Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mar go Kane acts out plight of Rita pot and potties coexisting peacefully by Joe Rubin pot and potties have coexisted peacefully for a month on an unused Ward at the health sciences while most of the fourth floor Ward is occupied by babies and one room is devoted to experimental use of marijuana to relieve nausea in cancer chemotherapy Day Nursery director Norma Mccormick said the room is usually used once a with the smell of marijuana especially evident at the end of the Day when parents pick up their both Mccormick and study coordinator Martin Levitt said the odor is not hazardous to the the smell of the smoke May carry but the fact that it is used so infrequently should not pose any said there Are no biological or medical effects on the Mccormick said two parents have raised some prompting the Hospital to another Loca Tion for the but whose own child attends the said any problem posed by the experiments location is not in trying to treat this As no More different than the smell of cooking frequency of room use depends on when patients Are said be adding its usually occupied once or As Many As two times a he said the which was under Way when the Day Nursery children arrived last Between six months and a year and will involve about 40 patients undergoing the study compares the effect of smoking marijuana with taking the the drugs Active ingredient in Pill the experiments purpose is to determine whether the alone or another Mari Juana ingredient relieves chem Othera a induced products used Are kept under lock and the Day Nursery program has occupied the Ward since it is an interim location to be used for six to eight Mccormick said she is looking at Light Snow tonight 5 Cloudy tomorrow 1 november 1981 vol 109 no 300 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail 1egistration number 0286 by Michael Doyle and Brian Cole Winnipeg free press Ottawa the commons last night unanimously voted to strengthen women rights in the new Constitution amid predictions that the full Resolution will be on its Way to Britain next a similar vote on native rights was expected at any but wording introduced last night by Indian affairs minister John Munro still contains a reference to existing aboriginal rights a formulation Indian leaders have criticized As last nights vote on sexual Equality rights ratified a Deal negotiated be tween Ottawa and All provinces except Clark proposals the agreement Means sexual Equality will not be subject to an override clause allowing provinces to pass specific discriminatory Manitoba Premier elect Howard Pawley was expected to make a statement outlining his position on the constitutional changes today an aide to Pawley said yesterday that the nip Leader was pleased at the Progress being made on the cons Titu but was still seeking Legal advice regarding Manitoba representatives of Manito Bas women groups we rent sure that the fight was Over last were Halfway said Sally spokesman for the Manitoba action committee on the status of we got Section 28 and that is won but we still have the override on Section Section 28 of the charter guarantees that Canadian is entitled to the rights and freedoms of the Section 15 bans discrimination based on physical or mental religion or clause 15 makes it possible that Legislatures could pass Laws that Dis Criminate on the basis of Schrofel she said women groups across the country will have to lobby hard during the next few to get override clause removed from Section shr Fels position appears to differ from that of some women including Judy Federal minister responsible for the status of and Flora progressive conservative women affairs who have been calling the latest changes a Victory for i dont understand Strofel she said the differing Opin ions have probably resulted from vary ing Legal interpretations of sections 28 and see House Page 4 admits evidence Plant awaits policy by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Selkirk kinetic ecological re source group has for the time being abandoned plans to build a waste disposal Plant and store highly toxic pcs because of the nip elec Tion in an interview following a Public meeting on the company kinetics president Gerry Gerke said he made the decision in Light of Premier elect Howard Paw Leafs previous com ments in regards to pcs in the Pawley asked environment minister Gary Filmon in september to halt the establishment of a chemical waste disposal Plant in Selkirk until Public hearings were Gerke said plans to establish the Plant for chemical treatment and Stor age of pcs were shelved because the company does not know the policies id like to know How he intends to handle them pcs Gerke said last Gerke said he would not shut the door on the possibility in the establishing the cancelled Plant in Selkirk Hawleys Home a wary crowd of about 125 local residents expressed their opposition to waste disposal Plant and questioned company officials on their plans to go ahead with a solvent reclamation kinetic Engineer Al Leander told the meeting the reclamation Plant is being established to handle solvents which see company Page 4 by Pamela Fayerman Winnipeg police Constable Carl Lawrence Forsberg presented Evi Dence in a court hearing last month which he later admitted was i pro when asked about the John Manitoba director of criminal said this week he would look at a court transcript before deciding what he would do about during an 22 