Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 7, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free april 1983 action or i it m 1 1 1 v habitat preservation must become a government report warns by Mary Ann Fitzgerald r in Manitoba wildlife is fast falling prey to shrinking habitats and the guns of poachers and Legal says a resources department if wildlife Are to survive at Levels which will allow reasonable Habi Tat preservation must become a government advises the departments report on the state of the provinces tabled in the legis lature natural resources minister Al Mackling says government Correct the problems with Crown land management and must look at incentives to persuade private landowners not to Clear marginal land which provides shelter and food for beleaguered wild animals and tax incentives in an Mackling said the government is considering erasing taxes on such marginal land to encourage Farmers not to Clear Bush and Drain waterholes recommendation which also comes from the Weir commission on Mackling says such Howe is unlikely until the government deals with the Weir Manitoba Moose popu the minister admitted thousands of hectares of Good habitat is being lost through Bush Clearing and waterhole the report states programs to help landowners against wildlife damage to crops and livestock Are of increasing Mackling said his department is fallen to animals consulting Indian bands to support conservation of declining Moose popu which have dropped to in 1981 from in the report says Canvas redhead and lesser Scalp Duck populations Are partly be cause of weather and loss of but also because of in 1981 from in Mackling said he wants negotiations with other provinces and the for More responsible harvests of waterfowl because the key predator is night illegal Sale of wild life and illegal Hunting on private land will Likely be the biggest problems in the next five the report it Calls for greater enforcement against besides the report says bar ten ground Caribou populations have in y 25m in n Vears so they need both habitat Protection and con trolled pelts Worth million it also says Muskrat and some Spe cies of waterfowl will not unless Hunting is curbed and More habitat is Woodland Lynx and Deer need special habitat the report says most forbearing animal populations Are but it Calls for development of More humane traps and ways to combat a growing anti trapping trappers Harvest about million Worth of pelts which con tributes Between million and million a year to Manitoba econ the report it advises the government to Edu Cate the Public on the value of wildlife to guard against the very abundance and variety of wildlife has lulled us into a false sense of Security respecting its continued the report recreational Park lets fun seekers slide into summer y re Ager water slide Park will have a after 5 when theres less of the various parts of the Winni Eggers will be Able to enjoy a de supped wit inner capacity for about people and will Day children under four and adults there Are Hundred Winni Eggers will be Able to enjoy a new kind of recreational activity this summer water landscape architect Ross a shareholder in fun Mountain water slide said yesterday construction of a recreational Park started three weeks ago just East of is ahead of Mcgowan said he originally hoped to open the Park july but it now appears it will open about june located adjacent to tinker town amusement Park at the Junction of the Tran Canada Highway and Murdoch six Kilometres East of the Royal Canadian the new Leisure Centre will offer Winni Eggers various forms of water Well have four 130metre 427foot one 100metre 328foot River two 30metre 98fopt kiddie and a 40metre 131foot River run for Mcgowan none of the slides will require any apparatus or skill and people can go As fast As the water runs or slower if they 1v slide Park will have a after 5 when theres less of the inner capacity for about people and will Day children under four and adults mar or m f open 10 Amto Over 55 will get in win test admission fees be Mcgowan said water sliding has be of Iii do kept to about 30 c about or with a sliding scale come a very popular Leisure activity in sv5f u s the recreational Park will offer a variety of water sliding courses and a Lake various parts of the there Are hundreds of them in the United in alone has eight such Parks others have opened in Medicine Montreal and ours will be first one in this part of the the Winnipeg entrepreneur said the new water slide Park will also offer Concession a vide game Arcade and an artificial Lake resulting from the creation of the 20metre 66 foot water slide water will be heated and filtered from Downside receiving pools to be reused for the system is perfectly Mcgowan nothing can the slides Are built into the even if you fall out of a which is not Likely to Start you simply land on the grass and get Back into the he said about 40 people Are working on the construction project and be tween 40 and 50 jobs will be provided once the water slide Park City Calendar trips to Snake Churchill planned the Manitoba museum of Man and nature is offering two the deadline for registration for both is april 15 a on Day bus trip to the Snake pits at Narcisse is set for april 30 an air excursion to Churchill is set for july 6 to 11 the crafts Guild of Manitoba is holding a juried in Praise a j116 archives 200 Vaughan until april exhibit hours Are mondays to 9 to 5 p m thursday and Friday 7 to 9 and 2 to 4 admission Soprano Norene Morrow and pianist Clare Hoeschen will give