Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March Page 3 aids transfusion risk termed business targets of Ilmy Gustt Wayne free press about tonnes of Limestone Are being used to stabilize Riverbank in residents stabilize eroded Bank a group of vital homeowners Are dipping into their pockets to pre vent their properties from slipping into the red the homeowners four on Tod drive and two on Salme drive have had the Riverbank behind their properties stabilized with about tonnes of crushed Ernie spokesman for the said the work was completed last week and is expected to Cost each Homeowner Between and depending on the Width of their riverfront Shewchuk blamed the Home owners erosion woes on Waves caused by heavy boat which he said has been made possible by the locks at the water Levels in the red Are maintained at an unnatural level during the summer to allow boating and most of the erosion is caused by wave action of boat Riverbank erosion has been a longstanding problem but the group decided to undertake the project now because the City has been working in the area and has built a riverfront Road for truck he said the property owners Are considering approaching the Provin Cial and Federal governments for some form of i feel there is a responsibility by the senior Levels of government to protect the riverbanks in the City when the damage is caused by a manmade he Shewchuk also called on All Levels of government to take a hard look at Steps to prevent the deterioration of riverfront property in earlier this the City gave the cold shoulder to another group of vital residents whose land is sliding into the a civic committee rejected an a peal from five Dunkirk drive Resi dents for the City to probe whether a leaking sewer outfall was responsible for erosion of their a spokesman for inde pendent test lab which super Vised the Tod and Salme drives said no single Factor can be blamed for erosion on the the boat traffic itself is not the Only to Zero in on one is not a fair said the firms manager of Geo tech Nical who estimated the final Bill for the work at Between and said ice breakup combined with Waves caused by wind and boat traffic contribute to the Charleswood school unable i to get lice problem out of hair a Charleswood elementary school is unable to get a lice problem out of its six More cases of lice were detected at Chapman elementary school Assiniboine South school Board chairman Ron Statham three cases were new and three were Statham the which have been recurring at the school for the past five have been upsetting a group of parents some of whom recently transferred their children out of now the school Board and the provincial health department Are at loggerheads Over the parents of uninfected children Cla Morea for action when the num Ber of cases reached about 23 earlier this some of the students had been reinvested three or four health department spokesmen said last week they thought the problem was under with lice being spotted once Statham says enough is the Board will take Strong action to halt the infestations once and for he said parents complained the Board was passing the Buck to the health saying it did not have jurisdiction Over a health Statham said the department cheap Gas Pitfalls detailed at hearing the Manitoba government should consider More than just obtaining cheap natural Gas a Public utilities Board hearing was told yes Robert consultant with Foster research of told the hearing thai Many Alberta utilities buy cheap Gas when its Wharton they have Supply guarantees and it would not necessarily be prudent for Manitoba firms to do so in the absence of such to go to spot Market sales be in my Wharton said Many utilities which buy on the spot Market have their own reserves As Well As guaranteed he said utilities should be As Pru Dent in buying Gas As they Are when buying pipelines and other adding it is up to the Board to judge the prudence of Utility the Board is hearing an application by intercity Gas its ice utilities greater Winnipeg Gas and the sales Arm of Tran Canada pipelines for approval of a agree ment to remain in effect until the agreement includes a Gas Price of per thousand cubic which the Manitoba government wants the Board to claiming the Price is excessive and that the firms should resume Wharton argued yesterday the utilities Are doing the Best they can under the they Arent in a position of strength in this nor could they be expected to be Given the Supply he Gerry president of Energy brokers Canada of told the hearing some United states utilities buy 40 per cent of their Gas on the spot Finkle said he wondered Why there Are concerns about Supply in Canada when firms operate this Wharton responded that 90 per cent of the customers of some of those firms can be interrupted if supplies leaving Only a 10percent Aye group which needs a constant guaranteed Tom Manitoba assistant Deputy Energy and mines told reporters monday the govern ment has figures showing British Columbia and Gas could be delivered to Manitoba at per thousand cubic feet 95 cents below the ice breakdowns Wharton told the Board that buy ing Gas be