Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 26, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba February sheriffs demotion called health Trust fund attacked by officer scolded for lurid memos by Lisa priest an overzealous Constable has been reprimanded for posting memos in the Winnipeg police department Tell ing of two groups of youths who gang rape Young women then Black mail them into acting Deputy chief Paul Johnston said the officer had Good intentions when he posted several copies of the memo that told How the groups photograph the gang rapes and threaten to mail pictures to the victims parents if they do not engage in it seems the officer picked up a Rumor from an employee at one of the universities and didst investigate it before posting he said of the december memo leaked to the free press we verified it was a Crock and then had a talking to with the officer but he didst mean anything wrong by Johnston he refused to identify the who has four or five years ence on the distressed the under the department were posted in the forces various Johnston said he believed the con stables explanation that he posted the memos because he was distressed by the it caused quite a Johnston said of the it said the gangs Are Active at the University of University of Winnipeg and at red River Community he Johnston confirmed the memo said police could do nothing about the gangs because women wont re port the brutal rapes and such As a reference to gang members sitting in a parked car on Spence Street and Home Are he we hear All sorts of information about gangs but there not gangs at Johnston he said information in the memo has Little bearing on the loosely knit groups of youths believed to carry out various crimes in the threat of gun gains Money the Bank of Nova Scotia at 1091 marys Road was held up yesterday afternoon by a Man claiming to have a police the Man didst produce the gun and fled on foot after receiving an undisclosed amount of police describe him As about 30 years and six feet wearing a Black jacket and White boy hit by car a 10yearold Winnipeg boy was in Good condition in childrens Hospital yesterday after he was hit by a car while crossing Carlton police said Dale of Kennedy was crossing at notre Dame Avenue when he was struck by a car driven by Gurjant Sandhu of Nicholson Defreitas was kept overnight at the Hospital for observation and was to be released Kostyra dons traditional pair of new shoes As he prepares to bring Down his budget landlords blame City fire rent ceiling for financial squeeze by Mary Ann Fitzgerald landlord Wendell Edwards says Hes caught Between expensive renovations needed to bring his Triplex up to cites new fir code standards and the provinces three percent restriction on rent its going to take me six years to regain the he told a meeting of the Manitoba landlords association last a said it will Cost to bring his Triplex into line with the fire a three percent rent increase will yield Only an extra a he i Haven got the but in going to have to find he i have to do the renovations or face he said a Friend already has been fined for violating the about 100 landlords attended the hot under the Collar about the 1 implementation of the fir code bylaw and the provinces failure to recognize it in setting this years rent increase lets March on City an angry landlord association members decided to Pepper their Las and City councillors with letters and Calls detailing their association president Sidney Sil Verman said he had asked 150 land lords to go to the legislature when he went to ask the government for a bigger rent but none showed Silverman said housing minister Muriel Smith agree to raise the rent increase guideline to recognize the expensive requirements of the municipal fire even if the City takes Stern Mea sures and takes landlords to they wont be Able to comply be cause they Haven got the he the free press recently reported up to 10 landlords a Day were being charged for failing to comply with the new which required them to install modern fire alarm sys including heat and smoke detectors and upgrade electrical Wir handicapped transit operators seek subsidies by Shane Minkin services will be Cut or companies will go out of business unless private handicapped transit operators Are excluded from the jurisdiction of the Manitoba taxicab Industry spokesmen we have to get out from under them or were Albert crud president of the greater Winni Peg handicapped transportation the which represents four of the five major handicapped ran sit companies in the has re Quested a meeting with transportation minister John Buck Laschuk and taxicab Board chairman Allan Mac which is set for besides asking for an the operators plan to protest in creases in aut Opac premiums combined with Low fare have Hurt the Crundwell the operators say they have suffered a 30percent Cut in proceeds since a new fee schedule was imposed by the Board in before coming under the taxicab Board two years operators charged for a pickup and a they currently receive for a pickup and a As before they were required to License their vans As the operators say they paid about half what they do now for they were allowed to insure their vans As but they now require taxicab at double the if this keeps there is going to be some services Sam owner of Arrow wheelchair trans there is just no Way we can afford to keep on the operators want the govern ment to subsidize the difference be tween the old and present holding Back the government told us the Only Way they would subsidize us was if we were regulated and now that we they Are holding said a member of the transportation Troia said while he grossed More in 1986 compared to his take Home pay was less be cause of increased it was of for the government to Knock our rates Down by two but it look too Good Tor the nip government to bring them Back up and have the Handi capped Community hand Helper pro rident John be our fight is not with the Handi we just want to fight the controls on our neither Macdonald nor buckles Chuk was available for ing in suites by several who asked not to be said they would wait until City inspectors Tell them exactly what is claiming they knew of cases where equipment approved by one inspector has been rejected by in getting out of this said one Ive had enough of this landlords association lawyer Graeme Haig said no one could argue against fir safety but landlords should have been Given reasonable time to implement you do not have the financial resources to Lay head Ding borrowing seemed to be the Only popular the three percent Cap on rent increases is lower than inflation and including fire Are All going he three per cent is hopelessly ind but it is politically popu he he warned that if governments dont pay landlords May leave the reducing the rental housing Market for those who need it Mike president of the Manitoba real estate said City councils intent had been to provide an Early warning system for it blossomed from a warning system into an upgrading he it became a very expensive province keeps credit rating despite debt by Patrick Mckinley a Canadian credit rating Agency has reaffirmed Manitoba a minus rating but warned it is keeping a close Eye on the provinces