Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba J Winnipeg free of january three major fish plants to shut Down Lack of Stock lost cps two by Stephen Ward the Canadian press reeling from a Lack of Canadas second Lar Gest fish processor announced yesterday the closing of three Newfoundland fish plants by Victor chairman of John based fishery products in said plants must close in grand Gaultois and Trepas eliminating Over jobs and permanently tying up 13 the plants were scheduled to close in four months but the provincial government has agreed to subsidize their operation until he the provincial expected to Cost about was announced by Premier Clyde cripple towns Young said although the clo sings could cripple the three Small towns on the provinces South coast where the Plant is the Only pm draconian measures Are needed to keep the company in my judgment i could not keep All three plants open and say at the end of 1991 that everyone is in jeopardy because Fri is a financial Basket Young told a tense hews conference jammed with officials from the three Young said it simply want Possi ble to keep All of the company 17 plants operating at lower product Ion something had to be closed no matter which ones were residents would be understandably the announcement ended Days of rampant speculation about what the Newfoundland fish employs Over 000 people do in the Wake hunger strike called off Montreal up fourteen latin american refugee claimants called off their hunger strike last night after receiving pledges from 41 Well known Quebe cers to support efforts to be reunited with family Gerald a parti quebecois member of the provincial Legisla visited the Eastend Montreal House earlier in the Day where the hunger some who have not eaten for 24 were lying on Godin said he would organize the support of 50 Community leaders to symbolize the 50 urgent including the 14 hunger that the Federal immigration department is being asked to Rush Refu gee claimant Mario Ferrada the strikers were waiting for the list of the 50 supporters to Juan a Church minister helping the said the refugee claimants were willing to end the strike if the 50 Public figures agree to adopt the 50 cases and put pressure on Federal immigration minister Barbara their health is really in danger now and they Are willing to end the strike if they have Public Iturriaga said before was the hunger who arrived in Canada Between 1985 and rejected an immigration depart ment proposal thursday to accelerate an evaluation of their refugee claimants must wait until they have permanent Sta Tus in Canada before sending for their who has the Power to Issue special ministers permits to allow the relatives into the country wrote to the strikers when their fast began on saying she would Issue such permits if the claimants children were abused or abandoned or if their spouses were in mortal Ian a Mcdougall said the town of fort Frances clock sponsorship proposals the civic Centre at 320 Portage Avenue houses the police and fire Public utilities commission and municipal administration the fire department has a Tower 11 x 41 which had a mechanical exterior clock that has failed and is too expensive to it would be desirable to replace it with a digital clock with an alternating temperature other municipal budget necessities prevent this project from the clock is viewed by area downtown shoppers and we Are a major Point of entry into Canada with an International Bridge 2 blocks from the civic sponsorship proposals Are invited from Community business and corporate administrator town of fort Frances 807 2745323 of a reduction in the Allim por Tant Northern cod its also the latest body blow to an troubled East coast fishery reeling from dwindling fish stocks and quota earlier this Federal fishery minister Tom Siddon announced that the quota would be slashed by 16 per cent to tonnes tonnes less than last despite his Appeal to hard Youngs plan was immediately pounced on from several residents of the three communities vowed to fight the closings with protests and fierce lobbying so that their communities wont become ghost i bet you know the fight is just starting youre going to hear from Trepassey mayor Rita Pennell told Young at the news youre playing tick Tacktor with Peoples charged Trepassey teacher Francis were looking at a slow Rex mayor of grand Bank people have fished for Over 300 years asked Young if hed sell the Plant so someone else might run if you do wed have to close Down some other said the problem Here is a Lack of across the an angry Trade minister John Crosbie told another news conference that he will talk to his Cabinet colleges about a Public inquiry into How fishery products picked these three the minister said he is especially upset that the Trepassey Plant which is in his Riding was picked because he fought hard to get More fish allotted to fishery products in the 1990 Northern cod Victor Young announces Newfoundland fish Plant the plants in Gaultois and grand Bank near the foot of the Burin Peninsula shut Down May throwing 530 people out of jobs lost the Trepassey 150 kilo metres South of Johns and Adja cent to the once lucrative grand Banks fishing will close slashing 640 before closing their the plants will work a minimum of about five months this year and another five months in in addition to the Plant 169 trawler men will be Laid off As four of the 13 retiring trawlers will be mothballed and the remaining vessels scrapped or in the three commune fishing has been a traditional Way of life for centuries residents were fighting were going to demonstrate do whatever we Damn Well have to do save our very said John a grand Bank Plant Fred who has run Hal learns taxi in Trepassey for 16 could see the end of his Busi once that Plant closes in he correction the following error appeared in the Bret tons som annual clearance and inserted in this january the last sentence of the body copy Reading All at 50 off the 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