Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 23, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Winnipeg free rail abandonment order shocks Farmers residents fear increased transportation costs will drive them out of farming business 1 m i for it id it i i tuft a Tom itt Lulf Stetti Tift Fuji 1 at by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Fisher Branch an end to fail line and Grain elevator service Here could drive Many Farmers out of Busi Ness and turn this Tetef Lake Community into a ghost worried area residents said a Canadian transport commission decision ordering in rail to abandon its line to this Community in 1985 has shocked residents who fear increased transportation costs could make farming economically and they say if Farmers Are forced to truck Grain to other they will take their pocket books with in very said Walter who farms 607 hectares acres near the Hamlet of Broad on the rail i see no future for see no future for my the Veteran producer said it int feasible for him to invest in a semitrailer unit to haul his nor can he afford to take the time away from his Oneman operation to make the Many necessary trips to the elevator in about 40 metres it just scares the hell out of Klimchuk adding he Doest think there Are 30 of the by 380 area Farmers who have the resources to buy a Large Many local people say that in the Wake of rail line efforts now must be made to ensure that an offline elevator one serviced by semitrailer trucks rather than established in this Muf Lity of 830 166 metres North of that the Fify said Fred f Eeve of the local Frient District of Fisher adding there is no future for local queers without an offline elevator deep sift delayed Manitoba Pool elevators is the sole operator of elevators in both Broad Valley and Fisher 11 metres to the an official of the organisation told Etc hearings in october that it supports rail service to Fisher Branch and the maintenance of an elevator in the but should the rail lines be aban it would support establishing an off track elevator at Fisher Branch provided Federal funds Are available to assist in the Hoff of Grain to another rail and that be provided to cover the Cost of extra Grain loss and is Likely to continue the be As k pointed to Manitoba Pool told the that should this option be it would abandon its Broad Valley Vator and make necessary ments to the nearby Fisher Branch rail line abandonment is not a new Issue to this As Early As in rail asked Federal authorities for permission to do away with the for 20 final decision was delayed until Etc Public hearings were held and the decision to abandon the 114kilometre line from Grosse Isle made Public this in its written the Etc said the rail line was being operated at a Ylfen Nolson Walter 57 for future for my son the million needed to improve the deteriorated track and the annual operating costs As economic factors in its Mower if an onto rank elevator is not Many total Farmers will be forced out of said Ray Ber who farms 182 hectares 400 acres near Fisher the important thing is that the elevator be he this area is one of the last few ones that has a lot of Small if they lose this delivery they Arent in a position to get the bigger trucks to haul to if the elevator of course Well be a ghost said Olga a worker in the Coop store in store manager Walter Wowchuk estimated the business would lose 000 of its annual sales if the elevator is but rail line abandonment int going to make that much difference to the tiny Community of Broad says Myroslaw a local Mechanic and owner of the grocery store his family has operated in the Community since shortly after the turn of the nothing left the Hamlet of about 40 residents has weathered other economic Down he although he added he would no longer be Able to deliver his Grain straight from the Field to the they might As Well put All the people in this area on said Steve manager of the Pool elevator in Broad Valley and a Farmer Over 60 per cent of the Farmers dont have the vehicle to deliver the Grain to the farther with the amount of fuel and the Price of there will be nothing left for the native Grain Farmers working re serve land North of Fisher Branch Are already travelling Long distances with their Grain after abandonment of Northern portion of the rail line last its really going to Hurt us Here and the neighbors to the said Colin farm adviser for the pegu is and Fisher River Indian adding Many producers Are thinking of giving up Grain in favor of beef Williams added that the fight to maintain the rail line int Over and displays stereotype by Patrick Mckinley a Manitoba advertisement Compaq Ift businesses to Fri Aderup women was among 139 ads investigated last year by a committee set tip by the advertising Industry to look Sizanne for the Advent Sifrig Aduery boards tee w semele yesterday the National committee looked into the and by a local sip company after receiving a complaint from a the advertisement was mailed to her and other Prospect Ive customers under a dear Man Keeler said the and suggested the sip company prospective customer May be just like a woman and might prefer to be looked Over rather than the and suggested that a company arranging Good signage was Simitar to a woman putting on her but despite the businesswoman complaint about the sign company Manitoban did not exactly flock to the committee to complain about sex stereotyping in Keeler said the complaint was one of Only two the committee received from with the bulk of its 208 complaints coming from other prov especially Ontario Keeler said the committee has received More publicity in and women groups May also be somewhat stronger the set up by the Indus try to look into includes representatives from the Consumers association of Canada and the National action committee on the status of the committee dismissed complaints against 52 ads and found complaints to be justified in connection with 47 the rest were either referred to other agencies or not followed up due to inadequate information or because the ads originated in the United Monique past chairman of the Manitoba action committee on the status of women Media Moni Toring said the advertising Industry Board has not been very help Ful in addressing the problem of sexual although the Board sets Many of the businesses Sim ply ignore the the Low number of complaints from Manitoba May be More a reflection on the Board than women in the she her organization receives about 20 complaints every Al party Garrison foes to lobby Congress a troop of Federal and provincial politicians plans to go to Washington again this year As part of a continuing lobbying Effort against the controversial Garrison diversion Manitoba natural resources minister Al Mackling said Mackling said the decision to undertake another joint lobbying trip was made at a meeting last week in Ottawa Between Federal and provincial Cabinet weather precipitation h High Preti Urt l Low cold from warm front dates for the trip have not been last june a 13member delegation of Federal and provincial politicians representing All three major political parties spent two Days in the american capital attempting to persuade key Congress men to oppose funding for the which poses a threat to Manitoba the project will flood hectares acres in North Dakota for and divert Waters from the Missouri River drainage Basin into the Hudson Bay opponents from both the Canadian and Manitoba As Well As municipal and environmental say the project will bring new and harmful fish and biological matter into Manitoba Mackling said the Washington trip will be part of the ongoing joint efforts by the two Levels of government to prevent construction of those parts of the project which pose a potential environmental and economic risk to Rivers and lakes in the Hudson Bay the Canadian delegation Hopes to meet senators and members of the Reagan administration to discuss the implications of proceeding with the Mackling As Manitoba and Canadian officials will continue to consult american officials to ensure that information is exchanged on the development of the the minister Sty Calendar poet Czeslaw 1980 Nobel laureate in will give a Public lecture on the role of the poet in Modem at 8 thursday in Andrews University of Sargent Park Pool is accepting registration for midterm break crash courses set for monday to april courses include red Cross Bronze Bronze and Small Craft safety i person registration for Call the Winnipeg area forecast sunny today with a High near Low tonight near mostly Cloudy tomorrow with occasional flurries and a High near probability of precipitation is Zero per cent today and tonight arid 40 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba variable cloudiness saturday and sunday with temperatures slightly above Normal values of 1 and Northern Manitoba mainly Cloudy with temperatures near Normal values of 2 and 16 rising to above Normal Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal values of 2 and 10 rising to above Normal 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