Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tigs native licence priority labelled discriminatory Hilt bje88 by Cecil Homer a provincial pus Potal to give native people priority Tor wild Rice licences ii a Dixie wild he groups and harvesters the provincial natural resources department wants to set up an affirmative action program allowing native people preferential treatment for licences during tote next Taftt the plan must win Proval from the Manitoba human rights which has received dozens of letters of protest from nonnative wild Rice rights taken away if they had a decent program that truly assists people 1 oppose but not at the Price of taking away my oaf fray told the commission at a hear ing if were going to be canadians we All have to be affray said he depends on wild Rice harvesting for his livelihood and argued the proposal will restrict his he said the government never encouraged the wild Rice Industry in leaving it to private har vesters to find and develop promis ing under the provincial in Dian bands would have priority for licences in designated regions Dur ing individual treaty indians would have priority in 198647 and All per sons of native ancestry would be Given preference in the designated regions cover a wide in the interlace and East Ern government us to twisting licences for nonnative and renewals for those licences wont be the government originally applied Tor commission approval of pro Tram last september and wan Noti fied in october that the proposal could go the claiming it made i decision without Public the commission decided to sus Pend its approval and hold three Days of Public hearings which continue until in its the government said nonnative have in recent years taken leases in traditional native harvesting this has made lakes with potential for wild Rice production native people Are not As readily equipped with the required transportation and supplies necessary to As sess a As nonnative the government it is necessary to give native people an Opportunity to select lakes by Way of an affirmative action natural resources department spokesman Mike Thorvaldson said 265 people hold about 450 wild Rice harvesting licences in he didst have a breakdown on How Many of them were but said 19 of the licences Are held by Indian i s As a y a airline supported in bid for route k y who address the unflagging Effort up in their work As they hoist up a commission tomorrow on behalf of 32metre pole a six metre by 12metre Canadian Flag at a the fort Alexander Indian husky Gas station on the Tran Canada Highway a station spokesman said the Flag is Ever raised in said treaty indians already have the aboriginal right to Harvest wild Rice in areas accessible to insurance firm denies liability in spill by David Roberts a Kenora truck Stop operator says his insurance company refuses to compensate him for losses after a pc spill forced him to George owner of a 24 Hou Raday husky said the station was closed for 13 Days after a semitrailer spilled transformer Oil containing poly chlorinated biphenyl on his parking lot last Sheldon said yesterday the Kenora agent for Dominion insurance of Canada first told him his loss would be fully he said the agent said do minions Toronto underwriters had advised him the Gas station was not insured against they said i was fully then they turn around and say in Sheldon in saying Ive been paying you Guys insurance premiums for eight years and All of a sudden i need and you say Sheldon claims the insurance policy covered him for All including a pc Brian manager of Standard realty and agents for said there never was a clause in Sheldon contract to cover him for a loss due to it appears this contamination is a Standard he Ingo noted it is virtually impossible to buy an insurance policy that covers a loss to that Doest Stop him from put Ting in a claim directly against kinetic ecological resource the pc trucking Compa till just take him that its just a Little More com Ingo said if Sheldon does claim against it Likely would be tied up for some time since kinetics insurers also will have to handle Large claims by the province of Ontario for environmental what were talking about is the loss of his profits for two weeks its not its less than Ingo a Winnipeg insurance consultant said if the Small print of a policy Doest specifically exclude con Tam Sheldon could be if it Doest say its excluded then As far Asim concerned it usually goes to the Benefit of the the consultant Sheldon said he Doest want to go after kinetic because it might involve a lengthy Legal he refused to put a specific Dollar value on his he said he paid his 46 employees full wages for the time his business was we covered their its not their fault we were by Bob Lowery special to the free press Thompson most of the 13 Northern Manitoba intervenor at a Canadian air transport tee hearing yesterday supported Calm air International bid for an additional service Between Nipes and the Northern communities it Pacific Western airlines