Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba G Winnipeg free june 1987 weather eases fire Hazard Ontario forests remain in peril Damp weather has eased Manito Bas Forest fire but fire Crews remain on red Alert in North Western a spokesman for Ontario ministry of natural resources said rain has slightly lowered the fire Hazard in the but lightning storms expected later this week could spark were expecting some lightning later in the Carl an Ontario fire safety officer said from we have to wait and see what the weather brings and be prepared to handle Bleich said the fire Hazard in the Region is rated Down from extreme late last week when Light Ning sparked a rash of last week we were getting 30 new fires a Day in addition to the ones we already had and it was All from he weve had some real extensive lightning storms go through the re the whole Region has been peppered in the last weve had As Many As lightning strikes in a there were 29 fires burning in Northwestern Ontario but no communities were being Threa theres 25 fires in the North that Are just being observed because there not posing any threat to property or logging Bleich in recent downpours have cooled the Forest fire things Are definitely getting a lot More natural resources department spokesman Diana Soroka the rain has helped because its allowed firefighters to bring some fires under Soroka said the fire Hazard is still High in Northern and Eastern Mani but it is Low in Southern and Western parts of the 27 fires were burning in the but no communities were Soroka said two blazes consid ered out of control Are burning in Remote areas of the there have been 365 fires reported in Manitoba so far this year including 98 ignited by lightning compared to 116 fires at this time last offt Foffi press Reserve neglects to pay premiums teacher coverage threatened by Pauline Comeau financial troubles plaguing the Lake Manitoba Indian Reserve continued this week with the discovery that teachers pensions and Benefit premiums have riot been paid for London life insurance con firmed yesterday the bands Educa Tion authority has not paid teachers pension premiums since payments of the staffs medi Cal and dental insurance coverage have not been made since May while the Money in the plan is not in jeopardy the 15 teachers and administrative staff covered by the plan will not have the Benefit of interest payments on the funds that would have been added to the plan during the past six said Jeff manager of group insure he could not give specific figures on what was owed but said four per cent of teachers salaries displaced in the As the band owes about on the benefits if those premiums Arent paid within a few the company will not Honor dental and medical Macoun a woman from the who asked not to be said deductions have been taken frown her husbands pay Cheque for the pension and insurance premiums throughout the time the Bills we rent the insurance problem was covered a few Days after Manitoba Hydro moved to disconnect service to 75 of the 120 Homes on the located about 60 Kilometres West of Hydro handled by the bands welfare were More than four months in a Hydro spokes Man some residents discovered they owed Hydro and twelve Homes had been disconnected when the order was rescinded after the bands accountant promised partial payment was in rumours that mismanagement of funds is responsible for the reserves careful to find the brightest spot for their Brothers Darren and Keith troubles have been circulating set up Camp in their backyard near a billboard with a smiling throughout the band for Sun at the Corner of Reitta Street and Logan Bright spot permanent Mayer warns of higher stabilization premiums any decision to change the amount Farmers pay into the Western Grain stabilization fund will have to be made by the minister responsible for the Canadian wheat Board said Charlie Mayer said it is a Good possibility the Federal government will decide that Farmers should pay More into the voluntary insurance style which is straining under an under the which de pends on Ottawa for three quarters of its Cash strapped Farmers received a record million interim payment this that pushed the plans debt to about 83 per cent of the Prairie Farmers belong to the pro Gram and pay one per cent of their total Grain to into the the program kicks in when Grain prices fall below a five year Mayer said legislative changes to the stabilization act would have to be made when the House of commons sits this the amendments would be retroactive to Mayer also announced the publication of Canadas first farm women Telephone put together by the Manitoba farm women the funded by a Federal lists farm information and social services to help families feeling the Pinch of the downturn in the farm and councillor Edwin Edwards said yesterday the bands financial troubles had nothing to do with mismanagement and the insurance problem was simply the result of systematic underfunding by the it is a minor Edwards said about the Lack of Premium there is nothing some times we have to wait 60 Days to get payments from the and sometimes we dont pay our How can we Edwards said a recent yearned audit proved there had not been mismanagement of funds by any How could we we need every Dollar Tye have just to wheat Board to examine Grain transport the Canadian wheat Board has appointed a committee to try to find a More efficient Way of transporting Canadian a Board spokesman said Ken head of the boards advisory said the com Mittee will look at the delivery quota system which determines when Farmers can bring their Grain to Prairie the reviewed in has become too complicated and open to Galloway the committee will spend a month deciding terms of the review and could have its first report completed by he one possible suggestion is that Farmers in High yielding areas of Oats and Barley be allowed to deliver More than smaller pro the Board will also examine its contracting system for which some Farmers feel is under such Farmers have pledged to deliver their Barley at a certain time to help the Board meet its commitments on overseas sales of that up murder count Laid in knifing Stewart is to appear in provincial court this morning charged with first degree murder in the death of a blood vein ramp police said Albert James was found stabbed in his Home saturday at about 8 he was taken to a nursing station and pronounced dead on a settlement of 500 is located 240 Kilometres North of police refused to release further details on the weather w h High Low Winnipeg area forecast relative recalls victims kindness a Grandview Man who died Friday helping Tow a truck out of a Slough was a selfless Man always ready to give a helping a relative Walter was killed when the tractor he was using to pull out a pickup truck from a Slough flipped pinning him underneath the truck in 50 centimetres of he was one of these Guys who always helped out and never asked for anything in said the relative who did not want to be Grandview ramp said Tanasichuk was helping two men and a All fish the truck out after it landed in the pokes effective june july 4 closed july 1 Canada Day store hours to 1 we Reserve the right to smut quantities canned Sockeye Salmon 213 Gram Premium moneys mushrooms 284 my stems a pieces t sunny today with afternoon Cloudy High near deaths clouding Over tonight with Chance of a Low near wednesday Cloudy with occasional showers and Chance of a High near probability of precipitation is 10 per cent 30 tonight and 70 classified death Malcolm husband of Theresa extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly sunny Low near High near Friday mostly Low near High near saturday mostly Low near High near Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy Low near High near Friday mostly Low near High near saturday mostly Low near High near National Victoria 28 ii Vancouver 28 16 Yellowknife 25 14 Edmonton 24 6 Calgary 25 6 Saskatoon 22 13 ref Lina 22 8 Winnipeg 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