Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 wife integ May development delay threat to councillors told continued from Page 1 hearings could be held once the formal plan is presented to the As he said Public representation could be made to the Environ ment Coop said delays in the develop ment would Cost the City a month in lost Revenue and any lengthy delay could Cost the City the weve been at this principles for the servicing agreement for eight if it is delayed Long enough the retail development wont go ahead until if we delay too we May have no Deve Doble said the corporation had promised consultation with residents of the area in an interim but that has not been until we have had Only one letter containing two lines from the he those were simply an acknowledgement of proposals for housing he mayor defends move to bomb Radical Home continued from Page 1 despite the i million fire which destroyed 60 Goode defended the decision to drop an explosive to destroy a Bunker atop the House where the move members they turned a peaceful Block into an armed Goode we were concerned and had received a tremendous amount of information that the group had built a Tunnel and were in fact in Possession of a tremendous amount of explosives with the potential to blow up the entire to Rush that House would mean a major explosion and loss of about 225 people were left Home less in a Middle income neighbor Hood inhabited for three years by members of a frequently troublesome group which disdained spread garbage and sewage on the Lawn and welcomed rats and you can always second guess any Goode the one thing we did that went wrong was when the percussion grenade was it caused a that was an i was As saddened by that As anyone police identify dead motorcyclist Ian Mark Robertson has been identified As the motorcyclist killed Early yesterday morning at Portage Avenue and Ainslie was thrown from his Bike after it hit a curb at about police we believe we did what we thought was said police commissioner Gregore Sam but Burton president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Ameri can civil liberties said the bombing was totally trained Public safety officials should have known that the dropping of a bomb on to a Row Home full of ammunition and other explosives in a tightly compacted area is like lighting a match in a room full of said we wanted them to get the prob Lem but not with a said Ruth whose damaged Home bordered the Impact for it to end up like its just police had sealed off the 6200 Block of Osage Avenue on sunday and began moving neighbors on police tried to evict the who had built a rooftop Bunker reinforced with steel after a Daylong standoff punctuated by a state police helicopter bombed the move House to destroy the the device was not designed to Start a the police commissioner the Only thing i can say is that they move May have had incendiary materials because there had been previous reports of them pull ing up gasoline cans to the said Leo the cites manag ing whether or not that is a i cannot answer the fire which began in the move House spread to other Homes As the Radical gunmen kept firefighters at f cows said it appears the Corpora Tion and Developer Are trying to isolate the project within specific when the development should Benefit the whole we want to have a stake in downtown development we want to be a part of it he questioned whether the corporation and developers had contacted neighbourhood watch organizations when they Are dealing with an area which has the highest crime rate in the he said he wondered if the to native people and other ethnic groups living in the area had been As senior citizens should be consulted before they Are lured Toews id say if anyone talked to seniors in the downtown they find a fair amount of Doble said the pressure on the committee to approve an initial agreement for servicing conditions for the project smacked of desperation and he condemned the secrecy surrounding the does the corporation intend to create a fortress in Winnipeg he Are Winni Eggers going to Welcome the project or Are they going to have to put up with it councillors Alan Wade notre Dame and Harold Macdonald said they were concerned about two proposed streets Webb Lane and new ave nue which Are designated As Pri that could infringe on civil Liber ties because the Developer could write the they the two private streets Are to serve housing City officials and it was Felt both the streets and the parking should come under a single councillors Wade and Magnus Eliason wanted to know if the free press building was to be but Coop said there has not been any attempt to move the i have heard figures like million to move the free i believe if the free press did move and someone wanted to tear Down the free press it would be declared an historic Coop said the plan suggests a narrow commercial strip one Mon ton to shield the activities of the free a Crown Issie Coop details development plans on Model of Urban Village highlight development continued from Page 1 Canada where you can sit in a restaurant or bar Over the trans Canada he another skywalk across Portage is to link the mall to the Coop said negotiations Are continuing for a Union Centre building above the malls West other plans include d a completely new Street system in the residential area North of the Webb place would be extended East from Vaughan Street to Edmonton Kennedy Street would be closed from Ellice Avenue to Portage except for a Short strip to service the Gordon motor d first phase apartment develop ment in the area just North of the with later housing construction along the South Side of Ellice ave d a possible major hotel on the Northwest Corner of Vaughan Street and Portage o apartment buildings built to varying to provide an Urban Village d three Levels of contain ing below the with another 600 parking spots included in the apartment Deputy mayor Jim Ernst de scribed the proposed development yesterday As an exciting project Ernst