Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free december festival manager denies allegations 1 continued from Page Mission and licensing Board to Chari table and nonprofit Turenne knew what he was doing when he agreed to help form this association with the wildlife she Hes now got All the association members on his Hes Good Guy and they go out and spread the 1 received a letter from one Licensee saying that he had been told by an association executive that my company does not supervise that the better dealers will not work for me and that they prefer Turenne company because of their excellent relation Shelley said she also was concerned that the associations Harold was Furrenes business partner and owner of a Rural Manitoba games management who has a contract with the festival do Voya said he saw nothing wrong in using the to set up the Assoc a he said he received the Money from Manitoba wildlife federation executive director Paul Murphy a few Days after his company managed a Success Ful Casino for the we made probably about More than the federation expected from that because it was an exceptional he some people Casino licensees have a party for staff some buy Paul Murphy Felt it donating better than buying booze for a the employees wanted to form an association and 1 saw nothing wrong in so i helped them and i have continued to do what is wrong with this the fact that i do these things with the full knowledge of everybody that i am an advocate of better working licensing and procedures and everything to do with staff not unethical responding to Shelley charges that his role in assisting the association gave his company an unfair advantage in winning new Turenne said maybe we looked Good out of maybe Community Casino looked like the White maybe that the Way we should it is nothing to do with being unethical or being immoral or taking unfair we will come out looking Good if anybody turns Over the stones and looks whats happening in the Casino business and whats happened Over the last three Turenne said his company is not hired to manage the festival do Voya Geurs annual Winter i do that in my capacity As general my company makes nothing out of he he confirmed that his Community Casino business has a contract with the festival As a Casino Turenne said that Only half of the gaming equipment is supplied by an other company in Blair and the Casino associations vice have an the businessman also confirmed the lawyer for his gaming companies is the festivals newly appointed presi Dent Leo he Swick wanted to run for his personal reasons which i dont know what they i didst think it was a very Wise it was his decision and in not going to Tell people How to be involved in How can he be an employer through his company and a Vic president through the other one he Doest have any wrong motives in doing what he its just not publicly acceptable that what he is doing is the Public will not see it that i expressed that position to As far As Veillet is he was our company lawyer Long be fore he became festival Murphy said he did not have the slightest regret in donating the Money to the adding they the employees association still remember it was the federation that helped them get off the profit he said the donation was accounted for in an audit to the Manitoba lot teries commission and licensing we made a net profit of at that he Murrene did a terrific Job and i would recommend his company to the people he hired worked very hard and when i heard they planned on forming an association i decided to help them out with a i made a Cheque out to Turenne and sent it to Turenne said a Story published in yesterdays free press concerning the festivals finances was not reflective of the the article pointed out that despite government and private sector Assis Tance totalling million in the past the festival was unable to meet its Short term debts of Turenne said the stores do Voyageur Back in the was incorrect because the Festi Val possessed More assets than Lia Bili he said most of the raised Money a Federal a interest free City a provincial Grant and a Bank debenture went to buying and renovating a tache Avenue we Are not plagued by we Are not in the i think i thought i made that very he in not going to lie to you and say we dont have any obviously we Are we have but it is wrong to suggest we Are in the red and that we Are plagued by the whole Media Community is calling to see when we Are going to close our the free press left an impression that we were very sick financially and that is not the nobody suggesting that i was misquoted or anything like the Story or a Yery serious insurmountable crisis and that is not a very accurate projection to make to the you residents angered at approval of hotel continued from Page 1 hotel and were prepared to go to quite a length to ensure its not he As he promised residents will Field candidates in the next municipal election with a mandate to remove City councils right of approval on zoning changes within the he noted that a petition opposing the hotel garnered about 800 or More than 30 per cent of the municipal itys estimated adult opponents of the development have argued it will Lead to a multitude of problems increased Highway accidents and higher municipal taxes without pro Viding the Community with a significant increase in in voting for the zoning Gerry Ducharme Valley argued Council should not step on the toes of the East Paul Munici pal which unanimously approved the because the development does not directly affect the Bricker Road holdings is pro posing the building on Lagimodiere near Pritchard farm Road include a 300seat pub and an 80seat dining in an interview Reeve Phil Rebeck scoffed atthe residents concerns and questioned whether a majority of them Are opposed to the he said the municipal Council has never seen the 800name petition opposing the he said the hotel will add needed Revenue to municipal Dave y bar session Start High spirited Pearl Mcgonigal stands Between Premier Howard Pawley right and opposition Leader Sterling Lyon As they drink a Toast to the hew session of the Legisla Ture which starts Pawley says his government wants to Deal with the in creasing strength of the Economy and human com passion issues during its Sec Ond on the other says the govern ment should provide eco nomic but does not have the guts to enforce its own cos cutting new proposal similar to residents Federal provincial modification would Cut size of Industrial Park continued from Page 1 Park without also deciding on the fund Harvey Smith Park accused who would prefer a larger Industrial of manipulation for presenting the two issues for his Norrie again told councillors that he would have preferred a larger Industrial Park As provided for in the original Core agreement among the provincial and City govern Norrie said the proposal