Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january Page 3 Patrick City editor greyhound adds runs to snare via praised Plant accused of breaking we woman faces fraud charges after police find items reported stolen by Paul Wiecek a Boniface woman faces fraud charges after Winnipeg police searched a House tuesday and Dis covered items which had earlier been reported stolen during two and a Winnipeg insurance company said it will probably take Legal action to recover it paid a woman who reported paintings and other valuables stolen in a september 1988 i doubt were just going to let her walk away with our Money after Ron Manitoba claims supervisor for the cooperators insurance Winnipeg police said items reported stolen on that claim and on a second one last october were re covered during a search of a House tuesday police spokesman Eric Turner said officers had been treating both reports As legitimate break and enter cases until they received a tip from an Ontario based insurance company that there were irregularities in the woman second that was filed in connection with a report of a break and enter it was a Little unusual two Quad Vermillio Dollar breaking in one Turner but we had no evidence initially to suggest any thing but two legitimate break and he said police even produced two crime stopper segments dealing with breaking spokesmen for Cumis which investigated the second declined comment saying All its evidence has been turned Over to the Manitoba Justice depart Gerry free Drivers needed lots of Windshield Washer fluid yesterday As streets got Sloppy from record Dave free press wind blows record High away fast by Glen Mackenzie yesterdays record High c temperature was blown away by a Chilly wind that gusted up to 95 heralding a return to sea Sonal temperatures and producing numerous Power outages in Winni de an environment Canada weather services special said the temperature was expected to drop to c he said tomorrows and Satur Days High and Low temperatures Are forecast at c and c slightly under the seasonal nor Mals of c and Dobrzanski said sunny skies Are also he said the which reached its maximum Speed about was expected to Peter out by this the fact cold air was Chas ing warm air made it blow All that Dobrzanski he said the record High reached yesterday barely surpassed the dates previous Winnipeg High of c in Glenn a Manitoba Hydro Public affairs said no damage was reported to Utility but that several two Light poles were felled in trocar crash at Leila Avenue and Sinclair Power outages Schneider said the longest outage for a building hit the Viscount Gort motor hotel about 6 and lasted about two he said several Brief outages occurred late yesterday afternoon in Rural Winnipeg police and fire depart ment spokesmen said the Power outages gave them a Busy evening around the City As they responded to numerous alarms triggered by Power outages and the around ramp said they closed the Tran Canada Highway Between Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie due to Low visibility and dangerous Road Condi arson suspected in apartment fire by Jim Timlick arson is suspected in a fire that caused an estimated dam age to a downtown Winnipeg apart ment Block no injuries were reported in the which erupted about 5 at the Kirkby Terrace apartments at 393 Kennedy a fire department spokesman said the which chased about 100 tenants from the eight Storey is believed to have started in a Street level Parade at the rear of the the fire gutted 24 vehicles in the Parade and a number of other cars suffered smoke and water Deputy fire chief Allan Beveridge said the cause of the fire is under but preliminary Evi Dence suggests it was deliberately because of the Large number of cars were investigating it its not natural for a fire to jump from one car to another like tenant Wayne said he awoke and heard a series of loud noises coming from outside the i got then i heard All these crashing and banging and popping i put a coat on and went Down the stairs when i heard the fire alarm go said who lives with his wife and residents were allowed into the building yesterday afternoon to re Trieve some of their some wings of the Block sustained Only minor smoke and water dam and some tenants May be allowed to return by weeks Earl said he Only had enough time to put on a pair of pants before he was rushed out of the killed at problem Corner two motor vehicle accidents at the same intersection about 30 minutes apart tuesday night left one woman dead and sent a second to Lynn Heather died in Hospital Early yesterday morning of head injuries sustained when she was struck by a car while running across the southbound lanes of Hen Derson Highway near Edison ave Winnipeg police said Desmond had just gotten off a southbound transit bus at and was running across Henderson against a red Light when she was she was taken to Concordia Hospi Tal and transferred to health sciences where she died about 6 an investigation into the Accident was police at about a southbound vehicle attempting to turn East on Edison was struck by a northbound the Impact propelled the car into the where it struck a 27yearold Ruth Kroker was taken to Boniface general Hospital with a broken leg and multiple police said an ambulance supervisor was still at the scene of the first Accident when the second when i went to the Back of the apartment and saw the i pretty much had a heart said in just thankful i got out tenants forced to flee the Block were taken to a Winnipeg transit bus to warm up and were later moved to temporary lodgings at a Sherbrook Street Kirkby Terrace officials said they expect the apartments will be habit Able again within three to five if damage is worse than anticipate the corporation said it will help tenants find accommodation at other apartments at the same rental rate and will also give them a moving residents said yesterdays fire is the latest in a string of incidents at the Block in the last couple of Mel regional manager for shelter the blocks manage ment confirmed there has been vandalism at the building in the past few on a breaking was reported at a Home on Jaulneau More than in jewel paintings and other valuables were reported stolen and the owner of the House received an insurance settlement of last a second breaking was reported at the same paintings and persian rugs Worth an estimated were reported stolen and an insurance claim tuesday a police search of the House uncovered most of the property that had been reported Sto Harmer said any civil suit will have to be put on hold until the criminal charges Are dealt Etelka of Jaulneau has been charged with fraud Over and attempted a Winni Peg police spokesman ads blast proposed