Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 10, 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free april 1984 water Tenn Pree Petess unsolved by Cecil Rosner Lac do Bonnet area residents who have Wells contaminated with Fadia Tori Are having a hard time convincing the provincial and Federal govern ments to pay for proper water sup everybody says they want to but so far nothing much has been said Jill who Learned last month her Well water had five to six times the acceptable limit of con Papineau and a group of neighbors have formed a cooperative which wants to pipe water from the Winnipeg River to their but the project is expensive and Papineau said it is too much to expect the already financially strapped Farmers to build desperately needed increased funding from provincial and Federal Levels Are desperately needed to ensure our childrens right to clean water and to be Able to produce beef which is free from contamination bound for Papineau said in a letter to officials of both Levels of the situation is particularly frustrating for Papineau because she said government officials have advised her family against drinking the contaminated Well although their farm animals continue to consume Papineau said the waterline is expected to Cost the Prairie farm rehabilitation association will pay half the Cost of the main while the provincial water services Branch will fund 15 per cent of the hookups to the she said that will still leave the Farmers with a Bill of about one neighbor already has said his family will simply Uncaph the bad Well and continue using the water unless a More reasonable solution can be Papineau said her family is currently trucking water for drinking purposes to the but she said it is Uncertain How much longer that can Randy assistant to la Sam Yuskiw who represents the Lac Dubonnet said government officials Are waiting to see the results of a test to develop a filter which would screen out uranium and Radium from the drinking he said Papineau request for Finan Cial assistance is essentially on hold until the testing is farm practices producing Prairie hearing told flight est Bruce whyard checks the Wing of a horned owl brought to Pembina veterinary Hospital sunday after it was found at the Laura Secord Community Centre unable to whyard found nothing wrong with the Bird and gave it to natural resources department officials to by Laura Ranee Canada will be the Sahara of the North if present farming practices and governments deserve a share of the a Senate hearing was told government policies often encourage poor farm land management and Valu Able farm soil is being lost As a Allan Board member of the Manitoba cattle producers Asso told the Fields Drifting away Chambers said Prairie Fields Are Drifting away because of a system devoted to Large open areas Bare of heavy cultivation of land and a decline in the amount of land devoted to if we i am convinced we Are headed for a Sahara of the although perhaps somewhat he told the Senate standing committee on agriculture hearing he said the Canadian wheat boards quota under which a Farmers quota is based on the number of acres he has under entices a Farmer to Clear erosion prone land and then leave it in summer fallow in order to boost his but research Extension ser and government commitment is sadly lacking in the Canadian agriculture farm spokesmen United Grain growers president lome Hehn said the increasing amount of soil erosion and loss of organic matter on the Prairies is a critical Farmers Are Many times forced into economic decisions to keep their business decisions that Are not always consistent with longer term conservation Hehn the Success of a Long term comprehensive soil conservation program to a Large degree depends on the economic plight of soil already affecting two million hectares five million acres on the is increasing at a rate of 10 per cent each year and costing Farmers an estimated million an he each cultivated hectare acres on the Prairies loses on average 55 tonnes 22 tonnes per acre of topsoil annually and that adds up to million out of Farmers packets since land was first cultivated nearly a Cen Tury Hehn Clint president of the Mani Toba conservation districts Assoc a said a recent study conducted in the United states indicated 70 per cent of the Farmers who switched to a conservation practice did so because they thought it would eventually lower their operating the government has used Cost sharing programs and technical Assis Tance to entice Farmers into conserva Tion Alist and to help offset the additional the Canadian government also should be prepared to shoulder some of the installation costs if a widespread program is to be Whetter Farmers investing in soil conserva Tion could be offered tax Simitar to those who invest in Canadian he agriculture minister Bill Mufti sad agreed governments should take aft Active role in soil but he added in an interview that when times Are tight it is As difficult for government As it is for the in his Uruski said the ment is trying to Cope with the problem by enhancing incomes to livestock Farmers and thus promoting More for age instituting water manage ment and shelter Belt and educating Farmers through Home study courses on soil the committee will report its find Ings to Senate after hearings in Saska Edmonton and Indian child care Agency to open office in Winnipeg vans provided for Rural elderly Federal government considers successor to transport program handicapped and elderly residents of five Rural communities will find getting