Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 23, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd Winnipeg free november 3 costs weighed by committee by Patrick Mckinley the cites weekend passenger train to Shoal Lake is again under fire from some City councillors looking for ways to Cut in my find if it comes Down to spending for a passenger coach or spending Money so people can have 1 know How i will John Angus said yesterday As he urged the works and operations committee to beef up emergency Watermain even if it Means cutting other services like the Shoal Lake the cites waste and disposal department recommended yesterday the City spend to refurbish the including to replace one of its two the report also proposes More than doubling the fares to from for to from for senior citizens and to from for children under Sandy director of the de said the higher fares would cover about half the Cost of operating the leaving water users to subsidize the i former by Kevin Prokosh a former City lawyer who wrote a Book on investment advice is charged with 32 counts of misappropriating More than from his clients Between 1977 and the Assize court trial of Jack began yesterday in court of Queens Bench with the Crown outlining its Case against the former Law Colum nist for the Winnipeg Tribune who was disbarred by v the Law society of Manitoba in Bass pleaded not guilty to All charges at his arraignment the defendant and two of his com Dallas enterprises and Omar holdings Are charged with a total of 32 counts of theft and criminal breach of alleged losses by 14 complainants Range from 500 to 65 witnesses the trial is expected to last at least two weeks during which time the four woman jury will hear Long and voluminous evidence from 65 Crown about 450 exhibits will be said Crown attorney Phillip he said the jury would see flow charts of How Trust Money was used by the accused for his own needs until there was nothing among those to take the stand will be lawyer who worked with Bass in his Garlton Street and knew How the accused used his clients Trust accounts for his own use As a matter of said the Schachter told the jury most of the charges stemmed from two deals in which Bass syndicated Winnipeg apartment blocks for in one he said Bass sold nine shares of two apartment buildings on Maryland Street to eight investors who heard about the accused on or through a Book on investment advice he had each share Cost about plus for Legal these investors never received share certificates or their Money said the instead the accused concerted the Money personal deluding paying debts to the Printer of his court was also told How an elderly client of the accused was defrauded of More than Schachter said when the woman went to Bass to pick up her Cheque in Early she was told he had unilaterally decided to invest it for her in a Good Ideal for 120 Days at 15 per the complainant reluctantly agreed to the Deal but told the lawyer she wanted her Money Back in 120 she was reassured by Bass she would have her Money but she never got said the usurping of her Trust funds for his own use is theft and criminal breach of the court was earlier defence lawyer Jay Prober presented two motions to jus Tice Hamilton to have the indict ment against his client both were dismissed by the in one motion Prober argued the system of jury selection is weighted heavily in favor of the prosecution because it can ask 48 potential jurors to stand aside and can make 12 peremptory the defence May Only Challenge 12 would be jury he said the accused should have the same rights As the prosecution to Challenge in rejecting the motion judge Hamil ton Sajid situation did not necessarily mean it was unfair to the defendant and added the accused had chosen to be tried before a the cites 1983 waterworks budget Calls for a five percent increase in water rates and a seven percent in crease in sewer rates the City administration failed last year in aft Effort to have City Council scrap the Shoal Lake train because of falling ridership and City Council reversed a decision to terminate the service after objections from groups that use the train for weekend trips to the Lake where Winni Peg water Al Ducharme ice Omsler like Angus said yesterday the train should be regarded As a Low priority item and something we can live without if Angus made his comments As he asked City officials to study the possibility of a seven Day repair service for Watermain now work monday to saturday repairing about Watermain Breaks a Angus said it is unfair to make Home owners wait 24 of even 36 hours without a water especially in wheat individuals phone me on sat urday night and say can i come Over and have a Shower at your House or get water at your House because i cant get any water until monday i get a Little con the works committee began consideration of the waterworks budget yes the City soon will also begin consid ering its 1983 operating and Jim Ragsdill Heights said yesterday the fac ing a budget shortfall of should consider limiting its spending on Snow Ragsdill suggested limiting blowing Wayne free press Gus Baril left and Lane Pryschuk pose in front of cashier counter at their Money Mart Cheque cashing firm gets a piece of the action family allowance cheques cashed for charge of up to 6 by Larry Hill a new Winnipeg firm that takes a Cut from family allowance and other cheques in Exchange for cashing them on the spot has drawn criticism from a consumer the Money Mart Cheque cashing Centre charges up to six per cent of a cheques value for staying open 77 hours a week and not requiring Ridenti its Lane Onyschuk and Gus direct much of their service at out town people who need Quick Money at Odd and those who dont have Bank Wendy president