Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba I 4 Wiff Tieg May police blame sniper fire As Blaze Burns unabated human raw meat found in move Home j i i ii i j letter analysis denied continued of Oft Page 1 forced Bunker inside the front of the Sambor the who espouse a backs nature had re fused Early yesterday to leave the House under an eviction order from who had surrounded the House and evacuated about 200 neighbourhood Homes a 90minute gun Battle erupted after Morfis group Mem Bers said they would not leave until after the release of nine members imprisoned for a 1978 shootout that killed one police officer and wounded several police said they decided to move on the two Storey West Philadelphia House after obtaining arrest War rants Friday for four adults believed to be living the warrants accused them of harassing neigh boyhood possessing explosives and disorderly conduct minutes after the bomb smoke poured from the the fire spread to nearby Tad authorities let it Burn almost 90 poor markets cited for Manfor layoffs by Fred Youngs More than 300 workers in Manitoba forestry resources Wood lands division will be Laid off for 14 weeks starting june an official of the Crown corporation said yes the layoffs will affect 118 full time employees and 195 contract workers who Cut the Wood for the company Murray chairman of the Manfor he said the shutdown is needed because of the backlog caused by soft markets for pulp and paper and lumber Ray corporate director of human said the Crown corporation has cords of Wood in its the 14week Layoff from june 3 to 9 is needed to reduce inventory by the amount of Wood that would be Cut in that Harvey the layoffs in the Woodlands Sec Tor of the Money losing company come hard on the heels of a shut Down of Manors which was closed earlier this it will reopen at the end of Clement said 50 people were Idle because of the Sawmill As Clement said there is a Chance the pulp and paper Mill will be shut Down in affecting the 250 workers the Plant is closed for two weeks for regular Harvey said the soft markets that have forced the Manfor layoffs have affected other Canadian forestry plants As its not a demand its a Supply Harvey there Are just too Many business development minister Jerry Storie told the legis lature he was aware of the but did not know when they would take effect or How Many people would be out of it the Layoff very much de pends on what the Market is he told reporters outside the Storie said the layoffs Are the largest at Manfor since when the Pas company was virtually shut he the workers were aware of the possibility and the unions at the Plant were consulted on How they would be a Union spokesman was not Avail noting that prices in the Market Are Down 15 to 20 per said basically a decision has to be do you want to continue operating at a or do you say enough were going to shut Down until things improve most people in the Pas under stand the its not a new thing to Storie Harvey said the company Hopes the downturn in the Market is Only there Are signs that the depressed prices that forced the layoffs Are already he minutes before turning on water Cannon and calling in fire firefighters were unable to approach the move House during that time because of sniper fire from the Sambor the fire followed hours of inaction As sharpshooters were poised spread Eagle on surrounding and 150 helmeted officers regrouped after unsuccessfully trying to serve the eviction we intend to take control of the House by any Means Goode ninety minutes of gunfire began at 6 after Sambor read an eviction police shot two High pressure water streams at the another Hal dozen shots rang out six hours neighbors also have complained of robberies and a stench at the where move follows a philosophy that discourages conventions such As the first Salvo yesterday morning was fired from the move residence and police responded with controlled Lewis three explosions sent a shudder through the area As helicopters Cir cled an officer was wounded with Lewis in nearby police raided another move House and found five children and a woman police also found human waste and chunks of raw dog meat throughout the at the Philadelphia five hours of water Cannon fire during the morning turned the front of the House into rubble but two rooftop Complete with Peep holes and gun were not move follows the philosophy of its Vincent who took the name John All group members use the surname move is not an move members ate Only natural often uncooked and kept scores of dogs and welcomed rats into their Home As pan of neighbourhood complaints in the mid1970s led the City to file accusing move of violating hous zoning Ana safety two years the state supreme court ordered move to open the House to when the group police surrounded it in a 55day on officer James ramp was killed in the kid stuff children gather around to have their faces painted up by an entertaining Clown at the Kickoff of the Manitoba child care associations week of the child nearly 300 children and officials gathered at the legislative building grounds for the Day was highlighted by a helium balloon launch by children at daycare centres across holding area demand dropped by commission continued from Page 1 the Yard and dispatch office and had improved lighting it also took Steps to improve train ing of staff involved in moving Loco company spokesman George Smellie Thiessen said up rail has implemented a number of new safety aspects for workers since opening its new diesel the railway successfully argued it was not necessary to install derail ing equipment and a special holding area for dangerous transport commission spokesman Peter Schubb said we decided not to proceed with the he with regard to the derailing we Felt they we rent required because Der Ailers in there Stop any unauthorized movement of he said the rail committee looked at the possibility of establishing a special holding area at the Yard for dangerous it agreed with up rails View that such an area would not be Pratti continued fran Page i As part of its commitment to the medical research but Polimeni has been told his term at the University wont be extended past last year he lost an arbitration which would have allowed him to try for Polimeni says a Pivotal piece of evidence at the arbitration heating was the May 1978 letter which Mark said he wrote to the medical research the letter made it Clear the University