preliminary hear ing into a forgery a police officer for 13 asked judge Mcdonald if he could refer to his the judge replied if they were made at the you May refer to them for the purpose of refreshing your Forsberg then proceeded to give Evi Dence in the a transcript of the hearing obtained by the free press More than two weeks ago notes made earlier under the Constable said he had in fact made the notes prior to his appearance in court that Day because he lost his notebook containing the original he said he had based the notes he used in court on a police under Cross examination the next Day at the preliminary hearing of the accused also charged with the court transcript shows presidential axe work Forsberg and defence counsel Doug Yard had this in part yesterday when you referred to those notes to refresh your you told judge Mcdonald that they were notes made at or shortly after the time of the events you were writing that you told him that under oath question on notes that do you have those notes with you today no i do did you destroy them by now i did not destroy the reason that you dont refer to them today is because later on you acknowledged under oath that you had made them just outside the court room before testifying that so you perjured yourself yesterday in front of judge is that Correct Constable As an officer who is prepared to perjure himself you Are going to Tell us As Well that you have got a Good memory of this now i have a fair memory of it did you make notes at the time yes i did see evidence Page 4 president Ronald Reagan has spent much of his time in recent months axing Federal so he welcomed the Chance this week to turn his attention to chopping firewood while spending a few Days at his Hilltop ranch near Santa a consultants preliminary report recommends closing of Winnipeg nine outdoor pools Over the next 10 years and scrapping of the proposed Brooklands indoor the by professional environmental recreation consultants also recommends conversion of wading pools to Spray upgrading of soccer and football facile and other improvements estimated to Cost the City about a summary of the released at a Public meeting attended by about 100 people last said the cites nine permanent outdoor pools had swims in the summer of less than a third of taxpayers had to pay per swim to cover the differ ence Between revenues and expend making it the most expensive Wimin Iii recreation service the City it it also said Pool revenues averaged less than an hour and Brian John president of the consulting said this would not even meet the costs of collecting the Pool Money and doing the City Hall the report recommended the outdoor pools be closed As they depreciate beyond further use which will take about 10 and that people be admitted free until then to encourage the report says the Brooklands Pool should not be built because there Are already 11 Public indoor pools in the As Well As 12 sem Public ones run by such organizations As the Young mens Christian the consultant added that All Winni Peg residents Are within Kilometres of an indoor Public Pool and 90 per cent Are within four but Anne chairman of the Brooklands neighbourhood improve ment program resident told the Norquay building meeting that residents in her area Are isolated from indoor you Are not sensitive to the needs of the she we have wanted a Pool for a Long time and you Arent going to take it from us the consultants report said taxpayers now pay a swim in subsidizing users of City indoor the report said wading pools should be converted to Spray a civic Parks official said water keeps running through a Spray Pool so no supervision is needed to prevent the report also said the City has adequate soccer see closing Page 4 appeals rejected Halifax up the Federal government overruled the unanimous opposition of provincial finance ministers yesterday and said it is sticking to its plan to Cut billion in Aid to the provinces Over the next five finance minister Allan ending two Days of meetings with his provincial also rejected appeals that he delay the cuts until the two Levels of government have agreed on what conditions the provinces have to meet to get the Money that both he and Pierre minis Ter of state for ducked questions Over whether Ottawa would move unilaterally to alter Federal provincial fiscal arrangements if no negotiated settlement is both noted that agree ments covering the bulk of Federal Aid to the provinces expire March 31 and at least some of the Money requires new legislation in parliament to continue beyond that the provinces acknowledge they cannot legally Block the cuts but As Ontario treasurer Frank Miller told we have the moral suasion of representing a lot of at Issue Are Federal plans to save billion by slowing the growth of the billion in annual Aid to the provinces and Maceachen says the provinces will be at least partially compensated by about billion in additional Revenue from changes he made in the Federal budget which also affect provincial see opposition Page 4 quota lifted a decision by Industry minister Herb Gray to lift the import quota on leather and Vinyl shoes draws a groan from the no movement soviet president Leonid Brezhnev gave Little indication that he is willing to Budge from his position on says Helmut widow duped an illiterate widow with nine children who signed away her farm to a Hull car dealer loses court Battle to regain her scandal not 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