Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Oak Point Farmers abandon blockade a dispute Between Oak Point area conservationists and the Atnee ended peacefully yesterday after the Farmers abandoned their blockade of a controversial they told us to get off the Road or wed be said Bob a a Kesman for area Farmers who crossing Road t guts its All Over with there out there now ripping it said who added there appears Little left the Farmers can Johnson and nine others had bladed the Road with four pieces farm the protesters but Johnson said no further attempts will be connects a marshy Point on the East share of Lake about 96 Kilometres Northeast of where Farmers conduct haying tons and grate sheep and Nick Deputy minister of ural said yesterday the Road was opened on an emergency w he said the Point always a a wildlife preserve and the am vol on along with Mem Bers of the lunar ramp at about 9 la Harry erts who approved the building of the Road when he was minister of was also on hand and acted As a mediator Between the Johnson j l Enns said he was disturbed the government haunt at least held off ripping up the Road until later in the i think this lacks sensitivity on timing sheep Arent that easy to round up at this time of the the former tory resources minister disrupting wildlife resources minister Al Mackling told reporters in Winnipeg he Wysnt concerned about the protests because the Road was disrupting wild life and the Road is blocking the natural flow of water marshy Point is an important area for giant Canada geese waterfowl staging and wild fur production As Well As being a prime spawning ground for he f our concerns include disturbance of the flow of water to prevent fish movement and disturbance to nesting and Brood rearing of Canada geese and waterfowl due to increased Mackling said there had been virtually no broods raised during the last three years and he wants to restore the area to an Ideal nesting site for Upland Ted Primak of the lunar ramp detachment said police would continue to keep watch Over the Road for the next two Days while work he said he did not expect Farmers would return to continue the built for the Farmers three years ago by the province at a Cost of the Tiff to fit Levi to 200 bites of Worth about 100 135 sheep and Worth of farm Carter had Little sympathy yesterday for any Farmers with livestock de on the notices went out to any and All Farmers in the area in August advising them of what was who had presented petitions to department staff for natural resources minister Al Mackling and agriculture minister Bill said he still is waiting for a reply from each Cabinet he said the trapped animals would survive on the Point despite being Cut off by the cattle can swim Back but the sheep there be any problems unless they get he said Farmers would have to wait until freeze up before they can remove the rest of the animal Sand the a Landing the big one with the Doug Sanders hauls Home the fruit of his following a fishing expedition on the Assiniboine River Success came in the form of a Channel province new Home for 30 Burly albertan by Greg Bannister a select Crew of 30 Burly Alber tans will arrive in Manitoba in Jan uary and the with Ottawa is spending million to make sure they take up the immigrants Are Wood Bison which will stand More than metres six feet tall at the shoulder and weigh More than 900 kilograms pounds at the Small which will be drawn from a established group in Elk Island National Park in is to be the Start of the latest provincial Effort to reestablish the animals part of the plan includes passing legislation to declare the Mani Tobas provincial of limits to All the project already has won needed support from the first nations representing the prov inces status that group already has pledged to set aside native Hunting rights in the Case of the Wood one Indian the 450member watermen will play an integral role in seeing the Herd takes it Hopes to realize Lon term employment after the Bison have be come established As a free ranging said chief Harvey Nepi Naks Reserve is located about 270 Kilometres Northwest of Winnipeg on watermen these animals Are certainly going to attract were looking at the tourism aspect very we could run guided Tours and similar s whose band members Are constructing a Corral to House the Bison this said the band also could Breed the animals and sell to zoos and game farms after a Herd of sufficient size has been Herb acting manager of the Northern development agree ment which is providing of Federal Money toward the said it stands a better Chance of succeeding than earlier in 1968 a Herd of Plains a smaller was brought to the Pas but soon became homesick for Alberta and headed Schultz said it is thought animals born in Manitoba will stay he said it could take up to 10 years to establish a health sized Wood Bison Herd in ice Harvest Down tie wild net crop in Eastern Manito will Down year because of bid Wetther and Towt firt currently out of control in not mini