Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press August Page 3 native leaders vow to extend drug companies pledge councillor pressured main Street chairman says by David Roberts the main Street revitalization groups chairman says a City councillor threatened to pull the plug on the Agency after the groups directors fired the son of a former nip Woodrow Bennett said that shortly after the Agency fired its Courdina Don Malinowski last City councillors who Are or once were affiliated with the nip visited the Agency inc of Alf threatened to Cut off funding unless a argument for noose altered by Heidi Graham Canadas police chiefs have con ceded that executing murderers probably wont deter premeditated but they say the death penalty should be restored to ensure jus Tice and it is futile to base an argument for reinstatement on the grounds of a fou Page statement released yesterday by the Canadian association of chiefs of a better position is to shift the focus on to the death penalty As an Issue of Justice the position released Dur ing the associations 81st being held this week in says deterrence is not a valid argument for capital the deterrence value of Capi Tal punishment is selective and pos Sibly the paper it is quite Likely that we will never know with certainty if capital punishment deters one who is contemplating the statement says the courts should have the option of imposing the death penalty when sentencing criminals for heinous crimes beyond the understanding of these include mass Seri Al murders and murders of a particularly vicious and deliberately cold blooded or sadistic the statement women and children Are most frequently the victims in this category of crime and some murders of police and corrections officers will also fall into this Manitoba trial lawyers association president Hersh Wolch said he was surprised by the the police chiefs seemed to have reversed their Wolch they used to argue the Only justifiable reason for capital punish ment was now it seems they Are asking for revenge and vengeance All of which have no place in our its sort of a vigilante Type of Wolch said he understand the police chiefs position on the leaving aside the possibility of making an error because Al though the Justice system works pretty mistakes can be made and innocent people killed but leaving that Why do they want to cheapen the value of life Greg chief of the Monc police Force and president of the chiefs said that although he believes the death penalty has deterrent the association decided its an argument it cannot but i dont think that the Crux of the matter Cohoon its a matter of a matter of he said the which repeated an association Call two years ago for the government to review the was not released to try to hurry the free parliamentary vote on capital punishment promised by prime minister Mulroney before the next lilo ski wad Bennett me wanted the Board to reinstate Malinowski and said if we didst we didst know what problems he threatened to Cut off our funding and threatened to Call the cops in to investigate Malinowski is the son of former nip la fsr Don Skowron a former who is now he pressured the Board to rehire he acknowledged he warned the Board members they had better clean up th6ir act if they hoped to receive funding under the Core area initiative he said that in Light 6f conflict of interest allegations that were sur he also warned the directors the City might take Steps to dissolve the troubled Skowron said he was disturbed at Malinowski firing in May because he thought the former coordinator had done a Good and asked Bennett for an he said that when he raised the possibility of funding being Cut it had nothing to do with he added he made no suggestion funding depended on Malinowski being the councillor accused Bennett of firing Malinowski because the former coordinator had raised con Cerns to the Board of a possible conflict interest involving Gene Board member Ken also at the meeting with the Council confirmed part of Bennetts Skowron said if we i dirt get our act together he was worried our funding id Call More More books Christine seems Uncertain about what Shes getting into As her Mother Wendy meets her teacher and completes forms during a session yesterday morning at Assiniboine school in the Jame Assiniboia school division started classes yesterday with other divisions starting the teachers and books sunday opening trial charges dismissed in by Paul Moloney a store charged with operating unlawfully on sunday won its Case by default yesterday after someone forgot to summon the crowns wit provincial judge Ian Ubienski refused a request for an adjourn ment and threw out two charges against the homies store after learning the prosecution witnesses had not been Ubienski said adjournments Are sometimes granted when witnesses have but in this Case they were not even sure its an Crown attorney Murray Conklin said after the aborted charges being dismissed for want of prosecution that a bad lots of Little things can go wrong this one had More serious consequences than Charles defence lawyer for the homies outlet at 43 Marion said later Conklin didst realize his witnesses had not been subpoenaed until he arrived for Phelan said he pleased by the sudden although adding his client had a Strong defence to the Laid under the retail businesses Holiday closing we were confident we would have won he Wayne director of criminal said the at Torney generals department views the incident seriously and is trying to pinpoint what went not pleased our Man Conklin mistakenly thought the subpoenas had been is he the Case failed for that were not very pleased with the whole were lawyers we want to see cases adjudicated on the we dont like to see them fail for administrative Moshkowsky said routine instructions to Issue subpoenas had been mailed by Conkling office to the provincial court but the form ended up in wrong office and was filed foul up he said he needs to find out More about the reasons for the foul up before deciding whether disciplinary action should be theres a mistake but i Haven put my Finger on who made he for All i know it could have been the homies had been charged with operating 19 and March 16 in contravention of the which car Ries a maximum penalty of under the retail stores can open on sunday but can have no More than four employees including the earlier this byway stores and bargain harolds were each fined the minimum after pleading guilty to operating on Sun Day More than four employ Conklin said a new charge has been Laid against alleging it contravened the Law on a trial has been set for Moshkowsky noted that a computerized subpoena which should reduce the risk of is being citizens group seeks to make 24hour stores civic election Issue by Bob Cox the proliferation of 24hour convenience stores is out of control and City residents want it a Sil ver Heights resident i have a feeling that All Over the City theres a lot of people who have just about had Bill Jurrens virtually the entire Community is about ready to say weve had Jurrens said he is trying to unite Winnipeg residents opposed to 24 hour convenience stores and make the businesses an Issue in the up coming municipal we need to have control Over he we have to say to them you Are in our you Are building beside our you should be responsible to who Heads a citizens group opposing a proposed 7eleven store in its said he is arranging a meeting with other such groups for