Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january Page 3 breaking anger High Rise pay equity increases Ous channels dropped residents of six Winnipeg apart ment blocks have bad their television signals changed the starting at 1777 pet Bina were the site of a dispute last month when some of their satellite channels were dropped in favor of religious pro the Cost of the satellite channels is part of the rent and seme residents were upset their choices had been limited by the buildings Peter one resident said last night that All but one of the religious Chan Nels had been theres one station that has religious programming 24 hours a Ray Schlamp but its really no big Deal because i never watch it another who didst want her name said a problem re everything is she you cant get Abc or she said she and her both senior citizens who spend most of the Day at spent yesterday watching sports rather than the game shows they used to we might have to move out if the situation Doest petition Schlamp said residents took up a petition to have their former service reinstated when the buildings management decided to switch to the religious he said he signed the petition the switch but later regretted a couple of Days after i signed i got a letter from the it pointed out that they tenants had made a lot of stupid like wanting to have both Cable and the landlords letter said that would be too i didst realize what id Schlamp said he has lived in the building since but the satellite to had nothing to do with his decision to move when i signed the the building was still on he but they told me i would get Satel Lite to As soon As it was he also said the buildings management has issued another this time saying that one More Satel Lite dish would be added to the existing Warkentin could not be reached for comment last resident manager wild said i would prefer to remain silent on the i am under specific direction from the owner not to talk to the free in writing another building spokesman said Warkentin had decided to make All future statements in on the current residents receive the pal inspirational net the Disney Ktut from the sports webs from Usa network com an English language Montreal Csc Sta Tion and Portage la they said the problem is that none of the stations comes in clearly enough to be watched for an extended period of prior to installation of the satellite dishes in residents received videos Basic Cable the reception is when i moved we had Cable and the reception was said resident Randy now i dont know what he War Kentin is trying to its like Hes got his own private broadcast ing Redcap Kevin Morisette assists tourist Donald Redcap service Riding the rails out of existence via rail recaps Are on a one Way express to becoming a part of Railroad after More than 100 years of offering the Porter via rail Canada is cutting 18 Redcap positions in Western can Ada to save spokesman Jane Dick the position is being abolished As of the end of this Dick Kevin one of six Winnipeg recaps who will be out of a Job this said he wont go Down without a i think there doing this be cause they we rent expecting of but when the recaps Are that will be the end of customer it Means the end of service to the the tour families and Al regional Vic Epresi Dent of the Canadian brotherhood of railway transport and Gener Al said the Cut is a blow to the tourism were fighting it like Cerilli 1 think we need More than a couple of recaps wages to subsidize the he said he has called on via rail and the Federal government to reconsider and is hopeful the Union can save some of the Morisette said he cant under stand the logic in cutting the Redcap which Are the lowest paying positions in the he noted recaps earn an aver age of about an Dick said she doubts the com Pany will reconsider the Elimina Tion of which is expected to save a one cant live in the via has to make every Effort to re Duce the subsidies that the government provides and studies of passengers indicate its a very Small minority who actually use Redcap she a wheelchair bound tourist from los Angeles said last night when he Learned the Redcap ser vice was being he changed his travel Donald Cerf said without the he will no longer be Able to travel on i dont know what there going to do with older people or disabled they just wont be Able to travel by train any he he said he decided to get off the train in Winnipeg and intends to catch a plane a woman from who Learned last night the recaps Are to be said she would no longer travel by in not fond of but without the travelling by train would become too Cumber the who asked not to be John executive director of the Canadian paraplegic Asso said the loss of the red Caps will be a but not As severe As the loss of sky Caps at the Winnipeg Airport last i dont Welcome the loss of the but i dont think till be As important As the loss of the skycap and that because More people travel by air than by Cerilli and Morisette Are urging the Public to write transport minister John Crosbie and their local members of parliament protesting the ambulance station spending endorsed Council panel approves protested condominiums a City Council committee has re fused to delay approval of a Condo minium project that has sparked bitter protests from some Boni face in a 42 decision the planning and Community services committee voted to allow the luxury condominiums on a Cit owned site next to the red Developer Alain Hogue has an option to buy the located East of tache Avenue and North of Rue at a Price to be set by finance the proposal would then go to City Council for final