Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba M ii acc Winnipeg free press May Page 2 i Hedger wants in rail to compensate province abandonment plot feared behind Layoff by Zena Olijnyk Ottawa and in rail should compensate Manitoba if communities Are destroyed because of rail line Provin Cial transportation minister Albert Driedger said either the Federal government or in should offer compensation if layoffs like these Lead to rail line Driedger said in an referring to the railways plans to Cut about 190 jobs in Manitoba and across the Driedger also said he is disappointed he didst learn of the cuts until tuesday despite earlier promises from in rail that the province would be informed beforehand of major changes at the he said he had a meeting with in rail regional Vic president Frank Campbell two weeks ago and while some cuts to administrative staff were there was no word of the rationalization of maintenance leaked to Media but when questioned by the opposition in the legislature Driedger Attri buted his not being told of the layoffs to the fact that information was leaked to the Media before the railways negotiations with the Union were the announcement of to take effect next was made by nip transportation critic John he had obtained a copy of a letter from in rail Vic president of labor relations Fra Leigh to the the brotherhood of maintenance of Way employees i would like to believe that had the proper procedures been i would have been Driedger said in a later he said the abandonment of rail lines will increase Wear and tear on provincial roads because More trucks will have to be used to ship this alone could Cost millions of not to mention the economic and human hardship it would cause to Small towns that depend on the he Driedger said he is concerned the rail ways decision to Cut jobs in Manitoba is setting the stage for the abandonment of Small workers affected by the decision Are employed in maintaining the rail Many of them on Branch lines located near Ken free press in rail from John Van de Kerckhove and Claire Wood fear for their Miami Small Driedger my concern is for because Many of these people dont have the Opportunity to take up other he its twice As Driedger said there is Little the province can do other than lobby the Federal government and in rail so that the cuts would have a minimal effect on Mani we can fight but ultimately theres Only so much we can towns devastated but Lohman said the government should be fighting As hard As it saying the decision to Cut workers in smaller com such As lunar and will be not Only will there be the imme Diate effect of losing several jobs in a town there is the Lon term effect on the la Jay Cowan and Churchill said Many of the Job cuts will affect workers on the Hudson Bay More than 80 jobs will be lost Between Dauphin and a in rail spokesman in Gary denied yesterday that the layoffs have anything to do with eventual rail line saying the cuts Are part of a plan to introduce new equip ment that will enable maintenance Crews to rebuild track More but another in railed said from Montreal that its no secret in rail eventually wants to become a railway that services Only profit Able Wien you have 90 per cent of your traffic Gong on on third of your then you have to look at rationalizing your he worked bumped in Foreman says of career even after working close to half his life for in Brian Van de Kerckhove still faces the Prospect of having to move his family again if he wants to keep his when i was first hired 14 years i was told id be moved around a but i didst realize it would get like said the 30yearold line who lives in a House trailer with his wife and three Chil Dren in you figure after some youd be Able to Settle the sout Central Manitoba town is one of several Small Branchine communities that will lose rail workers As a result of a decision to Cut about 190 jobs in Manito to get around certain clauses in the in rail will actually Lay off More than 400 workers in Manitoba and across it will then rehire 225 in across in the Miami 12 people out of 15 will be and while details Arent Clear Van de Kerckhove said at least a few of these employees wont be Able to keep any Job with in they just dont have the he it was Only three years ago that Van de Kerckhove lost his position As Section fore Man in a result of rationalization in the the worst part of it is that we went from renting to buying a because the Job description said it was a permanent Posi he you figure you have Securi before moving to Van de Kerckhove was an assistant Foreman in after he moved to he was bumped a number of having to travel As much As 48 Kilometres a Day from Carberry to get to even since moving to Van de Kerckhove has had to bump workers in other such As to keep his Job when he has been Laid a Guy just gets settled and makes a and he has to move he the Guy who hired me Back in 1975 told me that As Long As you work with your whole life Story is worked i bumped Here until you now i believe Northern schools put in bind by growing teacher shortage by Greg Pindera a shortage of teachers in Ontario is putting Northern Manitoba in a says the superintendent of Frontier school which needs As Many As 70 new teachers this we Are beginning to feel it Strini Reddy its looking As though we May not get As Many applications As wed Reddy said the High demand for teachers in Urban Southern Ontario affects his division because the remoteness and isolation of its 34 Northern communities makes it a less attractive employment harsh conditions also create fron tiers traditional High staff turnover teachers who do go North usually leave after three or four years when they have the experience to get a Job in an Urban he while Frontier tries to hire Mani education faculties at bran Don University and the University of Manitoba dont fill the forcing it to look he solutions with the teacher shortage expected to grow throughout Canada in the 1990s As the people who taught baby Boom students Frontier is looking for Lon term solutions for its staffing he Reddy said the school Board is considering appealing to education minister Len Derkach to bring in some kind of incentive program to attract new teachers to the As the division wants to expand the student teacher work experience program begun last lotteries Western the winning numbers drawn last night Are 30 and the Bonus number is a match of the five main numbers wins Matching four main numbers plus the Bonus number wins a match of four main numbers wins and a match of three main numbers wins lotto 636 the Jackpot of was won by one the six numbers drawn last night were 19 and the Bonus number was one Winner in the five out of six plus Bonus number category wins the 27 winners in the five out of six category win the winners in the four out six category win the winners in the three out of six category win five instant tickets next wednesdays Jackpot is not less than the plus the winning number is lotto the winning numbers in yesterdays lotto draw Are 35 and the Bonus number is the Jackpot of goes to the Holder of a single ticket bought in Atlantic the Jackpot prize Pool estimate for the next draw will be the Sec Ond prize awarded to those Matching five regular numbers and the Bonus has two winners of the third prize awarded to those Matching five regular has 251 winners of the fourth prize awarded to those Matching four regular num has winners of he noting five of the eight students who worked in Frontier this school year have been Reddy estimates the division needs 55 to 70 teachers by septem and will get a better idea in june if its vigorous recruiting Effort will bring in enough we started Early this year and weve been working desperately to fill that he John Dean of education at the u of said Frontier provides the biggest demand in the but with an estimated openings province wide theres More than one Job per education the key Factor on Job openings is the number of teachers who leave the Stapleton noting retirements in Manitoba hit a 15year High last Morden studies water supplies special to the free press Morden insufficient Spring Runoff has caused this Southern Manitoba Community to weigh its water mayor Max Friesen said town Council has identified alternative sources of water for the Community if the water level in Lake Minnewaska continues to a year Peak water Levels were of a metre below the lakes while this Spring Levels have dropped to metres below alternative sources identified Are the Pembina River and the Winkler the Cost of piping water to the town from either of these sources is estimated at million to natural resources department Engineer Larry said he does not expect the towns water Supply to reach the critical where alternative sources would be great grand opening savings on luxurious leather factory direct from Aly each item specially ordered from Italy Premier furniture r Italy deaths classified death wife of Jan Bez Frances wife 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