Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba M 1 w r r 3 shooting victim surprised by gun Vax Winnipeg free Kov Embet have of tee press Bidou Speirs reclining in his Boniface Hospital warehouse worker Rick Jones quietly says he Doest feel much like a t dont know Why there calling me who was shot sunday after chasing two masked robbers who head up a Marion Street Chicken de Light said somebody else would probably have done the same thing we added who underwent sur Gery late sunday to remove Shotgun pellets Frow both married with an eight North old said he expects to be Laid up for about two he said if he and his Darcy had known one of the men was carrying a they would doctor to push clinic by Mary Ann Fitzgerald Henry determined to set up Manitoba first abortion was to try to persuade attorney general Roland Penner today not to prosecute him if he i will try to persuade him it is not in the Best interests of the people of Manitoba to prosecute a doctor who is bringing essential medical services to citizens of which they presently do not Morgentaler said in an interview in an Exchange of letters with Morgentaler in said he stay proceedings if the Mon Treal doctor was Penner seemed unlikely to change his meeting arranged it is not legally possible and not legally desirable to interfere with the Normal processes of the Penner said in an he acknowledged the so there is no ques Tion of him being unaware of my but he said he was willing to meet with who is in Winnipeg to look for a location and staff for his meeting arranged for Morgentaler says he has already been acquitted by three juries in que Bec on charges of performing abortions illegal under the criminal it states that abortions can be performed Only with the consent of a therapeutic abortion committee in an accredited if i am prosecuted i have absolute Faith in the jury he the doctor says Manitoba women Are flouting the Law by seeking abortions in his Montreal clinic or travelling to North Dakota for the medical Law is obsolete because there is no respect for it from the Morgentaler As Morgentaler Points out that the Quebec government now allows about eight private clinics to provide abortions on demand and that pro Vinces medicare plan pays doctors working there for their medical ser the corporation operating the clinic charges the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba says it will refuse to licence Morgentaler pro posed clinic As Long As it is against the criminal sacrificial Lamb the College bylaws prohibit abortions in no Hospital James its said yes the College has the authority to suspend a doctors licence if an inquiry reveals lie has broken the health minister Larry Desjardins is on record As opposing a clinic which conflicts with the Federal on the question of whether hell be Able to find doctors to work in his Morgentaler said someone has to Start it i am willing to be the sacrificial once it is established and there is no threat of i am sure there will be no problem in locating doctors to train to provide this Morgentaler said he will put up the initial to to establish the abortion but eventually will offer it to the government or to women groups to operate As a Public have stayed behind and just followed them to where they were Morden saying if we had known there was a we woul Dve just but Jones said the pair didst realize one of the men was it looked like he just had a pipe but like t we found out pretty cup of Coffee the incident began shortly after Jones and Morden stopped at the restaurant for a cup of Coffee and a visit with friends employed two masked men entered the restau rant about they demanded and received a Small amount of Money and Josties so me and Darcy decided we should try to do something at the Morden recalled turning to Jones and Wayne flee press you want to go for it and away we Morden chased Down the unarmed Man and dragged him to the ground Josties adding that be pursued the other who produced a gun and threatened to shoot if he didst at that Josties said he went and helped Morden gift the other Man against a nearby the one we were holding kept saying shoot shoot Emy Jones the armed Man then approached them and threatened to shoot if they didst release his we were just hoping that the Guy was i was going to take a dive at he but a split second after the unarmed Man slipped from his Jones said the armed Man pulled the trigger at Pointblank when it hit i went backwards and fell against the he a police spokesman said Early today that while police appreciate All the assistance we get from the he personally would have serious thoughts about citizens risking injury to apprehend potentially dangerous two men have been charged with attempted murder and robbery in connection with the Tefrance Joseph of 265 Young and Raymond of 331 Marion suite were also charged with Possession of a prohibited pointing a using a disguise and using a firearm in the commission of an two other men and a Young All of 331 suite were charged As material witnesses in the i 1 is v f f a Rex j r f v v v is s v x a plans for Deer Lodge Hospital Call for a new Tower and renovation of remaining Deer Lodge Oes to province by Manfred Jager Manitoba reached into its pocket yesterday bought Deer Lodge hos Pital from Ottawa department of veterans the Purchase Price for the 303bed institution health minister Larry Desjardins completed the necessary documents for the april 1 Transfer of the Hospital with Bennett Ottawa