Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free july 1987 up photo Andrew sleeps in school gym after chemical fire forced him from his chemical fire forces evacuation up investigators said yesterday there was no apparent environmental damage after an explosion and fire at later chemicals which forced about 50 people from their residents in the area surround ing the located in a mostly Industrial were ordered from their Homes for about three hours wednesday night after a series of explosions and a fire released an insecticide into the but a spokesman for Environ ment Canada said yesterday there was no evidence the Methyl found its Way into sewer systems or water firefighters and officials of later chemicals said they did not know the cause of the but company general manager Bud Reinders said the explosions occurred after four 200litre Drums Reinders said the along with 16 had been heated to change the which is a solid at room into a liquid so it could be blended with other Joe Leung of the provincial waste management Branch said the investigation centred on whether the Drums were overheated or whether there were impurities in the product that caused the a police spokesman had said earlier that the insecticide was More than capable of causing seizures and when heated to its decomposition it gives off nitrogen phosphorus and All toxic among the evacuees was Lillian Vander wife of Premier Bill Vander the residents were taken to a school gymnasium and told to report to Hospital if they experienced watery Diar tightness in the a slowed heartbeat or Montreal storm damage estimated at million Montreal up a storm ear Lier this week that caused severe flooding and left two men dead caused an estimated million in private property City councillor John Gardiner said yester but who spoke to report ers on behalf of vacationing mayor Jean said there was no state of a View backed by Roland director of the Mon Treal fire it was not the that cars could not move in the streets or that water Levels were rising that would Lead us to declare a state of it was the opinion of the frontline services that what is referred to As a state of emergency did not exist Gardiner he said his estimate did not include damage to property owned by the City of which an other official put at Gilles provincial min ister of Supply and said in Quebec City the government would consider a program of if re Quested by Montreal and the other municipalities affected by Rocheleau said flooding victims should first turn to their local governments and advise them of the extent of their officials of Quebec civil Protection Agency said Montreal had no emergency plan in place to respond to the Jeanpaul regional director of the said the province played no role in coordinating ser vices on tuesday because it want asked for Morin said the civil Protection Agency could have obtained badly needed water pumps from its list of available resources and also helped coordinate emergency response action using its communications no Power More than people remained without Power two Days after the storm pounded the Island of weather forecasts for the Region from environment Canada were unavailable because lightning from the storm knocked out weather radar at Dorval Hydro Quebec officials said they hoped to restore Power to affected areas before emergency communications lines were jammed during the storm and some people calling for help were put on provincial police offi who stopped patrolling that Day to protest contract were slow to respond to problems on flooded expressways under their jurisdiction until they realized the seriousness of the Morin said his Agency will study the response to the storm to deter mine whether required emergency services plans were followed and if current plans need but he said was outside his mandate to investigate whether the situation would have been better handled if there had been a coordinated emergency response among Montreal various the City had been working on an emergency plan in the event of a toxic chemical but that is not expected to be ready for deployment before the end of the the Only emergency plan now co vering Montreal is an internal police operation Michel the cites assistant Public works estimated that Flash flooding on the Island of Montreal alone caused approximately million in he said the cleanup operation would probably Cost another million the local administration has denied responsibility for damages caused by sewers that backed up in record time under the Impact of 50 Millimetres of rain in 2 Mustang Beacon life 20 Grey owl paddles 10 off Manta Rio mow other bags tents Meadows cortex cortex All pants All selected All other 15 off 0 30 20 50 20 bicycles 1025 off All accessories25 off 1025 off 20 other tents 10 packs other packs boots 1025 accessories save 15 740 Corydon 4525598 hours won 1o6 109 1o5 741 marys 2570964 drug Bill Legal expert tells senators Ottawa up a key part of the drug Bill giving better Protection to companies that develop new drugs May be a Senate committee was told Joseph an expert on constitutional Law at the University of said Hes reasonably cer Tain the courts would Rule that a proposed drug prices review Board is outside Federal jurisdiction be cause its main purpose is to regulate prices at the retail magnets views were immediately challenged by Federal who argued that Thi boards real author Ity would come from its Power Over Patent not its ability to control prices the which amends the Patent would give 10 years of exclusive marketing rights to makers of newly patented prescription in other Low Cost generic copies of new drugs would be kept off the Market for 10 to offset the Adverse Impact of the new policy on the conservative government proposed the creation of the prices review Board to keep tabs on drug the Bill would allow Board to order individual companies to Roll Back excessive if a company the Board could rescind the Normal Patent Protection for the drug in question and one other drug made by the same in a Legal opinion originally prepared for Liberal my Dave said constitutional Prece dents show that Price controls at the retail level Are within rather than a careful Reading of the act leaves Little doubt the boards nation principal if not exclusive function is retail Price control of he the constitutional Prece dents Are reasonably Clear that this is an object beyond Federal constitutional Mel Cappe and George Redling of the department of consumer and corporate affairs said the Legisla Tion proposes to Deal with excessive Price increases atthe rather than the retail the Way to do this would be to strip a company of some of its Patent Protection and regulation of patents is clearly within Federal they critics of the drug Bill Are generally sceptical of the boards ability to keep drug prices in Lite and say the legislation would be a disaster if the Board Doest work the tories have reluctantly 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