Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mail mysteriously reappears by Shane a bin machines ate the mail of three downtown businesses before spitting it out six months Canada Post the postmarked last was regurgitated this week and Vered to three Assiniboine Avenue we dont know what Janice of Muller Hirayama Graves advertising we received 32 Post marked August which were All correctly addressed and had postal she said the delivered tues included customer invoices and this caused us severe inconveniences in terms of she adding she Doest know How much Money or lost business the Gaffe Cost her located at 916 Assini a spokesman for Ikon partner also located at 916 said the architectural firm received quite a number of pieces of mail which were postmarked August the mail was from All Over can wed like to know Why it happened because it is quite disconcert restaurant located at 3m also received mail postmarked last a spokes Man Kay mid her firm has sent a letter of complaint to Canada Post seeking an exp Cantlon for the late Canada Post officials blamed the delay on a mysterious mechanical it was due to a mechanical prob Canada Post spokesman Chris Guly that As much detail As i was Able to obtain from our operations re said the late mail appeared to be limited to the three Assini Bome he said when a delay of this nature Standard practice is to Issue the customer a cover letter explain ing the delay and offering he added the letters of apology were not issued in this because of we went Down personally yesterday and visited the three apologized for the incident and expressed our re dream Dlee Canadas dream of hockey Gold Dies in Huttl teming 50 rout by the soviets daring duo daring tee dancing duo challenges leaving judges plenty of room to penalize Clear tonight 8 Clouds tomorrow 0 february vol be no be free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 second class w registration number oj86 province to take Over welfare costs Jeff do free press by Heidi Graham the Pawley government has decided to take Over control of the provinces welfare system to pro vide a More uniform system of dispensing economic Security minister Len Evans said the province shares responsibility for administering Wel fare with More than 200 municipal with huge discrepancies in benefits among weve indicated in the past that new rules Force my disclosure by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa members of Parlia their spouses and dependants will be required for the first time to disclose All their assets and business interests under new conflict interest rules introduced the Bill provides stiff penalties including fines up to and loss of membership in parliament if the Law is prime minister Mulroney unveiled his ethics package hoping it would end opposition muckraking and take the heat off his scandal Ridden gov if someone has an allegation of conflict of interest to make against a third party will impartially make that determination and not a Bunch of cowering people on the floor of the House of commons whose interest is not not but a 15second clip on Mulroney said outside the he said the Bill is intended to make conflicts of interest More to treat people More fairly and ensure the Public interest is but both opposition party who support the principle of the said no piece of legislation can erase the eight ministers who have been forced out of the Mulroney Cabinet in the last four Liberal Leader John Turner called the Bill a deathbed repentance by the its certainly a Las minute con version and its obviously an attempt at reelection Public Turner no piece of legislation see annual Page 4 we were concerned about the two tier Evans now were saying its time we abolished it was not Clear yester Day How the reorganization would be implemented or what effect it would have on the City of Winnipeg sex Evans said the plan could take several years to adding More details would be released just How Long it will take will depend on the provinces he but it will be phased welfare recipients fall under municipal jurisdiction for the first 90 Days and usually receive less in benefits than they would from the under the new the prov Ince would ensure uniform rates Are used throughout Evans acting mayor Helen Promislow said she believed City Council would be pleased if the province which currently pays for about 85 per cent of Winnipeg welfare program shouldered More of the a 1985 report pegged Winnipeg share of running the program at about million unsuitable base Promislow said she doubted the City would want to give up control of the Job development or placement services it currently offers its welfare those Are things i believe Are better administered by the City in Stead of some impersonal provincial she adding Winni Peg would probably continue to give financial support to such last Deputy mayor Eric Stefanson said the City would sup port a one tier system Only if the province takes Over full administrative and financial he said property the cites main source of Arent a suitable base to support social ser a spokesman for the Manitoba association of Urban municipalities said that group has Long supported abolishing the two tier but executive director Rochelle Zimberg said some members Are concerned that a provincially run program would be More open to they feel that if they can admin ister there More Likely to know which families might be applying in More than one town and what the recipients needs she Evans indicated the changes would Start with the smaller Munici see standardized Page 4 Schroeder addresses evolve protest group at legislature on jailing of battered woman for contempt of jailing of battered wife reviewed by Greg Pindera the attorney generals depart ment is reviewing Why a battered woman was jailed for twice failing to appear in court to testify on assault charges against her common Law Carol was released yesterday after serving two Days of her seven Day jail handed Down in provincial court attorney general Vic Schroeder said the Crown had violated depart ment policy by charging Peebles with contempt of court without approval of the senior Crown attorney and the assistant Deputy attorney corrections minister Maureen Hemphill said Peebles was released under Legal Powers her department has to Grant temporary usually on compassionate she said the