Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 9, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Takeover talk concerns miners Northern miners Are expressing serious concerns about the possibility that Inco will take Over Hudson Bay mining and Srnel Tings flin flon Steve spokesman for the United steelworkers of Inco officials were in flin flon and Snow Lake two weeks ago look ing at the mining they wanted to Kotow about the work attendance that kind of he it was More than just a Friendly Hudson Bays Parent inspiration resources con firmed yesterday it is looking for a buyer for its flin Floarea mines and Hamon said he believes Inco is seriously interested in buying the tuna missing from fisheries promotion Federal fisheries officials say its just coincidence that promotional material for the departments an Nual fish and seafood month Campaign Doest mention among the materials sent to news Media for the annual promotion is a photograph of a smiling former fisheries minister John Fraser hand ing out 1984 awards for excellence in fish and seafood there Are also three recipe Book lets telling Canadian Consumers How to Cook everything from Salmon to smelts to mussels but no Eon promotions officer with the marketing directorate of fisheries and denied that Tunas absence had anything to do with recent political events involving the starkest scandal and the ministers Fraser said the recipe booklets and news releases were prepared Long before the tuna affair came to he rejected suggestions they might have been rewritten or re Vised to delete i came to the department in Early july their printing was already under Way the offi Cial this thing fell upon so its just a Fraser offered one possible explanation for the decision to leave tuna out of the he is a fairly Small part of Overall Canadian fish prod there is Only one processing Plant in Canada and that the Star kist Fraser said his department has no Way of knowing the extent to which tuna sales have been if at since the disclosure of the rancid Hudson Bay giving it a dominant position in the Inco would have the ability to play pingpong with the Mil Fig Industry All Over the North if they bought it Hamon it makes us very Hamon said an Inco takeover would put almost All of the norths Copper and Zinc mining in one company although he noted that Sherritt Gordon and oranges exploration might be interested in the flin flon if Copper prices Inco could Lay off or shut Down those parts of its operation and rely on he in the same Thompson could be idled if Nickel goes into a Inco would also control the smelter which handles Copper from Sher Ritt Gordons Leaf rapids he Hamon said he believes Taco is also looking at the Nickel Copper Deposit discovered at name about 60 Kilometres South of flin because it Doest want a competitor developing Nickel inthe spokesmen for Inco we rent Avail Able for comment the announcement that Hudson Bay would like to unload its mining operations has also generated apprehension among business and municipal spokesmen in flin people Are really wondering what is ahead of us said mayor Nazir he said rumours of a possible Sale have been circulating for some so the announcement didst come As a great but he said he would like to believe it want a vote of no Confidence in the towns a Federal study last May said Hudson Bay mining would have to spend More than million in flin flon Over the next seven to eight years if it wants to stay competitive on world the study said the flin flon operations were the most labor intensive and the costliest to operate of any major Coppe Zinc facility in Ahmad said the town has been working to diversify flin flows eco nomic base and reduce its Reliance on the mining an economic development com Mission has been established to work up an Industrial profile of the wed like to be the service Centre for the Northwest part of the prov Ahmad noting tourism will also provide growth opportunities for the Doug Vic president of flin flows chamber of said most townspeople would like Hudson Bay mining to continue operating the but he said they would Welcome any new owner As Long As the mine continues to weather trivia collector arrives for City snowstorm some things happen at the most opportune for David Phil lips was in town armed with an endless assortment of stories and facts about the weather Mother nature cooperated quite the Man responsible for the second annual Canadian weather trivia Calendar it costs and is available from the Canadian government pub Lishing Ottawa k1a os9 took one look outside and theorized weather truly is the great social grumbling ankle deep in Snow and blizzard like no doubt would in social weather helps loosen our social Phillips said during a break at the fall seminar of the Manitoba Cli mate advisory peo ple talk easily about their health and its a fact that a blizzard can be an uplifting expert people talk to strangers and Many will go out of their Way looking for others to help push out of Phillips noted that people have Short memories when it comes to chances Are re member the 10to 15centimetre snowfall yesterday a Little longer than they did the first Snow on 24 last when you look at 100 years of weather you see were breaking records with the same frequency they did at the turn of the Phillips As incredible As it Canada holds no world weather i think its comforting that somewhere else it is colder or gloomier than Here in the great White Phillips two of his favorite weather stories occurred March when an ice Jam on the Niagara River dried up Niagara Falls and on june with the 112 centimetres that More than feet of Snow recorded at living Ston Ranger station in Southwest Ern the silence at Niagara Falls on that Day More than 140 years ago had people running in the streets thinking it was divine intervene Phillips the Alberta he simply confirmed a visitors impression of i can picture it some camper in the Alberta Foothills waking to Snow to the top of their Camp it was Phillips who suggested the first Calendar last year that