of the Manitoba Branch of the Consumers association of said yester Day it would be a shame if those people lost six per cent of those cheques simply because they Cash them at a people on unemployment insurance and welfare already have a reduced income and they be losing six per cent More to get their she noting that family allowance cheques carry a message that says Banks cant charge a fee to Cash Section 203 of the revised Bank act of 1980 bars Banks from charging Money to Cash federally issued Che but this Law Doest apply to Trust credit unions and businessmen Money Mart opened at 509 Ellice Avenue last cashing All but personal it had handled about 60 transactions by yesterday afternoon at a charge of six per cent for new clients and three per cent for repeat up to the individual if somebody going to go into it As a business they should be entitled to some said Maurice Clen an adviser to the inspector Gen eral of but what the charge i dont he said in an interview from Money marts six percent fee could be quite a bit if you had a big said Roger a Provin Cial but an employee with the Consumers Bureau an Arm of the department of consumer affairs said i dont think there is anything inherently wrong with it As far As we Are nothing in the Manitoba consumer Protection act bars the activities of Money a franchise with sister operations in Edmonton and we cant say dont do said whether its morally right or wrong is up to the individual consumer to a buyer and seller of real estate and a mortgage denied that his rates were we Welcome any if they think they can Cash our cheques for please do Money Mart has filled a Gap created by Banks that hold or hesitate to Cash the cheques of people who have Little Money in their accounts or no relationship with any he who trained at a Money mar Ket office in Edmonton before Start ing the Winnipeg said about a fourth of the company clients dont have deposits in its a nominal charge for the risk we other companies use subtler Means to charge for the same he department and food stores pass the Cost on to Consumers in the Way of higher he a Little More Safeway Doest Cash cheques for people dont mind paying an extra 30 cents for a Box of we get a Little More flak because we come right out in the open about Stephen Clarke of presi Dent of the National Money Mart Che que cashing centres said he was surprised to hear criticism of his one of the Nice things about this business is that As soon As you shove that Cash through the Bullet proof you have an instant satisfied they have Money in their crackdown on Back Laners demanded by Ritchie Gage the automotive trades association has called Tor a crackdown on Back Laners doing aut Opac repair work out of Small the association has called for Auto Pac to verify All its accounts Are operating with the Laws set by the fire department and City business licence the 140member association has scheduled a meeting for thursday and will asic members for names of people operating from Small or rented will be forwarded to the fire and the City of Winnipeg licensing Eric a spokesman for the said these Back Laners Are not subject to the same rules As and operate without proper paint business or sales tax they get their cheques from Auto Pac but there never checked by the fire department or the labor depart ment they get the same rates of pay for the but dont have the same Wittenberg i had the fire department in Here last week to Check the wiring in my paint Spray and the labor department to Check other he Wittenberg said he had a potential customer visit his shop last week with a quote of for a full paint i told him it would Cost him he City rules psychic must modify House clairvoyant Helen red Davis is making no predictions about the Cost of Interior alterations she must carry out to her controversial Hill Street god its going to be a real architectural the psychic said yesterday after City councillors denied her Appeal against a decision requiring her to modify the but Davis said at least she will not have to alter the outside of the Struc to which neighbors objected be cause of its the cites variance and conditional use committee denied Davis a zoning variance that would allow the House at 96 Hill Street to remain As it technically the City considers the House a three Storey residence and the maximum height allowed by the zoning is but Davis says what appears to be a third Storey from the outside is actually space for a Cathedral ceiling on the second she said yesterdays decision Means she will have to comply with a court order to remove joists in the second floor ceiling so a third floor can never be added to the Davis and her son David Brown were fined last month for three zoning violations related to the went i dont know who could do it for that amount except a Back the association says it agrees with Auto acs stepped up Quality control inspections with spot checks on shops to decrease shoddy in a prepared the Auto motive trades which rep resents the majority of Manitoba 300 Auto body endorsed As Long Over due the move by Pic toward qual Ity the association said it is concerned about the insurance corporations Liberal payment at present Pic will pay a claim to anyone registering an anyone could Register a name such As Abc Auto repairs and would receive pay ment at the same rate of pay As any other Wittenberg said because of the Low overhead the Bac Klaner keeps More of the aut Opac claim Money or does More work on the this int bad for the but its Mil plans to launch War for strikers mop by Brian Cole the Manitoba federation of labor is making Export packers first Battle ground in an Overall Effort to help unions win strikes against their Union leaders attending a special Mil strike strategy meeting yester