Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba M 1 Winnipeg pfc Hiu fiday May w Indian affairs ordered to pay to harried a Farmer Ottawa up the Federal court of Canada has ordered the Indian affairs department to pay in damages to Joseph men a suit main Indian who was driven off his thriving farm because Reserve feud and told by officials to seek welfare in Justice in a ruling made Public said the department breached an agree ment with Mentuck by inducing him to leave his farm on the Valley River band 63a Reserve near Grandview and then refusing to help him the Mentuck Story began in 1067 when the department encouraged him to expand his thus allow ing him to be portrayed As a living example of what initiative and Enterprise could Mcnair Mentuck worried that expanding his already successful farm might touch off jealousy and resentment among other bind and trouble began in 1970 after he leased another piece of land on the advice of Federal the Only Road to the new parcel was through the Reserve and it was often leaving him unable to get farm equipment other band members allowed cattle to roam Over his crop or drove trucks across it while behind All this Lay history of smouldering ill will Between the Lynx legs family and that of men going Back to the Days of the tatters Mcnair by the Spring of 1979 the men tucks were living in a state of Mcnair Hugh then Indian affairs appointed Newton a department As his special representative to find a Solu Tion and make Steacy recommended that the department pay Mentuck to allow him to move elsewhere and the family moved to Winnipeg that summer and the department paid their the farm machinery was auctioned off and the depart ment had the farms value it was appraised at but senior officials walked at ing the Bill for a move precipitated by the band Mentuck was told that the department would no longer provide the family with social assistance funds and that he should seek welfare from the City of Mentuck also was told the department would Stop paying his rent Mentuck went to court and the judge ruling that Mentuck have moved if the depart ment haunt created expectations that it would help Mcnair said it had to live up to its part of the nip urged to loosen farm Loans directing traffic a construction worker at Portage place mall tells a Crane operator where to lower a form for Concrete the downtown mall is due to open in August the Manitoba government has been urged to show More Confidence in struggling banners by loosening its lending Agency loan require tory Deputy agriculture critic Jim Downey said yesterday that too Many Farmers who need operating Money Are being turned Down by the Manitoba agricultural credit which is citing the drop in Grain prices As a when youre in a difficult Situa in the Short term then youve got to show the Arthur la if the govern ment int going to show Confidence through then who is but agriculture minister Bill Uruski said it is the Federal govern ment that int showing any Leader ship in the crisis facing and the provincial tories Are just trying to deflect while the provincial credit Agen cys caseload has risen Over the past several the number of Loans being made in Manitoba by the fed eral farm credit has fallen to 120 last year from nearly 500 in Uruski what were finding is another area where the provincial conserva Tives Are now continuing their tack farm stress chronic maps told financial difficulties have created a distressingly chronic stress prob Lem for Prairie two bran Don University psychologists in a Brief to the House of com Mons agriculture committee in of James and Lilly Walker said their Survey of More than Saskatchewan and Alberta Farmers found 49 per cent complained of a common chronic stress the Brief also said per cent had trouble controlling their tem while per cent reported increased arguments in the it said the three most often cited causes of stress were financial rising Low commodity prices and concern about their farms continued the walkers told the committee statistics indicate Rural areas have a higher suicide rate than and said per cent of those surveyed said they had contemplated taking their own the whose Brief included preliminary findings of their farm stress be reached yesterday for Jeff director of the Eden mental health Center in said that while he Hast noticed any increase in family break Downs and alcoholism have become More revelant As economic prob lems Ivey said he agreed with the walkers that stress is definitely a problem and results mainly from financial he said Farmers have More Trou ble coping with stress than City dwellers because Farmers dont leave stress related problems at the a Farmer wakes up and sees his Field covered with water from Ivey that sort of Day today looking out at the land is hard to weather lotteries Winnipeg area forecast sunny today with occasional Cloudy High near Cloudy Low near mainly Cloudy tomorrow with a High near probability of precipitation is 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Winniw comparisons Mew May 14 last year Normal Hill test on it corp in 1931 lot to Recerd in total from april 1 to May 14 Millimetres Normal yesterday a May 9 Story said wrongly that 10block walking Tours of historic departing from the museum of Man and Are in there is a charge for each participant 16 years or death classified death of Lac do of formerly of wife of Theodore of Wile of Lawrence Florence widow of Vincent George husband of Mary Gui of husband of Doreen of wife of Jack of husband of Anna of widow of Albert Edward i he said Farmers also face prob lems obtaining psychiatric help be cause fewer than 10 of Manitoba 85 psychiatrists work outside Winni Peg he said there Are some Community mental health workers in Rural As Well As family clergy and other Poten tial Ivey said Many Farmers retain a pioneering spirit and Are less Likely than urbanite to seek help for their he face the Prospect of losing a family farm handed Down from several lawsuit cites explosive Experiment an Oak Bank family is suing a teacher and the Transcona Spring Field school division after their son received bums while doing a science lab Experiment in a statement of claim filed in court of Queens Bench this week says the teacher and the division were care less and negligent in ensuring the safety of the the claim filed by Sylvester Kowalchuk said his son then suffered second degree Burns to his Chest and arms after the test tube in which he was heating sodium nitrate Kowalchuk claims his son was following the instructions of science teacher Robert Scott when the Acci Dent in the Kowalchuki claim there was no safety equipment such As protective clothing and Eye Shields provided by the teacher or school fran Kowalchuk said last night her son has suffered permanent she said his shirt caught fire after the the Kowalchuki Are seeking dam Ages to cover medical replace ment of the students damaged clothing and As Well As general damages and Kowalchuk said they have not re Quested a specific amount from the who has since moved to another school said last night he was unaware of the Law Scott said the safety precautions followed in the class room were the same As those exist ing in any the students Are lectured on lab safety and How to conduct the sex he he said sodium nitrate is not a corrosive although it will cause Burns when like any heated Scott said there were protective goggles available to the to say lets now bail out our friends in he Uruski said the lower prices will mean Farmers will have a Tough time getting the Impact has just been dras the minister noting the province has been pushing Ottawa to restore the prices to their original but Downey said the policies of the provincial credit corporation Are adding to the woes of some farm were finding that the majority of people now going to Macc Are getting turned he in some he it Mears Farmers who Are rejected by a credit Agency run by a Lefto Centre government end up getting Loans at private he said the Dps claims during the election and in last weeks throne speech that helping the agricultural Community will be a priority Haven we Are renovating and we be reached a Point where tables Are on lamps Are on Etc weve just got to have More room to move Merchan Dise out of the Way for our workers on top of hundreds More pieces have arrived since we started and More arrive daily it you of we cant move another sofa on top of another Dresser and lamps on top of chairs Don t look no Good were cutting our Low tag prices on every item in the store we just Haven t anymore room to move stuff around for electricians and dry wallers help we need room and we need it immediately occasional tables dining bedroom pictures 2080 off 2580 off 2050 off 2050 off 2570 off 2540 off the most exquisite collection of Fine furniture in Winnipeg and on Sale i 111 Lombard 9438289 9571211 i l j ;