Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1987 drops bid to Purchase Northern Airstrip Gerry free press by Jane Armstrong the province has abandoned Hopes it can buy a Northern Airstrip from its owners after talks Between the two parties reached an with that option natural resources minister John Lohman said the province is considering building a new Airstrip in its at tempts to restore air service to the gods River Indian the is using a makeshift Claya Negravel runway to bring in food and medical Lohman said the province will be weighing the costs of expropriating the airstrips lease against the Price tag of building a new Landing base option the band pre fers before it makes a final Deci Churchill port profit forecast Thompson special the port of Churchill will show an operating profit again this financial and administrative officer lome Robb said it wont be As much As in when the port shipped tonnes of Grain and earned about with the sailing of the lebanese freighter new with a cargo of tonnes of Robb said this seasons total increased to 791 he predicted this years profit would Likely be in the All in its been a pretty Good considering Hie rail strike and other problems that came our Robb elevator superintendent Alan Johnson said none of the 17 ships loaded during the 60day season was held up waiting for although elevators were never full when any of the vessels arrived other than when the season Johnson said 12 of the 17 ships sailed for saudi and others for Egypt and East Robb said shipments of to tonnes in the season would generate enough reve nue to pay for capital expenditures and improvements to the the Chur Hillborn Johnson i Hope the name of the last new is significant for the future of the next i think we should go for a new the old one set Back in 1979 is but i think we Settle for any thing less than the port facilities could certainly handle and i think we could do it if everybody tried hard the governments options were Cut to two from three last Friday when Sam the former nip Cabinet minister who is consultant for the beneficiaries of an estate that includes the Airstrip and a rejected the provinces plot Man we made a realistic offer to them but it was Lohman he refused to disclose the he said a skins Price demands for the Airstrip exceeded its the province argued that its offer to buy the Airstrip would actually enhance the value of the entire is we feel the value to the estate is in the not in the Lohman taking the Airstrip off their hands is a tremendous Benefit to the estate because they no longer have to try to sell the Lodge with an Airstrip that has to be maintained and which costs substantial amounts of they were offered substantially More than a nominal Price and chose to refuse band members began flying Home sunday and yesterday after they were moved to Winni Peg last week in a bid to Call Atten Tion to the threat the airstrips Clos ing posed to their Yuskiw closed the strip in citing liability to beneficiaries of the Lodge if an Accident the band has charged it was held hostage by who has been trying to sell the Airstrip and the Lodge on behalf of the beneficiaries of the estate of Thomas the Airstrip was the bands lifeline to the outside band members Lohman stepped in last week with a pledge to expropriate the on condition the Federal govern ment put up 60 per cent of the band chief Moses Okimow said White he Stilt intends to Bill the province and the Federal govern ment for the costly Esti mated at the band is meeting those costs with its own the chief said profits from a band construction firm have covered immediate he said he has received Assur ances from the province that it will provide the band with interim air service by Okimow said Lohman is trying to Speed up the expropriation the chief said the band is still urging the province to build a new Airstrip rather than expropriating because it fears such a move will drive up the lodges which the band is attempting to he said former Northern affairs minister Elijah Harper suggested three months ago the province expropriate the but the idea was rejected by Lohman said the plan was Dis missed by the government at that time without the help of the Federal it afford to gods River Indian band members return Home after Reserve evacuation Over ramp cleared in death of Drunken deaf mute by Alexandra Paul a deaf mute woman who froze to death on her Doorstep last Winter after Minnedosa ramp Rescue Call was an unfortunate Acci a judge in a Legal the ramp did in have the authority under either the intoxicated persons de Tention act or the common Law to said Brandon provincial court judge Rodney Mykle in an inquest report released i can find no unlawful acts or culpable negligence which resulted in this unfortunate the 25 inquest revealed Irene had been in a alcoholic stupor the night of her death but died of a heart attack triggered by subzero tem inquest testimony showed two passersby had called the ramp after being unable to find a key to unlock Andersons front they had taken her Home after finding her lying drunk amid Gar Bage cans next to the local liquor they left her propped up on her Doorstep before phoning the inquest testimony showed the passersby believed the ramp would handle the constables Barry Tegg and Ken who described Anderson As a Drunken testified they were too Busy and lacked the author Ity to answer the Call because the woman was on her own and causing no Mykle said in his ruling Anderson was partly to blame it must be remembered that this lady was in an advanced state of self induced intoxication so As to Render her he sad As it May there is no societal response which can always save people from the Folly of their own Mykle even if the police had the author Ity to he they had other it can not be overlooked that the Minnedosa detachment had Only two members on duty at the relevant both of whom were involved with separate criminal investigations and persons in which demanded their Complete Atten he Tegg and Beerman testified at the inquest they were processing the arrests of two suspects on charges of Possession of stolen property when the Call about Anderson came both constables said they were needed to drive the suspects to 45 Kilometres since Minnedosa had no cells at the the constables disagreed in their separate testimonies about whether on duty after the Brandon had been informed of the Call Tegg had Mykle noted in his ruling that neither officer had driven to Ander sons House to Check on a Friend found her near propped up in the same position she had been left the previous shortage of Grain raises fear for exports by Stevens wild a shortage of Grain in terminal elevators at Thunder Bay could cause delays in Canadas Grain sex says a spokesman for the Canadian wheat problem is getting said Brian we have vessels in the Lawrence waiting for yesterday there were tonnes in the Thunder Bay in late october the elevators usually hold about that pretty Stacey i cant remember it so two months ago there were More than a million tonnes stored at Thun Der As far As exports Are we had Stock at Eastern he but we Are losing that Western Grain is shipped by rail to Thunder where it is stored in it is then transferred to Lake freighters to ship to elevators at Montreal and other Eastern from there the Grain is sent by Ocean vessels to foreign freighters wait ten Lake freighters were waiting for Grain at the port of Thunder and 13 Ocean vessels were waiting in the Lawrence River for Grain for so the shortage has not effected this years record Grain but Stacey said the potential we Are beginning to get behind in our if you dont meet october loading you have to Load in that Means you lose capacity for november a spokesman for the Grain trans portion Agency said railway cars out of a target figure of cars made the Grain run from the Prairies to Thunder Bay in the week ending last each car holds about 70 last week was the third week in a Row that the railways had missed shipment targets to Thunder when we put out this number the target figure we said this was contingent on the railways being Able to supplement their so far they have not been Able to do said the Agency Gordon up rail had cars on the Prairies last week and in rail had up rail will be adding cars and in rail will be adding cars that Nad been shipping Grain to port of Church ills ship Ping season ended last weather deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness this morning with a Chance of mainly sunny this High near tonight a few lows near tomorrow variable High near probability of precipitation 40 per cent 10 tonight and Southern Manitoba thursday mostly Low near High near Friday mostly Low near High near saturday mostly Low near High near Northern Manitoba thursday mostly Cloudy with Flur Ries or Low near High near Friday mostly Low near High near saturday mostly Low near High near Northwestern 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