Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 3, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free june truckers demise forecast study truckers a mod to move general freight we Tai hit there Are also trucking and trans Skang study author Barry from to University of Manitoba trans b mid Winnipeg is still Centre of Canadas trucking in attn nine of the 15 largest trucking firms headquartered Are still the Gateway to the and Prentice has to go through the Tecot Hawk Lake weigh scale on the Ontario Manitoba theres Only one Dwyite the fact that the number of Rural trucking firms has fallen 45 per cent to m firms from 153 since the study says too Many companies Are still trying to hang the study quotes Industry representatives who expect Only 12 to 25 firms will nip plots finances eat timed from Page 1 be ship reconstruction complement etch sometimes they can Woodbury conceded More Money Zoum have been raised by holding the convention in but it was important for the nip to reach into Rural theres evidence the Ridings Arent doing so the provincial financial statement had a new line added this year toss allowance for bad just More than was written off because some unnamed Ridings will never be Able to make Good on their debts to head Buckley he said he wants to raise about million this some above the 1989 operating budget of of the Buckley said about was raised in the first five wite Hes optimistic the target be Hes not sure i Haven thought of anything Brilliant and if do ill let you Buckley said Success rests Pri Marily on doing the same things special fundraising direct mail target drives and a fair leaders Levy working harder than a Pink insert slipped into Delegate packages this year pleads with members to help Clear the decks with a donation Buckley said be Hopes to raise Between and Wood Bory said he Hopes for both May be Overly while the bulk of delegates Are expected to arrive As of last of tit Only 182 had ultimately responsible for Tat party financial and member ship said his Job is to ensure theres a War Chest to be tapped when the minority Filmon govern ment is tested at the we dont know what the time Frame but that sort of end result is said but another Factor that is hurting companies Are regulations limiting the trucking routes of each for a trucker with an order to ship from Altona to Selkirk would be Able to carry the goods Only As far As because of territorial so the firm would have to Transfer goods to another trucker in Winnipeg to finish the Prentice Many carriers serve a few very Small thus creating a High Cost Industry with Low the study the study recommendations Range from lessening geographic restrictions to a total deregulation of the a Survey of of 84 Manitoba trucking firms showed almost 40 per cent had net profits of less than in while two thirds earned less than the figures were obtained by an audit of the surveyed Prentice said the trucking Indus try is symbolic of the economic woes plaguing Rural he said truckers have suffered from the shrinking Rural and the depressed farm Economy has reduced the freight demand for agricultural but truckers have also lost sub Stantial business to Rural bus larger farm trucks and manufacturers who now own or lease their own commercial Prentice said among Rural based manufacturers in 70 per cent now use their own and Prentice said traffic for com Mercial truckers Likely will continue to drop rather than for hauling Beer and empty Beer containers is the largest single freight for Rural if recyclable bottles were replaced by less Bulky freight would be lowered by at least the study says increased Trade with the United states could open the Manitoba Market to More canned the study also found that most trucking firms Are family owned and have been in business for 25 years or fewer than half of those surveyed said they wanted their families to carry on the i think the study is a fair representation of whats happening in the said Clarence president of the Manitoba trucking he said Small Rural truckers Are being bought out at a rapid the Rural Manitoba Carrier is find ing out he cant handle the situation on his Yackel Prentice said Winnipeg firms Are Able to buy Rural companies cheaply because the Small businesses have such a poor rate of he said truckers Are reluctant to sell and Start a new More than a third of the Rural truckers surveyed employ from two to four and about 17 per cent employ five to nine the transportation Industry development advisory committee is a transportation study group jointly funded by Federal and provincial fast Lane seduces vulnerable kids from 1 excited by things they never had at borne sophisticated stereo Access to drugs and no some of these kids even Cook for Somers it makes them feel somewhat Nur somen said while most of the Girts Are Young teenagers who runaways or under Agency Many Are from Middle Dass Homes in fort River Heights and vital girls who Are looking for few of them Are its any kid who Vulner she these men offer Good these Girts go from group to group and culture to while she disapproves of the word Somers said most of the Sam Are asian immigrants who Are organized in tightly knit these j know the payoff is some of it is but they know that when they As part of the Somers and constables Russ Heslop and Chris Beatty have been visiting to Tell them where their children have been and what their strategy is for retrieving the parents Are just floored they dont know what she the police would it these kids Back in their but they be gone the put these hams it i said she tells the Par that some of the needs of those children Arent being met at and they have to find a better offer to Sway them Back to these Are girls that have really gotten hooked in and were trying to find out what their hold she she said several of the girls have become pregnant and gone on but continue to Foster casual relationships with the were finding that some of the older teenagers keep in the group by going out and recruiting these she once they get the girls get More ambitious and move to larger cities such As Toronto and Vancouver where the same Type of swaps Are being its almost like a she Somers said