Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Unera parlor sued Over misplaced ashes by David Roberts a City woman is suing a funeral parlor claiming nervous he shame and Embarrass after her uncles ashes were misplaced following Linda Wilson says in a statement of claim that she opened a Marble urn supposedly containing the ashes of her John so they could be placed with her fathers upon opening the said urn it was found to be said the claim against Garry memorial crematorium and Bardal 1979 filed in court of Queens the claim said John Carlson died last november and his Edward Carlson Wilsons father died last Edward wanted Johns ashes placed with his body before Wilson did not receive what she bargained for from Bardal and therefore has lost the costs paid for the funeral the claim Wilson suffered a feeling of shame and embarrassment at not having complied with the wishes of her deceased the claim she is suing for unspecified Gener Al David president of Bardal described Wil sons claim As he said his company arranges cremations through an unrelated Garry memorial Crema and that a crematorium operator simply forgot to put Carl sons ashes in the Correct it was human he Pritchard explained that car sons ashes were forwarded to the family shortly after the mistake was disco Vered last this was possible because human ashes Are placed in temporary containers which Are labelled before being put in a Marble urn which goes to the deceased Pritchard said his insurance firm offered to Settle with the which he said he has correspondence from Wilsons who threatened to go Public with the allegations against the funeral Pritchard said his lawyers will file a statement of scoring drought Winnipeg jets continue their scoring drought in a 51 loss to Detroit describes the move As a Clear tonight 0 sunny tomorrow 9 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 Al to second class mail registration number 0286 october 1987 Sun rises sets Moon sets Jeff de free press saving Bond sales end Friday Ottawa up sales of new Canada savings which went on Sale will end at the close of Busi Ness finance min ister Michael Wilson said yes Strong demand for the which offer nine per cent interest in the coming made the five Day Campaign the shortest since the Bonds began 41 years in Light of the Sharp drop in interest rates week Fol lowing the Stock Market the Quick cutoff in sales was not surprising and Bank of Canada official Pierre Brule said earlier in the Day that see Stock Page 4 Tokyo prices Tumble from a Reuters Stock prices tumbled today on the Tokyo Stock Exchange As the Dollar approached its lowest level against the yen in four and losses were posted As Well in Hong Tokyo 225stock nikkei the prime gauge of the japanese Stock closed at Down or per from yesterdays lower farm Lawson to decide on losers outnumbered gainers by 867 to while 72 issues were in analysts and traders said the weak Dollar is a major cause of the Tokyo markets the which opened at fell As Low As yen in afternoon trading before closing at yen close to the postwar Low of yen set last the final rate fell significantly below its yesterday close of the Dollar has dropped a total of yen Over five trading traders said the Bank of Japan repeatedly intervened to Cushion the dollars but did not try to re verse the direction of the see Tokyo Page 4 Rainbow stage probe ordered by province Al Norrie urges full Public inquiry let the Gourd times Roll Kevin Van shows off the 37kilogram pumpkin his parents grew in their Windsor Park the hefty pumpkin Kevin dressed in his halloween clowns costume have been put on a Wagon for easy of regional racism Mulroney denounces amusement Park Grant critics As anti West by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister Mulroney was accused yesterday of promoting regional racism after he told opposition members questioning a Grant to the West Edmonton malls owners that they were Why is the nip so desperately concerned with raising matters that damage Western Mulroney said in response to questions about the regional development Grant to the amusement i know that my honorable friends in the Liberal and new democratic parties Are opposed to the interests of Western Canada that becomes clearer every the later repeated by Treasury Board president Robert de Cotret and Deputy prime minister Don further raised the ire of the nip Leader de Broadbent yelled across the House that Mulroney was advocating regional and the prime minister answered i sup its a very sad form of regional racism to indulge in those kinds of accusations when Sim ply ask questions about fairness and honesty in to have it see regional Page 4 Revenue Canada ruled out banker says Ottawa up Revenue Canada had already ruled that a lion payment to take Over the Bank of British Columbia would not be taxable when Hon Kong Bank signed a Deal with the Federal Jim president of the Banks Canadian auditor general Ken Dye said in his annual report tuesday that government officials