Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba To Bridge Gap on continued sort Page Bennett told a concluding news Ferenee on Board the cruise ship Queen of Prince where the premiers spent the final Day of their 22nd annual that the provincial Tedders will Send a letter to prime minister Trudeau urging an immediate ing on what they called the crushing Burden imposed by record interest rampaging inflation and the weak Canadian but they were unable to Advance beyond a Vaguel worded nine Point economic recovery plan unveiled thurs Energy agreement the premiers agreed a fair and equitable Energy pricing agreement should be reached immediately to signal a fundamental change in the climate for productive investment in the such a move would re Lieve pressure on the anaemic Dollar and soaring interest they but they could not define fair and equitable because while All of them accepted the need for Domestic Oil prices to Rise eventually to 75 per cent of world Sharp differences remained Over How fast to How to split the resulting increased revenues and How to shield the and the provincial leaders were forced into equally vague wording on foreign investment and Federal moves to nationalize the Petroleum Industry two areas where Saskatchewan pre Mier Allan the Lone new was at Odds with his More business oriented the premiers strongly oppose fed eral plans to eliminate without Public hearings two of four transcontinental railway passenger 13 regional runs and reduce service on six Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan told the move is unprecedented in Cana Dian they also found common ground on Federal plans to Cut billion Over the next two fiscal years in Federal Aid to provincial health and education the premiers called on Ottawa to reduce its vast annual de to be billion for the fiscal year which began april but rejected the Federal argument this would be one Way to trim Ottawa now transfers about billion a year in Cash and tax collection authority to the provinces under the education and equalization which expire March but As they reached no consensus on Federal plans to Amend and Patriate the Constitution against the wishes of eight of the 10 seven of these eight Buchanan is already winging his Way Home on Pri vate business were to meet today on what options they will follow when the supreme court of Canada As that Ottawa constitutional proposals Are if not the premiers also struck a different tone on what they expect in the next reduce tension their spokesman As Host of the said he wants to reduce Federal provincial shouting Hast done anyone any he said so its time to tone Down the Bennett said the premiers went out of their Way in their communiques to avoid the impression of mindless Otta but Manitoba Premier Sterling last years provincial said the communiques were As roughly worded As possible and insisted the Ball had been thrown into the court of a Federal government he persisted in calling arrogant and Alberta Premier Peter who has borne the Brunt of both Feder a provincial and inter provincial ran Cor Over Energy saying he has never seen the degree of tension As intense As it is crowd gathers As Kingston police officers hide behind a car and try persuading a Man to end siege in jail guard held hostage released armed Ottawa Man surrenders to police after a 16hour siege in Hull up an Ottawa Man surrendered to releasing unharmed a Hull jail guard he had been holding hostage for 16 Jeanpaul gave himself up peacefully after Al night negotiations which ended at cd and is in custody once a spokesman for the Quebec police Force hostage Roger was re leased Allarie had grabbed Rondeau at knife Point when the guard was taking him to a basement holding cell in the Hull City Hall and court House who has twice escaped from demanded a car and Safe passage from the 10storey he was serving a 20year sentence in Millhaven Penitentiary in for a series of armed robberies in the Ottaw Hull area when he was brought Here for a court appearance on another after the Brief court Allarie grabbed the unarmed guard who was escorting him to his cell and threatened to Stab him with what appeared to be a homemade steel knife he had police a second guard in the Bob saw the kidnapping and tried to jump police but the prisoner lunged at him with his Wear Allarie then led his hostage into a holding in a Man was being held today on suspicion of murder after an unidentified Man was found dead in a House following a 3y2hour police siege last police said they received a Call from a Man who said he had just shot a Man several times and come and get r no one answered the door when police arrived after the Man refused to give Hihi self an emergency police squad was set up at an adjacent during the three shots believed to be from a Small calibre Rifle were fired from the no one was injured and no damage was police persuaded the Man to give himself up after three hours of phone Hie who apparently listened to a police radio Mon frequently left the Telephone off the Hook and was coaxed Back into negotiations by use of the police police said they were sure the suspect did not have a hostage and were willing to wait him Paul was in custody and was to be arraigned Manitoba nursing shortage eases continued from Page 1 for nursing positions stood at about five per cent As of april in 657 nurses left the province last most of them Manitoba Grade of 260 went to 141 went to 89 settled in Ontario and Saskatchewan took another 33 left for the Northwest Terri tories and the went to the and nine went Manitoba attracted 169 nurses from across up from 146 in Twenty seven others came Here from the and other Tod said Manitoba has always had a chronic shortage of nurses in Rural areas and in specially she said it is encouraged to see More nurses taking refresher courses and returning to the work she said 164 completed the refresher programs last year and she estimated that 231 will do so this we have More people offering re fresher programs and were going out further to try and encourage people to get Back into the work Ottawa agree on ramp pact continued from Page 1 of the proposed new contract agree ment hammered out in Toronto last he agreed with one reporters suggestion that it became a Hobsons Choice of take the contract or leave it and do without ramp policing services after several threats by solicitor general Robert Kaplan to withdraw ramp personnel during the bitter 10 months of Merciers major concern is with the second phase of the he said he will take those concerns to the provincial Cabinet which must ratify the the Federal government wanted the provinces to pick up 75 per cent of the costs a move which would have Cost Manitoba Mil lion More for a total of million for the complement of ramp in the the province and municipalities with populations of under a photo pay 56 per municipalities with populations larger than that pay 81 per the proposed new agreement would require municipalities of 000 or More Thompson is the Only Manitoba City of that size to pay increased costs rising at a rate one per cent a year from the current 81 per cent to 90 per cent in the final year of the 10year Thompson mayor Don Maclean said his Council would have to study the contract to decide what action will be its quite a hike possibly we May have to Cut Back a few ramp but i dont like to do we could be cutting our own he which has a 29roem Ber ramp detachment can expect a Bill of for policing services next compared with this except for Mercier said municipalities with More than eight ramp members will find their costs will drop in the first year of the he maintained the provinces and municipalities under the new agreement will subsidize Federal Birtle mayor Ray presi Dent of the Union of Manitoba munic said the proposed agree ment offered some Relief to municipalities which had expected to pay 70 per cent of the Cost i Media he the Union will continue to press the which now pays less than 10 per cent of municipal policing to pick up a larger he noted a flin flon study showed at least 75 per cent of police work involves enforcement of provincial Mercier said the province would look at Cost sharing arrangements with municipalities once the final Federal provincial ramp contract is signed with the eight on Tario and Quebec have their own police under the proposed dauphins Bill will drop to from this flin flon will pay about less next year at 000 and Portage la Prairies police costs will drop to from Selkirk Bill will decline to from according to figures released by Steinbach police costs will Rise slightly to from its difficult to distinguish the Type of policing done in Thompson from that done in other he the eight provinces wanted larger cities defined As those with populations of or Mercier said Manitoba gave no formal consideration to developing its own police the ramp is a National institution and Well accepted in Manitoba and Western they do a Good Job of he Sysu Pervall a 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