difficult be cause of possible pipeline and Well he cited the Lack of a Large direct transportation line from Brit ish Columbia and the need for a special permit from which supplies British Columbia and which in essence Means buying from Al Berta should Send More manpower to the they say they dont have enough but they better get enough the Board chairman Paul regional director of health and Community services for South rejected the Leveille accused the school and Community of blowing the prob Lem out of lice is not an unusual problem in he adding the department will not Send out a cadre of Chapman school is making a big problem out of he we dont see it As a big what harm do lice do to people he said his department already has been taking extra Steps to curb the Chapman the District medical officer has visited Homes of families with repeat he and entire families have gone into the regional office voluntarily to be Leveille said he heard Only two new cases were found in yesterdays the school has been following established Statham yet new cases keep turning lice May not be a health the Board chairman but the persistence of the problem since last october has taken an emotional toll on the morale of parents and school he said the entire student Popula Tion undergoes periodic mass students found with lice Are not allowed to come Back to school unless they have a medical certificate saying they Are parents Are issued bulletins on How to detect lice and How to get rid of Statham he said the students outdoor clothing is kept in individual Plas tic and so Are their gym when they change for their regular clothes also Are kept in plastic he landed immigrant fights ejection of pregnant wife by Julia Necheff a Winnipeg Man is fighting to prevent Canadian immigration officials from deporting his pregnant Bride Back to Jesus a landed immigrant from says he wants immigration authorities to process his wife application from within Cana although she has overstayed a visitors visa to this immigration authorities called for an inquiry before an which was held the couples David was successful in get Ting the inquiry postponed until the Case can be heard in Federal court next immigration officials say Fabiola is Here illegally be cause her visa ran out in a came to Winnipeg last she married Ortega Here in Ortega said his wife is three months he said he is concerned about his wife having to travel because she has been ill through the Early stages of the were Here in Canada already i dont see Why she should have to go Ortega what would happen if something happened to the baby and i get Down to Mexico said he came to Canada As a refugee in he said he met his wife while in Mexico in at the Hernandez was too Young to get married so he agreed with her parents to wait until she was he Matas noted the Federal govern ment has a policy of allowing spouses to be processed from within former employment and Immi Gration minister Flora Macdonald announced in february 1985 that foreign spouses in a Bona fide marriage would no longer be required to leave Canada while applying for landed immigrant a government news release states the policy applies to those who marry a citizen or permanent Resi Dent while residing in Canada tem the hardship experienced by a couple As a result of being separated i Macdonald is quoted in the Matas presented the news release to the Paul he and immigration commission representative Lyle Moffat agreed the Validity of the Ortega marriage is not at Moffat argued against adjourning the saying the adjudicator should proceed to Rule on the Allega Tion that Hernandez stayed longer than she was Tetrault agreed to postpone his inquiry until april two Days after the Federal court Matas said later the adjournment was that deportation order could have been issued today and she never would have had her Day in Ortega said immigration officials refused to process his wife application from within Canada because he has been on a letter from Winnipeg immigration Centre manager John Stevenson says Ortega has Only been employed for Short periods and been on welfare much of the time since he arrived in i am of the opinion at the present your husband is unable to provide you with adequate Long clothing and incidental living without the assistance of provincial or municipal Stevenson wrote to the Ortega said he recently was Laid off from a downtown Winnipeg but has started a new Job at another Matas said that ortegas economic circumstances Are not relevant in denying the spouses application to proceed he noted an immigration Appeal Board in Toronto overturned a Deci Sion to reject a fathers bid to Sor his sons immigration because the Man was collecting social Assis he said he will present a motion to the Federal asking it to order immigration officials to consider the application without looking at irrelevant Ken free press Ortega and wife Are fighting bid to Deport her to structural analysis advised for museum Winnipeg oldest the Boniface has deteriorated badly and requires a Complete Struc Tural a Federal Parks offi Cial it seems to be in very serious condition Guy a restoration