abortion Law physicians prepared to risk jail to ensure women right to choose by Nick Martin some Manitoba doctors will risk jail to protect women Equality and Freedom of Choice under a proposed Federal abortion a senior phys Ician said were willing to pay the Frank head of the department of gynaecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Manitoba medical told a news we will not be women will not be driven Back into subjugation through their physic Manning he predicted the legislation would significantly reduce Access to therapeutic abortions throughout delaying termination of pregnancy into the second trimester for Many and driving other women to Bac Kalley abortionists where they risk death and serious the u of is medical staff will treat the needs and wishes of Mani Toba women for Safe abortion ser vices As Paramount under any legis lation Ottawa May he Manning said his staff unequivocally opposes legislation designed to decriminalize therapeutic Abor Tion that is now before a parliamentary this proposed legislation is in and definitely he unbelievable this is an unbelievable step to take against the Law would effectively place a fully enfranchised Canadian citizen under control of a doctor who would act As judge and jury and possibly even As a criminal Manning but Larry spokes Man for prolife physicians of Man said Manning cant speak for the women of Many of whom he said reject abortion com or even for mannings entire mannings position assumes that pregnancy is a Reynolds its a fundamental insult to the proposed statute provides a prison term up to two years for anyone inducing an abortion unless a medical practitioner has concluded the woman physical or mental health would be in this sensitive it is completely impossible to interpret the effect of a pregnancy on a woman Manning that is the woman Choice to he we do not understand How such a Law could be supported by our legislators or by the Community at he said his department has established a contingency defence fund for doctors charged if the Law is Richard director of Day surgery in mannings depart told reporters that criminalizing abortion would produce what we Call the chilling fewer participating doctors would take longer to decide if an abortion met the Laws he at least 25 per cent of women seek ing abortions would be delayed into the second trimester of when the risk of complications Dou Bles every two he Access is already poor outside Winnipeg and Boroditsky this is the Only medical act were involved in that governed by the criminal judge to ease backlog by Patrick Mckinley the appointment of a second French speaking judge to help ease a backlog of provincial court cases has been welcomed by lawyers and the local francophone Justice minister Jim Mccrae said yesterday that lawyer Roger Gre Goire of Minitonas has been made a Par time provincial court besides hearing cases in the Swan River Gregoire will travel Back and Forth to Winnipeg to Deal with French language cases in Mccrae judge Lea Duval is currently the Only French speaking judge in the provincial court and Mccrae has come under fire for Long trial delays facing people who want their cases tried in the free press reported that duals lawyer Robert faces a Highway traffic act charge of failing to Stop but has been unable to have it tried because his wife is the Only French speaking Betournay has appeared before Duval at least five times on the charge and the Case has been remanded each news cheered Raymond president of la society said he was pleased with Mccrae an we certainly want to congratulate who is from Rural and we think this will go some Way to partially alleviate the problem of court backlogs for people wanting trial in French that weve been hearing about for the past what we dont know is whether Par time Means three Quarter time or what Bisson a member of the Swan River Law firm Paulson and Gre graduated from the University of Manitoba Law school in 1976 and has Practised in Manitoba and Sas a lawyer who said her clients constitutional rights were violated because he get a speedy trial in also welcomed Gre Gores Maryjane Bennett wants to have assault and break and enter against a client quashed because of delays that have forced him to wait 18 months for a trial in she said she Hopes Mccrae also tackle the problem of a shortage of bilingual court particularly at night North Portage stake in Complex revealed by Patrick Mckinley the North Portage development Sank million in mortgage financing into an ill fated apartment even though companies re lated to the downtown Winnipeg towers private developers had had previous financial Liberal la Jim Carr said Carr said a search of land titles records revealed the publicly owned development corporation put up far More than the million that has previously been made North Portage president Issie Coop confirmed that in addition to a mortgage on the place promenade apartment North Portage holds a mortgage related to parking facilities and a mortgage on improvements to retail space in the North Portage took Over manage ment of the Complex last year after the private faced with High defaulted on Mort Gage Public auction since Canada mortgage and housing which insured an first mortgage held by the Manitoba housing and renewal has ordered Marc to put the building up for Public auction to prevent the North por Tage plans to cover the million in arrears and top up the developers monthly mortgage Esti mated at to a Carr fort Rouge noted that a numbered listing some of the same directors As place promenades guaranteed the mortgages North Portage if this numbered company has Why is North Portage not suing them now for the arrears he his comments prompted an angry response from in not in the business of answer ing Jim Carrs he charging the la is trying to make political Coop said there would be no Point in suing the numbered company be cause Manitoba housing and renew Al which holds the first Mort would still get first crack at any he said he could not comment on the possibility of future Legal but did not Rule it Coop said the Mort Gage on the parking facilities was a no repayable if the building is auctioned North Portage stands to lose parking Revenue it would have collected on its share of the parking he Loans at risk the mortgage and the mortgage would also be at risk if the building was he the apartment project ran into trouble during the planning when financial problems afflicted a series of companies in the Imperial the private developers to build housing As part of the redevelopment of the North Portage i but after a financial North Portage said it was satisfied with the financial arrange ments and allowed the housing development to ;