Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March Page 2 1993 Hydro Start hinted by Bob Lowery special to the free press Thompson construction on a major hydroelectric generating station May begin As Early As Manitoba Hydro officials told Thompson City Council this Bernie head of Manitoba Hydro generation development said More Power will be needed in 1999 to service the needs of Manitoba Cus he said one of the two Sites under consideration would need a Lead time of six years before coming on Hydro Short list is just South of the new Limestone generating and about 40 Kilometres Northwest of said the decision on which site gets priority will be determined by anticipated Power needs in the Conaw Apa station would prod uce an estimated megawatts of Power and would Cost billion to transmission it would Cost another billion to build a transmission line to carry the Power the Cost of the wus Khatim station is estimated at its output would be fed into the existing North Ern alternating current network at comparatively Little Cost Hydro environmental official Andy Miles explained that before any can an environmental Impact study must be he said it will take six to 18 months to decide which site gets the Green the Impact licensing and other preparations must be completed after the study is with full Public tend ering documents will be prepared and coffer dam construction should begin in the fall of Miles the wus Khatim site is on the Nelson House Indian Miles said Hydro has written to the North Ern flood which includes chief Rodney Spence of Nel son about the the committee has replied that it sees no objection to the develop provided All Federal and provincial legislation is adhered As part of the orientation Hydro flew members of Thomp Council and City administrators the wus Khatim and Conaw Apa Sites and Over existing Nelson River at the 100person Camp Winter Supply Road from Limestone was pointed Osiowy said More than million will be spent on the site this exploring the Rock conditions to see if they Are secure enough to sustain the generating he said cubic metres of Rock Are to be excavated this year and bags of Cement Are being brought in to consolidate cracks in the diversification wus Khatim is chosen for de Thompson mayor Don Maclean said it would be a Welcome diversification of the cites econ now booming largely on the current High Price of Hydro Limestone resident Man Ager Al Whitcomb said the station is to come on Stream at a Cost of billion instead of the originally estimated with 90 per cent of the cubic metres of Concrete in Whitcomb said construction this season will be focused on the 10 generating the first unit is to come into production the second on and the others at two month in the coffer which has redirected the Nelson River while the base for the powerhouse and spillways were being will be releasing a Cascade of water through the seven lower ports of the deaths Farmers defend drought Aid plan despite delays Thompson Holly Brand looks Over construction at Limestone on recent Hunters go hungry for Caribou As migration pattern changes by John Lyons Caribou normally a Staple of Many Northern will be a Lux Ury in Manitoba this herds accustomed to wintering in Manitoba have stayed further largely due to a mild autumn and heavy Snow in our feeling is the Caribou herds themselves Haven declined dra said Steve a Thompso based wildlife specialist with the department of natural this year was a poor freeze up in Northern my feeling is that they moved Down and hit bad travelling they Proba Bly headed Back into the North West up to Barren ground Caribou have wintered in Manitoba in recent said Ross vice chairman of the Caribou manage ment Hunters in South Indian 770 Kilometres North of will catch virtually no Kearney Hunters in the Community of the southernmost of the four Manitoba communities that depend on killed about 800 Caribou last Hunters at Madoule 960 kilo metres North of will Likely see a 90 per cent drop from last years kill of Kearney another 900 were killed at Brochet last Hunters there should fare slightly better than those at Madoule this Lac Brochet has traditionally taken the most this residents of the Community of 450 will have to travel 125 Kilometres North to locate Lac Brochet and visiting Saskatchewan Hunters killed about Barren ground Caribou last the Lack of Caribou will Force residents to substitute beef or pork at substantially higher prices than they would pay for and any Hunting will be much More expensive than usual because of the Dis Tances involved in locating despite their dwindling numbers in Caribou have been on the increase in the past few the Kami Turiak whose Mem Bers enter Manitoba most frequent numbered about in by 1985 that number reached the Beverly another frequent is about the same its too Early to predict if the Herd will return to Manitoba in Large numbers next Kearney the first Caribou Hunt in decades open to indians was held last most of the 150 licences were issued in the Churchill and about 30 Caribou were killed during the four month talks will be held with the four Caribo dependent communities on the possibility of allowing people from outside the province to Hunt Thompson while locals could earn Money acting As they fear such a Hunt could Hurt Caribou he the Beverly Herd enters Only the Northwest tip of the province in most years and much of the Herd Winters in Kami Turiak Herd members traditionally travel East to Hudson and South to South Indian herds Are named after their calving locations in the North our mistake an item in today reprinted Home expressions supplement says wrongly that there will be displays at the Home expressions in there will be West while they Start migration in Large the animals split into Small groups As they travel by Bill Redekop at least one farm group has come to the defence of the Federal govern ments million drought program that has become mired by delays and Harvey president of the Western Canadian wheat growers said Farmers forget the sizable commitment Ottawa has made i think its quite remarkable the program has gone As smoothly As it Mcewan its never been done for heavens they have probably chosen the most complicated Way to make pay ments but its because they tried to make it As fair As Keystone agricultural producers claim grains minister Charlie Mayer tried to make the program too and could have avoided the delays and confusion by creating a simpler Jim Manitoba acting agriculture said the prov Ince would like to meet with Mayer and to discuss making changes to the there Are some areas where there May have to be some adjust ments he but refused to explain what those changes might Nightmare denied Mayer denied the drought pro Gram has turned into a bureaucratic but regretted that first payments will cover Only a fraction of Many Farmers drought Ottawa will pay an initial payment of an acre for the worst drought areas because it still Doest have Complete crop data for last that was the Only number we could use without making a significant overpayment to some farm Mayer he said for Many Farmers the will amount to just 30 per cent of their total drought pay while for others it will be 80 per Farmers will have to wait until july to receive the Farmers have complained that the initial payments Are too Small and Mayer regrets tardiness much less than the pay ment Mayer spoke of during the Federal they Are also upset Over the late Ness of which were promised for january but now wont arrive until later this month or Early Mayer said the payments were delayed because provincial crop insurance agencies were a month late providing preliminary the crop records were promised in de Cember but didst arrive until Farmers have complained about not being Able to get through on the drought programs information direct Mayer said despite the fact 10 people Are Man Ning the and can handle 20 Calls at a the lines Are still he said the 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Pur Suant to Section 4 of heritage resources act with respect to the following site the lands and premises commonly known As first presbyterian Church in the City of win in the province of and legally described in certificate of title 842727 in the City of in the province of being in accordance with the special Survey of said and being lots Twenty two to both and All that portion of a Pulte land adjoining said lot which lies Between the straight productions Westerly of the Northern and Southern limits of said lot which Ufa p of sixth eight of the Parish of Saint Reg Fly he to tl1les As no 2942 excepting out of said lot Twenty five the most northerly sixteen feet in rectangular Width thereof the tires land titles office Snow As William 3 Alexs Adf a Farquhar Odd James Solem life Manitoba All of the City of in the province of take notice that a ministerial regulation was made on the 24th Day of 1989 designating the dated at the City of in this 3rd Day of Manitoba heritage and recreation 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