a weather l Low Cou fran warm front Winnipeg area forecast sunny today with a High near mainly Clear tonight with a Low near increasing cloudiness tomorrow afternoon with a High near probability of precipitation is near Zero today and 10 per cent Southern Manitoba Cloudy mainly sunny sunday and temperatures a Little below Normal values of 7 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny sunday and monday with temperatures below Normal values of 3 and Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with near Normal tempera Tures Cloudy sunday and monday with temperatures a Little below Normal values of 7 and free recital at 3 sunday in the Chapel of Johns University of the program includes selections by Zaninelli and John Taylor 470 Hamilton presents that a collage of drama and and a full course tuesday to april the red Cross will hold Mobile blood donor clinics in Winnipeg 16th from to wednesday and from to Ken Seaford Junior 374 Aksum presents the musical at wednesday to april Barbara smucker will lecture on Days of mennonite exodus to at 8 wednesday in Macdonald House 61 Carlton dinner slated to Honor retiring chief Justice Manitoba retiring chief Samuel is to be honoured at a symposium and dinner this weekend at the Winnipeg convention who retires As Manitoba most senior judge when he turns 75 next has sat on the Manitoba court of Appeal since 1960 and was appointed chief Justice in he is to be replaced by Appeal court Justice Alfred the symposium will feature lectures on topics that have been of special concern to Freedman Over the including universities and professional education and the Legal profession and International symposium speakers include Justice Brian Dickson of the supreme court of who graduated from the Manitoba Law school As a Gold medallist in 1938 sir Robert British Vic Chancellor judge Maxwell Cohen of the International court of Justice Bernard Vic president of the hebrew University in Jerusalem and Madame Justice Bertha Wilson of the supreme court of deaths classified death National 10 13 10 12 Thunder Bay 5 1 10 6 4 5 e 7 8 9 5 International 7 e new 16 13 7 20 9 6 17 10 19 9 6 1 b 4 7 8 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 6 7 3 11 1 4 e 3 7 Tel resort spots los Cloudy Las fair Clear Clear fair 18 11 16 4 26 19 25 28 29 28 26 28 fair 31 fair 31 Havana fair 28 7 5 3 4 15 12 11 13 24 23 23 18 19 26 24 20 v Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean last High most on record in 1900 lowest on record2 in 1877 precipitation total from april to Millimetres Normal Herbert Hus band of Lorraine Dorothy of 84 Hespeler wife of Howard Zeta widow of James Joseph of 384 Hargrave suite husband of Stella George of husband of Grace Dorothy of wife of William of Hannah widow of William Lawrence husband of Evelyn of 582 Osborne suite husband of Corrine Wilda of formerly of widow of Nelson Shelley wife of Gary Harry of formerly of win husband of Florence Lawrence of 427 Banning husband of Elsie Charles of 1013 Mccalman Brian of formerly of Winni husband of Ludwina of Plum widow of abran Jean of William of widower of Mary Jenny Victor of 637 Dudley husband of Margaret Ida of 18 Oriole Margaret widow of Harry Raymond Ken of 210 Thorn Avenue husband of Linda Villen Mma to pursue arbitration by Manfred Jager Winnipeg free press Dugald health minister Larry Desjardins reiterated yesterday the Manitoba government has closed the Book on Manitoba medical association demands for binding arbitration in fee contract the minister said during a debate on the Issue with Mma president Ivan Kowalchuk that negotiations on arbitration ended in february when association members rejected the governments final Only per cent of the eligible doctors voted on the offer at the and 88 per cent of them turned Down a government plan that would have Al Lowed opted out doctors to stay out of medicare and extra Bill patients As Long As they did not charge More than 15 per cent above medicare speaking at the Dugald Community Kowalchuk told an audience of about 75 that the Mma will continue its push for pressure tactics arbitration keeps the Public out of the negotiating away from pressure and places All the risks where they belong on the two parties who Are directly he Kowalchuk said if renewed attempts to reach agreement on arbitration fail the Mma May once again resort to strike action similar to the 10 Days of office closings it staged last october and Desjardins said while Only 85 Mani Toba doctors Are currently opted out and is therefore not a it could become one if arbitration awards were unacceptable to firefighters and police who now Are covered by arbitration All Are bound by awards because they Are salaried and have no Choice but to accept the he if doctors wont agree to give up opting they will retain a weapon to circumvent arbitration Desjardins said government officials have been accused by the Mma of meddling in medical in the arbitration the minister the Mma has tried to play the government has the Peoples mandate to administer Public said every time one per cent is added to the medicare fee it Means million of your tax he our no interest offer ends saturday no interest for one full year no payments for 45 Days if you can afford a you can enjoy the Comfort of a to Quality waterbed on All bedroom prints and no payments right can Purchase a Complete Queen size waterbed for less than a the Complete with plywood free fill kit and owners Price 279 less 10 Dow or per month after 12 months your bed is 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