Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january pages lawyer says bar oversexed funding cuts threaten Metis we less work cited for 6 increase in dental fees by Julia Necheff Peoples Teeth May be health Ier but dentists costs Are so their fees Are going up per a dentist spokesman Ted president of the Manitoba dental said yesterday the Rise is needed to reflect increased overhead costs and less work for at one time people came in for three or four Hechter now they Only come for one or he said the fee schedule is closely related to How Long a dentist spends with a the schedule is meant As a guide for dentists in private Hechter he said while no one is obliged to follow about 80 per cent of Manitoba dentists base their fees on the association Hechter said he anticipated fees would actually go up anywhere from six to 10 per cent for some but that other services would in crease slightly or remain the he said the biggest increases prob ably will be in Silver fillings and some of the newer plastic because of the materials according to the fee Teeth cleaning for an adult which Cost last year will Cost the Cost of a recall examination will remain at the Cost of a porcelain Cap will Rise to from based on an increase in Laboratory Hechter rejected the suggestion that dentists will earn bigger profits by raising their rates six per cent while inflation is around three or four per we anticipate approximately a five percent increase in costs next he the six percent increase in Gross income should actually reflect itself in the five per cent net at this dentists would be breaking he Wayne free press workers at the fort Whyte Centre move modules of a Cedar decked Boardwalk on to the come Spring Marsh Boardwalk the floating Walkway will afford visitors a better View of the areas waterfowl and wildlife popular Home Manitoba told share of Federal renovation funds to drop 25 by Cecil Rosner a Federal Home renovation pro Gram which has been popular with Manitoban since its inception will have less funds to hand out this year because of Ottawa budget Cut Deputy housing minister Saul Schubert said the provincial govern ment will receive about million this year for the residential rehabilitation assistance Down 25 per cent from last under the eligible Home owners can earn forgivable Loans of up to for renovation in some cases where financial hardship is the loan limit is extended to Schubert said the reduction to Manitoba reflects a 25 per cent Cut which the Federal government is implementing but he said the program has traditionally been More popular in Manitoba than Many other the City of Winnipeg is also expecting to have wrap funds Cut Back this but it Hast received any official word from the Federal government program director Tom Yauk said about million was spent last year Norrie urges lower speeds near schools the City and Winnipeg school Divi Sion should jointly ask the province to reintroduce lower Speed limits in school mayor Bill Norrie said the 25kilometreanhour school zones were abolished several years ago and the province has since turned Down requests to reintroduce the government says the reduced in effect during school were confusing to too hard to enforce and gave children a false sense of the on the other has argued the school zones at least reduced the amount of High Speed traffic near Norrie told civic executive policy committee yesterday the City should go to the province one More time in Light of recent complaints from the school division about safety near several Norrie and committee members held out Little Hope the City will pick up salary costs for school crossing a longstanding school Board the school division expects to spend about this year to provide adult crossing guards at 14 in a letter received by the policy committee school Board chairman Mario Santos argued that the City is responsible for traffic safety and should pay for the but Guy Savoie in tache said the City should reject the re quest because ensuring the safety of school children is the divisions the committee agreed to delay a decision because of recent state ments by Santos that the division might share the Cable cuts Knock out City telephones a Winnipeg Gas company Crew Cut through two major cables with an Auger Early yesterday knocking out service to approximately a Manitoba Telephone system spokesman said last the Cable cuts affected some ser vice in vital and spokesman Glenn Schneider said people in the area experienced difficulties in dealing As of late Crews had been unable to determine the full extent of the but he said service should be restored sometime today for most the Accident occurred on the Cor Ner of marys Road and Vivian Avenue and the majority of Homes affected were in the Kingston Row Schneider said customers whose service is disrupted for More than 48 hours Are entitled to proportional adjustment of their monthly the Telephone company will seek compensation for the damages from whoever caused the he hapless thief runs out of steam by Murray Mcneill Oliver Peemoeller May think twice before he tries to steal Gaso line helped himself to the contents of what he thought was a Farmers Gas tank on red River drive near Norbert on but regrettably for and happily for the it had water in Crown attorney Stu Whilley said shortly after the unsuspecting Peemoeller left the his car Whitley told Provin Cial judge Raymond unable to get it going he and his companion decided to Hitchhike Back to but the Farmer had seen their car leaving the Yard suspect ing they May have been after his called Whitley when the ramp they found the disabled car on the Road Side and saw Peemoeller and his companion trying to hitch a ride to Peemoeller at first insisted hed filled his Gas tank in but eventually admitted tapping into the Farmers it want until later that pee Moeller Learned the tank contained not his Heather said outside he also Learned the water Haa caused Between and dam age to his car arid that the vehicle was a the hapless thief pleaded guilty to a charge of steal ing although Whitley said he would be satisfied with a judge Cramer said he wanted More background information on pee Moeller before sentencing he remanded the Case to 30 to allow preparation of a presen tence who was out of Cus Tody on was allowed to re main free pending his sentencing on wrap work in the the program is so popular there Are waiting lists for applicants to receive he it the budget will be theres no question about were not going to be Yauk but he added that Winnipeg has often received extra Money which other areas didst use for the pro so the initial allocation might not represent the final amount Avail Able for the last year the City received More than it originally thought it he Jim general manager of the Core area said the program still expects to meet its quota of renovating Homes de spite the cutback in this years wrap Homes More than Core Homes have already been renovated under the plan and the ultimate objective will be reached before the programs mandate he another Federal cutback which May have an Impact on the Core is the elimination of the Canada rental Supply under the build ers received 15year interest free Loans for constructing certain rental finance minister Michael Wilson has said the plan will end and uncommitted totalling Mil