Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mine opens by Bob lower a Afi Iii Fittl was opened officially Here yes the Ore body located Kilometres Northwest of was discovered in it toft1 Diamond drillers prospecting of tit swedish oranges Hudson Bay mining and smelting holds a interest in the Laisiu i Joriu Van Illren Pratl Ngsi and Kumpu 6y of share a 29pen cent while Manitoba Mineral resources hold the remaining 27 per mines minister Wilson Parasiuk told More than 100 miners and Unity and government representatives at the ceremony that opening a new mine at a time when there is so much talk of has to be a very significant he Felt the joint in this Case involving Crown and private presented a promising pattern for the future of mining in Parasiuk noted that and Manitoba Mineral resources also Are involved in joint exploration Ven Tures in the Lynn Lake Manitoba born president Keith Taylor said the company is pleased with the results of its first joint venture at Trout it has been unique and beneficial to All concerned including the Community which has cooperated he Taylor was the progressive conservative member of parliament for mines minister Wilson Parasiuk left talks to Miner As official looks Riding from 1972 to the Churchill Granges president Tryggve Angel said the company began looking for new areas to invest after troubles developed in the Middle we came to Canada and started looking around British but a revolutionary situation seemed to be developing there in the Early then we came to Manitoba and were impressed with the province and the he Angel said the company invested million in exploration annually for a total of the Ore body located beneath Trout has proven reserves of million tonnes million tons of Ore containing Copper and plus smaller amounts of Gold and the development of the which began in Cost about last it reached its full production rate of tonnes tons a r the top part of the Ore body is serviced by a spiralling this permits Large trucks to haul Ore from the the total haul age distance is metres Hunting rights object of claims by Greg Bannister two Northern Manitoba Indian bands plan to file land claims in the North West territories this fall to protect ancestral Hunting rights they fear los ing to Arctic inuit the claims could be the first step toward a much closer relationship Between the two Small Manitoba bands and the omit Focally powerful Dene which has been with the tand clams and How territories should the results of a referendum in the Lettl toffs last year showed majority of the residents a vhf Boundary Rea but conflicting Boundary proposals from several inuit groups and the Dene nation have complicated the Florence a land claims negotiator with the Dene nation and a band councillor from said yesterday the Chipewyan i t bands from Madoule Lake and Lac Bro Fol 1 fy0n Chet will file claims with the Federal cd now in the process of accepting claims for tend the 3ene nation annual Assembly in fort Resolution Early in she said the Manitoba Ough separated from their Northern counterparts by provincial and rial Are linked closely in terms of culture and she said there is great support in the North for a closer relationship with the South Ern Chipewyan bands in Manitoba and Manitoba with a 1 c6fti5incd of about feel Afore culturally related to the indians of the territories than to other Indian groups in Cassie but he said closer political and social ties with the Dene May be years Bumble bees traditional use this was confirmed yesterday by chief Peter Cassie of the Madoule Lake who said the land in ques Tion traditionally had been used by Chipewyan people now living South of the 60th parallel in in a Telephone interview from Madoule said the land also Ilso Are filing claims with there is a concern Here if we dont put our voice the inuit people would gain the he Cassie said the Chipewyan people from Manitoba do not use the land As often As they used to but still Hunt and trap he said a Legal claim to the Inja Mars Bumble hair nets and Wood chips were some of the ingredients Manitoban found in their food last Consumers disturbed at finding unexpected additives such As those were among the 252 who complained to the Federal governments food and drug directorate in Sandy superintendent of food said imported Plum Jam was Back to its distributor when several jars were found to con Tain Bumble will said on a regular basis imported shipments of herbal teas have been rejected at customs because they con Tain parts of which Are so minute they can Only be detected land would support their claim for through a Mercury drops in lakes Whitefish South Indian Lake species shows dramatic change during one year Mercury Levels in fish caught in South Indian Lake Are dropping in at least one commercially valuable Spe cies and More Are expected to according to the latest data compiled by a Federal provincial study team examining Mercury pollution in Northern South Indian one of the pro Vinces most important Northern i saw its water Levels Rise by about three metres 10 feet in 1976 As a result of flooding caused by Manitoba Hydro Churchill River diversion Mercury Levels began to Rise after wards and a number of fisheries in the area were shut Drew a scientist with the Federal fisheries and oceans depart ment in said yesterday completed 1982 tests show Whitefish in the Lake have declined steadily in Mercury Bodaly is one of several Federal and provincial scientists involved in a Large scale investigation of Mercury Levels in the