Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Moving bus depo weighed alcohol problems found in Grade 9 through the depot each that presents a bit of a Norrie said the City has previously looked at moving the depot to a site near the Airport or the old up rail Sta Tion on Higgins but the downtown hotels and retail ers might be he appropriate timing on the other Norrie i have talked to the bus companies and their lease runs out in six or seven years maybe the timing of this would be Norrie also expressed serious reservations about another of the Consor tums that it have three of its people on the i member develop ment corporation which the North of Portage administrative task Force said should oversee the whole redevelopment once one group has representation you get All the the labor the chamber of it just the Winnipeg developers consortium is a joint venture by five major Winnipeg based companies Lakeview properties the Imperial metropolitan properties Quali co and the shelter Cor of its bid Calls for More than million of private sector Money to be matched by the Public the consortium estimate of million in Public sector participation was met with scepticism by Phil Rizzutto consortium North Portage development plan proposes bus mall hotel be but some new democratic Council lors appeared to be excited by the its definitely said Helen its Harvey and Sargent Park Promislow said the idea of moving the bus depot didst bother people need to live and shop Down we dont need a what we need is a provision for a housing component for executive policy committee chair Man Jim ice Grants Mill said he thought the developers should have a Large say in the Way the project if endorsed by there going to be the major and if there the ones putting up the then they should have a say on the development Cor the owners of the mall hotel and bus depot said they have not been approached by anyone about a Sale or everything for John property manager of Oxford development the Edmon ton firm which owns the office and adjoining parking said the idea of Selling or scrapping the Complex was news to Sedo confirmed the existing lease for the building by greyhound and Grey Goose is due to Vern Winnipeg president of Labatt breweries which owns the land and the mall hotel building said i guess everything for Sale at the right Price but we Haven really deter mined the Dollar value of the property Penner said he had no Contact with City officials or the consortium group to discuss the possible Sale of the Corner lot at Portage and Jack president of Lakeview properties said yesterday he understood owners of the bus depot mall hotel would be willing to sell the prop erty for and a takeover of the existing Alec a design consultant for the task said the consortium plan was a poor Deal for Winnipeg its a great Deal the consortium Are proposing for Katz they say give us a build the parking for give us the land i think other developers should be involved Asim sad there not supporting the Portage place i Hope they eventually continued from Page i should counsel their children to drink he doubted that raising the Legal drinking age would be Eon sideling that so per cent of High schooners report having used marijuana More than once and this drug is illegal for Barnes refused to identify the school except to say it was in a Semi suburban because this would cause aggravation for the division which allowed him to do the he said he had sought to examine alcohol consumption at an inner City High Gordon but was turned Down by a Winnipeg school division superintendent even though an administrative committee had approved the the Las minute refusal set the re search Back six head Ding he understood administrators feared the results would be aside from the High consumption Barnes said he was disturbed by the fact per cent of the students said they had driven a car after having a Good bit to he said Young Drivers Are inexperienced and tend to take More risks and when combined with the effects of increase the danger of the research showed that fewer than one per cent believed their drink ing to be a serious he who also sampled 43 Grade 9 students at a Junior High school near the High found that 12 per cent of this group were problem drinkers according to the generally accepted definition of the this poll showed per cent of these students drank Beer anywhere from one to Tew Days each consumption Levels were with the majority saying they him ally drank four bottles of less at a the researcher also examined ing patterns at a Junior and senior High school in another area of Winnipeg and found both frequency and consumption Levels were to Gay charges j continued from Page 1 employees by misappropriating some of their the ruling said the denial of dental benefits is because of Vogels sexual not his but because there is no reference to sexual orientation under the human rights adjudicator Marshall Roth Stein said he could not Rule on whether Vogel was being discriminated against because he is a who has been fighting for dental benefits for his spouse since said the ruling Only proves the human rights act does not protect Gays despite assurances from attorney general Roland Gerry director of staff relations for the civil service said if dental benefits were available to homosexual partners of civil servants the commission know where to draw the would we draw it at two people living Brothers and Sisters or marriage like relationships Irving adding the dental plan