Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pesticide hormone finding called farfetched by Shane Minkin the chairman of the civic commit tee overseeing the cites insect control says he is highly sceptical of a geneticists report claiming the pesticide Methoxychlor might make boys More i would be surprised if the concentrations of Methoxychlor used in Winnipeg would turn All the males into Don Mitchel son said last it seems pretty farfetched to chairman of the Protection and culture com said he Learned of the report after being contacted Las night by a in City officials halted the use of Methoxychlor after learn ing the geneticists the Ca Nadian press reported the action came after geneticist Joe Cummins of the University of Western Ontario said the chemical can cause hormone especially in Young Cummins said he most severe result of Methoxychlor would be a male who is physically a her but genetically a he said other Side effects from exposure to the pesticide include changes in voice musculature and the distribution of body Leonard chief of the pesticide division at the Federal health Protection Branch in said he has never heard of the claims and such effects have never been citing the scientific disagreement Between the two Mitchelson Henderson said he suspects Edmonton City officials decided to ban the pesticide be on the Safe he on the he would probably make the same political decision As but i would want to Check the data first if it checks then we could look at suspending its he said there has been no Mosquito spraying in Winni Peg this we Only Spray if we get More than 25 female Mosquito in the traps and so far weve had a relatively Mosquito free so theres no concern in Winnipeg Over the be cause we Haven sprayed als Cloudy tonight 10 Cloudy tomorrow 19 june 1987 11 s no 203 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail m registration number 086 Phi free press striking letter Carrier bounces off car carrying replacement worker from postal local pickets end walkout 15 letter carriers arrested in 48hour strike action by Lisa priest and Murray Mcneill Winnipeg letter carriers called off their walkout at Midnight last ending a 48hour rotating strike that led to several of their members being the 700 striking letter carriers and Drivers belonging to the letter carriers Union of Canada were expected to return to work this the final Day of the walkout ended with five pickets being bringing the number of arrests to 15 since Winnipeg letter carriers joined the rotating National strike Early two men were charged with mis one Man was charged with obstructing a peace another Man was charged with uttering threats and a fifth Man was charged with assault causing bodily Possession of a weapon and mis staff Don Peters said tempers flared at the 13 postal stations and 10 letter Carrier depots across the City two pick ets were arrested following an Inci Dent where a Rock was thrown National groups condemn labor Bill by Patrick Mckinley an nip labor Bill Drew condemnation from National labor groups last night As 150 people packed a legislative committee which is hear ing Public representations on the controversial you have divided us As manage ment has never been Able to Jeff National president of the Canadian Union of Public employ told the and dominated com Mittee during the first Opportunity for formal Public input last it is both sad and the president of the Union labor minister Al Mackling stood by the Bill As he wrapped up debate on second Reading earlier yester he said while the government is prepared to consider amendments arising out of the committee hear it will not Back away from the Bills Central nip sources said a three member Cabinet committee has been struck to take a closer look at the they said while most nip caucus members Back the they Are troubled by Union opposition especially that of Rose was one of two National Union spokesmen who attended to fight the saying it shows con tempt for free collective bargaining Between unions and he said the Bill has serious nation Al implications because it threatens the notion that unions and compan ies should have the right to influence their own Rose said there has been no Public outcry for such a unions Are divided on the Issue and businesses Are that is a very unsound basis for interfering in Freedom at any much less when things Are going he Manitoba is blessed with an excellent labor relations record and Rose acknowledged objections from the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce and other business so see nip Page 4 through the window of a taxi trans porting replacement workers into a marshalling Yard at 1377 Border Peters the cab Driver was hit in the face by flying Glass and had to be taken to Peters it was the first injury reported in Winnipeg since the walkout three other arrests stemmed from another incident at about 10 where pickets attempted to prevent vehicles carrying replacement workers from leaving another mar shalling Yard at Jarvis Avenue and Aikins Peters said this pickets were two on a charge of mis chief and the other on a charge of obstructing a peace All three were later released and will be summoned to appear in court at a later he striking workers claimed that Canada Post was wast ing taxpayers Money by spending a Day on spokesmen for the two taxi companies named Duffy tax and uni City taxi refused in workers were being paid about an hour to deliver strikers Allan a spokesman for Canada said it was not unusual at any time for the Crown corporation to use cab companies to drive letter carriers to their especially if buses were not Avail Skrumeda said Canada Post has a number of contingency plans in place to move the mail a Promise the corporation has made during the rotating about 30 replacement workers left in cabs and unmarked cars from the marshalling Yard at 1214 Fife Street yesterday morning As pickets shouted one who refused to give his see Canada Page 4 postal violence flares As mediator rejected by the Canadian press labor minister Pierre Cadieux rejected Canada posts plea for a Federal mediator in its dispute with striking letter carriers yesterday As the number of arrests in eight Days of picket line violence climbed to Well Over i think its up to the parties to sit at the table and to negotiate a Settle said As