he brought Forward last night will make Job Crea Tion in the area very substantially More difficult because there will be less space to attract major but he said a change in the partner ship a reference to the election of the Pawley government last fall meant the original agreement for the Industrial Park had to be Norrie said if Council turns Down the new plan he is willing to hold further talks to try to get the province to modify its insistence on allowing Resi dents to remain in the Logan but i can Tell you right its Imossi he Al Ducharme Lawn said he would like to know the basis on which the Federal and Provin Cial governments justify changing the original agreement reached in allow 70 houses the new plan unveiled last night would Cut the size of the Industrial Park to hectares eight acres from hectares 23 similar to the residents Norrie said it would allow room for about 70 including both new and existing East of the proposed new Salter Street residents wanted about 83 but 13 would be razed for a Park separating the residential area from the he under the the province will pay for All residential development in the area and an adjoining commercial area existing the province and Federal government will each contribute on third of the 000 required to provide water and other municipal services to the residential the City will get about from the other two partners for the existing site of the Salter Street which would become part of the Industrial Norrie executive policy committee is to meet a week from today to discuss the tory dismisses double agent claim continued from Page 1 conservative spokesman on ramp and Security told it would mean the Canadian Security service lied to it Means prime minister Trudeau lied to the Canadian people and it Means solicitor general Robert Kaplan lied in the x Kaplan and Trudeau have said who was arrested and charged in Britain in june while on a was not prosecuted in can Ada because the ramp did not have enough t if that the they Lawrence Kaplan told the commons tuesday that who is accused of spying when he was an economic adviser with nato from 1956 to 1961 As Well As later when he returned to teach at gave the ramp information after being told in 1980 he be refused to answer but Lawrence said he Doest think Hambleton could have been a double agent for even the last two the soviets would not have wanted to Deal with him after a soviet secret service agent who defected to washing ton in 1979 identified him As a longtime and trusted soviet he Kaplan and Justice minister Mark Macguigan refused to answer most questions in the commons saying they did want to interfere with the trial in but Kaplan did say conservative maps should not be surprised to learn that suspected spies Are not always suspected spies could often Supply useful information beneficial to nation Al including information about the Way counterintelligence is being operated by hostile Security ser vices in our said Hambleton trial began monday and is expected to continue until Tomor a Laval col league of Hambleton said yesterday that Laval officials tried to confront Hambleton in 1979 about rumours that he was a soviet but he Side stepped their we wanted him to write a letter denouncing the said Ber Nard a professor of economics at the but he handled himself very Well at the he talked a but evaded the key Fortin nothing More came of Hambleton arrest Over the summer created Only a minor stir at Laval because the spying allegations were first made three years said for Fortin said Hambleton is remembered by his former students primarily because he supplied them with exam questions in As far As i he was the Only one in the University who gave out the exam questions in said for it fit in with his philosophy of minimizing problems with the Stu emergency plan faces hot time memo advises Ottawa will not tolerate provincial opposition by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa a confidential memo made Public yesterday shows that the Federal government will not tolerate opposition from the provinces in its bid to negotiate a Bill which critics say gives Ottawa emergency time Powers Over almost All facets of Canadian former and current Cabinet minis ters from Ontario and Al Berta have told Liberal House Leader Yvon Pinard that his plan could reduce provincial conflict with the new Constitution and be misused by a wilful Federal government to assume sweeping Powers when there is neither a War nor a National Warner former Manitoba minister responsible for civil made some of those according to the strategy memo to Pinard from head of emergency planning Jorgenson said the legislation would a Subtle takeover and control by the Federal Ottawa gave itself the Powers by order Council in and has since been negotiating legislation and joint activity with the National control the Bill would allow the Federal government in times of emergencies to create 12 National emergency Agen cies nabs which could put every thing from food and accommodation to transport under National in his Snarr said planning for the Neas by the Federal government should continue despite provincial Wor put in dealing with the provinces we would soft pedal peacetime activation and for the time being concen trate on wartime interfaces Between Neas and provincial government fact he Snarr cited other provincial objections in his memo and advised Pinard that if the provinces do not go along with the joint emergency planning program Ottawa should Cut off funds and do work in the areas of provincial responsibility if a province adamantly refuses to undertake any role at All in civil de Fence we should be pre pared to substantially reduce or with draw Jep funded activity from that province and use the funds which would otherwise be allocated through Jepp for funding our own Federal government projects for civil defence preparedness at the local Snarr Penno a progressive conservative my who raises civil rights issues from time to criticized Pinard yesterday in the commons and made Public the memo to those who asked for Friesen Surrey White Rock North Delta asked How the Federal govern ment could scheme this Way if it believes in cooperation with the prov Pinard refused outright to discuss the document because it is conf snares memo is not entirely antagonistic toward the other recommendations suggest negotiating in Good Faith at the official Hie largest Solidi in of Diamond rings in Man Lohu sop and compare Christmas lays Muy Sale savings throughout the store Winnipeg largest selection of Diamond lifetime free ring cleaning service 1 free insurance on All Diamond excellent selection of Royal Doulton Llandro Waterford and mens ladies watches longines Concord Seiko Seiko Lasalle Michel Herbelin Beautiful selection of Fine Gold All merchandise not exactly As one location Only Eaton place main p ;