Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 16, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1981 3 Winnipeg free november 1 police await Wordon enforcing overnight parking ban rent review ordered by Maureen Brosnahan consumer affairs minister Gary Fil Mon has ordered arbitration hearings on rent increases at the courts of the which came Only three Days before the provincial was made late saturday after the free press reported that residents of the 754unit Complex face rent hikes of at least 20 per cent Early next Filmon said yesterday rent increases at the James Complex for next year have not been approved by provincial rent review despite ment to the contrary by Bob a property manager for the con federation Filmon said prior approval is not possible under the present rent review he said the proposed increases will go before a rent arbitration panel in a matter of although most of the rent hikes Are not effective until the new some residents began paying higher rents this Filmon said these will also go to we became aware of some of the increases for november and december and then we did our comparison to comparable rent increases in the he the recommendation to me was that they were excess i further instructed that information be compiled with respect to the whole Monitor increases the move is Hilmons first action under the beefed up rent control Moni Toring system announced by Premier Sterling Lyon at a press conference Lyon said under the program the government will Monitor All rent in creases in Manitoba and Roll them Back if Filmon said an arbitration ruling made Friday on rent increases in a Brandon apartment Richmond resulted in increases being rolled Back from about 37 per cent to about five per three weeks residents from that Many of them senior met with nip Leader Howard Pawley to protest rent increases of More than a month scheduled to take effect in it was at that time that Pawley promised to reinstate rent controls if elected Filmon the decision on the 170 unit Brandon Complex Means rents will Only be increased a month for on bedroom apartments and a month for two bedroom Filmon said the new program mean closer scrutiny of All rent in creases in an apartment Block and not just those which Are under festival receives Boniface festival do Voyageur received a Federal Grant to help it buy and renovate a building at 768 tache Avenue for use As a Perma nent Home for the annual the announced jointly by Boniface my Robert Pierre de minister of regional economic expansion and Herb minister of troide and came a month after the provincial government refused to provide funds for the project under a joint Federal provincial sub in an intergovernmental tourism destination refused a request by festival organizers for the Agency spokesmen said All capital assistance programs had been deferred pending the comple Tion of a study on according to the Federal press re Ottawa decided to exercise its mandate in tourism and regional development and fund the project entirely on its in City Council approved a interest free loan to the also for the Purchase of the will not be enforced until police get the godhead from mayor Bill Norrie has ultimate responsibility for the which normally bans overnight parking from 16 to May 15 to allow Snow Crews to Clear City streets and allows police to Issue tickets to the mayor can alter the effective depending on the but a Winnipeg police traffic division spokesman said yesterday that police chief Ken Johnston had issued a week end notice waiving the he said this was probably cleared with Norrie or his Dave Norries executive said the mayor was in West Germany All last week and didst authorize any change in implementation of the he added that police dont have the Power to alter the Grant said who is returning to Winnipeg May decide to push Back the bylaws effective Date because of continuing warm weather and absence of a press release announcing enforce the bylaw today was issued by the police department but a traffic division spokesman said a Sec Ond release was prepared later scrap Ping this police said yesterday they will not begin ticketing cars parked illegally overnight until they get the godhead from the mayors the bylaw was applied intermittently last year because of mild Winter during the to enforcement 550 tickets were issued under the Glenn free press v s v v comforting victim Bare Jihan Sadat still expected at b dinner although they have yet to receive confirmation from egyptian organizers of a dinner honouring Anwar Sadat widow say they Are assuming she still plans to come to Winnipeg in Jihan Sadat was invited last year to receive the Boniface general Hospital research foundation International award at a fundraising dinner in after the egyptian presidents assassination in however there was some question whether or not would still attend the but foundation executive director Elspeth Haid said yesterday she has received no word of a cancellation from Sadat or her were assuming its she we Haven actually called but they Haven to us so i figure theres been no change in Haid said invitation lists Are being prepared and other preliminary Prepa rations Are under she said she was coming and be cause they Haven called i think everything must be she about1 people Are expected to attend the dinner at the Winnipeg convention last years dinner raised More than for the foun report to urge reforms the Long awaited Manitoba Law society report on alleged favo buying by lawyers at provincial remand Centre will Likely be made Public Fol lowing a meeting of society benches society executive director Graeme Garson said yesterday he expects the benches to release details of the re ports findings and recommendations at that i would say that would be the he the remand Centre after a Public Garson said the report makes two update a followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free or three pointed recommendations about procedures at the lockup but does not single out individual lawyers for criminal lawyer Hymie Weinstein an former remand Centre director James Toal were asked last May to examine1 reports that lawyers were plying guards with hockey tickets and other Small gifts in return for client in an interview at the Wein Stein said if his investigation proved the allegations to be accused lawyer would be charged under the Law society he said this could Lead to suspensions or even Dis bar he had added that there would be no attempt at whitewashing the investigation because solicitation of clients is a thing that reflects badly on the whole profession and we cant allow Reward for killer fails a Winnipeg Mother who offered a Reward for