Churchill River diversion Whitefish taken in one area of the Lake have shown drops in Mercury Content of More than 50 per falling from an average of parts per million ppm in 1981 to ppm in the allowable limit of Mercury con tent for fish sold in Canada is ppm while the american limit is 1 Public meetings Bodaly said Public meetings Are being planned for later this year in the Northern communities to explain the latest test results to local he said tests conducted on Wall Eye and Pike taken from the Lake in 1982 indicate Mercury Levels in those species have stabilized after several years of steady Walleye sampled from commercial catches on the Lake showed an average concentration of ppm of Mercury in the same As in Pike samples in 1982 showed an aver age concentration of ppm of Mer Cury compared to ppm in Bodaly said he and others involved in the study expect Walleye and Pike to drop in a similar fashion to the White fish but that could take 15 or 20 Why the Levels Are declining is still he i dont think we Are at a Point yet to state conclusively Why its but Bodaly said he is convinced the research has isolated the source of increased Mercury there is no doubt in my mind the flooding has caused the Mercury Levels to he said tests conducted by Federal and provincial scientists on soil Sam Ples in the Churchill River diver Sion system have shown Mercury con tent to be higher in soil above the water level than in soil on the Lake general Hunting licences which Are issued by the territorial Saskatchewan Chip Wayans have such licences and can Hunt freely in the he adding that Mani Toba Chip Wayans do not have the same rights Cassie said the Manitoba communities fear they will never gain Permis Sion to Hunt on the land if the inuit Are successful in arguing their who recently toured the two Northern Manitoba communities As Well As two other Chipewyan communities in Northern said representatives from the Madoule Lake and Lac Brochet bands will at hair keys and pins were found in and Wood chips in Peanut the visual foreign material which infiltrates the Quality control systems of the food processing Industry is not the major concern of the said Lloyd chief of Laboratory Smith said the department has a regular inspection program for the the Canadian processing Industry has been clean for he said examples of the foreign matter in foods be taken As a reflection on the stringent standards which the Industry has worked City Calendar University of Winnipeg has extended its i person registration period until 8 at the registrars office first floor in Bryce office hours Are to monday to Friday until 6 and 9 to 7 7 and Royal astronomical society of Winni Peg will hold a Public Star night at 9 saturday in the Cricket Field area of Assiniboine some of the largest telescopes will be Avail in the event of poor the event will take place Manitoba museum of Man and nature will present a summer heritage excursion of a palaeontology Field trip and Fossil Hunt saturday at Stony Mountain for further Contact the 190 Rupert weather h High pro Sura l Low cold from warm front Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness this mainly sunny this afternoon with a High near Low tonight near mainly sunny tomorrow with a High near probability of precipitation is 20 per cent near Zero tonight and Southern Manitoba mainly sunny sunday and monday with temperatures near Normal values of 22 and 10 saturday and above Normal sunday and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal values of 19 and 8 saturday and sunday and above Normal Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny sunday and Mon Day with temperatures near Normal values of 21 and Lake Manitoba charted hydrographic Survey Crews hired by the Federal government have completed the first precise Survey Ever undertaken on Lake As a result of the three year which ended Manitoban planning to explore the lakes Waters and shorelines next Spring will be Able to buy the first full navigational charts Ever Elmo chairman of lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis recreational development said in an interview the Survey undoubtedly will result in significant increases in the number of pleasure boats on Lake Manitoba and also could have major significance in the commercial development of the who lives in 200 Kilometres Northwest of said the Federal department of fisheries and oceans commissioned the Survey three years ago because the time clearly had come to develop Lake Manitoba More fully and bring whatever economic Benefit there will be to the communities on the shores of the Survey work was carried out by boats and Crews of technicians from two private Canadian Marina Canada of Ottawa and Mcelhanney surveying and engineering of our mistake a Story yesterday said wrongly that Hiway and metro towing service is proposing to charge motorists with dollies to Tow a if awarded a City police towing in the proposed charges would be and with than you Winnipeg for a great first deaths classified death National Victoria 19 Vancouver 20 Yellowknife 18 Edmonton 24 Calgary 21 Saskatoon 29 Regina 29 Winnipeg 2v Thompson 17 Kenora 26 Brandon 25 Dauphin 25 Thunder Bav 27 Toronto 25 Ottawa 25 Montreal 23 Halifax 20 Winnipeg temperature comparisons 24 9 12 10 10 9 10 14 18 6 20 14 15 11 14 16 15 13 last highest on record lowest on record in 1885 precipitation total from april 1 to Aua 24 Millimetres Normal International 3 19 29 21 28 18 22 16 26 23 31 28 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