Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free april 1984 City workers albeit Contois left and Charlie Hyde Cut up Trees downed by High Spring storm closes f leaves Rural areas in dark continued 1 winds were blowing up to 115 yesterday and Portage ramp said it was impossible to keep a vehicle on the Road because visibility to the West of the town was to the the highways were still open despite poor he two semitrailers in the Portage area turned Over and delayed traffic for several the ramp spokes Man one near Carberry spilled a Load of steel Over the there want an empty hotel room in Brandon last night As travellers obeyed ramp cautions and stayed off the buses stopped moving out of bran Don around 2 yesterday and peo ple were sleeping overnight in chairs in the said a depot an environment Canada spokes Man said Between 15 and 20 Centi metres of Snow and rain fell Day in Winnipeg and other parts of the and the same amount is expect eol to fall by the end of the Spring which caused Many Road but no deaths or serious want expected to subside until late the High winds created snowdrifts up to two metres High in the Brandon an ramp spokesman five military vehicles from Canad an forces base Shilo and snowmobile volunteers assisted police in Clearing roads and rescuing motorists stranded on ice caked the airports in Brandon and Dau As Well As smaller municipal were Winnipeg inter National remained open last Robert suiters of the Carman ramp detachment said ice and wind knocked Down numerous Trees in the damaging Homes and cars and blocking Carman resident Hermann Voth said his wife and two children were staying warm with blankets and the help of a Coleman he said they were using previously stored water and have been eating cold weve just decided to take it you dont have to go to Hawaii to Crank he at Elm Otto head of the town said local Resi Brandon residents wait for a bus in the swirling dents were having to make do with Coal Oil lamps and a lot of at George and Dorothy Gobin thought they were going to have to cows by hand yester Day morning when the Power at the last they discovered a Farmer with a spare Gobin said the Strong wind drowned the mooing of the upset that milking was six hours Darlene Christie cancelled her wedding in Oakville Church at the last minute yesterday because of the and settled on a ceremony in a Portage ice not expected to deter Worms continued from Page 1 speaking about one of Manitoba worst Springs for Forest fires on he said it will reduce the Hazard for a few Days until it dries up the current cold snap could also help a bit in the fight against a record canker worm outbreak expected this City entomologist Roy ehrs said Ellis held out Little Hope that the freezing rain will have a major Impact on the which began hatching in sunny areas Over the easter Long he said a coating of ice on tree trunks and branches would kill Worms which have already but he said fewer than five per cent of the Green caterpillars Are out of their eggs so the Frost will have no effect on those which Are still huddling in their egg there have j some Wishful thoughts in the last few Days that if we get some late Frost or Snow the canker Worms will be affected drastically and we wont have the kinds of numbers expect but for that to happen there would still have to be another warm spell so More eggs can then freezing rain u of m students criticize budget cutbacks students paying More for student Leader says continued from Page i d scrapping the evening cleanup of buildings d eliminating the use of audiovisual equipment on evenings and week ends d closing the schools Central instrument service d discontinuing the installation of backflow valves in the sewage which is required by the atty d scrapping the schools film product Ion Raeburn said the u of unlike the University of will not be forced to drop any of its sports pro which Are mainly funded by private the cos cutting measures Drew stiff criticism yesterday from spokesmen for the University faculty association and students we Are very our but were also concerted with the effect it has on the Quality of said Vic president of the faculty Assoc a it Means reducing the level of ser vice we can give to it will reduce the Quality of courses we Mike outgoing president of the students also condemned the saying students Are paying More for were paying 10 per cent More in fees for less services and instruction time from recalls Lyon years this is the most serious shortage of funding for the University operation since the first year Sterling Lyon was said who blamed some of the cuts on faculty wage Naimark said the u of m could have avoided layoffs and eliminated half its shortfall if the government had Given pos secondary institutions the same level of funding As Public he said while funding to universities increased an average per the provinces spending estimates show funding to the Public school system will Rise an average five per i just want Clear we not unhappy with the government exercising what were disappointed with is that they Haven Given universities the kind of consideration gave sectors of the school divisions got a percent increase exactly the same As it was for the Hemphill we gave them As Mitch funding As we while last weeks budget estimates for education show a five percent Rise in financial support to the Public school she said the school divisions will get an average of three per Allan acting executive director of the universities Grants took Issue with Nai Marks complaint that the University allocation works out to an increase of Only per Goldstine said that figure was calculated by combining the operating Grant with miscellaneous capital Grants and the two should not be mixed administration cuts to finance changes but education minister Maureen Hemphill denied Naimark Contention that the Public school system will receive larger operating Grants in 198485 continued from Page 1 before entering a program and emphasis will be placed on giving students workplace the minister she also said will be spent on a Pilot program to retrain Likely in the garment to Cope with technological the University of Manitoba will receive to offer courses to students in Remote Hemphill said the government wont pump More Money into the but will fund the estimated reorganization by cutting administration costs at the the province spends about Mil lion annually operating red River Community College in Winnipeg and Keewatin and Assiniboine Community colleges in the Pas and the schools serve about Hemphill predicted the reorganization would increase the number of students the provinces colleges can train by about 20 per she vowed the proposed changes will not Cost any Community College employees their doer said Many instructors fear their jobs will be Cut once the unions no Layoff agreement with the government expires in Mega members agreed last year to delay wage r return for a guarantee of no layoffs during the life of their collective Hemphill also said the province will continue evaluating the existing College courses to decide which have outlived their instructors of defunct courses will be offered she the minister added that about 20 College instructors have been Tola their Hemphill no extra funding positions will be phased out and they will be nine Community College courses were Cut last year and seven but department spokesman Wayne Boyce said no College courses will be dropped for the 198485 school other changes outlined by Hemphill yesterday included u More programs to teach immigrants to speak English because Winnipeg is Immi Grants in d a literacy program to teach adults to read and d the creation of critical skills pro Grams to train students for skilled jobs in resource development and High tech ology cd development of six satellite centres which will use technology to offer College instruction in Remote 4 Liberal delegates challenged continued from Page 1 Mark Liberal my for Provencher from 1968 to was a key organizer for Turner in the Riding in the weeks leading up to the Delegate selection meeting six of the seven delegates including the Are said to be Turner while one is who has a business address on Portage Avenue and is listed in the phone Book and in Hender sons City directory As living in refused to comment about the Chal Lenge in a its a Complete misunderstanding and on that basis i have no he a party source said the Smer chans Kis were in the process of moving to a new Home which they have just built within the Provencher the provincial Liberal Constitution says Only persons who Are a full age of 16 and residents of the constituency or members of the constituency executive shall be entitled to vote for and be selected As delegates at any constituency association the Provencher Riding takes in the Southeast Corner of the extending to the Eastern and Southern boundaries of Jean delegation confirmed thursday that the protest had been formally but added that it had already been she said a member of the woman committee established to consider challenges to Delegate selections in Manitoba had heard by word of Mouth on wednesday that a Challenge was coming and had undertaken an investigation before the complaint was it the Challenge will go but its already been she Izzy co chairman of the or Campaign in said he thought it foolish of Chretien sup porters to Challenge the Smerchanski in told the alternatives Are also Turner now is the time to experience free classes Verai Ini Between 10 3 special membership rates in effect during open House open House 85 s 50 85 4 limited q weve expanded for you come see Winni pus Bif and m Eil cow fact Latifi new Wggter Fetter additional including larger locker aerobic workout and exercise space and exercise Complete use of All facilities for men and women t professional instruction t pry Sauna Whirlpool t Sun Tan t muscle by Ikang aerobic workout therapeutic Massage Bath also 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