Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 Cynd fights potential rivalry from Portage up photo by Cecil Rosner a Brando based broadcasting com Pany is seeking Federal approval for a licence which would bring Winnipeg viewers a fourth English language Tele vision Western Manitoba broadcasters owners of Cox radio and to in asked the Canadian radio television and communications com Mission yesterday for permission to construct a 338metre transmitting Tower in the new television Sta Tion would be based in Portage la Prairie but would be powerful enough to reach a potential audience of company president Stuart Craig said the new to be broadcast on Channel would carry local Portage news and programs As Well As Canad Wayne free press an and imported anyone in Winnipeg would be Able to tune without the necessity of a but opponents of the licence Applina including can div radio in told the crts hear ing yesterday that the move is a disguised attempt to penetrate Winni Peg Market under the pretext of providing a new station for Cynd spokesman Don Brinton added that approval of the new station would mean bumping two cab let stations off the band in that would Force anyone who wanted to pick up the two stations to buy a special television the company application Drew enthusiastic support from about 240 Indi businesses and organizations in the Portage area Vjio wrote letters of approval to the Many said the Stuart Craig pleads his Case for a Portage based City Calendar City of needed a television Sta As local news and sporting events were not being properly Federal conservative my Charles Mayer Portage Marquette told the commission he supported the application and Felt it would improve communications Between Rural and Urban Resi also speaking in favor were the mayor of the head of the local chamber of Brandon University president Harold Perkins and a number of other Portage Resi Craig said it was important for Cox to get the station and recover some of the National advertising dollars which it lost As a result of a recent crts approval of a Western Manitoba re broadcasting transmitter for he expected the station to lose More than in the first year and not turn a profit for about five Case for native Craig came under intensive questioning from the four crts commis who wondered whether the new station could provide adequate news and programming he came in for criticism for his proposal to employ just two news reporters and three announcers for the i dont see How you can cover the news with that Small a said commissioner Marke he also questioned Craigs proposal to pay news reporters an annual salary of and asked if that want an unusually Low Craig replied that if he could find qualified people to take the Job at a year he would certainly do Raines also said the proposal seemed to offer a preponderance of foreign programming in its main primetime he said he remained to be con Vinced that the proposal was one which would offer anything of real value to the viewing commissioner Jim Robson noted that Portage can hardly be described As since it receives three English language a French language station and a Host of Cable said that if Cox truly wanted to serve the Portage area it could build a transmitter closer to the City which would not interfere with the Winnipeg he said the application would hamper conds efforts to use Channel 13 in the Interlake and nearby about 30 headstones in the Sparling area cemetery were knocked Over and some vandals shatter gravestones Farmers near Sparling will begin the painful task of rebuilding the local cemetery today after halloween Van dals turned it into a junkyard of broken the old people Are very this was a special place for said Stan whose uncles and aunts Are buried in the located about 10 Kilometres Northeast of a member of the cemetery said about 30 of the graveyards 40 headstones were kicked my uncles was broken into the rest were just said we Haven even tried to estimate the damage in terms of the cemetery boards 11 members have each contributed toward a Reward for information leading to the arrest of the he people want them there we Allim disgusted to think anyone could stoop so said Betty the Granite memorials to her grandparents and other relatives were also victims of the Mitchell said the desecration was discovered sunday and its almost cer Tain that it was a dirty halloween no arrests have been but the ramp said it appears the vandals came in one a police spokesman said it was the Only major incident of the halloween league sets up speakers Bureau the Manitoba league of the physically handicapped will present a speakers to help inform the Public of the goals and aspirations of disabled the Bureau can Send a speaker to a Public or organization to discuss and answer questions on topics of concern to disabled for further Contact Maureen Bliss killer at the project 794 Sargent Richard obstetrician and will speak on vaginal deliveries following a caesarean Section at 8 tonight 4 at 444 River the meeting is sponsored by the caesarean birth support everyone weather Chicago i to Kanija cily f Chor Zoilon Precup Tolton h High l Low Proi Luie cold fron warm front Winnipeg chapter of Canadian association for the advancement of nether Andic will present a film evening at 8 Friday 6 at Russel 364 Dufferin films Are Belgium the ashes of and it want easy a collection will be Daniel hh1 of leading authority on race will speak at the fourth annual meeting of the Manitoba association for rights and liberties to begin at Friday 6 at St Andrews 425 Elgin Hill will speak at 830 Jim minister of state for will open the exhibit entitled our living traditions presented by the multicultural museums committee at 4 next wednesday 11 in the foyer of the convention 375 York the exhibit will be on display Friday 6 to our a Story yesterday said wrongly that All provincial Parks Are open year round for Hunting by treaty in treaty indians can Hunt Harround Only in Parks where licenced Hunting is permit an a Story by the Canadian press yesterday said wrongly that former transport minister Otto Lang obtained a free flight on an armed forces aircraft for his childrens Nanny when she returned Home to Scotland in in the Nanny has said Lang arranged a free flight for her on an armed forces plane when she came to Ottawa to work for him in Barney then defence said he quashed the 1976 attempt to gain a free flight for the woman Back to Scotland after it became Public the Nanny eventually returned on a commercial Winnipeg area forecast becoming Cloudy this Chance of showers overnight brisk southerly wind today with a High near Low tonight near mostly sunny tomorrow with a brisk Northwest wind and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Friday and saturday with above Normal variable cloudiness sunday with tempera Tures slightly below Normal readings of 3 and Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness with an occasional rain Shower Friday and an occasional Snow flurry tempera Tures above Normal Friday and near or slightly below Normal readings of 2 and 10 saturday and Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny Friday and saturday with above Normal variable cloudiness sunday with near Normal readings of 3 and temperatures Canada and the world deaths classified death National Thunder International 14 14 20 6 19 16 14 17 12 18 13 7 7 8 20 19 17 14 13 15 14 4 23 17 23 6 2 3 3 2 7 4 6 4 1 3 2 2 0 2 14 8 9 e 8 15 5 0 10 14 8 1 i4 21 8 4 i 25 17 resort spots los 26 16 Las 26 13 31 19 fair 28 24 28 21 28 24 talk 24 17 28 22 30 23 31 22 27 22 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean last 00 highest on record in 1903 lowest on record in 1893 precipitation total Tor 1 to 3 nil Milli metres Normal Bertha Florence of 3b 377 Brandon ave widow of James of 23 1819 Grant husband of Bessie of 337 Helmsdale Hus band of Mabel Frances of 472 Campbell widow of Kazymierz of Tanoose formerly of Winni 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