Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 29, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january Page 3 Core area plan gets top political lottery ticket prices inflated Ken free press Winter dome general manager of the Winnipeg installed Over Tennis courts drawn on the clubs parking Winter stands under an inflatable Bubble dome the courts will be ready by Winnipeg prepares red carpet for Fonyo by David Roberts on legged runner Steve Fonyo will get the re carpet treatment when he begins a hectic five Day visit to Winnipeg Winnipeg is where Fontos Jour Ney for which has raised is expected to take said Linda a Canad an cancer society Fonyo is to reach City limits at Plessis Road and the trans can Ada Highway around where its expected a Large crowd will Greet do Basov he then runs South along Lagimodiere Boulevard and West on Bishop Grandin Boulevard from 10 to an official Welcome is set for noon thursday at the vital Centre shopping where Fonyo will be greeted by cancer society Energy minister Wilson opposition Leader Gary Liberal Leader Sharon Deputy mayor Jim and Barry pres ident of the Winnipeg who will invite him As a special guest to a jets Home game Between and Fonyo is to run along marys Road downtown to the Westin he will make a Brief Stop at Jocelyn a palliative care a reception is planned at the franc Manitoban cultural Centre at Friday Fonyo will visit the Manitoba cancer research and treatment foundation and will Stop at the childrens treatment Centre and play hell also visit a Lodge for Rural Manitoban who receive treatment at the can cer an official reception at City Hall with mayor Bill Norrie and City councillors is planned Over the noon hour he then runs from City Hall South along main Street to Broadway and West to the legislative where an official reception with Premier Howard Pawley and government members is to begin an Fonyo then runs along memo rial Boulevard to Portage Avenue and the University of Winnipeg to meet University and City High school students from 3 to 5 at 10 Fonyo picks up his run at the u of w and goes along Portage Avenue to the Polo Park shopping Centre where he meets with the Public for one hour before a Brief Stop with sponsors at collegiate sports world on Matthews Between 1 and 3 Fonyo will be running West along Portage Avenue Tonicity fashion he attends a dinner at the Hun Garian society on saturday sunday he appears at Assiniboia Downs Between and 4 before leaving Winnipeg from uni City mall Fonyo will visit students at Kirkfield Park the Public is invited to a special Farewell for Fonyo at uni City be tween and Fonyo arrives thursday value of building uses Best year for City since environmental planning official says by Doug Speirs from 198a am memo the City issued fewer building per mits last year than in but the value of new projects hit a six year it was the Best year since 1978 in the City of theres no question about said Gordon courage of the department of environmental the City issued building per mits last a three percent drop from according to the depart ments yearned but the value of new construction projects for which permits were issued hit a 21per cent increase Over the million in permits issued in the statistics include both Winni Peg permits and a handful issued for the cites additional zone parts of the Rural municipalities of East and West Springfield and courage said the upswing in the value of projects is a positive sign for the cites although some Are not yet under i think that has to be translated into the number of construction he generally the higher the value of the More labor and material has to to into s courage said the most significant statistic for Winnipeg is the Rise in the value of permits for single Ami by nonprofit groups seeking funds n a 11 the Canadian mental health association has appealed for funds to relocate in the downtown area after being kicked out of its Edmonton Street offices to make Way for a planned shopping the Agency has asked the North Portage development to set special guidelines to ease the Burden of moving for it and the local Branch of the Canadian diabetes Assoc a both nonprofit groups Are housed at 330 within the area being expropriated by the province for a mall Between Vaughan and Carlton Bill Cha executive said the agencies Are worse off than about 50 businesses also being forced to move because they do not qualify for Core area initiative relocation Martin said his which owns the building housing both has been unable to find a comparable downtown space at an affordable the province has offered the association for the but Martin said the government has not considered the Cost of finding and moving to a new were not a we dont have any Way of writing off our Cost or passing it on to he Morris of the diabetes As which rents office space in the said it would be extremely difficult for the Agency to find similar office space at a rate it can the relocation is a fact of so were just going to have to Deal with it and try to find accommodations As Best As we he Martin said it was important his association remain centrally located in order to be accessible to clients and its going to make things very difficult for us if we have to move out to the he but Harry spokesman for the North Portage development said the association is better off than some businesses that rent space in the he said if the association is not satisfied with the governments offer it can Appeal to the land value appraisal commission if Neces to court of Queens the businesses which Are Only renting their space Are at a Distad Finnigan i dont think they the association Are in such a bad the businesses affected by the expropriation have complained that they face significant losses because they Are not being adequately compensated by the Finnigan said he is on the verge of completing a report to the North Portage corporations Board of directors outlining the concerns of the business and organizations being their concerns Are still being he its not As if weve turned our backs on permits were issued for work on single family Homes last up 277 from their value was a 10percent in permits were also granted for 26 apartment one More than last they were valued at a 61percent increase Over Mark a Winnipeg Market analyst for Canada Mort Gage and housing agreed that the Rise in permit values is Good news for the any time you see an increase in building permits its an improvement because it Means capita investments Are being he the analyst said housing activity in the which has been Strong for the past two is expected to increase by up to 15 per cent in were looking at lower mortgage interest rates being a heavy Factor in that he but a spokesman for the Winnipeg construction association said the Rise in permit values last year does not mean a Boom for Manitoba hardhat construction we realize there has to be considerably More investment before there can be a significant said Gervin the associations executive Greasley said he is pleased permits were issued for a number of larger projects than in the Greasley said the increase has not eased unemployment in the in which hit a record per cent of the estimated workforce last province drops plan to build expo Pavilion by Fred Youngs the Manitoba governments Deci