Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september 1381 by Ron Campbell a Cranberry Portage school teacher wants to form a citizens committee against pollution by the Hudson Bay mining and smelting flin flon John who teaches social studies and mathematics at Frontier collegiate in nearby Cranberry por said he now has six people from the Village and two from flin flon involved and there May be a founding meeting toward the end of the company Copper and Zinc smelting operations Emit about 750 tons on smelter Given licence to teacher says of Sut Pouf dioxide into the atmosphere in if tit ant idea the of Sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere daily and Milner said sometimes we can taste it 32 Kilometres away in Cranberry As Well As the main Sulphur dioxide the smelter operation also emits smaller amounts of Les harmful contaminants such As cadmium and some other heavy Milner part of miners motivation to form a citizens committee against the Compa nys atmospheric pollution was that since 1970 the company has had a licence to do he to and 1079 the company exceeded Saskatchewan environmental pollution standards 201 times and Manitoba which allow about twice the emission Levels of 40 he Hudson Bay has never been has never had their fingers Milner another reason for the he was the decision in March by Environ ment minister Gary Filmon to allow the company until 1984 to comply with Manitoba clean environment commis Sion standards for ground level con Wayne director of safety and environment for the said current emissions from the Plant Are Only 85 per cent of what is permit Ted under this Springs clean Environ ment commission during the past few Fraser Between 50 and 775 tons of Sulphur dioxide have been released from the Plant each he said the emis Sions Are now much lower than they were in 1974 when the mining company added its High Fraser said Milner and other Resi dents had plenty of Opportunity to state their complaints during Public clean environment commission hearings on the flin flon Plant held in company Public affairs spokesman Wayne Feller added that Milner is been running a Campaign against and the provincial government for some when he first started this crusade against pollution he was a candidate for the Telfer Adrian head of the prov inces air pollution control said he thought it was unlikely that miners lobby efforts would alter the order of the clean environment the province will Monitor the Compa nys stack emissions in september to ensure they comply with government Jackson Milner said much of his information on pollution comes from a 1976 77 study by the Federal Freshwater Institute of 23 lakes within a 64kilo metre radius of flin including Cliff source of the towns water the found that none of the lakes contained contaminants beyond the maximum allowable for drinking Oerry free press firm by by Glen Mackenzie a company owned by Boniface school divisions assistant superintend a principal and a former principal was asked to refund about after it was discovered the firms product had been purchased for use in division Board chairman Jim Garwood said yesterday the Board Learned in the Spring the division had been buying mathematics teaching materials from Canadian instructional materials firm owned by assistant superintendent Roger general Vanier school principal de Lefteruk and Walter Cho former Shamrock school Prin Garwood said in an interview the Board asked for and received the ramp discipline sought the Manitoba association for rights and liberties Marl wants the prov Ince to have the Power to discipline the ramp the group has written the attorney generals saying the prov Ince should be Able to review ramp activities within Manitoba and take disciplinary action where the provinces have no such constitutional Powers although eight use the Federal Force for Provin Cial police Harry co convenor of Marls police Powers said yesterday one Central provincial re View Agency would Benefit the Public and police the Public would be Able to avoid the confusion of which police commission provincial or Federal to take their com plaints he while the police would have a uniform set of rules under which to concerns shared if the provinces Are not Given the Power to review ramp Manitoba should establish its own provincial police Marl the provincial government has responded to the associations Resolution by saying it shares Marls it said Ottawa appears unwilling to go any farther than giving each province and except Ontario and Quebec which have their own one member on a proposed Independent committee to review com plaints by the Public against the the province also said it is not pre pared at this time to create a Provin Cial police and also charged the company about the same amount for storage of the material after it became aware of the company Canadian instructional materials sold the teaching aids cards used to teach numbers mainly to elementary grades to the Manitoba textbook by which makes material available to schools