foreign Ihor Vic president of the Canadian Bond rating said High debt provinces May soon be in a bind because there Are signs of a re cession just around the what will test any provincial government in the future will be whether they go into the next recess Ion with some degree of buildup in its fair enough to say that Many provincial governments including Manitoba went into the last recession in better financial position than they will do in the next message i think that is a message that were trying to get across to All senior Levels of you have had five years of economic growth but there have been no significant improvements in their Finan Cial he Manitoba Public debt is among the highest in Kots said the provinces foreign debt obligations Are of particular Manitoba has taken out heavy Loans in japanese Swiss francs and West German Marks in recent although value of the foreign currencies has eased in recent All but the Dollar have gone up sharply Over the Long fluctuations the currency fluctuations mean Manitoba could lose nearly billion on foreign Loans when the Loans come if Exchange rates fall before the losses will be but if they Rise the losses will the province has so far borrowed the equivalent of another Mil lion can this fiscal year in Swiss francs and japanese since the Loans were taken foreign Exchange fluctuations have taken the value of the Loans to for us its a major concern and we will just continue to Monitor that Kots we will see whether the province continues to go out and borrow in foreign spokesmen for larger credit rat ing agencies Standard and poors and the Dominion Bond rating service they would peruse today provincial to be brought Down by finance minis Ter Eugene before deciding whether to change the provinces although the Canadian Bond rat ing service has just completed its Kots said it too will scrutinize the budget and could change the provinces depending on what the budget he said the Agency decided to leave the credit rating As it is be cause the provinces economic performance has been better than most of it has a diversified econ unemployment is Low and the Pawley government has put heavy emphasis on Job the Agency has assigned Manitoba an a minus rating since phone Bill catches up to woman the Lon distance feeling does not come a former Winnipeg woman Learned yesterday in court of Queens Margaret Kelly reached out and touched someone in Trinidad 53 times Between 18 and Billing the Worth of Calls to a disconnected Crown attorney Bob Gosman told the number had been in Kellys name but the Manitoba Telephone system disconnected it in september at that she had rung up an overdue Bill of More than for earlier Lon distance gos Man Justice Gordon Barkman handed who was unemployed at the time of the a two year suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulent use of telecommunications he ordered her to repay the Money in that Kellys penalty May not end because she could still face Legal action Over the original unpaid Kelly came to Canada from Trini dad 12 years defence lawyer Joe Aiello the 33yearold Mother of two now lives in where she works As a he said that in 1984 she was upset Over her marriage breakdown and called friends in Trinidad for sup province eliminates Job of police watchdog by Gerald flood the head of a provincial Agency that investigates complaints against police says he didst know the province is eliminating his youve taken me very Hans Schnieder said 1 was not aware of any intention to phase out my said he asked the government last month to relieve him As commissioner of the Law enforcement review Agency be cause he wants to he said the attorney generals department asked him to stay be cause a replacement was not readily he said he has been told he can leave after april 1 and assumed someone else would be taking Over his position because hearings into complaints of police misconduct have been scheduled for dates beyond his attorney general Vic Schroeder yesterday confirmed schneiders position was among 21 senior govern ment jobs that Are being at a saving of More than million a he to say How he would replace Schneider or if he planned to make the review Agency part of his he said Only that schneiders function would be continued and that he planned to revamp the Agency along with other plans to do some downsizing in his Schroeder was severely criticized by the Legal Community a few months ago when he scrapped the Manitoba Law Reform commission and turned Over its Independent function to review Legal issues to his the move saved the government about a Schneider said the Agency has accepted 300 complaints during its three year he said the province cannot scrap the Agency unless it repeals the act that created new talks slated on druggists fees by Janet Mcfarland the province will meet negotiators for Manitoba pharmacists monday for the first time in 11 weeks in a Las ditch bid to Settle a dispute Over prescription dispensing the pharmacists have threatened to unilaterally raise fees by next tuesday to Back demands for a better Deal from the the current fee is and the province has offered a 10cent Jack executive director of the Manitoba society of professional said negotiators for the Manitoba health services com Mission contacted him tuesday to return to the bargaining Davis said rate increases will go ahead even if talks go Well theres no Way anything could occur Between now and then any he said the pharmacies have already been notified and the plans have All been Davis said the society is asking for an extra per under the provincial Pha Macare Consumers pay for prescriptions and submit claims to Misc if costs surpass a deduct Davis said that in the past year Manitoba lost 16 or five per cent of the provincial be cause drugstores Are losing Money from Low he said he does not foresee prescription fees rising to on tuesday because the profession is 1 have no idea really what might but i do know that pharma cies will be determining their prices based on their place in the and they Are in a competitive mar he health minister Wilson Parasiuk has said the province will pay Only the authorized amount for Prescript he said some pharmacies charge rates lower than those set by phar Macare and he advised Consumers to shop As Well As terminating its phar Macare fee agreement the pharmacists society has Saj it will terminate its so called third party fee agreements april the City of the Federal health and welfare de the department of Veter ans affairs and other government organizations Are billed directly for the medication fees of some i divid we Felt that it was More reason Able to give the third parties an additional 30 Days because they might not have been Able to respond to the Billing change As Davis the society has been without a dispensing fee agreement since March since it has received fee increases totalling nine per the last signed in gave pharmacists five cents Davis said pharmacists costs have risen 50 per cent since Parasiuk said the province has been bargaining in Good Faith and the pharmacists have refused to reveal details of their rising he said they Huw done Well under Barm care because they probably have higher sales Here than in prov inces of a comparable ;