Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 6, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March 1988 Page 3 Mulroney hints at abortion credit card purchases fuel consumer local Parade phrase drives Point we dont want to spoil the but Harry la Zarenko is building an insurmountable Lead in the race for the 1988 Slaw Bebchuk just in Case you Reb Chuk was a longtime City councillor who became Semi legendary for fractured phrases such just give me the at a Council meeting last our civic leaders were doing some major league Bab bling about a proposal to give bus Drivers the right of Way when reentering in his inimitable la offered this revealing insight into or into this its about time automobile Drivers in Winnipeg would try to do their share of driving like everyone we hear Harry were not sure what yer but we hear Nan it seems local psychic Madame Helen red who claims to have located scores of lost critters with her Amaz ing is having trouble put Ting her mind where her Mouth big red recently asked the Winnipeg humane society to help her track Down her miss ing Black who vanished a while asked Why she didst use her psychic Powers to retrieve the errant she explained the Beattie must have been switched because her Powers dont work on d n d just in Case you need a reason to heres this weeks instalment of the Young and the at a court hearing last a lawyer and a judge were at loggerheads Over the proper word to use when describing the lawyer insisted his Cli his clients victim and a Gaggle of witnesses and we at court of Appeal chief Justice Alfred Monnin gravely intoned i prefer to Call them Una vory the lawyer reiterated his keen desire to refer to the Gaggle of naughty Fel lows As Cleary Monnin put his foot Down and declared the proper judicial term for Low lifes would be unsavoury Char a u As a Public were resurrecting our mean spirit de letter of the week depart this weeks contribution comes from a concerned citizen who apparently is having a real hard time track ing Down coming attractions at local movie we quote could you please inform the Public where and who owns a selected theatre near no i u n a Nasty fire caused some major league damage to a Sargent Avenue apartment Block last the Blaze came perilously close to the nearby Morden Candy curious As to whether the heat had caused a meltdown at the hoc Olaie one of ours called the Candy Man Blake Morden explained that Only favourable winds had spared his building and Choc Olate bunnies hiding inside it was a he we sounds like it missed you by a Ine of ours was jolted sleep Al a in in Ceil when All ear piercing noise i Ippei Thiu ugh her bedlam the smoke deter Lor had been she attempted to Rouse her who was snoring enough taif Mattei being prodded Foi Sev Iii the Ellow even la airy opened one bleary eve and a lulled de Vav s that noise la he tiled Aftel a ii u 0 Days w o i k o u Gai it a Young protester shows her feelings As she joins her Mother in pro Home birth College of physicians fails to bar doctors who attend Home births the Manitoba College of physic ians and surgeons has referred a Resolution to outlaw doctors who attend Home births Back to the committe that proposed the decision by the College at its semiannual meeting yesterday Means that physicians such As Dirk who attended 10 of the 44 Home births in Winnipeg in will not be cited for unprofessional we still encourage him Blouw to perform Home College registrar James Morison said the Only difference is that we consider it unprofessional conduct for him to do the College is still on record As opposing Home births because it believes they Are Blouw said he was surprised the Resolution was referred Back for More study because he Felt the col lege was determined to Stop Home he called the Resolution a regressive step because it would Force Home births its like he you can make it a criminal act but you cant Stop them from Hap if the Resolution comes it will be heard in province gets second hearing on pipeline use railway shop Craft workers set contract negotiation deadline the Union representing shop Craft workers at Canadas two National railways have set a dead line for a breakthrough in contract but the including in have decided to keep the deadline and their protest plans secret to prevent Ottawa from inter said Abe Rosner of the Cana Dian Council of railway shop Craft but All the preparations Are now the groups chief negotiator said in a Telephone interview from the Union Hast decided whether it will give the Public or in rail and up rail notice before the Job action goes into were still considering he the Federal government has Al ready passed but not yet pro claimed backs work legislation that could put an end to any strike before it As was done last year to the brotherhood of locomotive arbitration imposed on aug the Day before the engineers were scheduled to the Federal Cabinet passed an order i Council proclaiming a special Sec Tion of legislation taking away then right to strike and Init rising binding arbitration to whether the planned Job Ollie Ull dolls Hll killer a Ali lev Hie membership Kelil a tent claiming the backs work Legisla Bill in anticipation of the shop Craft workers Job it could very Well even Spur some unplanned Rosner refusing to the shop Craft without a contract since december 1986 and in a Legal strike position since Midas Are seeking a five percent retroactive increase for 1987 and another four percent raise this the railways Are offering a total raise of four per cent Over the two by Radha Krishnan Thampi the National Energy Board is re opening the Issue of allowing major natural Gas buyers Access to trans Canada pipelines distribution sys a provincial official Tom assistant Deputy Energy said Manitoba will appear before the neb when it holds Public hearings on May 16 in Ottawa