around a Little easier following the arrival yesterday of specially outfitted the five vans purchased through a combination of provincial and municipal funds destined for the Morden and the Rural municipality of the province and municipalities contributed apiece toward the Pur Chase of the which each Cost about the Federal government added another per vehicle through the Urban transport Assis Tance the province also provides funding for operating Manitoba highways minister John Lohman said the addition of the five vans Means 20 per cent of the pro Vinces Rural communities will be served by the he said the injection of Federal funds allowed the communities to buy vehicles that Are probably Superior to those we would be Able to buy under other Graham a senior policy adviser to transport minister Lloyd a said that although the fed eral program expired March a successor to it is being considered by the Federal Frank chairman of the Mani Toba league for the physically Handi lauded the provincial govern ments efforts for improving transportation for the he said the current government has recognized the needs of the while the previous tory administration had not been As by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson Northern Manitoba Indian bands Wasis child care Agency will open a sub office in Winnipeg next formed by chiefs represent ing 25 Northern began operation on Northern reserves a year ago after lengthy negotiations Between the the Federal government and the we set up the Agency because we wanted to control the child and family care services on our chief Walter Monias of Cross Lake and chairman of the Wasis Board its a big switch to have a Northern Agency opening up a sub office in the for its been the other Way Roger the Agency executive said he said an increase in the number of children from Northern reserves being to Winnipeg for care prompted the decision to open the Hilaire said there Are Between and treaty indians belong ing to the Northern of to live off the reserves including a Large number in win the Wasis Southern based staff will be Able to meet children arriving in Winnipeg from the North and supervise their Hilaire As he said he hoped they could take Over the supervision of Northern children currently being serviced by Southern Hilaire said Wasis child in Cree will work closely with Chil Drens Aid societies and other Provin Cial Home reserves in the event a child in Winnipeg needs to be placed in a Foster word could be sent to the Childs Home where a relative or close Friend Likely would be Able to provide the Foster he the new sub office will be located at 280 Smith the staff will include a four social worker trainees and a Wasis is based in Thompson and has sub offices at the Pas and at Island Hilaire said that while the Wasis staff in Winnipeg will work in close cooperation with the Southern Agen the chiefs insist on it being an Independent operation under their i interim funding for the Winnipeg sub office is being provided by the Northern 767 Purchase inquiry told air Canada increased the risk of error when it added metric Boeing 767 aircraft to its no metric aircraft a senior air Canada official told the Gimli emergency Landing inquiry yester Tom the airlines engineering development and evaluation said air Canada had no Choice about buying a metric aircraft because transport Canada policy specified All new aircraft must be but the fact that dc9s and other air Canada planes still operate weather precipitation h High Preisur l Low Prei Lui cold from Iffla warm fron on the Imperial system increases the possibility an error could Wilde the inquiry is being held to determine Why the flying from Montreal to Edmonton last july ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency Landing at witnesses have testified that because of a conversion the 767 pilots took off from Montreal believing they had kilograms of fuel in it was or about half As much As they the inquiry also has been told that while the 767s fuel was weighed in on other aircraft it was weighed in witnesses also testified the conversion had to be done in this Case because the fuel gauges we rent working yesterday was Day 39 for the which has Cost More than since at started in inquiry lawyer Jay Prober said yesterday it Likely will be the last of its kind in he said in an interview the Canadian aviation safety scheduled to be set up this will eliminate the need for special transport minister Lloyd Axworthy announced in february the proposed to be based in will be Independent of the department and can hold Public hearings if it deaths classified death Gallagher at Quelch Canada a1 a2 beef sides of beef Hinds of beef due to boning and trimming the Price per Pound and kilogram will Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy today a Chance of a Shower this moderate southerly Vivis with a High near variable cloudiness tonight and Low tonight near High tomorrow near probability of precipitation is near 10 per cent tonight and extended Outlook Southern Manitoba variable cloudiness Friday and saturday with temperatures above Normal values of 8 and Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness throughout with tempera Tures above Normal values of 4 and Northwestern Ontario variable cloudiness Friday and saturday with temperatures above Normal values of 8 and 2 6 11 3 10 s 2 13 6 3 1 4 7 3 13 15 14 13 25 22 24 18 22 26 24 25 10 York Ottawa 10 Aviv Halifax 1 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean 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