Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free january Nova Scot ians protest closing Offish Plant r ii from the Canadian press a crowd three times the population of marched yesterday to save the towns Only National sea products fish Plant that scheduled to close on april 2 the mood of the rally is that were not said Pat Fougere of the United food and commercial workers were not going to allow this to As a bitterly cold wind blew off the about people walked from the towns skating rink to the fish Plant where speakers addressed the crowd from the Back of a flatbed National sea announced last month that it was closing the Canso which employs and Scal ing Down operations at North Syd another Plant in will also be closed in april bringing the total Job loss to about consulate in trailer Toronto polish consulate staff set up temporary Headquarters in a heated trailer yesterday As fire inspectors waded through the charred remnants of their former a four hour fire saturday caused an million damage to the refurbished mansion on the cites Lake front that had housed the a senior fire inspector insurance agents continued to tally the value of antique furniture and a number of ruined said Consul Krzysztof workers managed to save a tapes valued at while fire fighters fought the stubborn fire guts Mcgill lab Montreal a five alarm fire destroyed a Laboratory building on the Mcgill University Campus Early it took firefighters about four hours to contain the which erupted about and caused extensive damage to the called the lady Meredith House a estimates of the damage Are not yet but fire department officials said the which was gutted and suffered extensive smoke and water was effectively the four Storey building housed laboratories for students of All faculties of the beating victim Dies Vancouver a Vancouver Man has died in Hospital of massive head injuries nine Days after he was beaten up in Tony was the suspected gunman in an aisan shooting in front of a bakery in the neighbourhood on Canada police believe an argument be tween two aisan gangs in the bakery Lead to a stolen pistol being drawn an innocent bystander was shot in the knee and a 16 year old boy was hit in the following the sidewalk Yeung was chased Down the Street by rival gang members and beaten with an Iron three flee prison Sherbrooke police Are seeking three inmates who escaped their cells and fled a minimum Secu Rity provincial prison Here about 9 the three Daniel and Luc Bou 24 Are considered danger Ous and May be said Andre Moreau of the provincial police detachment in East of Moreau said police believe the three men had accomplices waiting for them outside the Bonanza Calgary Hong Kong investors have pumped about billion into Calgary booming real estate say Calgary realtors and Trade in the last six to eight theres been More interest in Cal Gary than in the last four said Jack Albertas Hong Kong based agent general for Pacific rim i think it is due to Toronto and Vancouver real estate being grossly seamen win Back pay Vancouver a panamanian registered freighter left the port of Vancouver Early yesterday morning following an agreement to pay four filipino Crew members in Back the Deal was worked out Friday and the Crew will get their Money As soon As the paperwork is according to Gerry an inspector for the International Tran sport workers it will be paid As soon As we can get the and we need a letter of guarantee and a Promise that no action will be taken against the the ship was placed under arrest after Mccullough was approached by the Crew who said they were forced to sign phoney wage accounts and that they and a former Captain were owed in Back Nutrasweet faces fight for control Ottawa up Nutrasweet tight grip on the Market for the artificial sweetener used in soda pop and gum will be put on trial tomorrow in a hearing that will be the first test of new Federal Powers to bust Howard Canadas com petition is seeking an order from the Federal Competition Tribu Nal to Force Nutrasweet to Stop using its clout to maintain 95 per cent of the Market for aspartame is the protein based artificial sweetener used in most diet foods and the value of the Canadian Market for the aspartame used in such products is Esti mated at More than million a Bruce Nutrasweet said in a recent interview his company Fate will be watched by business leaders across the it should be of interest to a wide Range of industries As to How the tribunal responds to these sorts of sorts of limits they if on the ability of somebody to compete in a vigorous but completely lawful flex Muscles who took Over last year As director of the Federal Bureau of Competition has said one of his priorities is to flex the Muscles of the monopoly busting provision in the 1986 Competition the which prohibits companies from abusing their dominant position in a Market to squeeze out the has never been Weston alleges that Nutrasweet has used distribution and contracts to freeze out other would be Nutrasweet distinctive swirl trademark is common on pop cans and Cereal boxes has Vehe mently denied any saying it has simply out hustled competitors since its Canadian Patent on aspartame expired in the complaint which led to the hearing was made last year by Tosh Canada a japanese owned company with dutch connections that has been trying to expand its marketing of aspartame in so far it has managed to Corner Only about three per cent of the Nutrasweet went to the Federal court of Appeal last year to seek a delay in the hearing and to prevent Tosh from intervening in the that application was denied in a december ruling paving the Way for this weeks which could last three no prohibition Mcdonald said the Competition act Doest prohibit the existence of a just the abuse of that Market Nutrasweet Doest dispute in fact that it Sells most of the aspartame in Mcdonald they say they have just continually demonstrated they Are the Best supplier there is 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