Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U Winnipeg free press january Page 3 Patrick City editor Sauve can take off White gloves at poles complaining As prices local place promenade Sale called Revenue threat North Portage development could lose millions in rental income on land under the place promenade if it Doest step in with at least million to halt a planned auction of the apartment the corporations chief place promenade is owned by a group of private developers Village at Portage place which is million in arrears on its mortgage with the Manitoba housing and renewal although the mortgage is insured by Canada mortgage and housing Marc has been instructed to put its mortgage on the auction Block within three Federal and provincial politicians have suggested they would not spend any Money to prevent the Issie the North Portage develop ment chief executive said the Tri government Agency would lose its million mortgage held against the apart ment towers developers if the auction were to take but Coop also said last night a Public bailout of the 376unit place promenade towers is necessary because of the complicated contractual agreements be tween the apartment developers and the Tri government we cant afford not to do Coop adding the North Portage development owns the land underneath place prom Enade for the next 75 if North which is funded by the three Levels of loses its Mort Gage with the the 75year rental agreement on the land would become null and Coop the developers also pay an annual rental fee to the corporation and if the current first mortgage to Marc is taken Over by someone North Portage loses 75 years Worth of our interests in the property Are such Gas bar workers unfazed by heists by Glen Mackenzie workers at Winnipeg Gas bars hit by recent robberies say the risk of attack is just part of the its not that much of a said Angela who has worked at the Domo gasoline station at 314 Wardlaw Avenue for the past Ive been robbed but they dont use the weapons they they just take the Money and the station where Gagnon works was one of two Domo stations robbed Early a Winnipeg police spokesman said a Man with a sawed off Rifle entered the Wardlaw outlet at and made off with an undisclosed amount of at a Man armed with a wooden handled knife entered the Domo station at 1840 main Street and made off with an undisclosed the spokesman As a Mohawk Oil station at 305 Mcphillips Street was robbed of an undisclosed amount about Friday by a Man who claimed to have a gun in his one Man was charged Satur Day evening with that police a worker at the Wardlaw Domo who gave his name Only As said workers Are instructed to cooperate with he said he disagrees with this because if you keep giving them what they come Back for a worker at the Mohawk station at 1656 main put Tims philosophy into practice foiling a robbery attempt with a baseball workers there said yesterday the possibility of robberies Doest worry Bill a Par timer who has been there about three said he enjoys working Over night because he likes working alone and enjoys the time available for Stock Prechuk said having More than one worker on duty after Midnight be yet its Worth keeping the station open All night to protect Ellen who has worked there since said while the baseball Bat incident concerned she Doest work the night Kubay said she has More trouble with drunks than with but said the recent spate of robberies concerns one police spokesman said yester Day that while it appears Gas bar robberies Are on the Sepa rate statistics Arent kept for the increase has been blamed on higher cigarette although a police spokesman said yesterday Only Cash was taken in the weekend Jeff of free press that we have to prevent that auction Hap Coop he said North Portage development took Over onsite management of place promenade last Spring when the developers first defaulted on mortgage the building now stands about 80percent full but would have to be nearly 98percent occupied to break Coop in addition to a immediate North Portage development would have to top up the monthly Mort Gage shortfall by the he adding that runs somewhere Between and a Coop said North Portage officials have Confidence i the future viability of the place promenade apartments because the Winni Peg rental Market will change in future he said current criticism and political second guessing of the upscale apartment project is at the time the program was developed and the decision made by North Portage to go with the housing was considered to be a very important element in the whole Coop gone to the sled dogs Daniel Dohan above befriends a husky dog at the fort Whyte Centre for environmental the six Earold was among the Many children and families who turned out to enjoy dog sled for Only visitors got a do slide Courtesy of Ray Pache of the masquerade kennels in Lack of faculty funds strangles research by Jim Timlick the University of Manitoba faculty of agriculture is underfunded and could face serious problems if the situation Doest improve according to the associate Dean of the Bob Parker said the most immedi ate area of concern is agriculture research at the where the faculty cannot afford to replace aging deteriorating the faculty has been informed by the Canadian Council of animal a certifying that two on Campus animal research barns that have deteriorated must be re the Cost of replacing the barns has been estimated at Mil Parker said the faculty cannot afford to replace the research barns and there is other equipment that is becoming Parker said unless More private or government funds Are secured some especially animal will have to be Parker said work that is done on Campus cannot be transferred to the faculty Glen Lea research station because it does not have the same support equipment located at the fort Garry Jim general manager of the Manitoba cattle producers As said there is an increasing concern that research at the u of m is becoming out of Bezan said the u of is agriculture faculty has also been forced into a Tough financial position because like most agriculture is now competing