Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free match jhh6j bowl of Contention Glen Elm school students cast covetous glances As they pass the trophy for which they were competing at the Winnipeg music the Young people were in the school Folk song chorus class for grades 4 to 6 at pantages playhouse cancer link prompts review of herbicide an american study suggesting a link Between the farm chemical d and cancer has prompted Canad an health and agriculture authorities to take a new look at the widely used but a verdict on whether to ban the chemical has not been officials of the two departments said the ultimate decision rests with agriculture minister John Lisa Media aide to said it will be months before any final decision on whether to regulate or ban the she said Wise has called for a Broad review of the chemical and wants consultation with the prov users and Public interest groups before the chemical has been on the Market in Canada for 41 years and is used to control weeds on an estimated eight million hectares of farm land every the review of the chemical was prompted by a study of Kansas Farmers which showed those who used the herbicide without protective clothing had six times the Chance of contacting a fairly rare Type of cancer known As Hodgkins Len chief of the Pesti cide Section of the health Protection Branch said other studies conducted by a Industry task Force concerning the possible health risk also Are being we cannot give the answers he said from the last chapter has not been Ritter said the science of toxicology has taken on new dimensions since was licensed in 1946 Lead ing to new Federal health and agriculture officials Are recommending that Farmers using observe the directions on the Label and Wear protective including rubber rubber coveralls and a water repellent weather Grants Cut reprieve urged municipalities whose population has dropped should get a oneyear reprieve from resulting cuts in per capita provincial municipal affairs minister John Buck Laschuk said Buck Laschuk said he Doest think municipalities should be hit with sudden Grant cuts As a result of 1986 census figures published last the figures show that while Manitoba population increased by Between 1981 and per cent of its municipalities outside Winnipeg showed a provincial tax sharing As Well As support for Library and ambulance Are tied to Buck Laschuk said this years Grant guidelines have yet to be drawn but he expects the provincial govern ment will freeze Grants to shrinking municipalities for a year so no municipality loses deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with a High near Clear tonight with a Low near sunny tomorrow becoming Cloudy in the winds southeasterly 20 High near probability of precipitation is near 10 per cent Zero tonight and 20 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly Cloudy Low near High near mostly Cloudy Low near High near mostly Cloudy Low near High near Normal Low Normal High Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy Low near High near mostly Cloudy Low near High near mostly Cloudy Low near High near Normal Low Normal High Northwestern Ontario mostly Cloudy with flurries Fri Low near High near mostly Cloudy with flurries Low near High near mostly Cloudy Low near High near National 10 5 9 6 15 27 8 15 8 10 4 17 1 12 7 15 6 16 4 12 7 24 18 31 5 10 Thunder 4 10 5 13 8 17 10 17 10 17 Winnipeg comparisons mean March last highest on record in 1902 lowest on record in 1880 precipitation total from 1 to March 10 Millimetres Normal yesterday International l 6 1 5 new 2 8 16 6 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 1 20 15 6 1 19 8 0 13 9 1 10 1 1 11 Tel 15 6 1 5 resort spots los Clear 18 12 Las Cloudy 21 la 26 14 28 22 Clear 23 11 Clear 26 13 Cloudy 19 15 Cloudy 25 17 31 24 fair 27 19 Cloudy 27 19 family sues Carman firm to get payment by Catherine Mitchell a Regma family injured in a 1981 Road Accident is suing a Carman business for it was ordered to pay in a trial last William his wife and two children also demand in a state ment of claim filed in Manitoba court of Queens Bench that withdrawn from Carman Agri ser vices account be returned to the Hie court document says the withdrawal contravenes Manitoba fraudulent conveyances the Riegers claim the Money was paid to two numbered companies sometime Between june when a Saskatchewan jury awarded them damages of and the end of that in a Saskatchewan judge reduced the Jurys award to the Manitoba Public insurance which insured Carman owes million of the Pic is appealing the damages were Given for in juries the family received when a Carman Agri semitrailer rear ended the Riegers truck on a Saskatchewan the award also includes future wages Rieger has lost because his injuries have affected his ability to practise Dennis owner of Carman owns 51 per cent of one numbered company and Gilbert George a former partner of the farm fertilizer and fuel owns 51 per cent of the the statement Lesage