said that i the Long the parking space May prove to be he said there is enough land nearby to add More parking if Mercier continued Tarn Page 1 one of two women in the 23member conservative said later she did not heat ebbs but that it is difficult to pick things up in the Back Row of the she said the conservative caucus has taken a stand in favor of women enns1 remark led Wolseley la Myrna Vic chairman of the its to refer to tons As a chauvinist Edmonds made a Choice to put in less time at the Job and wanted the salary Phillips she said who had worked almost full time As had taken on More duties than he some of those duties will be passed to management and she tory labor critic Gerry Mercier stormed out of the legislature complaining about the Lack Mercier was attempting to ask Mackling about the governments intentions on pay equity legislation for Mackling responded the Legisla Tion win be tabled in due Mercier attempted to pursue the asking whether the Legisla Tion would reflect the principle of equal pay for work of equal but the noise from bantering and baiting on both sides prevented him from putting All his questions to the when you get speak then ill continue with the ques Mercier said at one a Short while he left the Cham Mercier said later decorum in the House was never worse than yester although he said it was hard to blame speaker Jim he said the speaker would have to take charge and enforce House he said the Issue of pay equity was a serious one that would have a tremendous Impact on the nip has campaigned on the principle of equal pay for work of equal Mackling has said the government will introduce a Bill dealing with pay but refused to say whether it would fully embrace the philosophy of equal pay for work of equal opposition maps dismiss plans for National hearings continued from Page 1 Between East and it it backs into a space based missile dubbed Star As prudent and defended the Western military presence in which will include an extra Canad an forces As needed to rectify the conventional military imbalance in favor of the Warsaw entitled competitiveness and Security direct ions for Canadas International the paper is meant to serve As an Aid to a parliamentary committee which is soon to be appointed to conduct a yearlong review of the speaking at a news conference Clark denied his discussion paper displayed a Clear anti soviet its a question of we Are a country which supports and there in the is another system that is against free other Canadian values opposed by the soviets include Freedom of the press and human Clark the minister boasted that the travelling parliamentary committee would constitute Canadas first Opportunity for individual citizens to participate directly in foreign the government has to make Quick decisions on certain such As the invitation for Canada to participate in Star wars research and the notion of closer Trade ties with the United Clark but the government will reconsider such Deci Sions if the Al party committee makes unanimous recommendations to the he told we expect to receive advice that will cause us to change external affairs critics for both opposition parties dismissed the parliamentary com Mittee As a charade and said they had doubts about whether their caucus members would participate in the Pauline Jewett Westminster co quit Lam said the committee influence government policy because any nip maps who sat on it would clearly oppose tory making it impossible to reach the unanimous recommendations to which Clark its an incredibly expensive Jewett do you know what it will Cost Over a whole year at travel abroad its a junket to keep a Bunch of tory maps from becoming and the government has no More intention of taking any of its recommendations than it has of flying to the a bit Jean Chretien Maurice said its a bit ridiculous to say were going to take a year to study foreign policy while there Are immediate problems needing immediate like Star wars and the economic Boycott of Nica containing questions but no the Dis Cussion paper deals largely with Trade the paper notes that As a trading Canada faces great danger from increasing pro particularly on the part of its largest trading the United but it warns that in calling for a reduction in International protectionist some protected Canadian industries could be notably the textile and footwear the paper specifically asks How canadians want to conduct Trade with the and lists four options ranging from the status quo to free Stephen defends handling of Case involving officer continued from Page 1 handled in the same Way As Bailey in the last committee member Harvey Smith and Sargent who has criticized the police departments handling of the Bailey said he was dissatisfied with Stephens refusal to discuss details of the Case until Baileys court appearance May this meeting today is ineffectual because we cant get Smith earlier crime Des Pepo req said was arrested at his Home on Golden Gate Bay about i think my record Over the past 30 years shows a woman at another address contacted police lat dont want any bad apples on my claiming she was assaulted during a Domestic dispute with her former who visited her earlier in the Depourcq said who worked at the Public safety build faces one charge of assault and one charge of breach of a court order which prevents my from communicating with his former Stephen said 3rown would fee suspended with Bailey was suspended without pay May 2 but returned to uniformed station duty after a closed Winnipeg police commission hearing four Days although Stephen would not release specifics he defended his departments handling of the Bailey this one Case was handled no differently than if it had been Joe blow or any other citizen off the he told the i that Stephen said suspects May be treated differently according to with some being detained in custody until their hearing and others released on bail or their Promise to appear in save solid Wood Oak 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