to consider a Cpl rate apply Gunton said the province will make a Strong pitch to convince the Board to Grant bulk buyers of natural Gas equitable Access to the Cpl Manitoba lost a similar bid before the neb last in a deregulated Gas its very important to have equal Access to the Gunton adding he expects Ontario and que two other major Gas consuming to intervene As Gunton said Manitoba has been pushing hard for nearly two years to gain Access to the Cpl system to bring cheaper Alberta Gas to the its in the National interest that we must have Access to the pipe he noting the taxpayer subsidized Cpl line is the Only transmission facility neb spokesman Ann Sicott said the Board has decided to look at several including the accessibility when it considers to cps application for higher Gunton said this in itself is a Victory for Manitoba no the neb is recognizing the question of equitable accessibility is a major he Well take the Issue head who piloted the nip governments ill fated bid to take Over ice utilities distribution sys tem for a reported million last said the province will Send different experts to the neb hear after contracting for its own Gas supplies from producers in asked the neb last sum Mer for an order instructing Cpl to give Crow owned Manitoba Oil and Gas and Access to the the Board rejected the re dashing the governments Hope for an immediate Purchase of ice Manitoba is appealing the Board ruling to the Federal court of Cana Gunton said the neb decision would have left the province no Choice but to negotiate a Deal with Cpl if it wanted to bring in its own Gas but Cpl had already refused the province the frustrated government even considered moving the Alberta Gas through american but it was found to be Manitoba spent million in Legal and administration fees to pre pare for its three pronged strategy of arranging secure Gas asking for a Board accessibility order and buying ices distribution system in the the government finally gave up the ice bid Early this saying the Toronto based company refused to assume a potential tax Gunton plans new pitch Axworthy makes pitch to save buses Liberal my Lloyd Axworthy wants the province and City to recon Sider their decision to Cut funding to a seniors bus service in in his Riding and replace it with More Handi transit but spokesman for both govern ments say that while service in South Winnipeg May suffer slightly under the new seniors across the City will Guy Savoie tache said the province and City decided to Cut the annual Grant to the seniors bus transport which oper ates Only in South and give More Money to hand transit to provide similar service for the entire i dont think its right to offer a service in just one part of the said chairman of civic executive policy both governments have agreed to increase funding to hand transit by for that he Urban affairs minister Gary doer said the Public will be better served by the new which will be further expanded Over the and quite there Are seniors in this City who dont live in Axworthy doer under the new Handi transit will accept bids from private operators to use More a Lack of vans has limited the service hand transit has been Able to the increased number of vehicles will allow the transportation of seniors who have doctors certificates saying they Are unable to use regu Lar Public As Well As the physically its the Only thing that makes Savoie adding studies have shown it also will be More Axworthy said the Cut will mean seniors in his Riding who Arent considered disabled wont be Able to get out of their especially during the i think its a substantial and to say its expanding the service is a serious port for the country in Winnipeg however i declared plan during i tour which Jan ii following Salt the Union i on Idt in Sti in action Lilliav hot Lull i Ike we May stage rotating Sli ikes Fie s Bui if thai illegal acid s Walii Ludi what we ii j w ele jeep died to 111 a i i Ell i i i Wal ilex i i line i id i Gerv Cairns Winnipeg feel press University student tagged in fees for bounced Cheque drug Nairne is angered by penalty after stiff penalties for bouncing Tui Tion cheques has left one univer sity of Manitoba student cursing All the Way to the Doug a third year arts said he was infuriated when a overdraft in his Bank account ended up costing him More than in penalty fees and Bank service having to Dole out this time of year int easy for any the reason 1 feel angry is there using it As a deterrent and a using youre doing it on Pur Gary u of m comp Rol said students who pay their Union fets with rubber cheques face a charge for attempting to pass cheques with insufficient funds to cover them an additional charge is also levied the bad Cheque constitutes late pay ment acid the student int consid ered registered Unell the fee i he said the charges which Lank among the highest charged by universities across the country Are primarily to deter Stu deals film bad As Well As to covet adm Misti Ai Ion w Aid it some students come in know ing full Well they dont have the funds to pay he they think by passing a bum Cheque get away without having to pay the lat payment Between 75 and 80 u of m students Learned this want the Case when they passed psf Che ques to pay second term tuition he but students who know in and Vance they wont have the funds to cover the fees can receive an Extension if they apply before the due Wilson added Appeal possible students can also Appeal the reinstatement fee if they have valid John University of w in i Peg said students there who pass bum cheques Are slapped with an be Instate ment fee for each course taken on Register for Between three and five courses per he said Porter said the Nuin bet of psf cheques has dropped substantial in since the bad Cheque policy which cancels a students Ai in was i Piell Lenued ;