Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 23, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weekend s cites bylaw court has gone to the dogs by Kevin Prokosh City bylaw flirt has gone to the dogs fid the Crown is bylaw held every has been Jef tamed dog Day by officials to reflect the Long dockets of Pel owners breaking the f heres Flo Way this of volume can be maintained in this drown attorney Christina told judge Jane Maurer Ive been doing bylaw court for a but its never been anything like it has been she said As much As 90 per cent of recent dockets involve canine according to the the weekly dockets have grown to 225 at least four times the size of a Normal trials were being set for since Doug Smith took Over As supervisor of City Pound services in the Pound has prosecuted Winnipeg dog owners in the first half of the in All of the Pound prosecuted 380 the bylaws have not been enforced for a Long said a former professional hockey anyone we catch now we most of the charges Are for having an unlicensed but Smith says he has also stepped up prosecutions involving dogs that run dogs that bite and dogs that howl in the he figures the booming business in court will continue since he estimates Only about 40 per cent of All dog owners License their Allim doing is upholding the he smilingly but 1 guess i am creating a lot of work for the Crown and the we will need a court of our own the Way were packs of disgruntled dog owners jammed the courtroom again almost every one of them pleaded guilty and just As Many offered the court excuses ranging its not my dog and my dog is to that neighbor is a chronic com see bylaw Page 4 Cloudy tonight 15 sunny tomorrow 26 August 250 Sun wises sets Moon rises sets Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 inflation rate dips to from Canadian press Ottawa the annual inflation rate eased slightly to per cent in Down from per cent in statistics Canada said in the Cost of living Rose by for an annual inflation rate of per up from seven per cent in the second highest rate of any City in Saskatoon also had a per cent inflation Saint at per cent had the highest inflation rate in statistics Canada cited higher phone initiated in july by the Manitoba Telephone for part of the Winnipeg consumer prices declined in Cal but increased in All other cities with increases ranging from per cent in Toronto to per cent in year ago the Agency said transportation and recreation costs Contri buted almost equally to the Mont to month increase of per cent in the consumer Price Index Over june Fig the annual inflation rate now is almost half the per cent recorded in the rate is up from per cent in May the lowest in More than 10 the Federal government jumped on that statistic As proof its Sian drive restraint program was food prices Rose per cent in compared with an increase of per cent Between May and leaving them two per cent higher than a year see inflation Page 4 colors no big Deal in Council by Cecil Rosner City councillors gave new meaning to the term colourful debate yesterday when environment committee discus sed a series of recommendations from the historic Winnipeg advisory com its first recommendation concerned a proposed sign to be mounted on the Side of 131 Letinsky with the exception that a deeper Shade of Green be used than that i care less what color they Harold Macdonald Don the committee agreed and approved the sign with no reference to color the next recommendation was to repaint the ground floor storefronts and window plywood panels at 221 Mcdermot but that the Gold in the proposed color scheme be toned slightly environment commit tee gave permission to but re moved the color the committees third recommendation rejected a proposal to paint the ground floor window trim and transom panels of the Back half of the big four building at 476 main Street because the proposed Blue or yellow paint would not be in keeping with the As a matter of fact i like Blue and there Good scottish Macdonald this environment committee chairman Alf Skowron nip Elmwood said he could see that the Blue or yellow might conflict with the Earth tones in the rest of the the committee agreed and rejected the color of Vii free a floss trash detective Ken chief of health inspection services for the studies discarded garbage near Shaftesbury littering is a widespread problem in the City and difficult to but the dumpers addresses can often be found in their Money wasted on drunks cant Reform those who enjoy alcoholism judge says by Paul Moloney a provincial court judge says Alco holism fighting agencies Are some times guilty of wasting scarce treat ment Money on people who enjoy being drunks and Are beyond Reh Abili theres a percentage of the Popula Tion who Are they dont want to be judge Charles Rubin told a seminar on drunk driving at the University of Manitoba yester Ive had people in my court whole graduated from every single treat ment program in some times and they have the papers to prove he do you spend your resources on these people or on those people you know you can help i sometimes suspect we waste our resources on individuals who Are committed to that life the judge said later he Doest have a Hardan fast View on the but was raising it to provoke debate among the most of whom work in the alcoholism treatment there Are alcoholics and addicted people in our society who like their lifestyles like being you will never Reform he told the sponsored by the alcohol ism foundation and the he added that he orders offenders to enrol in a treatment program Only if a reassessment has been done on whether this might a defendants Promise that he wants to quit is insufficient in sincere in lockup there All sincere when there locked he once they get the first place to celebrate is the Leland hotel because its right across the Street from our front in judge Rubin said a recent Manitoba government report calling for stiffer drunk driving penalties