Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May Bennett inference rejected continued from Page 1 the outcome of the trial and a Possi ble securities commission it will be a while before we finish reviewing the said Doug chairman of the Securi ties the Bennetts have also been charged in Ontario and All three face a civil lawsuit filed by the Csc pension which bought shares from the Bennetts on the Price of Doman Stock fell about to when trading resumed after an announcement that a proposed takeover of Doman by Louisiana Pacific had fallen the crowns Case of circumstantial evidence was based mainly on Telephone Calls the morning of the key Call made at from Domans office to the Bennetts Kelowna office came two minutes after Doman had been told by Louisiana Pacific the Deal was r within minutes of the Call to Kelowna the Bennetts Stock brokers called Toronto with orders to sell their clients in his 60page Craig several times there is no direct evidence of who called whom what was and he i rejected several arguments the Crown made in asking him to infer Doman had made the i it would be speculation at Best cynicism at least to infer that immediately placed the Call i to the Bennetts said Craig also noted that stockbrokers Stan Steed and Dick Mcnaughton Nad been urging their clients for some time to sell some or All of their and he accepted their testimony that on they had been instructed before to sell the mum net mis pressing the flesh one of the two pandas on display at Assiniboine Park zoo proffers a Friendly Paw to its adoring Public through its Glass the chinese visitors made their Public debut in Winnipeg they will be on display until t w u 0 Rise in air to taxes airports continued from Page 1 have reason to airports in Vancouver and Mon Treal also Are taxed by the increase in air traffic sparked by the Federal governments gradual easing of fare and route restrictions under its 1984 Freedom to move transportation Canada expected to handle eight million flights this year compared with five million in but transport Canada has in creased its number of inspectors by less than 25 per to 560 from 454 in nothing has changed in terms of transport Canada t spokesman Rene Mercier the the government promised Dereg perception is that its not Safe to Latton worm open the doors to More but we still have the Best safety record in the Carman a re searcher with the Consumers association of said a 1986 inter Nal transport Canada document raised doubts about the depart ments ability to Cope with Deregla employee carries bomb into workplace continued from Page 1 the bomb exploded outside the even though there was no damage to the outside of the except for broken Glass near a wooden Wall next to the living its too difficult to say what happened right Arfield in the other an employee of Porter trucking Stum on to what appeared to be a bomb sitting near a natural Gas meter at 1987 Brookside Howard Thomson said he had parked his car when he saw what looked like an old can of starting fluid with fuses i thought it was a bomb right but i picked it up Thomson at first i thought it was i went into work and i youre going to think pm crazy but theres a bomb he said he and another employee examined the device a second he described it As about 25 centimetres Long and Centi metres i know it sounds strange but i picked it up knowing it was a Thomson you just dont expect a thing like that to happen Thomson said he waited 45 minutes before calling Bill manager of the trucking said he will hire Security guards to watch the prop erty 24 hours a Day to avoid an other i cant see who would have done this we dont have any ene Mies he but were definitely going to tighten up our a ramp interview arson witnesses from Page 1 feed damage to buildings South of Ashern near the Community of where two of the intention ally lit blazes Howard Hilstrom of Lun Tiar ramp said witnesses to the setting of the fire Are being inter arson was first suspected when Eriksdale fire chief spotted 11 separate fires wednesday night that appeared to have started within moments of each some individuals did see vehicles that did leave the area where a Hilstrom the fires Are believed to have been set near the Junction of highways 68 and about 35 Kilometres South of my free press someone drove along and threw matches in the Medd there Are a lot of crazy folks out whether we want to admit it or Hes an absolute he could kill natural resources minister Harry Enns said the province has asked the crime stoppers program to become involved in the yesterday at firefighters prevented flames from entering a Section Northeast of the which contains 28 but failed to contain the Blaze Crews worked for much of yester Day morning in dense smoke caused by their own backs using in a vain attempt to hold the fire at no communities lie directly North of the in its current As flames quickly spread North late yesterday More than 30 men worked feverishly to prevent the fire from burning a farm three Kilometres North of Highway where Crews originally hoped to con Tain the heavy machinery dug up Earth surrounding the House and Crews burned the grass in the fires As the farmyard filled with a provincial water bomber doused the House and adjacent a fire threatening the communities of hollow water and Seymour Ville near Manigotagan was moving North and was expected to bypass the area to the Medd but the area could be engulfed in flames should winds shift to the he about 900 residents have