Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba O a Yin setting the trap Mac pins its Hopes on Agatha Christie classic Cal chief named Donald Crump takes Over As Cal commissioner land of the kiwis few countries Are As varied As new zealand fish plants close fisheries products International chief Vic Young drops the axe weather Cloud today 5 Cloud tonight 16 Cloud tomorrow 5 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 751 ramp patrol River after traps set for snowmobiles by Paul Wiecek ramp Are patrolling the Frozen Assiniboine River after receiving complaints about deadly traps being set for its that no ones been seriously or even staff Eric Luke said in describing complaints of Tele phone wire being Strung at neck level across snowmobile the Way there set up and the Way its done in High traffic areas suggests to me that someone wants to Hurt these people for some were very eager to get to the Bottom of he twice in the past snowmobiles on trails along the Assiniboine near the Tansi about 12 Kilometres West of have notified heading Ley ramp after finding wire Strung tightly Between Trees across Well travelled snowmobile its set up right about neck level so that it would just Clear your Windshield and hit you either in the head or said Lyle an employee at the Tansi which caters to thousands of snowmobiles who flock to the area every Smith said a female snowmobiler came perilously close to serious injury Early this she was Riding along a path on our property and saw this wire at the last she stopped just in time and its a Good thing because shed have been going at a Good clip and could have been its really quite the incident was reported to As was a similar incident on a snowmobile path near Francois Smith said All snowmobiles that come into the resort Are being warned to watch for the its terrible that weve got to Tell them they might get killed if there not Luke speculated the wires could be some ones idea of a practical but added it is no laughing he said two officers Are now patrolling the River on snowmobile and the Public has been asked for any information about who might be laying the Luke said it is not uncommon for area Farmers to string Telephone wires Between their farms As a form of he see Farmer Page 4 second class registration number 0286 free press vol 118 no 36 weekly Home delivery in Winnipeg outside Winnipeg Home delivery 957o550 classified 9362330 third class act upsets passenger by Donald Campbell when Grade a teacher Claudia Eisbrenner returns to class next Shes going to have a whopper of a Holiday tale for her students but it wont be flattering for Northwest the Scotia Street resident said she and the other 138 passengers on the Boeing 727 that lost an engine somewhere in the skies Over Florida thursday were Given second class treatment after the aircraft was brought safely to the ground in a teacher at Greenway was Able to escape the delays her fellow passengers endured with tears streaming Down her she sought help from air i was very upset with the Way Northwest handled said who was in Miami spending a week visiting a they took us into a terminal and gave us a Coffee none of us Felt like eating the adrenalin was just racing through my then they just put us in a Northwest lounge and told us wed All have to Fly after what weve been we should have been Given top see air Page 4 a Tom free pbes8 e i v Fth Eisbrenner Safe at with Luggage investigators have found engine that fell from Justice inquiry boosts police costs by Janet Mcfarland the police department is asking the City for a special appropriation to pay in lawyers costs for the aboriginal Justice Inqui More will be Deputy chief Stan Scarr said Scarr said the includes Legal expenses incurred by the City and some of the Legal costs of the Winnipeg police Assoc a the City pays some of the associations Legal costs As part of the collective agreement with the police these Are the expenses that have been readily Scarr these amounts have been agreed to Between the parties As relevant to our collective agree Scarr said the department and Union Are still negotiating the cites share of some additional Legal there certainly will be More Legal expenses they do not constitute the entire Legal for Scarr said he does not believe the includes Legal expenses for court challenges launched by the police association last june against the aboriginal Justice Inqui he could not say whether the department will cover any portion of those the association challenged the Validity of see Justice Page 4 critics slam Forks plans Norrie defends hotel proposal by Ruth Teichroeb critics of commercial development at the Forks lashed out at yesterdays announcement by the Forks renewal that it has approved plans for a hotel and cultural Centre at the historic of course in opposed to Susan Ca a member of greening of the said yesterday after a Public forum at the University of Manitoba about the future of the its just one More during the forum sponsored by the faculty of Cameron and several other speakers said the proposed hotel is another sign that the Trievel government corporation is ignoring what the Public the people do not want an expressway or a tinker town or a West Edmonton mall on the Forks Cameron As the audience of about 150 the character hotel will be built by the Penn co group of Stein Bach in the Johnson terminal building Adja cent to the skating a news release German cultural Centre the renovation of the building declared a heritage site will also include a German cultural Centre which will be built by the German Canadian Paul past president of the German Canadian said both the hotel and the cultural Centre will attract tourists to the mayor Bill one of a dozen speakers at the also defended the redevelopment part of the mandate of the Forks Board was to have joint private and Public sector develop Norrie told the it is entirely within the mandate set out by the three Levels of but when several members of the audience demanded that Norrie push for a review of How the site is being he said that want one level of government could not change Norrie As the crowd Nick chief executive officer of the Forks renewal said in order to be financially the site has to Gen Erate at least enough Money to pay the Sites yearly taxes of there has to be private Diakiw see native Page 4 Ann Landers 41 Bridge 26 business 14 careers 75 classified 46 comics 26 crossword 26 deaths 46 editorials 22 entertainment 29 Faith 68 food 67 Home finder 43 Horoscope 41 Jumble Puzzle 53 Jumble entry 53 legals 42 letters 23 movies 36 news and review 21 outdoors 69 relax 30 Russell 23 Sinclair 30 sports 71 stocks 15 travel 63 Ward 3 the Conaw Apa offers Little yet Long Spruce Limestone Dann Camp Raven masters of multimillion Dollar site by Gerald flood Winnipeg free press Conaw Apa a dog Bounds out to Greet the helicopter As it settles on the site of the biggest capital project in Manitoba that nothing else moves among the collection of trailers and tents huddled in a Clearing on the Bank of the Nelson 800 Kilometres North of a nearby Field big enough to feed a few is a warm Refuge from the but it is chairs have been pulled up around a Blank television set and a sign on the Wall urges Drivers to take alcoholism but fails to mention there is no permanent Road across the Muskeg to the theres a pot of hot Coffee on a counter and four butter tarts on a the temptation is to look for but taming the off r Monito Bons Ore investing a big piece of the future in a desolate Northern site that int on most maps Hydro next Meg project on the Nelson free press reporter Gerald flood looks at what is to be the biggest capital project in the provinces Conaw Apa Means the More Likely outcome is that a search will turn up three which roam what passes for Forest Here at the Edge of Manitoba tree in a Distant the hum of a curiously churning Gallons of Orange and grape Breaks the otherwise perfect three men Are stationed at the Camp mostly to protect it from the cold because few Are Foolhardy enough to venture into this desolate Corner of Manitoba in Winter but they Are off somewhere doing something in the surrounding Welcome to future Home of a Manitoba Hydro generating station and the starting Point for a trans Mission Over the next a dam roughly equal to a 10storey building the depth of Portage Avenue and stretching Between main and bal moral a distance of about one kilo will be constructed As Many As men will be employed at the but on a overcast Winter a single Raven frightened by the helicopter is All that rises above the see Conaw Apa Page 5 ;