Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1981 3 t x 1 Coj 11u try j u1 new treatments to Cost nomm a members fee by Joe Rubin the Manitoba medical association has decided to charge nonmembers for each new treatment or proce Dure they ask to be covered by medi under an existing agreement with the Manitoba health services commis the association negotiates All changes and additions to the Doc tors fee about 510 of the physicians in the province do not belong to the the professions voluntary murder attempt alleged a Winnipeg Man has been charged with attempted murder and several weapons offences As a result of a shooting wednesday outside a Down town amusement Anelito Santos of fines tone was remanded into custody without plea to today when he appeared in provincial judges court yes he is charged with attempted possessing a prohibited Wear possessing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the Public peace and using a firearm during the commission of an indictable the charges Stem from an incident that began at about 4 wednesday in the Golden Grill restaurant at 395 Portage police said two men began arguing in the and one of the men pulled out a sawed off the second Man then hit the gunman on the head with a vinegar bottle and the two began two shots fired police were but the two men had left the restaurant and resumed their argument a Short distance Down the Street in front of Long John silvers Arcade at Portage Avenue and Carlton the gunman again pulled the sawed off Rifle out from under his loaded and fired one shot at the other the Bullet grazed the mans Chest and lodged in his upper police the two began scuffling once More and the gunman loaded his weapon and fired again at the other missing the wounded Man then ran into the Arcade with the gunman chasing inside they began several patrons and the gunman dropped his seconds later the gunman ran from the at about police arrested a suspect at Portage Avenue and Edmonton the wounded was taken to treated and the which is still lodged in the mans will be removed at a later police said no charges will be Laid against the wounded associations fee Tariff commit tee does not charge members for the 50 to 60 new items negotiated annually into the fee for the Mma and the Misc recently agreed on a new schedule for lung function containing 20 to All that is free to but it costs the Mma in manpower and time to do All association acting executive vice president Ian Macpherson said its not so much that we want the Glenn free press we just want to make them nonmembers realize that this sort of thing costs Money which is borne by the rest of the the policy is Only expected to affect a Small number of Mma economist Omer Ouellette said cover age has been negotiated for about three or four nonmembers in7 the last 10 Ouellette said two requests from nonmembers Are currently Pend both Macpherson and Ouellette denied any connection Between the new policy and a current push by the Mma to turn the association into the sole bargaining agent for All Manitoba Doc making dues according to the proposed All physicians would be required to con tribute to the Cost of negotiations by paying an amount equivalent to an Mma membership a year for a practising full time a number of physicians attending recent Mma information sessions on the proposed changes have questioned the need for mandatory Macpherson said he Hopes More Doc tors will join the Mma As a spinoff of the stressing that a member ship drive int its prime before a medical treatment is co Vered by medicare it must go through a series of reviews and the item must first be approved by the College of physicians and sur the professions regulatory the Mma fee Tariff committee decides if the fee requested for the procedure is the association then negotiates a fee with the health services it is sent to the Mma executive for approval and then Back to the commis if it is approved by the provincial the item is added to the Doc tors fee Ouellette said nonmember will be expected to pay if the treatment is so specialized he alone uses if the procedure is used by members nonmembers a prorated fee May have to be levied on a nonmember depending on How often he uses am us Headon collision ambulance attendants prepare to lift out one of two occupants of a car involved in a Headon collision on Osborne Street last three persons were injured in the which occurred at about the conditions of the injured were not City Hall notebook City Council cancelled the overpass project 4 and told the Board of commissioners to proceed with improvements to six existing overpasses and underpasses on the rail but Angus said it is in the cites Best interest to preserve All options until a consultants report on Cost Esti priorities and scheduling of the upgrading has been the report will be considered by the Board of commissioners Jim free press a trucking requirement criticized a requirement for Winnipeg fire and transit department uniforms to be Union made was questioned yesterday in civic executive policy the matter was referred to the Board of commissioners for recommendations on whether the City should try to negotiate the requirement out of fire and transit Union at a recent executive policy commit tee Al Ducharme asked that the Union Label requirement be re moved from tender Calls because coun cil had not approved the Union made uniforms have been part of the Council approved fire fighters association contract since 1975 and in the amalgamated transit Union contract for Many years prior to the Winnipeg police association con tract does not have a Union specification for its members deadline extended Winnipeg motorists will be Able to leave their cars on the Street overnight at least until the City has weather has Al Lowed mayor Bill Nome to waive an overnight parking ban until on that Date the parking ban bylaw will again be reviewed and extended if by Manfred Jager a Union official said yesterday that a Boeing of Canada Plant at 99 Murray Park Road looks