Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Economic boost to communities by Doug Speirs the unexpected return of Large of Caribou to Northern Manitoba is expected to provide some Remote communities with an annual meat Supply Worth millions of they Caribou Are Back in sub Stantial Ross chief of operational management for the department of natural re said it looks like for the next Little while the Caribou crisis is its probably one of the Best economic boons the local communities have had in Many Thompson said the recovery of Caribou stocks in Manitoba is Espe Winnipeg duo share chess title at least one Winnipeg Ger will compete in the world Junior chess championships in Toronto this Rehan and Kevin both of tied for first place with Vinny Puri of in this weekends Canadian Junior chess championship tournament in each had As Host of the world Tournai Canada is allowed to Send its firsthand second place Mitch Mitter Multer of the Winnipeg chess Centre said last that Means either Huda or or perhaps will he gentes said he was thrilled by his showing at the Junior he said the most important element in Victory is id play against some of these Guys in the tournament and id Start feeling sorry about beating then id go out into the Hall and visualize myself and when i went Back my nostrils would be flaring and i like the person the firs place tie was a Relief for who said it was the fourth had the Junior and its about time i agreed with gentes that intimidation is the Best strategy for you just have to brutalize the other this is the biggest thing that Ever happened to it was no picnic in the Dally Good news for the communities of Lac Brochet and Madoule both about Kilometres North of they can virtually assure them selves of a year round meat up until last they were having to rely on store bought which Doest satisfy them either culturally or its a tremendous economic especially when you consider its its not like when you take Oil or Gold out of the ground and you cant go Back to the Well for the second consecutive Large numbers of Caribou from two herds near extinction six years ago Are returning to the Thompson said the animals Are arriving in numbers about equal to last Winter when the largest Migra Tion in the last 90 years took he also said the Large number of Caribou entering the province this year has erased fears that last Winters increased migration was Only a Freak it certainly is to us an indication that they Are getting Back to the traditional Range and that is a Good he the wildlife chief said an annual Harvest of Caribou from the Kami Turiak and Beverly herds is expected to provide about million Worth of meat to 15 native communities in Saskatchewan and the Northwest in other we estimate each Caribou is Worth in meat value to whoever harvests it Doest translate into dollars in their its a saving to them because they wont have to spend Money to get that it is illegal to sell Caribou meat in he about Worth an Esti mated were harvested in Manitoba last Caribou have been sighted As far South As the Madoule Lake area and As far East As the Churchill River area this Thompson estimated the current size of the Kami Turiak and Beverly herds of which Range into Manitoba about Ani Mals in the Kami Turiak Herd had dwindled to less than from a population of in the Beverly Herd had dropped to from 210000 in a number of factors were blamed for the drop in Caribou numbers in including Over harvesting by native wolves and loss of Thompson said a surprisingly High birth rate was a key reason for the sudden recovery of the two which were considered to be headed toward As he said the size of the two herds Likely was underestimated in 1980 because of antiquated Survey ice houses a Small Community of ice fishing Complete while Many chose to be surrounded by at least with onsite has sprung up on the red River one Fisherman lower right took advantage of yester near a popular Angling spot in All Days mild temperatures to stay contractor banned from building site Thompson special Winni pegs King Grove construction will be banned from resuming construction on the Cross Lake Indian bands school chief Etienne Robinson Robinson said the ban will remain in effect until a claim for work done on the school by the bands mid North development is cleared the chief said the corporation completed its subcontract with King Grove to Supply Concrete and fill for the school he said the Federal project manag ers have agreed according their observation on the jobs site and mid norths the work had been King Grove has questioned some of the last when the Indian affairs department made a interim payment to Robinson said he would see that 000 amount owing to mid North at that time be one of our people travelled All the Way to Winnipeg to pick up the and All he got was one for at a conference with Indian affairs regional director general Emil Korchinski last the band insisted the department pay mid North As an interim unless this we said King Grove would be banned from the it would Cost Indian affairs As much As a week As Long As the construction site is closed Robinson Korchinski said the department Hopes to arrange a Short term loan to help mid he said the department is awaiting some backup material on the he said the depart ment could not request authorization of the loan from Ottawa without the additional said mid North has asked the bonding company involved in the school contract to help Settle Northern Manitoban Honor counsellor Thompson special North pm Manitoban today were to Honor a cherished Ethel deschans who died last died Early Friday of cancer and a service was to be held at Lawrence roman Catholic Church this As a counsellor and a probation officer for Many years with the provincial Community services de Deschambault served a number of reserves and Remote Metis she came to us in our heydays when our Reserve had the highest per capita homicide rate in North former Mathias colomb band chief Pascal big Hetty said of Desch Ambeault probation work on the Reserve from the Early when the court parties and the police gave up on Ethel always came with some words of she was confident that one Day we would decide to it finally and that Confidence Ethel had in us was an important element in what the ramp now refer to As a dramatic Deschambault was involved in a number of organizations and helped establish crisis and alcohol treat ment services in the the Mother of five was also a published born in Sherridon in Des Chambault Gre up in the and Cumberland she joined her husband a longtime Inco smelter work in Thompson after their marriage in the the bonding company has the authority on disputes involving general and Korchinski said he hoped the mat Ter would be settled the shutdown would mean King Grove could submit a delay claim which could Cost the Public to a he Robinson said the biggest problem in the whole business is that Indian affairs insists that it is a civil matter and has nothing to do with the departments Trust responsibility under the Indian he said the band Council has instructed its Legal counsel to file a suit against Indian affairs for failing to live up to its mid North is also taking Legal action against Robinson he added King Grove has filed a counter suit against mid its a real the chief not Only a question of our traditional in this Case Indian affairs is also responsible for the management of the it is certainly up to them to this thing straightened weather Winnipeg area forecast sunny today with northerly winds of 25 in High near variable cloudiness tonight with a Low near variable cloudiness tomorrow with a High near probability of precipitation is near 10 per cent and 20 per cent tonight and extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy periods mainly sunny thursday and temperatures above nor Mal throughout the Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba wednesday mainly Cloudy with scattered thursday mainly sunny and Friday variable temperatures above Normal throughout the Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario wednesday mainly sunny with near Normal thursday variable cloudiness with above Normal temperatures and Friday mainly sunny with above Normal National Victoria t 4 Vancouver 7 5 Yellowknife 19 23 Edmonton 2 8 Calgary 4 6 Saskatoon 0 5 Regina 3 4 7 Brandon 2 5 Dauphin 1 6 Thompson 6 10 Churchill 19 25 Kenora 0 i Thunder Bay 2 2 Toronto 1 12 Ottawa 4 13 Montreal 4 is Halifax 1 5 Winnipeg comparisons Mph 4 last year Normal highest on record in 1947 Lowit on record in 1896 total from 1 to 4 Millimetres Normal yesterday International 1 i 3 4 new 4 i 12 5 7 4 16 8 i 4 9 6 16 9 11 7 7 1 13 20 13 8 is 9 5 13 Tel 18 10 7 6 resort spots los rain 15 12 Las rain 15 9 9 Clouds 29 24 Cloudy 19 13 Cloudy 25 17 21 17 25 13 31 24 Clouds 28 24 air 27 19 cars skid into ditch heading Ley ramp issued a travel advisory yesterday for Tran Canada Highway West of the town after nine vehicles skidded out of 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