Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, May 15, 1985

Issue date: Wednesday, May 15, 1985
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Previous edition: Tuesday, May 14, 1985

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1985 15 court decision angers indians Good glasses chipped Well make them smooth rimmed and usable again 5 Days Only May 21st25th take advantage of this special Opportunity and a special tech Nique and have chipped glasses usable due to the inherent risk in repair ing we cannot be responsible for and please allow 812 weeks for i mass our Crystal buyer will be at our following stores on the specified dates Imes to advise you on stir i May 21 in fatty fashion Square 930530 May 22 Kildonan place 930530 May 23 main store Portage a Smith 930430 May 24 vital Centre 930530 May 25 Polo Park Centre 930530 Henry Birks sons Mother by torn Goldstein considers lawsuit a Frio thesis consider ing a lawsuit against the City of claiming the recreation department was negligent after her boy drowned in a local swimming David Harold fid went missing police found his body monday evening in murky water at the deep end of the Kins men Centennial swim Ming Debra the boys said yesterday an investigation should be launched to find out How her son got into the Pool area and Why the Pool want in thinking of suing the fid Earl Brandon City said last night that out door pools in the City Are never completely drained because doing so would damage Backman said the deep end of the which in the summer is metres was drained to the metre level last missing woman object of search police still have no leads on Mary the elderly woman who walked away from seven Oaks general Hospital thursday was undergoing observation when she Winnipeg police continued the search yesterday with four offi cers following Bill Heintz no further Large scale searches Are but they Haven been ruled he a court decision prohibiting Alco Tolfree reserves has left Manitoba Indian leaders angry and confused but attorney general Roland pen Ter said the effects of the decision have been spokesmen said yesterday the decision challenges the Validity of the Indian the concept of Indian self government and is an infringe on Indian the judge who said that should get a better handle about what in Dian government is All said Eric executive director of the brotherhood of Indian we just dont conform to Canad an if a Reserve wants to be then so be chief de Anderson of the dry Fairford Reserve in the Interlake it should be up to each individual band what should be Legal and illegal on the he the Indian act makes it illegal to be drunk or to possess liquor on a the act also allows re serves to pass bylaws to allow Alco hol in their according to the department of Indian and Northern 27 of Manitoba 60 reserves Are most Are located in Northern Mani in a three Page decision Justice Armand Dureault of Manitoba court of Queens Bench upheld a lower court ruling that of the Indian act violates the Equality provisions in of the Canadian Bill of provided that no liquor be allowed on which made it illegal to be drunk on a was struck Down in 1983 by Manitoba court of Appeal on the grounds it violated the Bill of Indian spokesmen said yesterday judge Dureault decision has shaken the philosophical and Legal foundations on which Indian chiefs and band councils needless to say its tearing up the whole said Tommy Weenusk of the dry Oxford House 600 Kilometres North of Treyve never Felt that the Bill of rights is stronger than the Indian brotherhood of Indian nations chairman chief Bill traverse of the dry Jack head Reserve in the inter Lake said the judgment will be particularity confusing to native elders for whom the Indian act is the chief Jim spokesman for the first nations said the judgment is a slap to native communities trying to curb other leaders noted liquor makes its Way on to dry reserves regardless of the it will just Worsen the chief Walter Apet agon of the dry Norway House band Weenusk said the Oxford House which has been dry for a is waging a Battle against alcohol abuse created by High unemployment and inadequate Educa were losing control and even More so because of this he theres a lot of reasons to be de head of the ramps native programs in Manito said the decision would have Little effect on Reserve i dont see any problems from a police Boucher i expect the workload will go up As the booze goes he said violence after a Reserve becomes eventually creeps Back in along with the attorney general said the effect of judge Dureault decision has been Penner said reserves still can vote to ban the Sale of liquor just like any other Manitoba Community they reserves Are dry to the extent that Steinbach Penner there is not going to be chaos As a result of that under the provincial liquor control municipalities Are consid ered wet unless they hold a