said last night the Money was loaned to Carman Agri by the he said he was told by his account who received Legal to take out the Money because the two numbered companies could be paid Back at any time regardless of the claim against Carman financial statements filed in court this year show the As a loan that had been owed at least a year before the Saskatchewan be Sage lawyer Anthony dal acting for the Riegers in Mani said provincial Law prohibits the disposal of property from a company or individual when there is an outstanding Legal the Riegers suit demands that the numbered companies return the and that Carman Agri pay the the business was ordered late last year to put into court a letter of credit for pending pics Lesage has said his combined assets might be Worth Only the who didst know of the suit until the jury brought Down its is suing Pic for incompetently handling the Rieger he wants Pic to cover the whole John minister responsible for said he doubts the insurance corporation will get involved in the riegers1 court suit against Carman last Buck Laschuk said once the Pursuit of the hit Manitoba Pic might review car Man Agris plight and consider As he said yesterday be cause allegations of fraud Are in Pic will stay Clear of the Jean wife of Leslie Hugh of East Hus band of Marlene Daniel Warren of Winnipeg and son of Shirley and Roland Caroline of of widow of Jelle Dyk husband of Eleanor James of formerly of Pietro Batista husband of Giovana Giusepina Gordon husband of Francoise husband of Wanda Horo Evelyn widow of Skuli husband of Emily Queenie wife of Herbert of formerly of Austin husband of Mary of widower of Helena husband of Eleanor Jean wife of Jimmy mind Lee of Crane daughter of Earl and Flora Eric of widow of Isaac Raymond of husband of Lara Thomas Richard of husband of Eva Bruce of Hus band of bunty Gaston husband of Kath Erine of Portage la John husband of Nellie Wai of formerly of widow of Lawrence Burtram Peter dog poisoning spurs information crusade the Carnahan family is poisoned by a Coward with a strychnine calling it want a Nice thing to said Ross Carnahan after he had described the final minutes of his seven Earold sons it leaves you upset and concerned to think that someone out there hates animals enough to want to Poison Carnahan Doest want to sound like an alarmist about the death of a six Montgold male German Shepherd order Collie that was to have been neutered this week at the Winnipeg humane society Pound where the dog was bought before Christ Carnahan thinks his neighbors in the collegiate Street area of Jame Assiniboia should be aware that someone is prepared to use a deadly Poison to kill family to Alert the car Nahan had flyers printed up de scribing the symptoms of Strych nine poisoning and warning other pet owners to watch their Ani i let it pass without our neighbourhood car Nahan said he said he has distributed bulletins in the Hope they can pre vent the death of even one More Ajax died saturday the dog was fed and then let outside about less than half an hour later a neighbor called to Tell Carnahan that Ajax was at her front door shivering and shaking like hed been hit by a car or some Carnahan although the was trem bling put of cent rpm arid Carnahan didst think the animal had been struck by a he called the Academy Emer gency veterinary facility which operates after hours out of the Corydon animal the veterinarian on duty told him to watch if the dog threw when the vets prediction Barry Mullin turned out to be Carnahan rushed Ajax to the emergency As soon As i walked in the vet was sure it was strychnine Poi Carnahan the dog had a voracious his Abdomen was swollen and any noise caused him to she the vet figured it must have been a healthy dose of Strych nine within the last he left the dog to be treated and shortly after he got the vet told the family their pet had there has been no rash of pet veterinarians at Sev eral clinics said Marv Madill of the Corydon clinic recalled one poisoning ear Lier this year in the Ellice Avenue but no More until the car Nathans pet Madill said most veterinarians consider Spring the worst time for dog the two things most Likely to infuriate a Home owner Are Gar Bage scattered All Over the Back Lane or those Little presents dog droppings people find strewn around their Yards when the Snow he its a viable theory and we All know there Are All kinds of people out he he is readily available from Doest help to be alarmist about a poisoning but it does keep the Public aware people should keep a tight rein on their Ani Madill emergency treatment for Ajax Cost Carnahan about its not so much the Cost As the effect on our my boys handling it Well but it was a tragedy i like to see anybody else go the Alia stretch weve Pant has the easy care Comfort and fit every woman is looking at Cliffords enjoy slip on Comfort in our latest Alia Feather touch stretch 412 Selkirk Kildonan place Man our Garden City store is now closed Quality first ;