Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Of d jobless to experts predict Capstaff Ottawa the Canadian unemployment rate Rose slightly in de Cember and thousands of layoffs at fish car factories and via rail mean there is More bad news to come in two economists said statistics Canada said unemployment edged higher last month to per up from per cent in the previous month and per cent i after adjusting for seasonal but the december figures dont account for workers scheduled to be Laid off temporarily and indefinitely during the next few the unemployment rate will certainly go up in february and said Doug chief economist at Toronto Dominion youve got some bad news built into the mooch off several economists have predicted the unemployment rate will Rise above eight per cent in one fish Plant worker scheduled to be Laid off april 2 in believes chances of finding another Job in his town Are we might be forced on to welfare before its Over but the government Moocher off of me Long enough so in going to mooch off of Donald Mackenzie said in a Tele phone i think the Federal government wants us All in Ontario and Mackenzie adding he plans to remain in Canso where he has worked at the local fish Plant for 18 adding to the recent flood of Pink automakers announced this week another round of layoffs in or photo Winnipeg free january 13 h East coast fish processing facing Plant add to the jobless Canada and the United states for later this month and february As that important Industry continues to Chrysler Canada said it plans to Lay on workers at its Brama car Plant for five weeks starting it will also extend a three week Layoff starting 2 at its Plant through the week of affecting Ford of Canada also said this week it will Lay off indefinitely 406 workers at three Windsor area engine plants effective More than workers at Cana Dian Auto parts and car plants have been Laid off temporarily and inde finitely in recent other major layoffs so far include via rail workers across Canada and More than fish workers in Atlantic John governor of the Bank of has kept Short term in Terest rates High to slow the econ omy and Cool upward pressure on and Toronto dominions Peters said rising unemployment shows the policy is wont lower rates but at least one economist doubted the december Rise in unemployment would prompt Crow to lower interest rates Hes not going to be bothered by that said Harvey economist at Wood for All of last the average unemployment rate fell As the num Ber of people working increased by on average during statistics Canada last years average unemployment rate fell to per cent from per cent in with the average number of people working in 1989 rising to from in statistics Canada said the number of people unemployed in december Rose to to up from the previous month As unemployment increased by in Quebec and in statistics Canada said december employment fell slightly in Agricula manufacturing and construction while the insurance and real estate sectors showed a slight gain in a report by the Manitoba Bureau of statistics shows fewer Manitoban were working during the last month of 1989 compared with a year earlier and respectively and that there were fewer people employed in full time the report said the december unemployment rate increased to per cent from per cent in Decem Ber fraud nets pair so years by Michael Smyth the Canadian press Toronto two former Canada Trust executives who embezzled million in what they say was re Venge against their cold hearted Bosses were each sentenced yester Day to six years in Arthur and Kenneth pleaded guilty last March to stealing the Money by setting up a string of phoney mortgages at the Toronto Branch of the company where they the Money was wired to Bank accounts in where the men fled after the scam was disco Vered in May they were arrested in London three months later following an International most of the Cash was Bertram and Wood joked and waved to friends As they were led handcuffed into the dressed in business they turned to each other and shrugged when the sentence was read by provincial court judge John there Doest seem to be an element of remorse from either of Kerr there has to be a harsh sentence As this was a Gigantic defence lawyer Diane Martin said the men orchestrated the scam partly because they wanted to Embar Rass their employers for not recognizing their work and overlooking time is running out them for they were Martin she said a former police foiled three attempted robberies at his Branch but was reprimanded for his it is against company policy for employees to try to Stop Martin she said that after spending 000 to of the the men planned to give themselves up to the pair bought expensive jewelry and a car and stayed in posh hotels while eluding the court was Bertram was the Loans manager at the Branch and Wood was a Loans Crown attorney Jim Atkinson said the men set up 35 fake mortgages at Canada Trust from March through May 1988 and fuelled the Money to Bank accounts in using false client names along with reference letters from phoney employers and photographs of supposed real estate properties to be the Loans were approved by Trust company Atkin son when a management trainee at the Branch questioned Bertram about the the men decided to flee the country that Atkinson he said police searched an apart ment the men shared the next Day and found a schedule of airline flights to marked in Case of police later bugged the phones of the mens parents and advertising deadline february 1990 Call today 9418190 you Are Manitoba Telephone system a member of telecoms Canada clearance collection of Wool fur shearling and world renowned fur Coats Are now on this is a rare Opportunity to save on the Best collection of fashionable warm designer Coats and m 275 Mcdermot at King 9427376 free parking North Side of store Fred Douglas major Are you 55 years of age or better do you enjoy life in the North end if the answer to 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there is a violent Compo nent Davenport the engineering skit night attended by a sellout crowd of about consisted of topless male crude female danc and piercing chants As Vari Ous engineering groups attempted to out Grunt one its All in said Jim a chemical University is stressful and once in a while you have to let one of 209 women in the engineering said in november some times she wishes she had never enrolled in the she said she has spent the last three years in an education environment where she often feels like an if i would have known then what i know now i think i would have gone somewhere else where i was More appreciate she Saud that during her first year an Issue of the the engineering student society made unexplained representations about her sexual behaviour and she said she was shocked and it was i talked to the Guy who wrote the article and he but after Guys have read the article an apology from one Guy Doest mean too a formal inquiry will Likely be which would include Exa mining whether the event should be permanently Davenport Troy president of the engineering student said he was disappointed with the audience behaviour because it under mined credibility the society has been trying to restore to the fac he said the woman who was booed will receive letters of apol who looked shaken and close to tears after the wednesday night de fended the male dominated Fracul Ive also said a lot of positive things about the faculty but they dont know she refusing to comment other Raunchy scenes were de fended by both male and female audience its just for Chantelle who performed in a kick line for chemical Davenport said he is concerned the negative publicity could Ham per efforts to attract women to the engineering Fred Dean of said he is also gun control Laws the Congress of Ca Nadian engineering students announced plans thursday to circulate a petition calling for tougher gun control in reaction to the december massacre of 14 women at the University of on the third 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