Bob the Only Council Lor from the vital area to oppose the tried unsuccessfully to persuade his Fel Low planning committee members to delay rezoning until residents have a Chance to come up with alternative the residents Are to hold a Public meeting on the Issue Rose Gle Lawn said the City should not approve the project in the absence of an Overall development plan for the land Sale opposed although a 45metrewide strip would be left Between the 78 Condo minium units and the Ross said this effectively would be Cut off from Public use by intervening Helen Promislow Kildonan the Only other committee member to oppose the accused councillors of ignoring the cites own planning which Calls for tight control of All River Bank Promislow also said the City consider Selling the land to Hogues Tyrone enterprises without calling for Public the proposed Deal sparked Contro Versy late last fail when it was revealed that Guy Savoie a longtime acquaintance of privately lobbied finance committee to approve the purchased for Savoie has denied any irregular saying civic land deals Are commonly discussed residents opposing the condominium project showed up at yester Days committee but were not allowed to speak because of a bylaw Banning further Public input once a Community committee has dealt with a rezoning the vital Community committee approved the Rezon ing on residents have objected on the grounds the project is being approved in the absence of an Over All plan for the planning committee chairman Chris Lorenc Sisler said yesterday residents have had 12 years to come up with a develop ment plan and have failed to do by Gerald flood a civic committee approved spending for new quarters for ambulance workers action which a Union spokesman termed a step toward eliminating Job related this is a first said Ernie president of an International association of machinists and aerospace workers local represent ing 102 City ambulance the Parks and culture committee voted to endorse a plan to spend to build two new ambulance stations and renovate a third this Council must approve the proposal before it goes the condition of some of the cites 10 ambulance which a Union report compared to disaster shelters for the had been cited As one of a dozen problems contributing to ambulance worker the report warned that stress threatens the Quality of ambulance gut Mclean said the committees decision indicates the City is begin Ning to understand the unions con Cerns and will work toward eliminating Call it a gut feeling or a sixth but i think its going to work he the three projects approved yesterday would be built on a staged basis this beginning with a three Bay station at bal moral Street and Cumberland ave it would replace one at Westminster Avenue and Lipton which had been criticized in the the Cost of the station was up from figures contained in an earlier report to the administration officials explained that the original figure was 18 months and additions to the including a parking had increased the a second new station at 565 Watt Street will Cost to and was approved for renovations to one at Pandora Avenue and Plessis committee chairman Don who had complained councillors needed More information before deciding whether to approve the admitted yesterday that he had not gone on a tour of ambulance stations last he quizzed ambulance director Jake Enns on the need for six go carts ran court told two Boniface go cart tracks operated illegally last summer be cause they could not get insurance a court heard a City bylaw requires operators of go cart tracks to obtain a minimum in liability the owners of go go parting and grand prix amusements told bylaw court magistrate George Parkin their insurers re fused them coverage last go go parting owner William who has been in business for 24 said his insurance agent was Able to find Only one company the Manitoba Public insurance prepared to insure a go cart track it would provide Only a maximum of Ignat grand prix owner Brian Legary said he had the same but operated without a licence because he depended on the business for his both companies were fined half the maximum allowed under the Parkin refused a request by the Crown to Issue an order prohibiting the two operators from opening this Spring unless they obtain the Neces sary he warned them that if they do not obtain insurance they will be charged outside Legary said he has convinced a Toronto based Compa which insures about 60 tracks in Ontario and to provide coverage to tracks in Western the Only condition is that the track operations must be approved by the he said he would Likely have to pay a yearly Premium of about More than two years ago that is better than Clos Legary said he realizes it would be risky for local insurance compan ies to provide coverage to one or two operators because the Premium Revenue would be far less than a payout if an Accident Legary said he will not reopen in the Spring if he cannot get coverage because he would be personally liable if an Accident couches at one station where no More than seven workers Are on duty at a Are ambulance workers allowed to lie Down and go to sleep Enns said the couches Are needed so workers can rest Between Calls but they Are not allowed to he said the service has never missed a Call due to workers sleep ing on the councillors Louise Lacquay Lan Gevin and John steel Grants Mill were the Only committee members to go on fridays they said the tour convinced them the new stations Are needed and that the proposed new locations and staging had been carefully planned and should be committee delays Church