like an armed Camp since workers abandoned their strike last an armed Camp without be cause the guards in the place actually Are not United Auto workers of America official Alex Neaman said of the Neaman is chairman of the unions bargaining which negotiates for 450 Boeing workers at the aircraft parts factory and another Plant in Inkster Industrial where Boeing produces plastic the workers gave up their four week strike last week after the nip Provin Cial election hoping the new government will make Good on a Promise to introduce compulsory first contract Lyle Boeing Vic president in charge of Winnipeg said the Union allegations of onerous Security Are but he conceded that Security has been stepped up and is heavier now than it was before the a few incidents we Felt there is a potential for disruption and there have been a few rather insignificant incidents Al Bryson Neaton said the place has been crawling with Security guards Ever since we got Back on the Job Ive never seen anything like weve been told were not allowed to leave our work station without per we cant talk to people work ing the guards walk actual patrols around the we cant even go to the washroom without first its very humiliate Neaman said he estimates there Are at least a dozen metropolitan Security guards backed by beings own Security some from our people in that Plant feel like there in the Union Leader said workers have not been Given any explanation for the heavy but we think its to do with the fact that were working Side by Side with most of the scabs who by Ron Campbell four trucking firms in the Northwest part of who want to use route 90 As an Access to the perimeter Highway for their triple trailers May have their wish civic executive policy committee yesterday recommended the streets and transportation department be authorized to Issue special to qualified applicants on a trial Council will now consider the since the province has allowed the heavier units to travel the perimeter and the Tran Canada Highway on a trial basis Between Winnipeg and those special per mits will be reviewed in Portage la Prairie and Brandon have already Given permission for the Over size units to operate within their Boun the largest tractor trailer unit which can travel in Winnipeg must not exceed metres in length and kilograms As its Gross vehicle the special permits would allow a length of metres and a weight of civic works and operations commit in a Twotwo tie vote had rejected the request by the Mani Toba trucking association for special City permits to use the route 90 Access after safety concerns expressed by the Manitoba motor league led to reservations within the but committee chairman John who was not present at the 9 proposed to executive policy committee yesterday that the special trial permits be he noted the oversize trucks will not be travelling the route during Rush week ends or permit loss Appeal set the City of Winnipeg will Appeal Federal cancellation of its permit to build the Sherbrook Mcgregor Over pass of up rails Midtown marshalling civic executive policy comm Mittee decided the railway transport committee of the Canadian transport commission cancelled the 29 and the cites Appeal deadline is works and operations committee chairman John Angus moved to have a r squabble ended up becoming rather Edmonton police were called to the which department to Appeal the fierce yesterday m an Alley parallel with Carlton and followed a reported theft at a record Back Lane Battle crossed the picket lines during the the people the Amman referred to As scabs Are members of the Law who opposed the about 90 of them have been clearly he the Law negotiator said some new workers brought in by Boeing during the strike also remain on the the Union has asked for Mer labor minister Ken Macmaster to appoint an investigator to study last weeks dismissal of 99 workers by Boeing has said the dismissals were carried out on the basis of work performance and but the Union maintains the firings were reprisals for Union Legionnaire Strain found in Hospital a provincial study found evidence of a Strain of legionnaires disease in the air conditioning system of a Winnipeg provincial epidemiologist Eadie said yesterday that 145 Sam Ples collected from air conditioning Shower Heads and the red River found Only one Sample of a Strain of legion Ella Eadie refused to name the Hospital where it was but said the one Sample found posed no threat to Hospi Tal patients or staff members because it was part of the internal operation of the air conditioning system and Emit anything into Hospital Eadie said the situation is similar to the presence of something in the inter Nal part of an automobiles Cool ing system it would not affect the Driver because he inhales nothing from he said he didst know How Many hospitals were included in the 145 places other environmental studies Are planned for this he Eadie said the study was done by Laila Swekla of the provincial Labora a Laboratory spokesman said Swekla is out of town and be reached for nip insider touted for clerks Post former nip adviser Michael Decter is being touted As the new govern Mients Choice for successor to outgoing Cabinet clerk Derek in his Early was the acting Secretary of the former nip administrations planning after the conservative government took the Harvard graduate worked As an economic and social consultant for clients such As the Cana Dian and Saskatchewan he was also one of Premier elect Howard Hawleys organizers during the 17 election Decter is the son of Winnipeg sur Geon Percy Decter and longtime new Democrat Una both Decter and Pawley refused to confirm or deny the appointment yes the Premier elect said All announcements will have to wait until after the official Transfer of Power Pawley has already said the new administration would prefer to have someone More supportive of nip poli cies than Bedson to sit in on Cabinet agreed to give up his Job As Cabinet clerk monday in what both he and nip spokesmen called a Mutual t i ;