architect with Parks Cana said in an interview Masson has prepared a 13page report on the condition of the historic a former Convent built be tween 1846 and we need absolutely a very full and detailed investigation into the Structure by a he we need a structural Engineer to look where Are the problems in that theres a need of the roof is the major he emphasized that the extent of deterioration and the amount of restoration required will not be known until after a structural Analy Sis is he said he does not be Lieve the tache Avenue the largest Oak log building in North is in addition to an extensive Analy masons report recommends replacing rotting logs in the build Ings South fungus Ridden attic boards and a number of roof Compo the chairman of the museums Board of Neil downplayed masons he said the museum Board has voted to Forward masons study to the cites land surveys and real estate were asking them whether Treyve got a structural Engineer to look at the he give us their recommend Gaudry said the museum and its property Are owned by the Grey who lease it to the before we do anything with the Well have to go to the Grey he province to build childrens unit the Manitoba government is plan Ning to build a new childrens intensive care unit in an unused Ward at health sciences health min ister Larry Desjardins said yester about half of the expected million in construction costs for the 14bed unit will be provided by the variety club of Desjar dins Manitoba health services com Mission will cover operating costs of for the to be set up in the old childrens spokesman Frank Decock we feel this is an excellent example of How the private and Public sectors can work together to provide the Best Decock club spokesman Pat Riordan said the club expects to collect its contribution to the project from donations to the seventh annual variety club telethon from 8 to 10 sunday on Ray Hsc Board vice said the new unit is needed because the current one is too its very Mcquade they have been limited in space for a number of the new unit will have 10 acute care Beds and four extended care the current unit has nine to 11 depending upon the types of illnesses suffered by the patients and the amount of equipment they re under the hocs redevelopment the and All other intensive care will be housed in one but the demand for a new Rediat Ric intensive care unit was too great to wait for that Mcquade the new unit Likely will be com plete in Early Spring of next he judge urged to acquit Brothers in assault by Bob Cox a judge has reserved his decision on whether two Brothers Are responsible for viciously attacking a Man with a baseball Bat and Fence picket last lawyers told Justice Theo Dore Glowacki yesterday he should acquit their clients because of uncertainty Over who committed the at which left Michael permanently David and Paul Liber have pleaded not guilty in court of Queens Bench to charges of aggravated assault with a weapon and Possession of a dangerous weapon last March David Liberty testified he was at his uncles House watching television at the time of the Paul Liberty Chris mar said there was not enough Evi Dence pointing to his client As one of the even though he was at the their which began in no was told Kennedy was at tacked by three people from a group of five or six men who banged on the door of his Pacific Avenue Home shortly after Yelling for his to get out no witness could identify the at and the badly beaten Michael whose Skull was was unable to he spent months in can no longer look after himself and cannot make sense when court was John testified that before the attack he had gone on a Date with a former Girlfriend of the accused mens younger he said his Mother received Tele phone threats from Dwayne after the the night of the he his father went on to the front Lawn with a baseball Bat to confront three of the men who came to the House while he fought with Dwayne Liberty on the John Kennedy said he disabled Dwayne by breaking a Golf club Over his head and dragging him into the he said when he went Back out he saw his father lying on the ground unconscious and barely As the attackers left they shouted if you can fight with we can fight with court was one of them added Well be Back to get my Crown attorney Bob Gosman said the two Liberty Brothers could be convicted on the testimony of wit Nesses who said they were at the scene and heard comments after the there is proof beyond a reason Able doubt that each of these two participated in this gos Man he said David Liberty went to the House and broke a window before leaving while Paul crossed the Street shouting they would be Back to get David Liberty Rocky asked the judge to accept his clients Alibi and the All who backed him Pollack also asked for a separate trial for David Liberty so he could Call his co accused brother to testify about the Glowacki refused the say ing the testimony would not affect his a person accused of a crime can not Force a co accused to testify in a joint but can Call a co accused As a witness if they have separate Martin argued that Glowacki did not hear enough evidence to find Paul Liberty i ;