vandalism and minor scuffles continued outside Ontario and Western Canadian Post Al installations hit by the latest round of since the letter carriers Union of Canada began rotating strikes last there have been daily clashes Between pickets and the police offi cers attempting to protect replace ment workers hired by Canada Post to keep the mail dozens of pickets were arrested in the Ontario communities of Kitchener and mail slows to in 20 letter carriers pleaded not guilty to mischief charges Laid during a walkout last both Canada Post and the Union have said the appointment of a mediator would Cool Cadieux noted Concilia Tion attempts failed to bring the two sides together before the rotating strikes began june the parties have not yet shown enough latitude to justify the appointment of a he told the adding there was no reason to believe a mediator would help Bill the Burly Vic Epresi Dent of the carriers said he was shocked at Cadieux Hes totally irresponsible a Junior minister Way Over his Findlay said in an i dont think anyone in the government knows what there he said the Union would return to the table any but prospects for a negotiated Deal would be reduced without a Canada Post issued a statement last night saying it was await ing a formal written response to our request from the and we remain of the View that the appoint ment of a mediator would be helpful to the parties at this Canada Post negotiator Harold Dunstan had asked for a mediator last he said at the time he was so concerned by the violence he would Call off the replacements for seven Days once the mediator was in the Union had agreed to the mediator and said removing the replacements would ease both sides have said repeatedly that Progress has been made in talks see Andre Page 4 boy Dies in House fire blamed on children playing with matches by Allison Bray police believe children playing with matches caused a West Kil Donan House fire yesterday that killed a three Earold Daniel Ferrell of 1183 Selkirk Avenue was pronounced dead on arrival at childrens Hospital late yesterday suffering from Burns and smoke staff Doug Summers Ferrell said she was upstairs in the Wood Frame House when she saw flames coming up the the girl said she jumped from the second Storey before realizing her brother was trapped up neighbor Alvin said he rushed out 01 his House across the Street when he heard the girl screaming her brother was trapped i saw smoke and went Over and tried to get in the Back but the smoke was too Flett i looked in a but see anything because the smoke filled the Linda said she was sleeping in the Back of the House when the fire i was thinking where is Danny the Mother but the flames were so High i go upstairs to All i saw was Black smoke with red and Blue she said a provincial Home who was in the House when the fire broke took and to safety from the ground their sister was taken to Hospi Tal suffering from smoke inhalation and later the Gordon said he thinks Daniel or some other children were playing with matches in a cubbyhole under Neath the staircase of the there was a foam mattress there and it would have gone up in he said the Kitchen and Back part of the House were fire officials estimated the damage at about Ferrell said the House he and his family have lived in for 10 years was insured but does not know where they will stay until a claim can be Well be staying at the Salva Tion army but i dont know after he All we have is the clothes on our backs and 1 dont even have the Money to Bury the Little 1 Haven even thought that far Bill allows War criminals prosecution in Canada Ottawa up Justice minister Ray responding to the Deschenes inquiry into nazi War tabled legislation yester Day to permit prosecution in Canada of people who committed atrocities our after 42 is to move with some Hnatyshyn he has won a pledge from the Liberal and new Democrat opposition to Speed the Bill through the commons if before next tuesday when parliament Breaks for its summer the Bill is not limited to prosecution of former nazis and would per Mit action against any perpetrator of War crimes or crimes against As defined by International Legal the ukrainian Canadian commit tee has raised the possibility of prosecuting former Kab agents suspected of massacres in Ukraine in the the chief Are clearly those fingered by Justice Jules who has recommended the government consider urgent action against 20 suspected nazi War criminals living in Canada and inquire into another 200 All cases and All matters Are still Hnatyshyn special teams have started work in the Justice department and the but the minister could not say when the first prosecution will be ready to nip Justice critic Svend Robinson and his Liberal Bob said they think Hnatyshyn see liberals Page 4 Quebec first to ratify constitutional Accord Quebec up Quebec became the first government to ratify the Meech Lake Accord yesterday when the legislature overwhelmingly passed a Resolution endorsing the constitutional the message to Canada is we keep our said Premier Robert hailing the Accord As the greatest political Victory for Quebec in 200 the Accord recognizes Quebec As a distinct society and gives every province a veto Over major changes to both houses of the vote set the clock ticking on a three year deadline for ratification of the pact by parliament and the nine Legislatures in the rest of Cana Bourassaw liberals easily Over powered the parti quebecois by a vote of 95 to 18 to accept the agree ment signed by the first ministers june seven members of the 122 member legislature were speaker Pierre Lorrain does not vote except to break see pm Page 4 peace talks korean foes Dent Conyn opposition teaser for talks on ending protests broker probe a Halifax stockbroker faces a totalling to the works minister Stewart Mcinnes 16 Lubas terms Singer songwriter Cuba says Success int measured by Trie number of awards hanging on the despite having become the most powerful female Force on the Canadian pop music the Montreal native says she measures executive quits Hie president of Macro Stedman citing differences with ithe american owners environmental fears concern arises that environment has top Mph Penn ordered to jail u actor Sean Penn been to 7 t Index Ann 25 24 answers 33 44 85 spyies 9 69 Russell 7 49 33 comics 18 57 letters 21 As i t ;