referendum to ban the Sale of nine communities have taken that a spokesman for the Manitoba liquor control commission Penner effects overstated Interlake Man hit with big Fine for illegal trafficking of Pickerel an Interlake Man has been handed one of the highest fines Ever levied in Manitoba for illegal fish Traffick Alexander of Lake Martin was fined in provincial magistrates court in Ashern monday after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing Pickerel Fil lets out of the depart ment of natural resources said in a statement court was told that traverse and committee rejects office renovation a renovation to the East Kildonan Transcona Community of new furniture for the councillors has been turned Down by the works and operations noting a allocation for a chairs and Chesterfield in the councillors Bill Clem ent in Charleswood commented it seems a Little Alf Skowron nope pm Wood told the committee yesterday that the Community office at 755 Henderson Highway was badly in need of the proposed renovations included Worth of new a new sound system for the Council Cham Ber As Well As some new lighting and air two companions were caught with 994 fillets or 134 kilograms of Pickerel stashed in 13 suitcases and plastic when their Halfton truck was stopped on Highway 6 near Mulvihill on May the fish has an estimated value of More than Ken the departments inter Lake Region said last night fines for illegal trafficking in the past have averaged about with the highest probably in the to there has been nothing on this he noting the Fine also reflected the value of the trafficking has been an ongoing problem and we Are making a Spe Cial Effort this Spring to try to clean it Hill four others have been charged this year with illegal but their cases have yet to come to he the largest amount of fish involved is 23 this is a Good he noting the department Hopes the courts will Deal with future cases Hill said the department can Only speculate How the fish is sold once it reaches the the fish seized from traverse and his companions will be donated to local he new flyer bus Model impresses transit chief the 75 new flyer buses being delivered to the City Are the Best Quality to Date from the Transcona Plant of the publicly owned City transit director Rick Borland said compared with flyer deliveries in the the Quality this time is much he so Winnipeg transit has received 25 of the new with the rest to be delivered by costing the new vehicles Are equipped with three step instead of two step entrances and a lowered Bell Cord and Power the new Model also incorporates structural including beefed up door As recommended by the Ontario research flyer is facing warranty claims on earlier models delivered to customers because of crack ing near the front and rear corned beef brisket shaved summer sausage sliced or shaved Supe Valu the real Canadian premiers Call for tax Reform by Brian Cole Western Canadas premiers called for National tax Reform yesterday to simplify the taxation close loopholes and ease the Burden on average the meeting in issued a communique after the first Day of their Confer ence calling on Ottawa to begin the process of re they agreed to ask their finance ministers to draw up proposals for Reform to be presented at the next first ministers conference in no Premier Howard who is attending the conference in Grande said he was de lighted with the he said the Calls main thrust for Reform was to ensure the tax system is he said changes Likely would not include implementation of a Flat tax which he said May not be As progressive As required to maintain an equitable tax Pawley said in an interview he considered the communique a Victory for the position his govern ment took in he said that when he raised the Issue at the last first ministers conference he didst get a response from prime minister Mulroney or the other so in delighted that we As Western premiers have released this communique he it Means eliminating those loopholes that make no economic or social he cited the science research tax saying it siphoned off million from Manitoba with no tangible benefits because the research was done outside the Pawley said the system has to be simplified so taxpayers cow prepare their returns without requiring lawyers and effective till closing May correction notice May 15th outdoor living insert 3 for items e and f should have been due to shipping delays the following items Are not rain checks will be Page 6 Rawlings steer hide baseball Glove each Cooper Black baseball Glove Hollywood tripod 7 generic Wood stains spark o Matloc stereo due to manufacturing problems the following items will not be available Page 2 k corrugated Flat Roll up All purpose one litre each 6 item a Paisa reel 1760 each the following Are not exactly As 9 rat Slat Roll up blinds Page i Rose Bush pack we regret any to our customers g department stores a ;