throughout the some schools in the Boniface division later ordered the aids from the forwarding the Bills to the textbook Bureau manager Woolston said yesterday there was nothing preventing school division employees from Selling material to most materials the Bureau distributes Are developed by Large private firms specializing in educational a he Miller said yesterday that while he is one of the three owners of the he want involved in any agreement be tween the firm and the school he also said that As far As he is the matter has been closed since the Board meets tonight among other is to name an acting superintendent to replace George whose contract want Ren ewed when it expired in guidelines general Garwood said he believed Millier the most Likely candidate for the Job and that the instructional materials Inci Dent May have a bearing on it but my guess is it would Proba Bly be now that payment has been made to the Roger the divisions Secre said yesterday he Doest believe there was a conflict of interest because of the Way the Materi Al was its not a its just a he Smith explained that orders Are routinely paid for by the school division after a school principal has bought often at the request of a the guidelines Are general and schools have great Deal of Lee Way we Are quite he Smith also said teachers knew who had developed the but Lefteruk said Only one and Possi Bly two of the teachers in his school knew he was a part owner of the Lefteruk also said he never tried to sell the materials to teachers in his teachers decide what materials they want to use and they Are pretty he he said in an interview materials were stored for free during a Short period in an empty Shamrock school classroom last after a former division official approved this it was such a minor no fee was he Lefteruk refused to say How Long the items were stored he said they Are now stored with a private but refused to name Jennifer funds really ended when she and other picnickers were kicked off the lady Winnipeg Commodore torpedoes picnic plan by Brian Cole a Man says he and his family were unceremoniously kicked off the lady Winnipeg riverboat after Commodore Dan Ritchie told them they bring their picnic Basket along on a trip to lower fort Neil Lund said he was deeply embarrassed by the incident last week and is considering lodging a complaint with the provincial department of i think its inhuman to ask a family to leave the boat Over something like a picnic Lund said in an inter equally upset was funds daughter it was a Beautiful she we were going to havea really Nice time before he kicked us off the contacted Ritchie said he remember asking Lund and his family to leave the but he said he Doest allow people to bring food on Board his weve got a a dining room and a cocktail he said adding that he had to food sales High in order to meet the ratio of food to alcohol sales outlined in his liquor he also said if every one started bringing food on Board it would take up too much the incident is being investigated by the tourism department because information on the lady Winnipeg and River Rouge riverboats is contained in some of the travel advertising done by the department in Canada and the United the incident occurred last week when along with his brother and his brother girl Friend decided to take a trip to lower fort Garry by shortly after taking their seats on Board the Lund said Ritchie advised the group that they would not be Able to bring their picnic Basket along because there want enough room on the Lund initially refused after realizing the boat had a restaurant and that the Commodore wanted to Maxi spot Cheek proves final Stop on thief s morning bus route an uninvited guest who spent the night in a Winnipeg transit vehicle returned the hospitality by stealing a police said a transit Driver finished his route Early but failed to notice a Young Man had fallen asleep in a he parked the bus in the Osborne Street transit garage for the the passenger awoke some time later that morning before the garage the Man decided to help himself to a minibus parked in the garage because no one was around and he needed a police the Man started the drove out of the garage and headed about police spotted the bus near the Corner of Broadway and Colony Street and became suspicious when they saw the police stopped the vehicle for a spot Check after questioning the took him into custody on a charge of theft Over the appeared in court yesterday and was remanded into Cus Tody until violent inmate fails to return Mize his food he offered to buy some food As a but Lund said Ritchie rejected the demanding How much Are you going to eat if youve brought your own lunch he then asked them to particularly upsetting to Lund was the fact the incident occurred while he was attempting to show his who was visiting from the finer aspects of Winnipeg he believe Lund really was flabbergasted that someone would do that to a Lund said that because the tourism department helps promote Ritchie it should ensure that visitors