Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free january Deal averts court Battle continued froth Page 1 to build an apartment now million behind in mortgage pay at Portage yesterdays agreement averted a court Battle for the four scheduled to begin last one lawyer involved in the proceedings the final agreement came in a Small crowded with about 15 lawyers from prominent Winnipeg firms and at least one Bank of Nova Scotia the proceedings took about 20 minutes to it was the latest in a Long string of Legal transactions stemming from a 1986 court order that allowed Coo pers and Lybrand to Start Selling off Imperial properties around Canada to recoup the million owed the Bank of Nova Glowacki was told by the Banks Michael that his client expects to fall More than million Short of the million when All the properties Are Worth much More the properties in question were Winnipeg apartment blocks vital Villa and Westover Square and two Vancouver the Winnipeg properties were sold to the numbered companies for million and the Vancouver proper ties for in the 1987 statement of the Bank of Nova Scotia said the sales were fraudulent because All the properties were grossly under a it said the two Winnipeg proper ties alone were valued at million and the Vancouver blocks were Worth much with the agreement in the properties fall to the hands of receivers Coopers and Lybrand for dispose lawyers for the defendants re fused comment yesterday and none of the participants would release court documents to in when Imperial develop ments went into i the company said real estate investments in Alberta and British Columbia ran into Finan Cial problems after High interest rates in the Early 1980s and a general economic off five fuse pres3 bad trip a car sits stuck in the ditch on the Tran Canada vehicles that Slid off the Road in icy Highway West of Winnipeg one of several the Highway was closed due to poor growers favor Rural operations continued from Page 1 you can smell the stuff growing in the City but you cant in a Rural i think that Why we see so Many of them out Here even though the major Market for the stuff is in Winnipeg police vice Ray Johns agreed the operations Are More endemic to Rural we dont see much of it in the he noting City police have busted Only two hydroponic marijuana operations in the past Johns said City police Are its a big problem and it will get he noting hydroponically produced marijuana is cheap to produce but expensive to buy because it is of better Quality than marijuana grown in More potent pot the ramp source said it is not uncommon to find hydroponically produced marijuana containing nearly 10 times the level of tet rahy the ingredient in marijuana that produces the High craved by As marijuana grown in Johns said Winnipeg dealers also seem to favor hydroponically produced marijuana because it is less you dont have to drive it in All the Way from you can grow it in your own basement or have someone else do it for you and that Means that Many less peo ple know what youre up Johns said City police and ramp Are cooperating in ongoing investigations of hydroponic operations believed to be operating outside Winni Gorbachev tells lithuanians secession Law drafted Axworthy Las ditch bid key organizer optimistic about bailout continued from Page 1 was upset with reports Axworthy might not asked for 24 to put together he Kaufman would not reveal the identity of the mysterious but described the very successful businessman As a Low profile person want trying to capture the in not very optimistic about raising in 24 hours in he he said Axworthy Campaign should it get off the ground at All be headquartered in Winnipeg with branches in Toronto and British the Campaign would be fuelled by Small grassroots donations of to he others close to a worthy suggested Money is Only one of several obstacles the Winnipeg Liberal must Deal with if he is to replace John Money is Only one part of the one source even of it is a great Deal of the question is will it be enough to create momentum and finally will there be enough momentum to catch the Chretien and both of que Are seen As Clear leaders with the race set to begin next also expected to join the contest is Hamil ton my Sheila former Quebec Wisnyi Rosment minister Clifford Lin Dennis Mills and Tom was Winnipeg North Centre Liberal David Walker confirmed the offer of financial assistance last but refused to say what affect it could have on Axworthy continued from Page 1 at a news conference soviet spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov said the draft Law would be published soon in the the Surprise development May mean the Kremlin has recognized that it will soon be faced with an unavoidable exodus and is working on providing an orderly procedure to preserve soviet Gorbachev is expected to conclude his three Day visit tomorrow by addressing a meeting of the renegade lithuanian communist which has voted to break off from the National the soviet Leader Hopes to Cool