seem to have used beneficial tax treatment As Well As a payment to entice the foreign Bank to take an insolvent Bank off their hands 11 months at Issue is Why million was routed through Hon Kong Bank of Canadas corporate Parent in Nas Sau rather than through the Canad an where it would have been taxable at an estimated rate of 50 per Dye said officials at the finance department had told him Revenue Canada would have to make a ruling on whether the offshore method would be Dye also said he had on the advice of Legal that any tax avoidance transaction will be but Cleave said in a Telephone interview from Vancouver yester Day that he had received a letter from Revenue Canada several Days before the Deal was signed with the the letter said the Canadian subsidiary would not be charged taxes on the payment to Hon Kong and Shanghai banking the Cleave Cleave refused to say who at reve nue Canada or which Branch sent the see Dye Page 4 by Gerald flood culture minister Judy was lycia leis has asked the Manitoba arts Council to investigate the financial of Rainbow stage after an Independent audit revealed irregularities in the books of the summer mayor Bill Norrie yesterday called for a full Public inquiry into the circumstances that prompted former executive director Jack Shapira to reimburse to Rainbow stage following a Finan Cial Wasyly Ciales said she wont de cide on any other course of action until after she has had a Chance to review the findings of the arts coun which is the main funding body for Rainbow Norrie said in an interview an inquiry was needed because of questions raised following a report of the theatres carried in the free press the air has to be the report prompted some to question a recent City Council Deci Sion to increase Grants to the theatre this at least one councillor said the report has him wondering whether he will support requests for funding next Andrew president of the Rainbow stage questioned Why financial irregularities believed dating Back to 1981 had not been uncovered by Coopers and the chartered accounting firm that has been the theatres must be Norrie said he has asked Jackson to have an investigation launched by the Rainbow stage which is to meet in the next few i think it would be preferable that they ask for he he said if the executive the or possibly the province or All of which fund Rainbow will have to take there Are enough questions being asked that it really must be Norrie an admired and often abrasive executive director of the theatre for 21 resigned earlier this citing health his family issued a statement yes saying Shapira wished to convey his regret for the Situa Tion arising from the improprieties which have so unfortunately occurred As a result of a severe mental and physical condition plaguing him for Many the statement also at the time these improprieties were brought to his attention and an inde pendent audit undertaken by rain Bow he took what he believed to be the Only honorable action under the which was to make immediate and total restitution and to tender his Chris chairman of the cites arts advisory said the controversy Calls into question a City Council decision in August to in crease its Grant to Rainbow stage by to a total of he said the which allo Cates Grants to various arts had denied the which Sha Pira had sought partly on grounds the theatre was facing a deficit due to plans to stage Anne of Green Gables at Hurley said the original Grant had been made a Coopers and Lybrand audit stated the theatre had a surplus last Shapira new figures were not he City Council didst have audited information and made a rash Deci he see theatre Page 4 Shapira offers regret woes cited by Brad Oswald mental and physical health problems Over the past few years contributed to the expense account improprieties involving former Rainbow stage executive director Jack according to a state ment issued by his family yes while noting that Shapira would not be available for in the statement issued by the family said he wish to convey his regret for the Situa Tion arising from the improprieties which have so unfortunately occurred As a result of a severe mental and physical condition plaguing him for Many the Brief prepared state ment also said he regretted the conduct contributed to by his declining health has caused discomfort and embarrassment to those who had placed their Trust in Rainbow stage Board presi Dent Andrew Jackson con firmed yesterday that Finan Cial irregularities totalling slightly More than were revealed by an Independent audit performed Between mid september and last week by local chartered accountant Peter see unauthorized Page 4 titanic Booty a television audience sees a Satchel from the titanic yield 19 diamonds and soggy banknotes propaganda Simon Reisman says critics of the free Trade Deal Are using nazi style propaganda hot styles masculine looking Lon testing leather jackets with Shee Swo collars and this elegant 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