want offering commitments to provide salary sup port to researchers after the pro Gram Polimeni said that claim flies in the face of the original Grant written by who was then medical faculty it states salary support for investigators will be derived from Intra mural sources which will become available at the termination of the development Grant Mac spokesmen say they never received Naimark 1978 adding it might have made a difference in their consideration of the Grant if they had known about Naimark somebody int telling the truth about that Polimeni Martin the arbitrator who ruled against Polimeni last considered the Issue of the 1978 although evidence showed the research Council had not received he didst question Nai Marks there is no reason whatsoever to question that the letter was sent by the University to he attorney general Roland Penner said in a letter to Polimeni he has no Legal authority to ask ramp to Analyse Naimark letter and suggest it be done unless All parties to the matter agreed and the ramp when Polimeni approached University administrators to see if they would consent to an analysis of the he was this matter was dealt with conclusively in your recent grievance and subsequent University Vic president of wrote to Polimeni said he will continue to press for the examination of the letter and for he said he intends to stay in Winnipeg after the end of his term whether or not the University employs Equality before Law cited continued from Page 1 representing Edwin Bear a Berens River Man caught with a bottle of alcohol at a High school dance on the Reserve in March Lea Duval argued the Section violated the Equality provisions in both the Bill of rights and the Canadian charter of rights and judge Dureault said he agreed with judge Cohan reasoning in the Bear judge Cohan had adopted a 1983 Manitoba court of Appeal ruling on the Validity of subsection b of 97 of the Indian it makes it illegal to be drunk on a the Appeal court declared that portion also to be in violation of a Bill of rights Section Guaran teeing All individuals Equality under the the court noted Indian reserves Are the Only places in Canada where parliament has made it an offence for a person to be re serve usually cannot be drunk in their own but no Reserve predominantly the court in other there is inequality before the the court Kremer argued before both judge Cohan and judge Dureault the Bear Case differed from the Case ruled upon by the Appeal he contended that an Indian Reserve is not the Only place in Canada where Possession of an intoxicant is it is also prohibited in Public Parks and he noted that each Reserve has the right to pass a bylaw changing it to a wet so the prohibition in the Indian act is not he argued it was a treaty condition that liquor would be banned on but judge Cohan said he could find no differ ence Between the Bear Case and the one dealt with by the Appeal other Laws governing where a persons cannot possess liquor do not prohibit individuals from having liquor in their own but of the Indian act parents Ponder Boycott of classes continued from Page 1 was involved in a shouting match with the Board last night when she turned to address the Audi ence rather than Board Hebert said her groups proposal would give students a better Chance in the working in not an ant French person and never have she said outside the meeting when about 60 members of her group walked before they she accused the Board of stacking the meeting with members of la society Francomano Toraine and supporters of its pro Grams to give a false impression that More people were in favor of retaining the program As Board chairman Gilbert Rioux said the charge was Hebert said a Compromise to their demands be acceptable and insisted on a response by 11 she would not say what the group would do if none was another Denis said out Side the meeting students could in kept out of we hate to have to keep our kids but if we have its an Hebert said the group has the support of 435 taxpayers and she said 79 per cent Are francophone and they represent about 75 per cent of the population served by Pierre the boards committee will be made up of two two parents from the group calling for two parents from the group opposed to change and a chairman acceptable to both a preliminary report is due Rioux said he hoped studying the proposals will help Calm hotel owner voices concern continued from Page l weve completed All the Normal police proce dures associated with a murder its a matter now of investigating All these different responses from the he said the detachment has received nine Public but we want Barrie also said witnesses have confirmed that Ian Mclean was not at the Motel at the time of the asked whether police believe mcleans death was a random he said were looking at several different that certainly included in one of he said 15 ramp investigators Are working on the including five from Winnipeg and a police dog from Mclean was remembered yesterday As a Loving by her colleagues at the Portage where she worked As Secre tary for almost three coworker Anne Mckellar described Mclean As a swell person All the Way i dont think she would Hurt a she was also a fantastic it was a real Shock to every nobody i knew would Hurt Stewart 3rew said Mclean recently underwent surgery and was off work ill for about three she had completed her first week Back on the Job when she was she was feeling better than she had for years that the irony of the he the owner of the Portage hotel said the wiling has made him think twice about the safety of his you think about it the killing for Andy Lacquay but youve got to keep on but Peter owner of the Sunset said the killing could have happened h could have been a drunk Ora Unrau who in his right mind would go and do something like that although his like the is also located in an isolated be Laid he digit net fear for his family we Trust in the hell protect us and if its our time to Well by special arrangements North main Honda and great Plains Honda have combined once again their resources to bring you Bank hurry Sale starts monday 6 May 13 ends May 16 9 at the Highlander Curling 1871 Ellice Bank we need used cars 4 appraisers on duty your leading Honda dealers 6reat Plains Honda 994 Portage Sale starts monday f Hwu Noer cow Una 1871 Euice ends 9 North main Honda 1180 main at Mountain Sale starts monday High How cd Una Cwb Tan Euilee Enos 9 ;