next residents in North East River Heights and the North end have organized to either oppose new 21hour stores or complain about existing he said he wants City councillors to review the cites policy on 24 hours stores and the whole question of land zoning which allows the Jurrens said he wants the stores put into a separate zoning category with restrictions such As limits on hours of other citizens groups have said the City does not seem to have policy on the establishment and location of the Jurrens said he feels an and hoc civic committee on convenience stores has not adequately studied the the committee recommended last May that no changes be made to existing zoning bylaws governing convenience we really didst feel it necessary that we would have 10 step Down on them Reg Wyatt who served on the said last but Wyatt said the committee re commended a further review in a years time if if things Are too relaxed and theres a problem then we will do something if we have Wyatt he said he is unaware of widespread opposition to the 24 Wyatt unaware of problem hour he said it would be difficult for the City to crack Down on the stores a change in zoning bylaws might limit new but attest existing Wyatt said the City might face a court Challenge if it passed a bylaw to limit store i dont think we can discriminate like Wyatt that a veiled Bennett said Skowron was accompanied at the meeting by nip councillor Magnus Eliason Redbone and former nip now Bill Chornopyski Chornopyski could not be reached and Eliason out of the the younger Malinowski last said the visit by the councillors was i would Isay the meeting of the councillors with the Marg was formation Fand was Over general concerns they had of the he my departure i dont think led to them going my being let go was one of th6 signals to them that something terribly wrong was going on at the the group wants a election or a court to decide was is eligible to sit on its 15member Board of nine directors held an emergency meeting eight Days after the City Cut off funding and Cut the Agency administrative school Board cuts labelled meaningless by Glen Mackenzie Winnipeg school Board has approved about million in budget but some trustees say its a meaningless critics say the in 1986 cuts were made by simply leaving vacant positions while million in cuts for next year could be changed after the october civic trustee Linda the boards finance committee con ceded this years cuts involve Money budgeted but never they include for an inner City superintendent and plus for seven openings in the buildings and transportation departments which wont be Palmer said cuts in programs next year total although she said a new Board elected in october could overturn she said the major proposed 1987 cuts include from continuing although Palmer said courses set to Start next week wont be touched from the nutrition program from summer school operations from the Sevorid language program from the Winnipeg adult education Centre summer in local and out town conference trustee de Kowalchuk said proposed 1987 cuts May be a Good reelection platform for but they dont amount to anything be cause the Board elected in october int bound by Kowalchuk said if trustees were serious about they should have adopted them in april for implementation this Palmer said trustees would be abdicating their responsibility if they didst try to do some thing about the divisions Finan Cial troubles in Light of inadequate provincial we Arent paid to leave it to new trustees and say go to it takes a while to learn How things and the budget pro Cess should Start she Palmer also said the Board will meet its employee groups to find More ways to Cut the 1987 staff cuts Are she David Winnipeg teachers association said he wants to meet trustees to discuss the budget he said Hes glad the cuts Arent As bad As the million suggested in an administration but he said the programs the Board wants to Cut Are worthwhile and should stay Board chairman Vince Bueti said trustees had to make cuts because of lower provincial revenues and a property tax increase this the who began the meet ing in camera at 7 voted at 10 to open it to the Only to learn later that the door of the building was locked All trustee Brian Dixon said he had told some people who wanted to attend the meeting that it would Likely be Public after 9 and was surprised when no one showed up after the meeting was he said he went downstairs to find the front door locked and no one Dixon said he anyone to unlock the a free press reporter arrived about and get into the building a division spokesman said outside doors Are usually locked when it appears no portion of a meeting will be open to the Hospital donates to tories the Boniface general Hospital gave the tories a donation but didst give the governing nip 1985 returns from political parties nestled among big Bucks the progressive conservatives Drew from businesses and breweries from Hosp Hospital administrator Tony Quaglia said last night he vaguely remembered the donation last he said the Money was paid for some Hospital staff to attend a dinner honouring a noting he was vague on the administrator said he put a Stop to such sponsorship when he found out about the the Boniface contribution was dwarfed by the dollars dropped in the tory fund by financial institutions and Topping the list of contributors of or More was greatest life Assurance with close behind was James Richardson and sons the tory released yesterday by elections showed the party is in Good standing with the five major Canadian Banks who Don ated a total of neither the Banks nor greatest donated to the new democratic the governments annual re released in breweries and distilleries gave the tories last year with Seagram and sons and Hiram Walker and sons each giving the party the tories and the nip attracted just Over million each from companies and individuals last the Liberal while not so also attracted some big names to its contributions cays Moffat communications gave while pollster Angus reids company donated Leader Sharon Carstairs pitched in with her husband John adding donations of or More amounted to for the three men plead guilty to assaulting officers three More men pleaded guilty yesterday to assault charges arising from a main Street Melee earlier this year in which four of duty Winnipeg police officers were the three Barry Wayne Joseph Houle and Elijah Edwin Massan pleaded guilty to one count each of assault causing bodily harm on the final Day of a preliminary hearing into charges against them and four provincial judge Frank Allen postponed sentencing of the three until next of the four other accused Clarence Arnold Peter Johnson Stanley Joseph Houle and Lester Carl Murdock the first three have pleaded not guilty to the assault charges and were committed to stand assault charges against who also had pleaded not were dismissed by Allen because of a Lack of the seven were among nine per sons charged following the March 15 charges against one of the Michael Warren were stayed the other Gerald George pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced monday to four years in the nine were charged after four of duty officers were attacked by a mob near the intersection of main Street and Higgins the incident began after Ross threw a Beer bottle at the Van in which the officers were and two of them got out to Chase All four officers were beaten Dur ing the Melee and two were stabbed by i ;