conversion a plan to buy and convert a West end Church to a Community Centre was delayed yesterday while the City looks for a cheaper the controversial plan to buy Immanuel pentecostal Church and renovate it As the new Home of Robert Steen memorial Community club has been endorsed by the councillors on the local Community at separate meetings councils planning and culture committees put up obstacles to the proposal by Harold Taylor the planning and Community ser vices committee refused to rezone the Palmerston Avenue Church prop erty for commercial blocking the Community clubs plan to rent office space in the proposed Complex to the cites ambulance the Parks and culture committee insisted the City take another look at a cheaper alternative proposal for a new Community club culture committee members decided to delay their approval of the Church renovation plan after two residents protested that it was unacceptable for the City to spend the Money without first attempting to reopen negotiations for a site owned by Winnipeg school the Community clubs new Home originally was to have been built on division land at Laura Secord where it is located the school Board refused to allow the club to expand after the City designated the school a historic preventing its building the new Centre on Laura Secord grounds would Cost the City an estimated less than half the Price of buying and renovating the Church located on the North Bank of the Assiniboine area residents John Campbell and Paul Barchet told the culture com Mittee that the renovation plan should not be approved simply be cause the City and school Board Are not speaking to each Campbell said the plan had been developed in secret Over a matter of months and was unveiled publicly Only about six weeks now were being told we have to Rush through with he asking the committee to first consider the alternatives very spokesmen for the Wolseley Resi dents association repeated past endorsements of the Church they said it would increase local Green space and provide a firs class building for the club and daycare Centre that plans to relocate announcing the acting culture committee chairman Bill Neville Tuxedo Heights said it would allow a delegation headed by mayor Bill Norrie to sound out the school division on the Laura Secord the delegation will also approach the Core area initiative to see if a March decision deadline can be Neville said the initiative had promised up to toward the project if a decision could be reached by the end of rezoning crucial Ernie Gilroy Sargent Park told his fellow planning com Mittee members that a failure to rezone the Church property for com Mercial use would be a death blow to the renovation supporters of the plan say rental income is crucial to its basically the fact of the matter is if we vote this Down at this we Are killing the said a renovation he noted civic finance committee would never allow the City to foot the entire Bill for the finance committee was to Deal with the proposal Chris Lorenc the planning committees said allowing a Commer Cial use would be totally out of keeping with the residential nature of the neighbourhood and would set a bad although the planning committee recommended the City refuse to Grant the it did agree to close a Section of Palmerston for a six month trial period if the project goes ahead without a commercial closing the 26metrelong strip of Road would allow children from the Community Centre to get to playing Fields at Laura Secord located across from the antique shop prop seized by Jack Lakey a downtown antique dealer says police dealt him a bad hand by seizing a broken Slot used As a curiosity from his Bob Kasey said two vice Detec Tives came into his main Street antique shop sunday and told him the on armed Bandit was an Ille Gal gaming although Kasey said he proved to them that the machine had its Coin mechanism removed and was clearly marked As not in working the officers moved to protect the Public and ordered it hauled it was just a a display piece we put out on the Street to let people know were said they didst have a seizure no Tice or paperwork and they didst even leave a they just took it and said i could get in touch with the vice squad about getting it Kasey says he was Selling the Slot machine about 10 years old and priced at on consignment for a the machine sat on the Street in front of the store for almost a month before police he they said they never had a complaint about they said they were just driving by and saw if it was Why they take so Long Kasey said Canada customs officials had assured him that importing Slot machines was Legal if the Coin mechanisms were re moved and the proper duty How can you bring them into the country if its illegal to have Kasey Bandit broken them in your Possession he the dealer said the detectives also told him that Nickel dig an antique Arcade game requiring players to operate a toy Crane to pick up prizes in a Glass Box Are also those Nickel diggers Are pop ular antique items but these Guys were saying i cant sell those he Kasey said a Den for men store in Eaton place has been Selling a Slot machine called Ca sino 7 for and police should enforce the Law More the store manager confirmed the machines Are Selling for be tween and but said they Are Only for recreational police staff Don Peters said a charge of possessing an illegal gaming device could be Laid against Kasey or its owner if police find the machine is in operating it is up to the Crown attorneys office to decide if the an Tique dealer will it the machine he adding a decision should be made with in a ;