has a number of positive whether or not be implemented and the political expediency is will allow them to be implemented is something Well have to wait and the judge Federal Justice minister Mark Macguigan has indicated he intends to propose amendments this fall dealing with impaired the Manitoba which said fewer than one in impaired Drivers is apprehended by called for mandatory jail terms of up to two months for those convicted of drunk driving while under tougher sanctions should be linked with improved Public education on the size of the judge Rubin adding its not Well known that 175 to 200 Winni Eggers appear in court every week on impaired driving Rod Vic president of Citi zen against impaired told the seminar that Tough ant drunk driving measures would reduce individual but this must be weighed against the harm caused to he said about canadians died and were injured in accidents involving impaired Drivers Between 1970 and damage was estimated at billion to loss of firm would Cost City jobs Canada packers facing problems by Brian Cole Canada packers could close its Winnipeg Plant within a year or two unless problems facing the local operation Are dealt with a company official said As a representatives of Canada packers have met during the last few months with Premier Howard Pawley and members of his Cabinet in an attempt to avoid closing the the second largest in and the loss of about Fred executive Vic president with tie meat packing confirmed yesterday that company and govern ment officials have met to discuss the difficulties facing the local Industry in trouble weve had some discussions with the government about the future of the Plant and meat packing operations in Manitoba he there is no question that the meat packing Industry in Manitoba is having some Ladly stressed that no final decision has been made about the we would very much like to maintain our operations in asked if a failure to rectify some of the problems facing the local meat packing Industry could prompt Canada packers to shut Down its Plant within a year or he replied i think that probably a fair closing of the Canada packers Plant would have a dramatic Impact on the packing House and farming commune slaughtered weekly f the Plant employs almost half the cites packing House workforce in its which includes the kill ing of about head of cattle a Farmers would have to consider shipping their cattle out of province for a move that would increase the costs of their economic development minister Muriel Smith was reluctant yesterday to comment on the discussions with the she said Only that its general knowledge that there is rationalization in the Industry and weve been putting the Case Forward for a spokesman for the United food and commercial which rep resents workers at the refused to comment on reports of meetings be tween the province and the the spokesman would say that the Union would be concerned any impending Ladly refused to specify the nature of the the actual problems facing the local Plant or How Many More meetings Are he did say labor costs and the age of the Boniface Plant were mentioned to the Canada packers cited antiquated facilities in deciding to close its fresh pork and beef operations in Toronto later this see loss Page 4 liberals awaiting pms reply Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau retirement plans Likely will be raised at the Liberal caucus the first of the fall sitting of Parlia two Liberal maps predicted yes the message has been sent and Well be waiting to hear the said Ontario my John referring to Calls last week from himself and several other backbench ers for tru Deau to announce no later than this fall or Early Winter that he is Trude Ati always has maintained he Doest intend to run but has refused to be More a member for Kenora Rainy River and a former Cabinet minis said in a Telephone interview he Doest see How the Issue can be Ian my for the Montreal area Riding of said Christmas is the absolute latest tru Deau could announce his resignation and still leave the party time to Call a leadership convention and try to turn the polls around before the next widely expected next Reid said the Issue could be raised by an my if now on Vaca Tion in Doest raise it him self or it int placed on the formal a senior Trudeau adviser told the Canadian press Trudeau Likely will announce his resignation by Christ making Way for a leadership convention in april or grand Forks abortionist sees increase in business grand up abortionist Richard Leigh says business is picking up again now that abortions Are no longer being performed at the Morgentaler clinic in who would not be specific about the number of abortions he per said about 40 per cent of his patients come from the Morgentaler clinic was Given its latest setback last week when a judge refused Morgentaler application to have his abortion seized in a police raid earlier this returned to a preliminary hearing into the charges against Robert Scott of Anne de and seven nurses and counsellors at the will be heard in court in Winnipeg the charges include procuring a miscarriage and conspiracy to procure a in the the clinic is open and functioning As a family health staffed by Volunteer doctors performing physical pregnancy tests and other primary health care As Well As referring women elsewhere for Abor who charges Cash for an discounted his fees when the Morgentaler clinic opened to remove the difference in Canadian and see grand Forks Page 4 hairy finding Strong link found Between violent behaviour and metallic elements in trivia s 5 minister quits Federal mines minister Roger Simmons shocks colleagues by resigning his Post after 10 Days on the suspicion some trois rivieras police officers May face charges ranging from armed robbery to dope scandal a doping scandal costs Canada two a Silver and two Bronze medals at the pan american Index Ann 20 30 34 14 34 22 7 21 Jumble 38 43 sports 47 32 17 to 27 ;