Day have pledged to pour their re sources behind striking workers at the processing Plant part of an Overall plan to take a stronger hand in Labo management Mil president Dick Martin said leaders representing unions throughout the province met yesterday to Reaf firm their position against concessions and revamp the organizations strike support he said the special strategy meeting was called in response to the worsening economic conditions and increasing demands by employers for worker con he said plans for the renewed com Mittee include dramatic increases in financial support on the picket line and stronger use of the hot goods declaration by Union members who might be called upon to handle goods from a strike bound he said the Jmel will implement its new plan to support striking workers throughout the including Export Packer which has been operating to some degree with no unionized Export packers originally offered its employees 0 and 4 per gent Over two but later modified the offer to about five per cent for one the Union had Priorf to the strike that it would take nine per cent for its Mem who earn an average of Export packers is a classic Case of Why improvements in the strike com Mittee Are Martin he said once it became obvious the company was not bargaining in Good Faith and that a strike would be there was no place for the Union to turn for support and were going to pour our resources into Martin said yesterday in an interview following Daylong meet Ings at Martin said delegates to the Confer ence agreed that All unions should do whatever they can to avoid a but there should be absolutely no Martin adding that giving up benefits does not save he said the revamped strike com As Well As providing More financial and physical would help coordinate strike publicize the issues involved in a labor notify All affiliated unions of the circumstances surrounding a strike and give unions advice on How to win of residential streets and doing a More thorough Job after a of making a make work project to have to come Back and do it a second time a few weeks i but works commissioner Bill finn Bogason said residents expect their streets open the morning after a Snow which is the reason Crews make one Quick pass and then come Back a second time to do a More thorough Finnbogason said when cuts in the Snow removal budget were tried be they resulted in an better daycare training proposed by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the Manitoba government wants to upgrade educational standards of the provinces daycare workers to a level which the opposition says will More than double the current million a year daycare in a discussion paper released yes Community services minister Len Evans proposes a five year period for daycare centres to improve staff and an unspecified amount of additional funding to help an estimated 40 to 50 per cent of Manitoba 300 daycare centres currently dont meet the proposed educational the government is the suggested standards for staff for programming and for health safety Are being developed under the new daycare standards act passed by the legislature last the proposed in the form of a discussion have been sent to All daycare centres for Public starting in Myrna la for Wolseley and evans1 Legisla Tive will meet with any interested groups or Evans the government Hopes to have final regulations in place by next five year period the discussion paper proposes that within five All directors of full time preschool centres should have a University degree or a Community College diploma in child directors of preschool and school age daycare centres should have at least a Community College or University Extension As the government proposes that within three at least one third of staff of preschool centres should have such certificates or de within five two thirds of staff of such centres should these educational in a preschool or school age daycare at least one Quarter of the total number of staff who care for children should have diplomas within three years after regulations Are increasing to on half of the staff within five the government proposes that All daycare Centre staff should have completed a fir staid course within a year of the final approval of the Regula the regulations will be flexible enough to allow current staff members to upgrade their qualifications and to allow for a stepping up of training programs to meet the the paper we have to be flexible and we have to be reasonable and we have to be gradual in our Evans City of Winnipeg regulations require childcare workers to have a minimum Grade 11 education and some training in child develop More there is no question that if we insist on higher it will require More Evans told a press but he refused to say How much More funding would be although he said Day care is a High priority for a government which is evaluating its opposition Community services critic Bud Sherman said conserva Tive research shows it would Cost million a year to maintain the system proposed by my priority would be to put additional funding into providing More Day care and to put the massive implementation of new standards on Sherman said in an while Sherman said no one argues with the need for Quality Day when government dollars Are in Short Supply they would Best be spent on meeting the need to care for More Alice of the coalition on Day care has been pressing for improved standards said at an initial glance the proposals look pretty but she also was concerned about the if he Evans promised More fund will it go to create spaces or to there Are two pressure Points on the Money the government is putting into Day care she there Are daycare spaces supported by the government and another spaces in private daycare ;