with private re search stations for Federal he said the cattle producers association May be forced to help the faculty with a direct contribution or to join in lobbying for More government the agriculture faculty has been faced with a funding shortfall for More than 10 the faculty funding from the University Grants commission has remained relatively stable at million a the provinces total research funding to the including Federal provincial has dipped by to about million since Industry Grants increased by approximately million during the same period of direct contributions by the Federal government have increased by approximately million since 1980 but most of the increase has been chewed up by teachers salaries and Parker he estimated less than a year goes towards the Purchase of new equipment for the it funding has been increased Over the years but in relative terms we now receive about 83 per cent of what we did 10 years ago As a Laurie Liberal agriculture said the Static level of funding cannot be blamed entirely on Mani Tobas conservative government be cause the new democrats also held the line during their term in who was head of the u of is Plant science department before entering said inadequate funding has reduced staff Levels and forced the use of aging representatives of the faculty have been meeting with the Provin Cial government for Over a year to address the problem but no solutions have been agriculture minister Glen Findlay said in an interview the province is aware that the faculty is under fund he said the provincial govern ments forthcoming budget will Likely contain help for the faculty but would not say what the assistance will the faculty has been plagued with a declining enrolment during the last 10 although the numbers have levelled off in the last three the number of Stu dents in the fou year degree pro Gram has dropped by almost 20 per cent to enrolment in the two year diploma program has dropped by almost 30 per cent to 164 students during the same teenager in Hospital after crash a Winnipeg teenager and a Man were in Hospital yesterday with in juries from a Headon a Winnipeg police department spokesman said Susanne of Margaret was driving a pickup truck North on Brookside Boulevard about yester Day just North of Inkster Bou she collided with a South bound semitrailer driven by Dale of Houde who suffered extensive was in serious condition yesterday in seven Oaks general the spokesman he said a passenger in the Richard was in Good condition in the health sciences red tape snags childrens Fate Centre with undetermined Hutchinson want injured in the the spokesman part goer stabbed a Man was in stable condition in Hospital yesterday after he was stabbed following a saturday night a Winnipeg police department spokesman said a Motorist stopped at Portage Avenue and Carlton Street at 5 yesterday to help a Man who had been police said the Man had been stabbed in the left Side after a party on Balmoral Street a Little Phil free press by Paul Wiecek Canadian immigration officials Are endanger ing the lives of two East Indian children who have been refused entry into Canada because of a bureaucratic the childrens Grandfather has Kalyan Singh said immigration officials Are aware his 15yearold granddaughter and eighty Earold grandson Are being physically and mentally abused by their father in but he says they have refused to allow the children to come to Canada because of an obscure Indian Law they say forbids a Grandfather to adopt his own he the father is a very unstable Man and the longer this the greater the danger for Sandhu said in an interview in his the children Are not wanted by this Man and my daughter has agreed they should be with my wife also wants them Here and so do Only the Canadian government will not allow them to Sandhu in a written Appeal to the immigration and refugee Sandhu said the his Daugh ters second has repeatedly beaten his daughter and grandchildren Over the past three including one occasion when his daughter had her Scalp torn and required 12 when Sandhu discovered what was going on during a trip to India two years he immediately applied for adopted custody of the children in Hopes it would make it easier to bring them to Canada to live with him and his Sandhu was formally Given uncontested adopted custody of the two children by a new Delhi court in november despite an Indian Law that forbids a Man to adopt a son or daughter if he already has a son or making it difficult for grandparents to adopt their own no one protested David Sadhus said the court allowed the adoption in this Case because no one both the Mother and natural father agreed to Trun Over custody to Sandhu and so the court had no alternative but to Grant Sandhu Matas Canadian immigration department officials dont see it that last they rejected Sadhus permanent residence applications for the two ruling that the adoption was illegal and the children could therefore not be sponsored by under Canadian immigration Sandhu would have to sponsor the children and their parents if the adoption is not recognized but he said immigration officials have already told him they would turn Down that request too because he does not have enough Money to support four Matas said an Appeal has been filed with the immigration and refugee Board but he is not confident they will the Board cannot consider humanitarian grounds if they dont first acknowledge theres been an its very much a Michelle Board confirmed the Sadhus Are in a Tough if its found not be a valid than the Board cant even consider if there Are compassionate grounds for the children to she Lauzon explained humanitarian grounds Are Only considered in direct family for instance and grandparent grandchild does not qualify As a direct the Appeal hearing is several months away and Sandhu said he feels frustrated by the for the past two he and his wife have taken turns living in caring for the scared to leave them its costing me a lot of Money and a lot of time but the worst part is the they should not have to go through so much unnecessary Sandhu Sandhu and with photos of ;