is the Only Carrier licensed to serve the of Haiti North South routes linking Winnipeg with the Pas fld flite plus Lynn Lake in Calm air also is requesting a licence to Fly from fhe Pas to Thompson and Othef Northern Strong support the Pas City the chamber of Commerce and Keewatin Community College strongly supported the we feel Calm air has the capability to provide the additional ser the councils Brief it is also a Northern based car Rier which has been in business up Here for 23 the major Impact on the the Council would be Calm airs provision of a saturday flight to fun flon Deputy mayor Greg Bowman said his Council is concerned that the Competition would make the pea which uses 122 passenger Une Cono Calm air proposes using 40pas Sengo Backer bidding clos6s this Bowman could Lead to a reduction or ultimately a discontinuation of the Jet ser which would be a hard blow to tourism and inconvenience local res the flin flon chamber of com Merce supported the councils Hudson Bay mining and smelting in flin flon backed Calm airs application on the basis that a Sevenda week service is not Only As a convenience for the local residents and but to Supply materials needed in the min ing company traffic supervisor Brian Ross said that frequently goods flown from Eastern Canada to flin flon via Winnipeg Are delayed be cause no scheduled air service is the delays result in a loss of hours of Ross the City Council Brief said Council lors were confident preference will continue for the pea Jet service Over the Calm air the convenience of the additional service will be appreciate the Brief the strongest Calm air support came from Lynn Lake and Leaf rapids Lynn Lake mayor Stan a 25year tourist Lodge noted that pea has Cut its service to his town to two flights a week during the starting june the two flights arrive on saturday to accommodate the tourist t just dont think pea is interested in our Geddes Peter general manager of Sherritt Gordon mines Mani Toba said Lack of service to both towns is inconvenient and a Leaf rapids businessman said it costs for a return trip to Winnipeg using Calm air to Thomp son and pea for the rest of the you could travel from Winnipeg to Newfoundland for that committee commissioner Robert Orange said the hearings will be completed in Gillam today and the commission will give its decision in the to i bidding closed tuesday for con tracts to build the dam and Power House for the Limestone generating station a Manitoba Hydro spokesman said its probably the largest part of the construction of the Public affairs manager Verne prior adding the civil contract would not be awarded until Canadian general electric was awarded a contract in March to provide 10 turbines and 10 in the Toronto based com Pany has promised to make a million investment in the provincial Economy and buy at least 15 per cent of its material from Manitoba City Calendar Manitoba association of teachers of English hold a Spring festival of language arts today and tomorrow at the University of Toronto poet David Donnell gives a Reading at 8 today in act 2 177 Mcdermot Avenue three films is Canada in flamenco at and Paradise will be screened at 8 today by the latin american association of at 211 Edmonton weather Winnipeg area forecast mostly sunny today and brisk Northwest winds High today near Low tonight near High tomorrow near probability of precipitation near Zero today and to per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny sunny with a few Cloudy periods and a Chance of Thunder Shower tempera Tures above Normal saturday and Normal nigh is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba sunny sunday with near Normal tempera above Normal Northwestern Ontario sunny Chance of a Thunder Shower near Normal temperatures above Normal Garrison official welcomes Manitoba cooperation the general manager of North Dakotas Garrison diversion project said yesterday he welcomes Manitoba willingness to cooperate in new environmental All we have Ever asked of canadians is that Garrison diversion and what is contained in the Hudson Bay drainage Basin not be judged on the basis of environmental but on the basis of pure scientific Al Kramer said in a statement issued Manitoba natural resources department spokesman Bob Clarkson said earlier this week the province is willing to cooperate with renewed efforts by North Dakota to study the will need a lot of new and convincing evidence before it would drop its opposition to the Lonetree Reservoir a key component of the original Garrison Clarkson the statements came after the Garrison conservancy District Board passed a Resolution urging George sinner to set up a scientific study of Canadas environmental sinner has said he will talk to Canadian officials about Canada and Manitoba have objected to the Lonetree Reser claiming it would increase the chances of introducing foreign fish species and diseases into Manitoba our mistake a Story yesterday said wrongly 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