Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hie province Winnipeg Tea press january Page 2 Julian provincial editor band Deal a first Reserve Given lottery control by Pauline Comeau the Pas Indian band yesterday became the first band in the country to gain licensing authority Over lot teries and other games of Chance on its the the band has the right to establish a lottery commission with the licensing responsibility to control games of Chance on the Reserve similar to those games run by the Manitoba lotteries foundation throughout the rest of the the historic agreement Between the band and the province was viewed by the Pas chief Oscar Lathlin As a the larger question of jurisdiction remains to be but for the time being we have agreed to go along with this delegated Lathlin said at a news conference held jointly with Northern affairs minister Jim Downey and lotteries minister Bonnie Lathlin said the which will tie the band to provincial guidelines on the kinds of lotteries and prize limits it can is still a major step in native self government Initia we Are dabbling with self gov Ern ment when we sign an agree with other he said the Pas band Council has for most of the past decade conducted annual various and sold lottery tickets on the despite the fact it did so in Viola Tion of the criminal Lathlin estimated the band raises Between to annually for band projects from the the Law states that authority for running such lottery schemes rests with the province and its Power to authorize the creation of lottery native leaders have argued that they have the authority to run such schemes i their jurisdictions regardless of provincial or Federal this authority stems from their View that they Are govern ments in their own right when it comes to operations within Reserve numerous bands across the country run such schemes and often find themselves in conflict with Canadian in the ramp raided the band offices in the Pas and confiscated lottery charged were the Case stalled in the courts while the province attempted to work on a Lathlin said part of his motivation in signing was to remove the stigma attached to his band As being involved in illegal i did not want our band and our people to be seen by the larger society As not obeying Canadian Laws or provincial Downey heralded the agreement As a major breakthrough that could act As a Model for the 10 other bands in the province that run lotteries outside provincial on the practical Downey said the Deal Means the Pas band no longer has to worry about being raided by the our mistake a Story in tuesdays paper wrongly identified Lee de Boreau As chairman of a provincial task in he is chairman of a task Force which is a coalition of Mem Bers of the West Broadway and Wolseley residents Asso Board reach agreement Selkirk an agreement in principle was reached last night be tween lord Selkirk school Divi Sion and the Union representing about 120 school support Sherry president of Canad of Public employees local said details wont be made Public until a 19 ratification the staff have been working with out a collective agreement since the last one expired 17 months Ward said the new tentative pact was an let hour agreement reached through if we had not come to this pro posed we would be Tak ing a strike she we have been without a contract for a Long emotions Are run Ning very i cannot predict if the members will ratify the agree school Board members we rent available last Pught for riverbed to protect ecology by Terry Lulash Nyk special to the free press East Cable underground is nothing new for Manitoba but burying it under the red River in the dead of Winter Dennis Hydro environmental describes the work on the River bed As a unique and unusual Hydro is replacing the old microwave communication system with a new Fibre optics Windsor what makes this project unusual is that we have divers Down this time of the year to do the i environmental concerns led to the decision to Lay the Cable i Windsor adding the timing of the work will minimize a converted school bus left is the work base for diver Jeff Hoar far team mates help him through holes la bus floor and i the disturbance to the River River Banks arid Hydro applied for an end ironic real licence from the the licence was issued with the conditions of minimal he re said the in teams of three two men on top of the ice and one diver Are blowing out a 60centimetre Channel to Bury the cables Wayne project Field said the divers Are using water pressure to Cut a Channel for the the nozzle the divers Are using is Only three quarters of an Inch the water pressure is the working under the River Between Selkirk and East have run into which has slowed the As Well As the hard Bottom of the River we had very cold weather in said Jim owner of Marine divers whose divers Are laying the the divers Are the warmest part of the the equipment on top is taking a Higham said in a Telephone interview from new where he is on another diving Higham said the divers stay under the ice for about an hour at a they dive through the Bottom of the company diving they can Only see about one Inch i front of the Silt and darkness make it very hard to he the project is the second step i Hydro replacement of the 26yearold microwave lome Hydro Tel control said Cable is being Laid from Parkdale to East Selkirk at a Cost of it is the first project outside where million was spent last year to install Fibre optic the Parkdale Oeast Selkirk project is about 10 times More costly because of the Winter Schick this is one time when environmental concerns have won out Over he said the old microwave communication system is inefficient and unreliable compared to the new to do what one Fibre about the size of a human hair can do would take Sixto seven Inch diameter Copper and then it would not be As Schick he said there Are eight major systems i Manitoba that will eventually be changed from the microwave to the Fibre optic the other Schick will be costly because they Are i Rural areas where Long distances have to be shortage of potatoes helps foil plants Hopes for production Rise Portage la Prairie staff a poor potato crop is one reason the Mccain foods Plant Here will not see increased production As a result of a fire that destroyed pan of the company processing facility i new we originally thought we would pick up extra product por Tage Plant manager Brian Spencer but then it became apparent because of the potato it would have put stress on the crop out the fire in on 31 caused damage and destroyed a col storage area for Frozen Spencer said the ongoing drought in Western Canada has affected the potato but it was Only one reason no consideration was Given to expanding lines at the Plant which produces Frozen French the dominant Factor is that the company had already contracted so Many potatoes to be grown in new Brunswick and its More efficient if they can be processed Down the bulk of the work is Likely to be transferred to a Plant in grand and to another in ramp divers pull mans body from Lake ramp divers have recovered the body of a 39yearold Belmont Man who drowned after heavy equipment he was operating broke through the ice saturday morning and Sank to the Bottom of wintering 30 Kilometres South of the body of Bruce Phillip Andrews was pulled from the Lake monday ramp said Andrews was working on the contraction of a Winter Road when the Accident a police investigation into the Accident is continuing and the results of an autopsy Are expected either today or an ramp spokesman da8ly Deal yesterdays results Are King of Queen of King of clubs and 6 of a match of All four playing cards on one Selec Tion wins times the a match of three playing cards wins 30 times the Wager and a match of two playing cards wins three times the deaths Bruce Hus band of Carol Alexander Hus band of Elizabeth of Thomp wife of Frank Ethel wife of Gordon Howard Teodora widow of Bernardo Gerard Hus band of Patricia Lucy Clayton of fort son of Stan and Lillian Archie of car wife of Violet of White husband of Harriette Gui Roy of Toron husband of Elizabeth widow of Cyril an Henry George of Winni husband of Gail of for Merly of husband of Alma widow of of car husband of Olive Elizabeth Joseph Michael of husband of Nina widow of George game of ebb and of Gladys of widow of Alex Madeline of Maple wife of Tew William of Sel wife of Aron Yona James of summer husband of Jean scout widow of Louis Mydra widow of William Marie of formerly of David Van Carrie of of ;