Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 25, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 0 2 gift Flieg 1983 wine connoisseurs say new store a Corker liquor commission Uneus its Fine wine featuring 170 wines and spirits by Andy Blicq the official uncorking of the firs wine boutique yesterday went excite Winnipeg efs Stiggi Fig to put bread and butter on the but of anyone with a taste for Fine grapes and a full bodied pocket Book to match will find favourable compared with some other and a Good say wine the boutique has been built along one Wall of the newly renovated Grant Park shopping Centre liquor it was officially opened by attorney general Roland Penner for the no free the commission served Coffee and the 176odd wines and spirits in the boutique Range in Price from less than to a princely for Remy Martin Louis Xiii which comes with its own Crystal decanter and expensive looking some of the products will be and All maybe through other liquor say commission at the Grant Park the bubbly is displayed in a trendy wines Are stacked in attractive wooden in a Boot like room which is illuminated by track lighting and fit Ted with brass fixtures and some plastic close circuit to wine lovers befuddled by the unfamiliar array of products will Able to seek help from at least one liquor commission employee in the store who at All times is to Wear a distinctive Burgundy sweater with Fine wines boutique embroidered on to thwart those who May not want to pay the Price of Good the commission intends to install closed wine expert Eric Black examines a bottle of French wine at the Fine wine circuit television to prevent pilfer and others eagerly poured Over we have lots of moderately priced the selection following yesterdays said Trevor Merchan while some local members of the the commission Hopes to dising manager for the Ozimian a group which buys attract More than just wine Connors were trying to Appeal to everyone special wines unavailable in Manito who likes most Riftes in the boutique fall be tween and said Bon the assistant general manager for the we assortment has been handed by 11 per cent and the concept will be taken to other stores if it is a Success at Grant he prices Are very fair wine sales in Manitoba have in erased by 30 per cent Over the last five he according to outside wine experts contacted the liquor Mission has done a pretty Good i think the prices Are very said Claudius product Tant for the liquor control Board of in a Telephone interview from for a 750 millimetre bottle of chateau Fichot 1979 Cordier described in a commission list As a sauternes of great distinction and Breed from a famous Vineyard Sells Here for a poorer Vintage Sells for in John general manager of the Ozimian society in said some of the Beaujolais wines on the commissions list were of a too old in a Telephone interview from his office in he said Manitoban now have a better Choice of wines than they had last week and the commission appears to be offering something for basically its a terrific said Don past Secretary of the 800member local Ozimian so adding there Are very reason Ible prices if you compare them to the rest of members of the local society will probably use the store and he expects it will be a when you want a Good you can go and Radical change needed for Northern Pawley says by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson housing must be come the top priority for Federal and provincial Premier Howard Pawley said Here he told delegates to the Northern housing conference that Home building is needed not Only to provide adequate affordable shelter but is also a key Job creation Pawley said Large investments in purposeful and Well defined construction programs Are essential to Deal with High sitting tight and waiting for the recession to recede is dangerous and he told delegates that Radical change in the approach to Northern housing is this would include changes in the design of houses and the building As Well As greater coordination Between local Community gov Federal and other housing housing minister Jerry Storie said one recommendation from the today conference indicated a desire on the part of the 90 delegates to revive log he noted a Pilot project showed that houses constructed of natural or squared logs can be built for 50 to 60 per cent of the Cost of a Normal Frame the average life of a Frame we were is about 15 years with major renovations needed every five a Well built log House lasts for at least 30 he development of log housing is one of the conferences recommendations which will be studied by a number of task Storie the streamlining of land acquisition procedures will also be studied by a task it takes As Long As three years to procure land for housing or other Community develop Storie another task Force will make recommendations on changes to building codes which delegates said were based on Southern local control of All existing and future housing in the various communities will also be the task Force dealing with this Issue will rec on mend guidelines for local housing committees within three its been a pretty Damn Good con said Manitoba Metis federa Tion president Don now its a matter of seeing that All the recommendations actually a foe provocative Dafoe cited for editorials John editorial Page editor of the free has won a Merit Tion in the 1982 National newspaper Dafoe was cited for editorials that were honest and pro Vocative in the Best has been editorial Page editor since he was senior associate editor at the Montreal the other winners Enterprise reporting the Vancou ver Sun for coverage of the Clifford Olson spot news reporting Chris Southam feature writing Mon Treal editorial writing Joan Montreal critical Toronto column writing John to Ronto sports writing Michael Montreal cartooning Hamilton spot news photography Robert Edmonton feature photography Bruno Ottawa also cited for in feature writ was Judy Steed of the Globe and certificates and Cash prizes will be presented to the winners at a dinner april 30 in the awards Are administered by a committee of the Toronto press they were established in Brandon lawyers flout parking bylaws up City solicitor Don Pratt warned yesterday he will prosecute lawyers who have been flouting parking meter bylaws hoping the City will not take them to he said several cases have been referred to him and while trial dates have not been set none will be a number of lawyers who were ticketed for parking their cars at meters with the time expired have pleaded not guilty in the belief the City will not take them to court for a it would Cost the City More to prosecute under the bylaw than they would said lawyer Brian lawyer Jim Thornborough said he pleaded not guilty to a meter violation to Challenge what he described As an unfair theres no indication on the ticket that you can plead not weather sail Lake cily 7 son Francisco h x Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy with occasional Light Snow flurries today and High today near Low tonight near mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near probability of precipitation is 50 per cent today and near Zero extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy monday and temperatures below Normal sunday with near Normal values of 2 and 10 monday and Northern Manitoba sunny variable cloudiness monday and temperatures below Normal near Normal deaths values of and 15 monday and i i Northwestern Ontario variable cloudiness sunday and sunny temperatures remaining near Normal values of 2 and he All it says is his Case is being handled by an Don who says he has four other clients facing similar one of his clients was issued a meter violation ticket six months he said clients with longstanding ticket violations could argue that the Canadian Constitution provides the right to be tried within a reasonable he also said the cites parking bylaws provide for a 30day licence suspension for nonpayment of fines but i Haven found anything to Grant them that he said the right to suspend driving licences rests with the registrar of motor not the the City issues about tickets a no River flooding expected if Normal weather conditions prevail there will be no flooding along the red River this according to the provincial water resource branches latest flood the which was released states the situation along the Assiniboine River is much the although some flooding is expected in the Virden and Griswold water resource Branch officials that because soil moisture Levels Are above Normal along both River above average precipitation or a Quick thaw could cause flooding in some they said some flooding of agricultural land has already taken place along the Souris primarily due to an Early rainstorm and Sno Meit Runoff in North even with Normal weather flooding is Likely to continue throughout most of april in Lowling areas Between the Border and they City Calendar Eric Stuart and Vincent perform in the second concert of the Winnipeg Bach at 8 today in the Crescent fort Rouge United Wardlaw Avenue 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