min ister of veterans Desjardins said at a news conference and signing ceremony Ottawa will pay the million Cost of redevelopment of the which will be changed into an extended care and Persona care Hospital during the next five operating costs of the remodelled Complex will run to about million a year after it is fully asked Why negotiations the take Over had taken since Desjardins said talks were stalled on several Occa Sions because Manitoba had certain plans for the health Complex and needed Federal cos sharing for longer we the More Money the feds were prepared to give the minister said with a the Transfer agreement turning the Hospital Over to Manitoba Calls for construction of a new Hospital Tower for 233 lon term with 93 of the Beds being set aside for veterans use and 140 open to the Campbell signs Over Hospital As the new Deer Lodge Hospital will retain 62 veterans Beds in its existing South the government also plans construction of a 200bed personal care under the agreement with 50 acute care Beds Are to be set aside for the use of veterans in other Winni Peg reactivation unit Asa Hospital admin said Only about 255 of the hospitals 303 Beds now Are she said plans Are being developed to phase new programs in and old ones out when construction among the first programs to Start at Deer Lodge under provincial jurisdiction in april will be a modern assess ment and reactivation Macdonell she said the Hospital will also retain its Day Hospital and Home care pro about 660 health professionals and support workers Are employed at Deer and an undetermined number of them will lose their jobs As a result of the Desjardins said he does not expect Normal attrition to take care of the reduced manpower demand at the both the minister and Macdonell said government and Deer Lodge will make efforts to help workers find new positions in the Winnipeg health the first Structure on the Deer Lodge Hospital site was the Home of retired Hudson Bay officer John Rowand in the Early the Canadian department of sol Diers civil reestablishment acquired Deer Lodge in and by 1930 there was room for 250 the Hospital was expanded to 550 Beds after the second world but because of demand patients received treatment during the late Jones says he had hoped his armed assailant was Desjardins final offer sets by Manfred Jager health minister Larry Desjardins yesterday offered physicians working outside of medicare the right to extra Bill their patients 15 per cent above medicare the Board of directors of the Manitoba medical association was reported meeting to discuss the proposal late an official said there would be no immediate the doctors Are to meet Desjardins again on the minister told a news conference he made the offer to the Mma during a 90minute meeting requested by the he rejected reporters suggestions the new offer was made to help the medical association save face after its intermittent strike Calls Between 10 and 22 started fizzling out when the number of doctors participating de and about half returned to Normal office the association had originally scheduled the last two Days of last week and today and tomorrow As strike Days but cancelled All strike action after at the Start of the Mma officials said 75 to 80 per cent of members took strike the dispute is Over Mma demands for binding arbitration when collective bargaining for fees Breaks strike action ensued after the association rejected a government proposal that opting out of medicare during an initial two year arbitration trial period should Only be possible if doctors Are prevented from Desjardins said his final offer includes the following proposals d opted out physicians who were extra Billing their patients As of 22 May continue As Long As they dont charge More than 15 per cent Over medicare and if they dont extra Bill More of their patients than they did before doctors will be required to report extra d doctors will have the Choice of opting out of d doctors who have opted out of medicare since 22 can stay but wont be Able to extra Bill new medical school graduates or Doc tors moving outside Manitoba will not be allowed to d if collective bargaining Breaks Down and an arbitration award is it will be binding on All physicians in and on those who have opted out but do not d the must satisfy the govern ment that Manitoba residents have Access to medical services from a motorcyclists Rev up helmet opposition by Murray Mcneill motorcycle helmet opponents Are revving up their efforts to convince the province not to legislate the compulsory use of helmets during the coming session of the members of a local group called All bikers aiming toward education Abate met for an hour yesterday with highways minister Sara the group is also attempting to arrange meetings with the Nupp and the progressive conservative in to convince them compulsory helmet legislation is not Yuskiw said last week he expects mandatory Seatbelt legislation to be introduced during the next which begins the original intention also was to include requirements for motorcyclists to Wear safety helmets and for motor vehicles to be equipped with restrain ing devices for while sources within the nip caucus indicated Mem Bers have pretty Well made up their minds in favor of a Seatbelt they Are undecided on the helmet even Premier Howard Pawley is said to be having second thoughts after receiving several convincing Tele phone Calls from constituents opposed to compulsory helmet a skins executive