Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 2, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free april chiefs Call plan to Cut Reserve works madness by Tom Goldstein a Federal government plan to reduce funding for capital projects on a Indian reserves this year will result in increased welfare illness and family chiefs the department of Indian and Northern affairs plans to divert million earmarked capital projects on Manitoba Indian reserves to its general operating the reallocation of funding will re sult in the scaling Down or elimination of 31 projects planned for the province during the next including water and sewage Bridges and Community the revised spending plans Are contained in documents capital conversion Manitoba re dated the Docu ments were disclosed thursday by the Assembly of Manitoba in a prepared the Assem boys Al chiefs budget committee said the proposed Transfer of funds is a desperate attempt to Cope with an escalating financial and management crisis within the if the chiefs the proposed budget would virtually eliminate program control by tribal councils and education As the negative Impact on Indian people and on the provincial Economy As a whole in terms of lost Community income generation and employment will be it students will be forced to drop out of school or be sent elsewhere to continue their Community health will suffer As a result of inadequate water and sewage systems and welfare Rolls will the chiefs this is utter chief Ernie co chairman of the Al chiefs budget said the group will meet next week to plan a course of action to protest the proposed Transfer of among the options Are Legal demonstrations or giving All the programs Back to Indian affairs to administer to see if they can do it with that kind of the Assembly has been seeking a voice in the budget planning but Indian affairs minister John Munro has refused such a the conversions were proposed by the departments Manitoba Region As part of an ongoing budget planning said Bill regional director of the department provided copies of the proposal to the Al chiefs Ottawa is expected to make a Deci Sion in a few Cooke it can either accept the proposal or impose a budget of its he what were dealing with is main Taining the existing program no growth in Cooke said the Money must be diverted from the proposed capital Pendi Tures to cover shortfalls in the regional budget for such shortfalls began three years he and have been increasing by million were caught in a very Dif Ficu the Money we need to we also need for Capiti he Road upgrading include dare suspension or Meductic of eight projects under the Depa ments local government to budget for the program is about Cooke the budget for the eight programs totalled about but Only would be left if the pro posed conversion is this would mean the deferral of Road up grading for the ebb and flow roads for the pegu is a water project for Mathias colomb band and multipurpose complexes for the pegu is and Fairford Road construction for the gods River and Long Plain bands would be scaled Down As would a sewage system for the Norway House Twenty three projects with a combined budget of million under the education program would also be of the proposed conversion would see million converted to the administration the proposed reallocation of funds would affect both school construction and proposed schools in gods blood vein and Cross Lake would be scaled Down and construction of a split Lake school would be deferred the total capital budget for Educa Tion is about Cooke he said existing programs would not be affected by the proposed Transfer of but it does he said he understands the indians frustration and anger with the cooing Birds a Magnet throbbing sounds a reminder of past agricultural exhibitions an often overlooked element of Brandon Royal Winter fair was tucked away this year in a room Between the key Stone centres main Arena and the barns it didst go the sounds throbbing intermittently from the cubbyhole were a Magnet to All who remember what an Agri cultural exhibition is All the exhibit room reverberated this week with the crowing of Roost ers and the clucking of several dozen pairs of pigeons put on a cooing exhibition when coupled with exaggerated strutting in their was enough to put smiles on the faces of Young and old City slickers who have never had the Good Fortune to get a taste of farm the room that proved quite an at As it does every year was the poultry and Small farm animal its an ingredient of the we Klong fair that officials should Crow it Doest receive the space or the recognition it its an attraction that organizers have seen fit to place Low on the scale of but one which delights fair goers and awakens in them momentarily forgotten More than 400 rabbits competed this year for the red and Blue ribbons that Are awarded to the Best of the assorted Breeds on raising these traditional farm Yard Birds and animals has dwindled noticeably in recent years in Western youngsters Are taught As a matter of course the Birds and animals associated with farm these will Ever see the fascinating varieties of chickens or pigeons that continue to exist in our shrinking world its at something like the Winter its a says Gerry Stone of who is a judge for the american poultry that we cant get More space for the perhaps if there was More space there would be More entries like in the old Days when wed get in the old who has been exhibiting his chickens at the Brandon Winter fair since started raising bantams when he was that was Over 60 years he muses As a Hal dozen roosters engage in a crowing theres been a Lull for quite a Barry free press Gerry Stone holds an egg Laid by one of his hens on display at the Brandon Winter Barry Mullin few years but the fellow who judged these Birds this year said that on the whole the show was better than the past few who has judged poultry across Western Canada and at the Royal Winter fair in says City bylaws that have outlawed Poul try from City limits hit hard at people who liked to raise a few an electrical fire two years ago wiped out stones 47 bantams and other varieties that he use to but he has started to replenish his flock and plans to keep showing them for a few More while Stone a steady Stream of people stopped to peer at the entries of there were cages with Golden called Houdas with their Heads that Bob and shake As they Crow and Cluck in the Active Buff leghorn and Plymouth or his Jersey giants with their ear fracturing crowing in com petition with the bantams Clarion blasts from across the a Semi retired Farmer from the Carman keeps about 300 Chick ens on his there was a time when i had Mcgregor but i dont raise that Many i have about 40 Breeds that Ive gathered a few Here and a few Mcgregor explains that Many Farmers bought 300 pouts each Spring so they would have laying hens and eating chickens in the Farmers would have 100 or 125 Birds come fall after they had shared a few with the owls and the fixes in the old but now there seem to be fewer people who get pleasure out of raising a flock of Mcgregor admits he has boxes full of ribbons from poultry they get to be kind of a nuisance after a he says of his but his chickens particularly his barred rocks never Are a bother to the Mcgregor the popularity of the poultry exhibit should prompt Brandon organizers to consider expanding that portion of the a Little bit of judging and special showings could become a featured attraction for people of All once other Rural fairs saw the popularity of Small animal and Poul try it would be Only a matter of time before More people began raising Netherland champagnes or French lop rabbits or posters and i rollers pigeons As Well As some of the varieties of Stone and Mcgregor heritage group Calls for renovation incentives heritage Winnipeg has proposed that the three Levels of government take bold new action to encourage renovation and use of historic buildings in the Core the proposal Calls for the province and Federal government to go beyond the incentives and funding currently provided by the Core area initiative program for historic weather the 12 recommendations contained in the report resulted from a study by George an Independent researcher and special projects director of heritage an organization committed to preserving the cites Diamandas presented the study thursday during a seminar attended by real estate agents and other professionals with a stake in the cites among the recommendations d feasibility and planning Grants to building owners or potential up to a maximum of d property tax and Federal tax and forgivable Loans for renovations to historic d establishment of a development corporation to administer funding and other incentive direct promotions and search for merchants to move into the our mistake Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with winds northerly at 20 High near Low tonight near increasing cloudiness tomorrow with brisk northerly winds and a High near probability of precipitation is near Zero today and 10 per cent Southern Manitoba mainly Cloudy tuesday and wednes Day with temperatures a Little below Normal values of 5 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny tuesday and wednes Day with temperatures a Little below Normal values of 2 and Northwestern Ontario mainly Cloudy tuesday and wed mesday with temperatures a Little below Normal values of 6 and a Story March 21 said wrongly that lawyer Sidney Green was beaten 21 in a debate on in Arnold president of the University of Manitoba and Moderator of the said a show of hands indicated support for the question was close and he called it a d d d a Story tuesday said wrongly that Canada photo went out of business in in Canada photos labs went bankrupt in but the company continues to operate three retail stores in win Tario nine winning numbers were drawn thursday in the win Tario the winning number was two winning numbers for each were 712930 and other winning numbers scramble 701841 827421 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