itys chief Ken Courchene of the port Alex to Naif Indian but a crop buyer claims a gov eff committee is partially to mime for it Low Harvest because it set too late a Date to Start t Tom owner of Whit Sheil air said a closer watch should have been kept on the delicate which can blow away when Ripe some of the smaller lakes were ready a week before the pickers got Here because the committee let sept 3 As a Date to we should have been there a week he Courchene said some picking has there Are some out there in the but its really not Worth it this it will mean reduced amounts of Money for families who depend on the Rice crop for extra Mike provincial head of wild Rice said the smaller lakes May have been sacrificed for the larger choosing a starting Date for the Harvest has always been diff we wanted to set a Date which would get the majority of native people into the White Shell for the larger he he said the average crop is about kilograms one million pounds and this would be off substantially this wild Rice is under cultivation in some lakes leased to robbery Call preceded death police were called to investigate a robbery at the Kenora hotel room of a Winnipeg Man two hours before he was discovered with his neck about police received a complaint regarding the theft of Cash and car keys from the Harbor View hotel room of Joel who had checked in for the weekend with his police investigated the mat but found the complaint unfounded and said Kenora police they were called a second time and discovered the body of autopsy was performed tuesday and pathologists found the cause of death to be blood loss from lacerations to the warning issued to officials by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson a judge warned Federal health department officials and representatives of an Indian band yesterday to resolve bitterness Between them because of the potential for provincial judge Jack Drapack issued the warning following an inquest into the death of a 14montholo1 girl who was taken to a nursing station that was unmanned because of a dispute Between the department and the Garden Hill Indian judge Drapack ruled Leslie Anne Sepke died from accidental drowning at Garden he made no the Accident happened about june 10 when the child wandered from Stevenson Island and apparently fell into Island weather h High Low pc Turt cold front worm front she was in the water about five minutes before being found by her a helicopter Pilot at the Siepkes Home flew the child to the nearby Garden Hill nursing several minutes were spent trying to locate a nurse before a local resident said the staff had left Only a few hours another 12 minutes were lost flying to the Theresa Point nursing station about 16 Kilometres away where the infant was pronounced dead on inquest witnesses included Ursula the nurse who attended the infant at the Theresa Point nursing and Paul regional director of the Federal health departments medical services Garden a Community of about located 580 Kilometres Northeast of normally is served by four Cochrane told the inquest the station was vacated because of a personality dispute Between the band Council and one of the the Council had passed a Resolution asking that the nurse be after a fruitless meeting with the Council on june Cochrane decided to remove two of the nurses the remaining two were to leave for Winnipeg on june bringing the stations drug Supply with the last two nurses left just a few hours before the helicopter landed at Garden Hill with the stricken Crown attorney Glen Reid asked Why at least two nurses could not have been left at the station until replacements Cochrane said this would have meant leaving other stations Short or chief Larry Monias said the band wanted the remaining nurses to stay until the replacements he said band councillors asked the nurses twice to but were told they had been instructed to one of the last two nurses to Agnes said Many of the residents followed the nurses to the plane asking them to she supported the bands position that the health department had insisted on their Monias added that Maclean has since resigned from health september hours our mistake Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy with occasional sunny periods Chance of a Shower or this morning and again this High today near Low tonight near increasing Cloud tomorrow with occasional showers by High near of precipitation is to per cent 20 tonight and 50 Southern Manitoba occasional showers Clearing Sun sunny temperatures near Normal values of 19 and Northern Manitoba isolated showers Clearing sunny temperatures near Normal values of 15 and Northwestern with above Normal temperatures occasional showers with temperatures near Normal values of 17 and 7 Clearing 22 19 25 24 9 25 Thunder 23 31 32 28 23 u Clear us Clear i 3 4 11 12 2 14 12 10 10 14 19 18 17 18 25 partly Cloudy 33 thunderstorm 33 fair 31 fair 33 partly 32 Tair 31 fair 32 24 26 27 22 23 25 23 25 Winnipeg 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