she is concerned that some of these girls May be vulnerable to contracting the aids virus because Shes disco Vered none practise Safe interfering whats also difficult is trying to prevent the men from seeing the girls aged 16 and Sewell if the child is in a treatment Centre or at an its easy to get them under the child and family services he because that interfering with a child in but its difficult if they have left Russ program coordinator of child Protection for the provinces child and family support said As the oneyear Pilot program pro a Parent support group will be the parents Are concerned and reaching out for Chambers i think this program will work because of its Street worker a v do free press All aboard sea cadets from left Randy Tricia Mckay and Trevor Swain relax As they prepare to spend the weekend aboard the Bradbury at the Manitoba Marine museum in the vessel never leaves the safety of dry workers Back up students continued from Page 1 differences in the chinese Leader ship Over How to handle the move ment led to a Power struggle be tween Deng and his Premier i who imposed martial and More moderate forces led by communist party chief Zhao who favored granting concessions to the while Deng and i won the first Battle in the Power isolating Zhao and stripping him of his the ruling politburo is still believed to be split Over How to handle the today demonstration came a Day after authorities unleashed the largest and most vicious assault to Date on their pro democracy critics in a third Day of governments on sorted rallies that gave some intellectuals disquieting reminders of the tumultuous 196676 cultural revolt one with unmistakable anti american Drew govern ment Farmers and school children a sports stadium in Mihyun province 70 Kilometres North of three men dressed As Uncle Sam with false Blue capes and stars and stripes top the democracy and particularly leading dissident Fang who was re presented by a Black paper witnesses said that Many of the citizens involved in today demonstration were and this was certain to be of special concern to the which has Long feared that worker participation in student protests could Lead to serious social the government has taken major Steps in recent Days to keep workers out of the protests but that did not Stop thousands from coming out the estimated students camping out in Tiana men Square Learned last night through some documents they were Given that troop movement were they were also informed of troop locations by motorcyclists serving As a kind of reconnaissance the action began at around at an intersection on the East Side of the Beijing three blocks East of Tiana men when for 10 minutes some 500 to citizens confronted an estimated 000 the citizens shouted go and called on people in the area to join them in opposition to the the troops continued to press Forward but were channelled into the lefthand Side of the when a mass of people now numbering More than stopped the soldiers in their the troops then seemed to give Many jumped Over a Fence separating the Street from a sidewalk and rested behind Bushes on the Side of the they left behind Rice bowls and As Well As flexible Metal neck laces seemingly designed to Aid them in removing students from the natives Laud ruling continued from Page 1 the Money we can save on these properties can now be used to help our Nepal Typo in a written decision issued yes Justice Gerald Jewers of court of Queens Bench ruled that three apartments owned by the Council could not be assessed property lawyers for the town and for the province could not be reached yes the tribal which represents 11 bands with about Mem had argued it should not have to pay taxes on the properties because the Manitoba municipal assessment act states that lands held in Trust for any tribe or body of indians Are exempt from Thompson and the provincial municipal assessor argued the lands were not exempt because the assessment act was intended to apply Only to Indian As they argued the Trust created by the tribal Council was a Sham device to avoid and that in any the Trust is void because the trustee and beneficiaries of the Trust Are essentially the but Jewers didst arguments rejected it cannot be said that they legislators intended the exemption to apply Only to reserves and not to be extended to other lands held in Trust for a tribe or body of he said in his 24page he added that if the legislature had intended the exemption to refer to Indian reserves and Indian re serves Only they could have said so either by using the word re or some phrase incorporating he said in my the use of the word Trust should be liberally construed to apply to lands off the Jewers said there was no deceit or Sham involved in what the tribal Council adding there is nothing wrong with a corporation arranging its affairs in a Way to minimize the Impact of the three Thompson buildings were bought by the Keewatin Council in 1985 to be used As student housing for its members and As rental Thompson officials ordered the Council to pay in taxes on the buildings to cover 1985 and 1986 they had even threatened to sell the properties to collect the Money when the tribal Council reluctantly agreed to hand Over the London said yesterdays decision will Likely make it easier to have the Money Here much is expected from an he rises to make the dream come Albert Hubbard Johns Cathedral boys school is dedicated to encouraging every boy to real ize his full boys Are challenged to and to Challenge the thinking of they Are encouraged to be disciplined and self both inside and out Side the we offer resident students in grades 7 to 12 an Opportunity to Excel physically and per a professional teach ing staff and Small student to teacher ratios ensure a High level of academic popular outdoor programs encourage students to Challenge while they enjoy the camaraderie of their classmates and develop an appreciation for the Handson work experience in All facets of the Day to Day operation of the school helps build a foun Dation for for registration information for the 1989 fall please Contact Bruce i i Johns Cathedral boys school Manitoba r1a2a7 i j v i Winnipeg Call toll free ;