Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free August 1988 Driedger upset As Mayer skips Churchill talks continued from Page i on rail line upgrading and construction of new cars matter under consideration by the Crown Corpora Tion and Mayers statement comes about a week after Manitoba transport min ister Albert Driedger said Ottawa Ransom urges end to Hydro Trust fund continued from Page 1 Energy minister Harold said in an interview even the goal is he said reserves of billion Are More he said that without huge re the Utility will have no Cush Ion against the staggering charges that would result if it had to borrow the full billion needed to construct the Conaw Apa dam in the next phase of the Nelson River Hydro develop ment Neufeld said Hydro problems re sult because rate increases were kept too Low in the Ransom said further problems will result if an and created Trust fund to collect profit from Limestone is not killed by the he said the profits should go to Hydro to help keep rates he said the current Hydro Board is opposed to the fund and the tories were critical of the scheme when they were in former Energy minister Jerry Stone said the tories had fought against Hydro rate increases in the claiming they were the result of nip incompetence and Lisman he the nip had realized the Reserve Issue had to be tackled and had struck rates its he now its their Job to find solutions without increasing Storie said Hydro problems can be traced directly Back to a five year rate freeze imposed by the Lyon administration in the flin flon la said the nip share some blame because they didst lift the freeze before and because their Lon term rate had been pretty if i May say should Force the wheat Board to ship Grain through representatives of Manitoba three political parties agreed last week to form a committee to lobby Ottawa to Force the Board to use the they were supposed to discuss the Issue this week with officials of the Federal in the wheat Board and Mayer was unable to attend the tuesday morning although he did attend one Between Federal and provincial officials at the legis lature that Driedger said yesterday he cannot understand Why Mayer missed the morning he said Mayers office had told his staff the minis ters schedule was but no one said anything about Mayer being in Winnipeg for a meet ing tuesday night on cos shared economic development Driedger we sort of got caught on the Blind Side i because As a com we could probably have accommodated a rescheduling of the he he said the Al party committee met other representatives tuesday but Little Progress was made because the wheat Board did not Send a the trip arty delegation has promised to go to Ottawa if a shipment of Grain is not secured by the end of the nip representative Jay Cowan said Mayers no show irked if wed known he was Here last tuesday night we would have been Down the Churchill la tuesdays meeting officials of in rail and the Grain transportation authority con firmed that Grain is being shipped to Eastern and Western ports from Church ills catchment he Mayer said buyers have not shown an interest in Pur chasing Grain through the port this year despite extra efforts by the wheat Board to find with a Short shipping season that began last week and ends in mid no Mayer said he is not optimistic Churchill will get much tray the recent drought has dried up this years wheat crop and could reduce exports from 32 million tonnes last year to less than 20 million this he in he said the current demand for Grain is Low because most major wheat producers like the soviet Union Are now harvesting their own Mayer said were also looking at very reduced Barley exports and that has been the mainstay of Chur chill in the last number of police discourage Public from taking on gunmen continued from Page 1 his employees or the customer had been if it was just me and id do the same there was nobody else in he i think i did the right he could have took the Money and this Way the Money aint gone and he aint doing any More robberies for a he Dick Scott said police strongly discourage Mer chants from resisting an assail ant carrying a the police department does not encourage victims to attempt the arrest of we Tell people never to approach a person with a gun or try to disarm Scott Maudrich said he never thought he would be the victim of a Rob Bery adding none had occurred before in his four years at the used car the Way i look at it he got what he its too bad he got but its better him than me or a he the robber was in Good Condi Tion yesterday under police guard in recovering from sur Scott a 30yearold Man has been charged with using a fire Arm during a possessing a prohibited weapon and forcible con regal greetings Prince Andrew greets his Princess Diana As she arrives at Portland Hospital in London with her sons Prince and Prince wham the Royal visitors came to see the Duke and Duchess of Yorks new baby born company policy broken As victim worked alone continued from 1 shops across the Vic Epresi Dent Bill Rankin said the clerk was attacked at an East Kildonan store at about 5 yes whats supposed to happen didst theres obviously a screw up in were taking Steps to remedy Rankin said in an interview from the franchisors Thunder Bay head were very upset about As is the franchise owner in that particular Winnipeg police said the woman was released from Hospital in Good condition after the sexual assault and a Man was taken into custody about the Issue of workplace