was in tended for Axworthy Dodges Issue of leadership ambitions continued from Page 1 during a time of High unemployment and the minister of transport during consideration of the Crow rate Bill Doest give me much time to Dally about thinking of Greener he brushing aside other questions on the Axworthy said he once thought he could climb the Creasy pole to the top in one but now believes one aspiring to head a government should serve an Axworthy noted that a Lack of experience in government was one of progressive conservative Leader Brian Mulroney but he quickly added that Mulroney appeared to be a capable he turned aside questions concerning prime minis Ter Trudeau saying the Man was the Leader and liberals dont push out their turning to his new the minister suggested the imminent passing of the Crow Legisla Tion leaves the question of relocating the up rail Yards and the future of the railway Industry in Winnipeg open for but Jim chairman of the cites executive policy said in an interview later that if Axworthy is serious about rail he should put his Money where his Mouth Ernst ice Grants Mill said until the Federal government indicates willingness to commit Money to the project there is no Point in the City going to the expense of submitting a formal Harvey Smith and Sargent Park said he was pleased to see Axworthy talking about relocation but would be More be pleased to see him commit Money to at least a formal study of the costs and if Axworthy really wants to see the rails he can take positive Steps to see the rails talk is what we need is Concrete financial sup said Axworthy said the proposed Crow legislation would create a wave of economic activity because it would result in rail expansion and encourage manufacturing in the he said it was important to catch the wave and ride it to a whole Range of economic the question is what shape it transportation development will in boggled by How Little has been he referring to the Lack and development in railway for he said the railway expansion result ing from the Crow changes would require about Worth of electronic switching none of which was available in Axworthy said the government is now trying to encourage Western businessmen to get involved in that after building on the Domestic Axworthy you can go out and build railways around the he said it was important to ensure that the West takes advantage of the benefits the Grain rate changes will the mandate i have is to ensure that legislation that is there is Well understood i have to make sure the Crow flies and provides an engine for the Western he because of its setting and is strategically positioned to take advantage of the Crow changes because it is the base for the Grain Trade and has the largest rail the minister said he plans to investigate what Impact rail expansion in the West would have on he would like to upgrade the North Ern but he remained noncommittal saying Only i would like to resolve the Issue of Churchill in a positive Axworthy already has shelved a department study on the which he described As too limited in police defend use of files continued from Page 1 warrant and they Are now property of the he they Are no longer confidential medical records Between a client and a Igelski denied police were harassing the women and said it was incumbent on the department to do All in its Power to investigate the he said an investigation never ends when charges have been adding that further charges Are always a he said he recognized it May be a sore Point for some women to be visited by police at when they have not told other family members that they were in touch with the Morgentaler Bui they have put themselves in that knowing full Well that it is against the criminal code of he he said he could see no reason Why the interviews with the women should not and pointed out that police Are acting on instructions from the Kenneth Deputy registrar of the Provin Cial College of physicians and said yester Day there is no Legal provision which protects the confidentiality of medical but there Are ethical considerations to be taken into a physician is not to Volunteer or surrender information without the consent of the patient unless ordered to do so by a he most people should be Able to assume that their dealings with a doctor will remain Brown refused to comment specifically on the Morgentaler but said he could see there was an area of Krueger said some of the women visited by police we rent told about their Legal the coalition is referring the women to lawyers and is advising them they dont have to respond to police included in the seized records Are names of women who simply asked for information or tried to arrange she heading Ley rate unusual continued from Page i slanted on the inside of the and changes will be made around the poles where inmates Are currently finding footing to scramble Over the Twenty four heading Ley inmates escaped in the first seven months of this while 24 escaped in seventeen heading Ley inmates escaped Cus Tody in the past two put Schneider said every single one of the inmates that escaped in 1982 was brought j dont know what makes a prisoner want to he the vast majority have three months or Ive seen people escape that Are due to be released in a week or while other provinces have three to six escapes per 100 heading Leys rate of escape is higher eight per 100 inmates Are escaping heading Ley More frequently than in any other 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