information leading to the arrest of her daughters murderer has been advised by police to Dis continue the Edith Mother of Donna Hale who was bludgeoned to death in the Bathtub of her Blue Spruce Crescent Home in said yesterday that police told her the re Ward offer had not they said they got a couple of phone Calls but that they said it was no Campbell that she int giving up Hope that her daughters murderer will be tried a lot of i even hired a private investigator from the United Donna was a Nice girl and it just Doest seem right somebody can get away with some thing like Campbell said she wont rest until she sees Justice i keep hoping and praying every the person who did it will make a mistake one the Reward might not have worked but in sure something will happen i Haven Given up 22 encephalitis cases health minister Bud Sher Man said yesterday his officials have confirmed a total of 22 cases of Western Equine encephalitis in humans this including one Sherman said an elderly woman was the Only fatal victim of the he added that half a dozen persons Are recovering slowly from the effects of the with All other cases fully the minister vigorously defended his decision to Spray the controversial Mosquito killing chemical Bay on Over populated areas of he said Sid effects from the chemical appeared to be Sherman said the spraying killed 90 per cent of infected mosquitoes and helped ensure the epidemic didst spread any his officials have told him that it is impossible to predict whether or not the province will suffer another encephalitis outbreak next it depends on Many not just the he especially important Are the flight patterns of the migratory Birds that carry the if the factors come then Well have another theres just no Way of telling until Sherman said encephalitis outbreaks Are cyclical in sometimes they come a couple of years in a Row and sometimes you have a break for several he added that he hesitate to Spray with Bay on again if the Situa Tion warranted Lack of nonwhites in the Media hit by Greg Bannister the absence of nonwhite faces in Canadian news and advertising is contributing to racial tensions in our the president of Canadas National Black coalition said Satur Wilson who is also an associate professor of sociology at York univer sity in said the Lack of non Whites in the Media is harmful to nonwhite children growing up in can the fact is the Media very rarely portrays any Blacks or Browns or Yel lows or any nonwhites in its and in its news very rarely do you see a Black person on television Reading the news or Reading the weather reports or in a drama even when a play like Othello is its a White Man playing Othello in a Black what this has done is Lead to a denial of their own self Worth by Black in an interview following a workshop at last weeks National con Ference on multicultural said the Media in Canada was the most powerful tool to influence the thinking and behaviour of the Media has shown them non White children this myth that Whites Are Whites Are Bright and Beautiful and attractive and All the he said schools Are important but cannot do the entire task of promoting racial the school system teaches it does not teach very much in terms of values and does not do very much in terms of attitude that left pretty much to the head criticized the Media for not employing nonwhites who could pro vide the missing racial but he strongly opposed any suggestion of government legislation forcing racial hiring quotas in the he said if Blacks and other racial minorities were to assume positions in the a More realistic picture of Canadian society would be there Are certainly Blacks High places in the Media who can say what Blacks think and what is a Black perspective there has to be balanced you really need that competing in order to change this people must begin to Challenge the View of the world As presented in the particularly he teachers must Tell students that the View of the world they see on with its Allwhite is not the real we have to learn to teach in our schools the diversity of that is what is All if we dont do this we Are going to As we saw in the United a lot of racial you May get that kind of situation because in our present society we seem to have a great need for scapegoats when times Are bad or seen As bad you look for the nearest and most convenient that happens to be the racial groups if they lians Are Maturin immigration policy proof of says Axworthy canadians Are maturing in their attitudes toward the Many ethnic cultures in this says immigration min ister Lloyd Axworthy told the National planning Council on multicultural education that Canada is no longer an Anglo phone francophone Immi Grants came from 180 countries last year More than of them from Canada adapts to world situations each said explaining that immigration quotas Are relaxed at times to accommodate flowing the italian earthquake last Canada welcomed Many Vic we maintain an open door he multiculturalism is an Opportunity for different so How do we shape it and use it and nourish it Axworthy said educators More than anyone else help immigrants adapt to the Canadian Way of life because they teach the English second language programs and in the Public school the meeting heated in when he finished his a native representative was angry because Axworthy had not addressed the Issue of aboriginal the minister told the crowd we had those rights clearly established in the charter of Ottawa wanted to reach an Accord with the provinces before trying to Patriate the he and the aboriginal rights Issue had to be sacrificed for the a Quebec delegation was angry be cause although the conference was billed As a multicultural none of the proceedings or lectures were con ducted in Ottawa accused of racist Campaign open door society a local civil rights group has accused the Federal government of embarking on a racist Campaign by implementing new immigration restrictions on East indians visiting Manjit spokesman for the East Indian defence says the new regulations follow months of slanderous attacks against Indian nationals through the news a press statement from the commit tee says More than East indians came to Canada last summer in search better life and applied for Nerman Iroe the new regulations Are aimed at preventing visiting Indian nationals from applying for permanent residence As refugees on the grounds that they Are being persecuted by Indian authorities for supporting the establishment of an Independent sikh immigration minister Lloyd a worthy announced the new regulations in saying the arrival of about Indian mostly clogged the country refugee appraisal system and stalled handling of legitimate Iton ;