will be August said he Hast heard the details of Ottawa intentions re Garding the but if it is eliminated and interest rates Start rising again it will have a negative Impact on housing in the million Cut Schubert said the Federal housing minister has Given the province his Assurance that rental Supply plan Money designated for the North por Tage development would remain Ottawa has also announced plans to Cut million from its social housing Schubert said he expected that might mean a Cut of Between 10 and 20 per cent in the provinces Alloca Tion this last year funds were provided for about nonprofit housing but Schubert said Ottawa is hold ing out the possibility that the initial allocation could grow As the year the Federal governments Cut backs in housing should have no effect on any of the tenants in units controlled by the provinces regional housing Schubert while the government has pro posed that doctors fees be increased by per Hechter said the Billing practices of the two profess ions should not be dentists expenses Are higher than in medical offices in the equip ment and materials he he noted that dentists who have participated in government pro Grams for welfare patients and the childrens dental health program have taken pay to hts government has funded those programs at Only 80 per cent of what the dentists normally would he Derek president of the Manitoba medical said he was not upset at the increase Given i dont know what that based fewer adding that per haps the dentists fees were much lower than average across the coun Lack of Trust in councillors fuels proposals by Brian Cole the appointment of impartial arbitrators to Settle wage issues for councillors and disputes Between the Public and City Hall were among a number of recommendations offered last night to a committee studying the City of Winnipeg As the committee heard a number of mostly from the East Kildonan Transcona angrily complain about the Lack of Trust they have in City Lawrie chairman of the provincially appointed commit said he was interested in their Peter Gnoinski said the Council lors pension Issue upset him so much he decided to join the Resi dents advisory i joined rag after councillors voted themselves a pension that was More than i made in a he Steve Belanger said there was no Way councillors or other elected officials should be allowed to vote themselves increases in wages or Belanger said current arrange ments preclude the Public from hav ing any input into the he said elections were not the answer because pension and wage increases cannot be retroactively recovered from the people who voted for even if they Are turfed out of office and the policy upon questioning from some of the committee Belanger suggested a Board similar to the Public utilities Board be appointed to Deal with compensation he also had some harsh words for councillors in saying there were Only a few decent Gnoinski also complained about the frustration of dealing with City Halls he outlined one problem he had about a year ago when the City issued him a water which he said was too Gnoinski said he has been hag gling with the City for the last 12 months about the reliability of the water meter and two sets of conflict ing test conducted on the meter without any Gnoinski said a civic ombudsman would have been of great Benefit to him in his fight with the Harold Kelly told the committee that he would like to see the establishment of an Appeal process out Side civic government to review complaints about decisions made by Kelly said he was one of 14 land owners on Henderson Highway who attempted two years ago to get their property zoned commercial from he said the application was vetoed at the Community committee when he asked about an he was told it could be sent in writing to a senior civic committee which would consist of he said he declined the option because the senior committee generally rubber Stamps the Community committees i think we should be Able to go to the provincial municipal he two including a former municipal election candidate and a current member of the residents advisory told the committee of several problems they had with their local Community they said that on various Occa Sions they have been refused the Opportunity to speak at meetings or were allowed limited Access to in formation concerning the Community committees i could blow your mind with some of the things that have Hap said Shirley who ran in the last City rejects provinces changes the City says it would be flouting the Law if it agreed to provincial demands for changes to plan Winni the cites Long Range develop ment in a letter yesterday to Urban affairs minister Mary Beth mayor Bill Norrie said the City cannot agree to impose stricter limits on suburban development in the he said Public hearings conducted while plan Winnipeg was being drawn up would be circumvented if the City imposed Las minute changes not dealt with during the which ended in the province has insisted the City ban development in several sub Urban fringe areas unless it can demonstrate it is but Norrie said City lawyers have advised that landowners wanting to subdivide their property could argue they did not have a Chance to oppose such a ban at Public if the City turned Down develop ments As the province has courts could quash such decisions on grounds they constitute a denial of natural the mayor Norries letter asks the province to approve plan Winnipeg in the form proposed by the which allows development in fringe the City would then be willing to look at amendments and at holding Public hearings on the proposed the government has been delaying approval of the bylaw since City Council gave it second Reading in november arguing that suburban sprawl must be contained to Aid Core Nomes letter says the City has been working on restoring older areas through the Core area Initia Tive and North Portage redevelop expropriation Deal upheld by court an Appeal court has ruled the owners of an expropriated City restaurant cannot seek a higher Settle ment than the they re Happy Penny restaurant owners Bill and George Gavrelis accepted the amount in november 1982 after their leased premises at 290 Carlton Street was expropriated As part of the Core area once they changed the owners wanted the land value appraisal commission to hold another speaking for the unanimous a peal court chief Justice Alfred Monnin ruled that the owners cannot launch a bid for More Money because they already accepted the judge Monnin said the contract made Between the parties was duly executed and valid and once the compensation Cheque was the file should have been of what value is a writ ten agreement if it can be reopened so easily at any time Bill Gavrelis said last night the ruling probably will destroy the business the family has built up during the past five that was my last in he he said he accepted be cause the Bank refused to lend him Money to reestablish his business on Portage Avenue without he said their business was debt free before but that now they owe More than Day after Day were going in the Hole because of interest and so much he Gavrelis found out recently that the new location is to be expropriated As to make Way for the proposed Cadillac Fairview shop Ping mall on North Day after Day everything is get Ting worse he ;