Bruce said after yesterdays meeting Abate put Forward a sound argument calling for improved Driver training and Public education rather than mandatory helmet its something Well look but its a matter of Butler impede hearing John Prest of Abate said in an interview most motorcyclists Are opposed to compulsory helmet Legisla Tion because there is no evidence helmet on today Market Are effective in preventing serious he said said there is some evidence they May even contribute to injuries by impeding a cyclists sight and and by slowing his reaction id be a fool to say they save any he but far More would be spared if More Money and Effort were put into Driver training and Public education motorcycle driving courses Are of but Are not Abate would support a system which assesses higher registration fees to cyclists who dont take the both Diamond and Prest said the helmet Issue is very much different from that of seat its pretty hard to argue against Seatbelt Legisla Tion because of the extensive research that has been Prest Manitoba is the Only province with out helmet five others have mandatory Seatbelt sunday repair plan could boost water rates by Patrick Mckinley a scheme to greatly reduce delays repairing weekend main Breaks was add Etc to the cites 1983 spending plans the if approved by City would mean a further boost in water rates and a freeze in repairs to the Shoal Lake works and operations committee voted yesterday to introduce a full us Jody repair service to Deal with Watermain City works director Hod Mcrae said the City is now carry ing same4ay repairs in Only about 50 of the 250 Breaks that occur on sundays throughput the under the five repair Crews would be kept on standby each sunday during the when most Breaks the City now keeps Only Skeleton repair staff on Mcrae said the program would re sult in most sunday Breaks being re paired the same to pay for full sunday re pair service the committee voted to boost the water rates charged to Homes and businesses by six per cent instead of approving a five percent increase recommended earlier by the cites Board of the committee also voted to eliminate the the City was to spend next year repairing the Shoal take the move Coulch Lead to another attempt by the City to discontinue the weekend excursion As City staff have suggested the train should not be run without a major overhaul to City coucil voted to eliminate the train service last year but changed its mind after pressure from sports groups that use the excursion John who proposed the stepped up Watermain said too Many Biuens have to face the inconvenience of going without water when they have the bad Luck to experience a Watermain break on the Angus said see ing that most Breaks Are repaired the same Day was important enough to warrant a further hike in water rates and cuts in other Mcrae said the additional increase in water rates would raise about 000 of the needed to Institute the sunday the revised waterworks budget must still be approved by City Council physician who does not extra Bill arid the Mma must guarantee that not All doctors in a specially or in a location a Manitoba will Only about 85 physician work Side of medicare in and half of them extra Bill their Desjardins rejected the Mas most recent proposal calling for a freeze payments to patients of opted out Iciano at current Levels two year trial with while the same time allowing opted out tors to set their own Desjardins said proposal would a have penalized patients of doctors and a provincial regulations on uniformity of medicare stressed 1 Tor Morel by Fred Youngs Jav i development wont be attracted to the downtown area until parking space increases and taxes newsmen warned Core area officials i hear the message loud and Larry general manager of thir said after Ber of downtown retailers Home their concerns about the Jack of v1 air Canada Centre who had outlined the fives year program to about 100 members of the downtown Winnipeg association said officials Are certainly prepared to look at on a Nej one businessman told Hinr that the air Canada computer Centre built on Carleton Street on this Nohh Side of Portage Avenue would1 Only Worsen the situation because no Park ing spaces Are included in theres an acute shortage right and if we dont do anything nov were just going to dig another the businessman Boland was left out of the plan because the airline pc was concerned about the Security of computer but while Boland offered encourage ment on he could Only prom is to bring businessmen concerns Abs Tail inequities in tax assessment the North and South sides of Portage t6 the three members of the Core policy they should use that million get people said who has extensive Portage erty Mitchell argued that j taxes on the North Side of the Street three to four times higher the and if developers Are going to be attracted to the North incentive programs will development stalled j another contradictory thai the province am Tife City should contribute1 on third toward the costs of the Core but then impede development wit i unequal Boland said the Core program developers which could include Lowein priced Grants 4p Levels and lower rates where people will want to North of he added these Days would Likely be offered initial after the r projects Are Momeni will build and developers will feel More comfortable bidding John president of Tekl downtown Winnipeg he Doest buy tax i say is we should have fair if you have fair youll have ;