passions for Independence and to resolve the trouble some earlier after placing a Wreath at a Monument to Gorbachev warned a crowd of sever Al Hundred that a confrontation with Moscow could be we have been tied together for 40 whether we like it or to he then waded into the crowd and talked for nearly an decide together at one a Man yelled at the soviet president people must de cide their own Fate Gorbachev replied nothing will be decided without we will decide everything but he added if someone succeeds in pitting us against each other in a there will be a we should not allow he turned Down an invitation to attend the instead touring a meeting with lithuanian writers and and speaking with communist at the a sea of thousands of Green and red lithuanian flags greeted speakers in the late afternoon Winter darkness one after they urged lithuanians to reach out and regain the Independence they lost in 1 Appeal to our friends from Moscow you see the Thunder Roll ing across Eastern dont stand in its said economist Kazimieras Grazina who came from a City 80 Kilometres put it More we Are tired of she who was accompanied by her 11yearold said she did not believe promises made by Gorbachev about re in ready to have nothing to eat and nothing to Wear As Long As we Are she said As her daughter solemnly Algis a construction Engineer who had also travelled from said he did not think Gorbachev understood How badly the lithuanians wanted ind Epen we want to show he we will probably be the first in the soviet Union to achieve Independence without shedding any the gathering was staged by Saju the grassroots popular move ment that had taken the political initiative away from the lithuanian communist party at least until the lithuanian communists broke from the soviet party at a special Congress last saudis is now attempting to regain its momentum by pushing harder and faster for Independence and claiming that the first Steps toward the restoration of statehood will Likely be taken within As much As two hours before the 4 Start of the people began streaming toward the vast Central Square adjacent to Vilnius Cathe where a Large stage and sound system was still in place from a new years Rock this is a True test of the saudis Leader vytautas Landsbergis said As he waved his invitation to the meeting with a puckish Landsbergis followed another a Judis official to the after the latter had delighted the crowd by saying that once and for All we must put to rest the idea that Independence is the idea of Only a few Landsbergis said that this was the time for Moscow to right the wrong perpetrated against Lithuania when it was illegally annexed under Joseph stains Rule in even though the robber May be his descendants must return what they have he the aggression in Hungary and Czechoslovakia has been admitted Why not Here justas the lithuanian communist party ideology left his duties with the group hosting Gorbachev to address the rally and say he hoped the crowd would re member that the soviet Leader is being attacked from All sides for his progressive but Palecki added Lithuania will never again be a a it will decide things for almost All the banners at the rally reflected the hunger for Independence and anger at Moscow Domi russian occupiers out said one in written in said Lithuania lets arise and there were red and White flags from and ban ners expressing Solidarity from is the third Baltic at one a sobbing woman broke through the line of waiting speakers and took the in she said she was from Latvia and that her son had been killed while serving in the soviet army two years i still dont know the she he wrote me letters about being beaten by other veda cried Many in the and sever Al woman near the stage wept openly the Issue of army service is Vola tile in the with claims that their conscripts Are being harassed by after the Landsbergis called for 15 minutes of silence As a sign of our determination never to give in the Only sounds were made by the wind howling into the microphone and through the giant speaker candles shone including in the win Dows of buildings adjacent to the the silence was broken by the tolling of Bells in All the churches of Vilnius and the singing of National anthems and other patriotic As the songs switched to hymns Lithuania has a Large roman Catholic population even the communists on the platform Sang with 1989 Chrysler dynasty Les air tilt cruise split afm tinted radial balance of factory warranty 6 to choose All priced at new 1989 Dodge Colt 2 door cloth Power rear deluxe steering freight and Phi 4 to choose All priced at 1989 d9dge Shadow 4 009rs automatic afm tinted radial rear body Side doth 8 to choose All priced at pc o new 1989 Dodge Colt 200 4 or Sedan automatic litre radial bucket radio rear body Side freight and Phi Only fathers regrettable solution without lawyer says continued from Page 1 bodily and then striking her head on the a Gash on the girls head required 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