been moved from the bringing the number of evacuees throughout the province to emergency measures minister Al Bert Driedger said there is not yet any need to declare a province wide state of mayors and Indian band chiefs have authority to declare local states of emergency under which they have authority to Force evacuations and commandeer equipment to fight Driedger Competition among air carriers and Benefit Consumers with better ser vice and lower but while fares have deregulation also triggered the Sale of Canadas third largest to pea Jamieson which owns Canadian airlines paid Mil lion for in the Long that will mean less Competition and could result in higher fares with air Canada and Canadian controlling the major Jamieson it May have meant Short term gain for Lon term As the two major airlines take Over regional a professor with the University of Manitoba transport Institute says there will be less Competition on Shorter routes As i think the Chance of any other major Carrier getting off the ground is virtually impossible John Heads the Speed with which we came Down to two carriers sur prised air routes Are being restructured into a Huban spoke system with regional airlines like Calm air and air Ontario becoming partners with major carriers and feeding Passen Gers to connector he despite increased air Heads safety Doest have to suffer under if the firms Are reasonably they tend to be he airline Industry officials insist they Arent tempted to Cut Corners on safety because a crash is costly and bad for Norm president of the Canadian air line pilots does no buy that safety standards that is perhaps the most overused cliche i hear from opera he since the Cost of safety comes out of your it requires a very Strong moral Moti vation to keep up with unless transport Canada hires More air Carrier Bindon safety standards will Meterio if you expand the system and dont increase the number of inspect youre headed for air traffic has increased 70 per cent since deregulation with about licensed airports across Cut training costs the document said air carriers might be tempted to Cut maintenance and training use less experienced less expensive flight and push people and machines to an unacceptably thin mar Gin of it also said there we rent enough air Carrier or airworthiness inspectors to enforce safety but Rod Prairie regional director for Canadian said major carriers hire their own inspectors and dont take chances on were spending More on maintenance these Days because of reviews ordered by the Faa fed eral aviation administration after accidents in the he cracks due to Metal fatigue in the aging Fleet have prompted checks for similar problems on Ca Nadian carriers canadians Fleet of 93 planes has an average age of just under nine air Canadas slightly older Fleet of 114 planes averages 12 with dc9s being up to 20 years both carriers have newer planes on like the French made air bus which attracted attention when it crashed during a demonstration flight last killing three aging air planes Are not less providing they Are Well main Roger air Cana Das senior director of told a recent Winnipeg air safety but Morawski also acknowledged that some airlines neglect maintenance on Well known structural with catastrophic re people Are not perfect and so things do get out of control some times and accidents a recent study found Ottawa too often rubber Stamps the work of private airline tomorrow Central Region worst for accidents fire evacuees Board bus yesterday at salvation army to spend night in Regis evacuees hoping for Best continued from Page 1 had crossed Highway 304 and was expected to bypass the communities on the department of natural resources spokesman Don Keith said a shift in wind direction to the East could pose the whole area could be gone when we go you never quark As he Only about one in 1q residents have fire or House Clark said about 100 men from the three communities stayed behind to fight the but he said the wind prevented a water bomber from taking Seymo Urville resident Wesley is said he got Only an hours sleep after driving a Busload of 39 mostly to the Sal vation army Here late people were pretty Calm about he but added Many we rent aware of what was going Simard said while he is worried the fire May destroy houses in the there int much anyone can do but sit and 105 residents of Anama Bay and about 100 residents of the Dauphin River Indian Reserve were taken to Gypsumville yesterday As a precautionary Mea another eight residents from the Remote big Black River Reserve were also airlifted to Poplar Cindy an emergency Mea sures organization sixty residents removed thurs Day from red Deer Lake were Al Lowed Back into the Community yesterday while about 600 Ashern residents who faced evacuation thursday Are no longer in about 100 of an estimated 200 residents of the Jack head Indian Reserve were moved to Gimli yester game 14 had 4 winners sharing 3 of the winners had their to because they were 7day Home delivered subscribers Kemp 500 Karen Faulkenham Hando Kim Knott Kim Majury hold on to your Bingo cards win a share of up to i Cash one draw of or if a 7day Home delivered subscriber fifty draws of 50 if a 7day Home delivered subscriber How to win its put your free press Bingo card into an Enve Lope and mail or drop it off at the Winnipeg free be sure to clearly print your address and Tele phone number on the entries can be mailed to the Winnipeg 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