Are treated i think he Ritchie could give Winnipeg a bad Lund Bob director of travel Mani said Ritchie is one of our clients and that allegations of inappropriate behaviour would be taken up with the if that is the then i would think there would have to be More tactful ways of handling he said of the Bridge initially refused to say whether the department has received com plaints about the operation of the boats owned by but later said he recall receiving by Kevin Prokosh ramp Are describing As violent and possibly dangerous and armed a Man who failed to return to minimum Security Rockwood institution Satur Day after a six Day unescorted temporary absence in Allan Louis was sentenced in 1977 to nine years in an Alberta jail for two counts of keeping a common living off the avails of possessing a restricted weapon and unlawfully and wilfully attempting to defeat in 1980 he was transferred to the maximum Security Section of Golden denies Guil on 3 bylaw charges Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba and in june to the nearby farm operation at since Blomme has been granted Between eight and 10 unescorted temporary absences and has returned on time after the National parole Board approved the absences for the inmate on humanitarian grounds so he could keep in Contact with his family in said Norm regional executive offi cer of the parole Blomme left for Calgary 24 to reside at a Halfway he met with his lawyers and officials at Revenue Winnipeg businessman Al Golden pleaded not guilty to three counts of breaching City bylaws yesterday after the judge dismissed his motion to have the charges against him a hearing Date of 28 in bylaw court was set for the former mayoralty candidate on three charges of using the Transcona recreational Centre for commercial ventures on land zoned solely for Park and recreational Pur who purchased the former Transcona country club in used the Dugald Road establish ment for a june 20 a Public dance on june 21 and a july 12 Swap Early this month Golden sought to have the charges against him arguing that the information listing the charges did not describe any offence known to Law and thus did not allow the accused to present an adequate judge Jane Maurer dismissed Gold ens but acknowledged the information could have been More com Golden will also appear in bylaw court 28 on a charge of failing to remove an illegally installed vent at a Portage Avenue the charge is against Core industries of which Golden is Canada in the but did not Board his return flight to Magnou say Why the parole Board haunt considered Blomme a potential risk to the Public when police regard him As violent and possibly Blomes Good behaviour in prison led the Board to feel he was not physically violent and didst represent a risk to the Magnou the police think when Hes on the Street Hes a fugitive and faces Only additional time in said Russ assistant Wardena ministry Tion at Stony anytime someone the police Savoie fined for firms tax foul up Savoie paid through nose Winnipeg City councillor Guy Savoie yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to pay Ottawa a total of in Federal income tax employee deductions As an officer of a management the under the income tax said l and s management and Savoie As a director deducted and with held the Money from wages or other remuneration paid to its employees in the company annual return with the provincial corporations Branch lists Savoie As its Secretary and trea v Savoie said in an interview that he had been Only a silent partner in the which operated two hair dressing salons in he said his partner got into Finan Cial difficulty and both salons have been i have paid out of my pocket to Clear up the company debts and liquidate Savoie for what it is going to do to my i have paid through the he provincial judge Winston Norton imposed a 5200 Fine for the believe he is potentially Mcgill added because Blomme was serving More than five years in jail Only the National parole Board could Grant him the temporary i think some of us had reservations about him being Given the he City police continue their Hunt for Lloyd James an Escapee from Stony Mountain who is regarded As armed and extremely Dan Appleyard was serving a 12year sen tence for manslaughter when he escaped last thursday afternoon while working with a paint Crew outside the prison police Are investigating an incident where a Man who could have been Appleyard attempted to commandeer a motorists car near the intersection of Annes Road and Fermor Avenue Friday staff Joe Gallagher said a car was flagged Down by a Man once pulled a knife from his pocket and demanded the Motorist drive him the unidentified male Driver promptly punched the armed Man in the face and tossed him out of the although the Motorist positively identify the Man As its now possible the Escaper is sporting a considerable Bruise on his Gallagher who was jailed in escaped to Winnipeg by kidnapping 14 year old Dwayne Patrick at knife Point the teenager was later released in ;