went to the hundreds of weather observers from coast coast that provide environment Canada with Wayne press Canada holds no weather says David Barry Mullin accurate weather Ive been collecting weather facts for years and management thought it was a Good idea to share when news of the weather trivia Calendar Phillips said the department received requests from people in Africa and it was a he but the one criticism people had was the use of the word they thought i was trivializing the weather and reminded me How cruel weather can it served the judging from the like the one from a recipient who got weather bound and spent three fascinating Days curled up with the Calen Phillips has accumulated about a dozen weather stories for each they should last for the next dozen he admits there were the challenges of big events for May 28 and research uncovered that the Dionne quintuplets were born May on a Windy former prime minister Pierre Trudeau provided him with one 29 it was Trudeau walk to decide whether to resign in an otherwise forgettable Ottawa Snow storm that made the Day unforgettable for Many Tif extra Birds net Hunters Fine two americans have been fined and temporarily banned from Hunt ing migratory Birds in Canada after they bagged too Many ducks and transported geese the Hunters were charged with transporting waterfowl without plumage under the migratory Birds convention act and although the pair was fined in an Emerson courtroom the Hunting ban is something officials admit cant be enforced outside even within the it would be something of a Fluke to catch suspended one conservation officer the two who had been Hunt ing near were caught by a natural resources conservation offi cer As they were returning to the United states Between them they had 42 ducks and 22 their Legal limit was 10 ducks and 15 geese Conser vation officer Al Meyers he said the Hunters had 13 ducks and eight geese legally tagged in a but the other 29 untagged ducks and 14 untagged were packed on ice and concealed in sleeping Meyers Michael of fort and Stephen of pleaded guilty to the charges and were fined by Emerson Justice of the peace Clif Ford Whitwell also imposed a Cana oneyear suspension of waterfowl Hunting privileges for both however a natural resources official said there is virtually no Way to enforce the suspensions outside Manitoba since there is no inter pro Vinci Al Exchange of suspended Hunt ers there is no department spokesman Dave Purvis the Only Way is if they got into trouble in some other Juristic if they broke the Purvis said the provinces Are talk ing about establishing a nationwide computer registry with the Canad an wildlife it would list the names of All convicted poachers in Canada and could be accessed immediately by provincial wildlife Meyers said Canada customs and immigration officials dont receive lists of suspended and there is nothing to prevent a suspended Hunter from buying a Hunting licence from any in the weekend Meyers said he was acting on a tip phoned into the turn in poachers line Satur he said he suspects fellow american Hunters called the hotline because citizens tend to care fully observe Canadas wildlife weather Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy with some sunny periods High near Clearing Low near mainly sunny with brisk South winds High near probability of precipitation 10 per cent today and tonight and Zerg extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy Peri ods saturday and mainly sunny temperatures near Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba Cloudy with showers or Flur Ries Friday and mainly sunny temperatures near Normal Friday and saturday and a Little below Normal Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario mostly sunny Cloudy periods mainly sunny temperatures near Normal High is Normal Low is overpass repair work runs into new delay the trouble plagued reconstruction of the Nairn ave nue overpass has run into another Reg Wyatt said yesterday the City now predicts the project wont be finished until about the Bridge reconstruction was originally slated to end after the contractors ran into the City said last month that the Bridge would probably reopen by but Wyatt said it now appears the earlier predictions were Overly besides delays in Concrete construction was temporarily suspended last month after pay cheques issued to a number of construction workers Wyatt said the City has been assured this problem has now been straightened double Crews of about 50 people have been working on the project in the past couple of Days to Speed he City officials Are to meet tomorrow with Trident construction the general to try to get a better idea where they whose area is served by the said the recent drop in temperatures Means the contractor will have to enclose the work area and heat it so Concrete work can go ahead workers will probably Start pouring Concrete for the Bridge deck next he he noted the delays will mean added costs for subcontractors working on the but said the City Doest expect to absorb this As far As the City is we have a contract that we intend to stay he deaths classified death National 14 0 12 1 1 2 1 9 2 6 2 5 3 5 1 3 2 7 i i 2 4 3 2 Thunder 16 6 17 7 18 4 16 5 15 7 Winnipeg mean last on in 1975 lowest on a turd in 1976 total from april i to a Millimetres Normal yesterday International Chicago new York Berlin Lisbon Madrid Paris Stockholm Tel Aviv resort spots los Las Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear partly 32 32 31 30 28 30 31 30 20 28 22 26 24 22 27 74 Edna of wife of Lorenzo of the husband of Audrey John of Frank husband of Arline Edward Herbert of husband of Carol of husband of Rose Ernest of Esther Alexander husband of Moreen wife of Maxwell Samuel husband of Gladys of widow of James Minnie Victoria of of of Bjorg Helga of 582 Oxford wife of Kris of widow of George of on suits 2 skirt suits of herringbone Tweed Corduroy imported tweeds by Sterling stall and made in Canada Corduroy 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