Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, August 19, 1988

Issue date: Friday, August 19, 1988
Pages available: 65
Previous edition: Thursday, August 18, 1988

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 19, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August Chrysler guarantees premiers resale value in writing Eagle Premier 7 pm warranty f loaded with options including Cowen of uni Mia air conditi0ningi Power As prestige Cas Low As style of Audi 8nd ease Comanche Tough a Groat looking As Low As 199 199 Vista fresh sporty took from Chrysten 8995 Cherokee now you can drive Loo medallion 995 As Low As i flip pan am 1430 Ellice relax we Nance some equipment shown of Lional and lease All leases 60 Mth All prices plus Dis prices Stow i include factory rebate jeep Eagle pub probe shallow irregularities in licensing poll ombudsman says Victoria up the provincial governments investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the Licens ing of a South Vancouver pub Only skimmed the says a prelim Inary report by ombudsman Stephen the ministry investigation was shallow and says the draft report obtained wednesday by the news irregularities were either not noticed or not ques copies of the preliminary report were distributed to persons who Are commented upon negatively in the those individuals will have an Opportunity to respond to the Owen said he will con Sider the comments before Mon Days scheduled release of the final the draft report says there were irregularities in the conducting of a plebiscite on whether or not Resi dents wanted the pub in their neigh it also criticizes labor ministry and liquor control and licensing Branch officials for their investigation of the Owen says in the report that David the premiers Princi pal has hired a lawyer to nation determine whether the ombudsman had the jurisdiction to request that Poole answer questions concerning any conversations he May have had with Premier Bill Vander Zalm about the pub or to request that Poole produce documents in his Possession relevant to the ombudsman my lawyers Are making a sub Mission that will change the report Charlie Giordano said Giordano is Vander Palms former Campaign manager and his company conducted the neighbourhood plebiscite for the Don the former head of liquor Board also said he would be making a submission to clarify inaccuracies in the the report also says Delta Busi Nessman Peter a Friend of Vander got into a Telephone shouting match with Andersen about a hangup in the pub approval pro Tsigos recollection is that he gave Andersen andersens Poole questions jurisdiction recollection was that Toigo threatened to have him another finding is that two of the pollsters conducting the plebiscite for Giodano Delta Media were related to Valerie the owner of the Giordano said he was not aware there were any relatives of Mcrobbie working for his the on land owned by was opened after the government determined the plebiscite was narrowly approved by neighbourhood such a plebiscite is mandatory in where 60 per cent of residents in a neighbourhood must agree to a up rail spikes track spraying after standoff with protesters Vancouver up a standoff Between protesters perched on rail tracks and a Crew attempting to Spray herbicides on up rail lines in Southeastern British Columbia eased yesterday when the company called off spraying for the the peaceful protest prompted Ca Nadian Pacific to Call off the spraying at noon one hour a truce was reached when the company told the protesters there would be no More spraying yester Well see what happens said Wayne a spokesmen for the were commit Ted to the process we started a week the confrontation near eight Kilometres East of came after the court of Appeal dismissed attempts by a regional District to Block the spraying of a herbicide called after Justice Charles lockes save up to with your higher idlers Coupon on pet Ocanada motor Eget a Box of eight Quaker Granola bars for Drinkin three pack for and a free Bike safety if you did not receive your Coupon Call our customer service line limit one Coupon per 25 litre till up to and including october join our drive for Bike safety each time you redeem one of the coupons in your a 50 contribution is made to support youth bicycle and Road safety through the right riders fund excluding free h i 4 Marque de Commerce de put Canada morning workers with trucks and Spray equipment started apply ing the chemical on rail lines in railway police were on the scene but ramp were not called asap proximately 150 protesters Sang we shall not be Locke said there was insufficient factual evidence that spraying of the herbicide Spike by Canadian Pacific threatens the health and safety of people and property in the West Kootenay there is a he its regarded As an acceptable but George chairman of the regional District of Central Kooten countered Why the hell should we have to take the risks Cady said from Nelson that he will be among those protesters willing to risk arrest rather than let up rail Spray a substance that some Resi dents fear causes health Canadian Pacific does not intend to be confrontational at All in company spokesman Don Bower in his Locke agreed with a supreme court decision earlier this week that the contamination of groundwater in Sault after a up rail contractor sprayed rail lines there in 1984 and was an isolated the company is still involved in a cleanup in Sault Marie after the toxic chemical seeped into base ments and killed grass and Trees More than 200 metres from the rail some residents charge that cases of cancer and diabetes then surfaced in the up rail has said it still does not know what went the Kootenay District cited a re port by a geneticist at the University of Western Ontario in efforts to extend a temporary injunction against the Joseph Cummins said the main chemical in called the causes liver and kidney damage in Labora tory there needs to be More study on its Lon term he but Ron director of the provincial pesticide control said the chemical can be applied Locke said he was satisfied by provincial environment ministry rules on the use of Spike restrictions that include not spraying closer than 30 metres from bodies of he also noted that Spike is federally approved and has been used legally for 13 years in District lawyer Guy Mcdannold declined comment after the Deci the spraying is done by other rail companies As Well on rail lines across usually every three years in an said company lawyer Norman the chemical is applied from a Boom on a rail truck to kill weeds and Brush on the Rocky ballast Sec Tion underneath the rail this ensures proper drainage so that rail ties dont deteriorate and also keeps the Structure said a herbicide is used because manual weeding does not get at the in the West Kootenay representatives of the Environ ment ministry and up rail must be present with the Crew of contractor Midland the company permit Calls for Spike to be last year about West Koo Tenay residents set up a blockade on a nearby rail line in the Slocan Valley against up rail spraying of the Nanaimo regional District has also said it opposes the which up rail plans to do on rail lines along half of Vancouver is my seeks ban on cards Ottawa up Liberal my Don Boudria brought his collection of bubblegum cards to the commons yesterday but he wanted to ban not Trade holding about 30 cards depicting cartoon characters like rat sucker Randall and run Over told maps they Are obscene and should not be Al Lowed in the cards garbage pail kids show the characters being run dissected and among other this kind of product should not be allowed to come into our country and should not be sold to our Boudria i Call upon the government to use the provisions of obscenity in the criminal code to Stop this kind of but a spokesman for the american company that makes the cards said they Are not obscene and Are popular with Chil Dren and their kids have always liked said Norman Liss of the Topps and this is a Gross but Boudria said the cards give children another it should be evident to most of us that this is offensive material and its obviously designed to convince kids that abuse of that death and mutilation and disrespect of others is not Only of but is he said out Side the and in my opinion that is the last thing we want to show to a seven Earold or Sale 7 6696633 1795 Henderson Hwy ample Kike puking 7745544 493 notre Dame ave both sums monday ;