Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november sought Prairie dog left out in cold by Alexandra Paul the Prairie dog a major Winnipeg tourist was left homeless this weekend As the million development of the historic car East Yards picked up were caught in a bind with no place to said Paul vice president of the society operating the Prairie the oldest steam locomotive train of its kind in North Newsome said a lease his Volun Teer Vintage locomotive society has had with in rail since 1968 ended this proposed alternate Sites on rail lines owned by the City would expose the priceless locomotive and 14 coaches to he the stuff would be sitting totally unprotected and somebody could set the locomotive on fire and no one would be there to Stop much less see them and its 105 years Newsome the Fate of the Prairie dog has become the one sour note in the development at the East Yards and a major worry for City and development mayors Appeal mayor Bill Norrie has appealed to anyone with a covered building on a rail siding to give the irreplaceable train a officials with the Forks renewal the East Yards development Board appointed by the provincial and City said they would like to keep the train but have no room and no Money for the crunch is the result of a mid november deadline when Forks renewal must release its plans publicly and seek Tri government Tai Forks renewal chair Man Cam Maclean a feedback session with Community and business groups was held thursday and Maclean discussed the development with the three govern men ministers in charge Manitoba Urban affairs minister Gary doer and Federal health min ister Jake i think everything is rolling along As Well As can be a clean adding there Are no specific construction plans historic Prairie dog Central to lose East Yards Home due to Forks renewal project its a matter of sitting Down and talking it Over with developers Over the next three or four plans Call for up to luxury condom cum two an indoor Park with restaurants and a Market similar to Granville Island in Vancouver or Lawrence in the Prairie dog would not fit in with the said new adding a new Home must meet minimum standards adequate policing for the coaches and a heated building for the Newsome admitted in had spoiled the treating the Prairie dog like a pampered baby Ever since its summer sunday runs Between Winnipeg and Gross Isle began in in the the locomotive is stored in a heated car building and lovingly refurbished by the the rest of the cars sit outside under the vigilant eyes of car watchmen 24 hours a he car spokesman Jim Starko said the railway wont kick the train out but the company wont own the land much under an agreement with Forks car will begin a yearlong staged withdrawal in by pending Tri government Tal approval of development in will Transfer the title of All but hectares of its Yards to the develop ment Starko applauded the mayors a Pealor a new Home but doubted it would there Are not too Many private citizens with buildings you can just drive a locomotive he perhaps old warehouses or old plants that had but it would have to be a rail Forks renewal wont the Prairie dog off the tracks Maclean they can leave it on the site this Winter if absolutely a Dean he the Loco motive building wont be heated and the site wont be Maclean said he had no alternate site other than the proposed one to store the locomotive and six coaches at the City waterworks Yard in Boniface and put the other eight coaches on a Spur line 50 Kilometres outside the City on the Way to Shoal Toboggan threat Selkirk forty local Resi dents have put their names to a petition protesting terracing at the local Golf a move they say will destroy their childrens Toboggan the Selkirk journal reports that organizer Heather Ramsay said the Hill is an important source of fun for the the petition asked that Sel Kirk town councillors require the Hill to remain As or to provide another one somewhere Wayne Golf course said members have not ruled out keeping the Hill Sutherland said about Worth of work be done Over the Winter and he believes Chil Dren will still be Able to use parts of the d d d Dauphin the president of the Canadian Farmers association says he believes the free Trade agreement with the United states will help some Farmers and Hurt reports the Dau Phin Don Knoerr told a Keystone agricultural producers meeting that controls preventing lower wheat grades from coming in will help preserve Canadian wheat Knoerr also said Barley and Oats producers will Benefit from a bigger Market and that a larger Market and higher prices will help the beef Industry and hog hit by a heavy Tariff this Odd Warren the local collegiate has bestowed its outstand ing student award posthumous the Argus reports that a sombre moment came at awards night when Dick Warren collegiate announced that the outstanding student for the 198687 academic year was Doug died after the car dateline Manitoba a weekly Roundup of provincial giving readers a glimpse of events in Rural he was driving 6 was hit broadside by another vehicle East of Friesen said Williams was involved in every aspect of school life and was Active in the comm Warren teacher Dan Cassils said a new scholarship in Wil Liams name will go to the Stu Dent who Best exemplifies Aca school and Community d n a Fisher River two new facilities Worth close to million have opened on the pegu is Indian according to the Interlake a 20bed maltreatment Centre will help victims of alcoholism and Chemi Cal the Reserve also has the new pegu is health a to serve residents Public health needs and House a dentists d d d Altona local officials Are getting ready for an emergency just in the red River Valley Echo reports that Hank municipal adviser to the Provin Cial emergency measures Orga met police and fire department officials to discuss establishing a local emergency and that the Rural Munici Pality of Rhineland wants to be part of the plan As workers reject final offer Thompson special Hudson Bay mining and smelting hourly paid workers at flin flon and Snow Lake have turned Down a final contract offer by a 75 per cent both the United steelworkers of America and the association of flin flon Trade unions negotiators re commended acceptance of the which gave a increase Over the next three years As Well As improved pensions and other Bene flin flon steelworkers local presi Dent Peter Collins said 83 per cent of the 750 steelworkers represented by local 7016 and local 8262 Snow voted against the offer by per ninety per cent of the members of seven Trade represented by the rejected the offer by 72 per they just didst like it after going six years without an in association president Doug Eide Manitoba farm employment increases employment on Manitoba farms increased this year despite the economic crisis in Canadian Manitoba Farmers hired temporary and seasonal workers Between april 1 and up from last said Ken provincial agriculture department employment the number of registrations for employment at the six Canada farm labor pools in Manitoba was this compared to last the strongest employment figures were recorded by the Canada farm labor Pool in with placements this he speculated Farmers took advantage of Good weather this summer to do work around the farm that had been piling up for several Martens also attributed the employment increase to improvements in the livestock As he people from Manitoba Rural areas who migrated West during the Oil Boom have now weather returned to the but a growing number of farm women have taken nontraditional jobs on the we thought that was going to cause a decline in farm Martens he said the skills most in demand on Manitoba farms included heavy truck driving and experience with Dairy cattle and sugar beet Farmers in the Winkler area were a major and potato and other specially crop grow ers need labor he but placements were Down in Brandon and Portage la Prairie and up in Steinbach and Martens cautioned that City people without farm skills have trouble finding work on and with an average hourly salary of to Farmers have difficulty keeping skilled mar tens its not hard for Industry to match As farm work is exempt from Manitoba minimum wage Laws and from the employment Stan Dards including workers lotto Southern Manitoba mostly Cloudy Chance of showers is 40 per High near Low near mostly sunny High near Low Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba Cloudy with scattered flurries or showers tomorrow through High tomorrow 0 to Low about High tuesday and wednesday Low Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario increasing cloudiness High near Low near mostly Cloudy tuesday with scattered High near Low near mostly sunny High near Low near Normal High is Normal Low is the winning numbers Are 35 and the Bonus number is the Jackpot Pool of is shared by two tickets one purchased in Ontario and one purchased in the second prize awarded to those Matching five 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