sold to customers in the franchised areas served by the company by reason of the federally imposed excise tax effective May 1. 1981 being 14c per gig Joule which amounts to approximately 15t per . Following the interim application by the company dated april 29, 1981. The Board responding to the urgency of the company s application issued an interim sex Parte order no. Dated May 7, 1981, in accordance with Section 45 of the Public utilities Board act. In that order the Board ordered 1. That the resulting increased interim rates shall be applied on an equal cents per . Per gig Joule basis and be effective on meter readings on and after May 1, 1981 As outlined in schedules a 1 to 4 and a and after May 1. 1981 As outlined in schedule a-5 attached. The resulting increased annual rates shall be effective on meter readings on and after january 1, 1982 As outlined in schedule cd and after january 1, 1982 As outlined in schedule c-2 attached. 2. That this interim sex Parte order shall be in full Force and effect until superseded by a further order of the Board arising from a Public hearing to be held in Winnipeg prior to August 15, 1981. 3. That the company maintain records to demons Rafe the increases in total revenues and costs to the company resulting from the imposition of this Federal excise tax. This hearing is being held in accordance with Section 45 to hear All evidence pertaining to the increased costs to the company and its customers. Secondly the Board will hear a contingent application for an increase in rates to be charged by the company for Gas sold to customers in the franchised areas served by the company by reason of the proposed federally imposed excise tax which is to be effective july 1, 1981 and being per gig Joule which amounts to 15c per . The resulting increased interim Rales shall be effective on meter readings on and after july 1, 1981 and the resulting increased annual rates shall be effective on meter readings on and after january 1, 1982. The effect of the aforementioned Federal excise tax increases raises the average Cost of Gas to All Consumers. For a residential space heating customer consuming 170 Kcf per year the combined effect of both applications would amount on an annual basis to an increase of approximately fifty dollars approximately if the Board approves on a permanent basis the pass on of the excise taxes on Gas purchased by the company. With respect to both applications the company is asking to pass on to its customers Only the actual tax which it will be required to pay. And notice is also Given thai arty persons firms or corporations wishing to make representations to the Board in connection with the foregoing will be heard at the same time and their intention to do so May be communicated in writing to the counsel for the Board w. C. Gardner q.c., 1900 one Lombard place Winnipeg Manitoba r3b 2l8, by no later than the 17lh Day of june 1981. Dated at the City of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba this 2nd Day of june 1981. David Boroditsky Secretary the Public utilities Board 1146 405 Broadway Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba. R3c 3l6 ;