Protection was first raised in 1981 when bar Bara was found on the washroom floor of the Ideal donuts shop in Boniface where she worked As a the province subsequently passed a Law requiring the employer and the employee to evaluate the work Situa Tion and decide whether theres any risk and establish a plan of the resulting safety regulations went into effect in october Only one month after Gas bar attendant Lynne was sexually assaulted and slain while working at the Shell service station at King Edward Street and Logan relatives of both victims and the tory opposition unsuccessfully lob bied the government to strengthen the making it illegal for stores to have Only one clerk on duty after 9 Rankin said its a sad irony the first incident at a Robins donuts happened Days before the Chain begins a new program to teach staff crime awareness and Dick Scott said the woman was alone in the store when a Man sexually assaulted and grabbed a handful of Cash from the till before running the Man had no he the victim provided police with a Good description because the Man had been there before As a custom Scott the Money was Reco Vered when police made an he a 24yearold Winnipeg Man faces charges of sexual assault and Rob Scott Trade War threats dismissed continued from Page i that a bogey the government would like to create and leave an impression with the people of Cana he told we have been each others Best trading partner for Many in the Turner said that when Mulroney was opposition Leader in he stated that Canadian governments must Honor that fundamental British tradition in this which Calls for an election within four years so that the people can those four years Are added sporting a White Metal let the people decide the tories won 211 of the 282 commons seats on does the prime minister still be Lieve that if he Why Hast he called an election to be held on or before so the people can decide and pronounce on this Trade Deal with the United states Mulroney was absent from the but Deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski said the govern ment still has until late every government is elected for a five year mandate and any time after the fourth year generally we Start thinking about an said an election is still widely expected this with the Liberal senators Mulroney Doest appear to have an option if he wants to save the sweeping Trade which is supposed to go into effect and the prime minister has said he wants to get the implementing Bill approved by the elected the Bill still needs final approval in the commons before being sent to the Senate for Mulroney said earlier this we shall see what we shall the Trade which breezed through the House of repro is expected to get an easy ride in the representative John Lafalce of new York warned that defeat of the Deal in Canada would be catastrophic for Trade should this agreement be defeat i think it is almost inevitable that there will be a major Trade War Between our two he said outside the commons Liberal Trade critic Lloyd Axworthy said canadians be scared into supporting free they Are clearly trying to mount a Campaign in Canada of trying to Stampede sort of look if you dont do this fast the american Are going to Troy no on he Gretzky recalled As shy great one just did not know How to say no continued from Page 1 the Gretzky Moss remembers is not the Slick and self assured hockey but a childlike Young Man who never seemed to tire of signing autographs or shaking Many times while he was visiting Moses modest a lineup of autograph hounds would form on the front step and the phone would ring she other Gretzky would go out and organize Road hockey games that soon involved dozens of delirious neighbourhood it didst matter How Many there he always obliged and never Moss he just didst know How to say in an age of eve isolated sporting Gretzky became famous Here for never refusing to sign an even though he was regularly mobbed by several Hundred kids outside the North lands he once told reporters he had so Many pens thrust at him outside the Arena that his suit jackets were being a problem he remedied by slinging the garment Over his shoulder so Only my shirts will get with All this in and As speculation intensifies Over the motivation for the Moss said she has come to an interesting Oiler owner Peter Pocklington has said Gretzky asked for the Trade and the great one went along with that former Oiler Paul Coffey and friends of Gretzky feel Pocklington pressured Gretzky into a Trade he never the latter explanation is something that keeps gnawing at who knows what really but All i can think of is that he never knew How to say Moss is unsure of How Gretzky departure will actually affect there is much anger and resentment she but How Long will it last one person who thinks the City May indeed carry the memory of Gretzky departure for Many years is pondering the departure of oilers legend Wayne Douglas Lessard the popular manager of Edmonton bleachers sports bar remembers another time and place where his hero suddenly it was a Winter 20 years past and Lessard a 12yearold Quebec lad who carried a Torch for the Montreal canadians was watching his boyhood idol Jean Beliveau skate in his last i was in Sherbrooke with my watching the game on said i knew deep Down inside that Montreal would never win another game without Jean i know i was Young but it seemed like the of Low mileage pm executive driven automobiles priced 1988 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