Sion not to have a Pavilion at the 1986 worlds fair in Vancouver has an gered local business and disappointed organizers of expo theres no question its going to make us look said John president of the Manitoba chamber of tourism minister Sam Yuskiw said yesterday the province has abandoned its plans for a Pavilion be cause it would Cost too much in a period of during these times of economic Manitoba must set its priorities Yuskiw said in a its a matter do you spend a few million on something you can get by without while youre turning Down other things this project rates lower than Yuskiw said he doubted the prov Ince will have any significant pres ence at the worlds Vernon called the decision Iliad Vised and said it contradicts the provinces stand on Job creation and its efforts to promote ministers take junkets All Over the world promoting Mani he but when the world comes to they wont be i think Yuskiw and his col leagues Are being very Short sight Brad a spokesman for expo said the fair is disappointed with the were disappointed because its a Canadian Celebration and it would have been Nice to have had All the he two territories Ancl All other prov inces except the which Are negotiating a joint have committed themselves to displays Philley Philley did not Rule out More negotiations with but noted that the deadline for registering a Pavilion is the original Pavilion planned by the province would have Cost Vernon but 80 per cent of that would have been spent in creating jobs and tax Rev Enue for the cac slams milk Price minimums Winnipeg Consumers will never see bargain milk prices because the government keeps raising the mini mum Legal a spokesman for the Consumers association of Canada Manitoban will be paying two cents More for a litre of homogenized milk starting the Manitoba milk prices review commis Sion confirmed Consumers association spokesman Karen Shykewich said while food prices in Manitoba have risen by about per cent in the last milk prices have More than More tripled that rate in the same Peri the latest increase Means the minimum retail Price of homogenized milk in Winnipeg and other major Manitoba centres will Rise to 86 cents a litre from 84 while the maximum Price goes to 92 cents from 90 the commission said in a state ment yesterday that the move reflects the increase in prices paid to Dairy Farmers for Shykewich said that in Consumers Are paying for a four litre Carton of two percent milk because there is no minimum the stores Are competing there with about five Basic food Shykewich Well never get bargains like that she said her association would like to see the minimum Price for milk Grant awarded to Job creation scheme Jame Assiniboia school Divi Sion has received a Federal Grant to take part in a youth Job creation assistant superintendent Tom Carlyle said the divisions Job train ing project has been approved by employment and immigration can Ada for the second this years which started in is aimed at 17to 21 Jearolds who have been out of school and out of work for Between three months and two he it will provide training in computers and electronics and then placements As teachers aides and school office Carlyle the project benefits them and it benefits he noting that it has helped the division expand its programs and has Given trainees some work he said the divisions project is geared to the Field of the latest buzzword used to refer to video and audio it applies to video recording computers and telecommunication Ken youth training offi cer with employment and immigration said the divisions pro Gram in informatics is unique to if not All of it is part of the Federal govern ments youth option which is intended to fill the Transi Tion period Between school and Gerelus we Are targeting for age 17 to 21 because the need is he City Branch seeks to step up insect Battles via rail displeased at Cost of shelters the cites insect control Branch could use another this year to step up the fight against mosquitoes and says a City the City spent million last year fighting infestations of the if this years insect crop is closer to nor it expects to spend about but the report says increasing that by another would allow City to increase Mosquito Larvic iding in outlying replace Mosquito fogging equipment that has worn out and secure More workers and equip ment for canker worm with current the insect control Branch has rarely been Able to carry out Larvic iding further than eight Kilometres outside City even though it is legally entitled to go As far As 24 the report the numbers of mosquitoes com ing into Winnipeg could be con trolled More effectively if larvicide ing were routinely done As far out As 16 but this would Cost another this it the report says fogging for adult As opposed to would also be improved if were added to the budget to buy eight More the City had 20 loggers in service about 15 years but failure to replace workout units has Cut that it says the City should also consider doubling the budget for canker worm control from the Al ready set another heavy crop of canker Worms is predicted this by Paul Moloney via rail will have to spend per local passenger to comply with a Canadian transport commission ruling that it maintain shelters for people who want to catch the train at Roblin and that what it boils Down to in dollars and via spokesman Mike Williams said certainly its going to lose but weve been directed to provide the via estimates it will Cost a year to maintain the two Shel which would serve about 250 passengers a year boarding thrice weekly trains tunning South to Winnipeg and North to Thompson and the Price tag Doest include Vias Cost of install ing the estimated at the which held two Days of Public hearings in Decem ruled that maintaining the Shel ters is in the Public interest despite the the hearings were held after via appealed a january 1982 decision compelling it to provide the that ruling had authorized car to scrap its existing train in turning Down Vias the woman panel of commissioners said shelters were necessary in View of the harsh climate and because passenger trains travel through the two towns in the Middle of the in our these Public inter est considerations outweigh the eco nomic benefits which might accrue to via rail by relieving it of the obligation to provide the the commission Doug Roblins Secre said yesterday that Vias maintenance estimates appear to be you can get car taking service Here for minimum Frost Hunt i cant see Why via should be any he said utilization of the service by the town of about would probably increase if it were made part of Vias transcontinental sys passengers now must make a five hour train trip to Winnipeg to connect with trains travelling Cross country East or he Arnold mayor of said residents must phone Winnipeg to get the train to Stop in the Village of about and theres no Way of knowing whether it will arrive on car spokesman Leo Quigley said i the Roblin and Mccreary built in 1906 and 1912 will be removed once via installs its passenger the transport commission last week authorized the railway to re move stations and replace them with shelters at eight Northern Manitoba communities and one in Sas Katche that decision affects Thicket a Cranberry Sherri Don and Lynn Lake in Manitoba and Hudson i ;