order was issued by Deputy minister John Bock after a meeting with members of a support group for battered this is a Normal Hemphill this is one of those cases where it should have been exercised the person that in to slash 296 Western jobs by Mary Ann Fitzgerald in rail plans to abolish 296 administrative jobs in Western Canada Over the next two years including about 112 in the Prairie Region head quartered in the plans were revealed in Docu ments leaked to the free the target for this year is to Cut at least 169 management jobs in the West 82 in the Prairie Region and 87 in the Mountain the Prairie Region covers Sas Manitoba and North Western next in is proposing to Cut another 46 administrative jobs in the West on the another 81 jobs have been identified for possible cuts Over the next two years in the two Western re the jobs Are nonunion and Range through All with the heaviest losses proposed in the Engi transportation and equip ment cons regional Vic president Frank Campbell yesterday con firmed the cuts outlined in what he called a working he said it is part of the railways plan announced two years ago to substantially reduce administrative ranks equally across the specific cuts for this year have not been weve made no secret of the fact we Are leaning he we Are trying to have the administrative staff More plans for reduction next year Are less the Crown corporation has no plans for cuts beyond he Campbell refused to say if Union jobs will be in each of the past two in rail has eliminated 10 per cent of the administrative jobs in each of the five regions and at Headquarters in Montreal and because of the volume of work in the cuts in its two regions will be per cent this year and 11 per cent in the other Camp Bell said in an by the end of this 250 administrative jobs will have disappeared Over the past years in the Prairie Campbell he said some jobs have been transferred to Winnipeg from Thun Der and Saska see in Page 4 abused be the one tents serving time in the release came an hour after Schroeder told about 25 women pro testing the jailing at the legislative building he intervene on Peebles Pam coordinator of evolve and a protest said the jailing was what is happening in our system when this is the Only response we can give Jackson its totally inappropriate for a woman to be re victimized by being sent to that not going to Stop wife what does it the sentence say to All the other women sitting at Home there going to be More afraid to Call the Schroeder later raised the hackles of the opposition when he suggested the government has to walk a Fine line in dealing with such con tempt he told the legislature yesterday that while he was displeased that Peebles had been jailed without see court shy Page 4 the Pas sheriff demoted for confession report delay Ouellette ordered to repay million from the Canadian press Normand Ouel tory my Andre Bissonnette former political was placed on probation for one ordered to repay Oer Likon Aero space almost million and fined yesterday for defraud ing the arms Ouellette stared at the floor As the sentence was having ear Lier broken Down on the stand during a pre sentence the plus 20 months interest he must repay is the Gross profit that Ouellette was convicted of having illegally Justice Jeanguy Boilard of Quebec Superior court ordered Oul Lette to pay the Fine immediately or spend one year in he paid in Deposit defence lawyer Jeanclaude Hebert before leaving through a Side door to avoid Ouellete was sentenced As conservative maps welcomed Bissonnette Back into caucus after a six month absence and prime minister Mulroney Rode to his defence on parliament Mulroney said Bissonnette had been totally exonerated when a jury acquitted him tuesday of charges of breach of Trust and two counts of conspiracy in the land flip scandal in his Stjean his Best Friend for 25 was acquitted of All but the fraud the prime minister said Bisson Nette had handled his ordeal with great dignity and accused opposition maps and the Media of having drawn and quartered the former Junior transport minister be fore All the evidence was the courts have just Given you a lesson in the degree of fairness and objectivity that i think All of us should exhibit to one he admonished reporters on his Way into the weekly tory Bissonnette was welcomed Back literally with open As he turned the Corner in the Hall of Honor to head into the meet see tories Page 4 by Lisa priest the Pas sheriff Gerald Wilson has been demoted and transferred for waiting at least nine years to report a mans involvement in the 1971 murder of Helen Betty the demotion was ordered in the Wake of a report compiled by the attorney generals department that confirmed Wilson failed to inform police until the fall of 1986 that he had information on the lawyer Greg Brodsky is demanding a copy of the murder investigation saying it May contain new evidence that would help Appeal his clients As Brodsky criticized the department for showing parts of the report to the Pas town councillors and band leaders at a meeting Sun Day and keeping it from Dwayne Archie who was convicted of second degree murder in the Case in no one is More affected by this report than my Brodsky Deputy attorney general Tanner Elton said yesterday he does not know if he will let Brodsky see the adding he will wait until he receives the request in Marvin assistant Deputy minister of said Wilson will be Given the Junior Job of sheriffs with a pay effective a letter from Elton to Wilson explained his demotion this Way had you properly and expediently brought this information to the see the Pas Page 4 outlawed South Africa bans opposition activity by 17 groups in the biggest crackdown in a decade fare blame the province is failing to pay its share of transit forcing up City officials charge Showbiz Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker we the subjects of two to both in Earty stages of and the Lead actor in a new musical prepared Tor his role by studying the fiery Jimmy whose tearful admissions of sin shocked he flock on the weekend carried away police into hiding senators tote him into chamber during filibuster Power dressing a new Kwh of elegance prevails in the corridors of Power lottery a Nitora lotto 29 Bonus 30 lotto 64ft 36 Bonus 20 22 7 35 Puzzle 47 38 21 21 51 record 55 25 31 listings 21 i i 1 i ;