Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free january Ken Effie Happy year of the horse Northern wind dancers demonstrate a traditional lion dance to launch chinese new year about 200 people attended the show at Winnipeg West end seniors chinese new years which Ushers in the year of the is next prostitute jailed for killing drunk Hooker jumped by accused of spreading court told a Winnipeg nine months preg has been sentenced to 2y2 years in prison for killing a drunk who accused her of spreading the delivered by Justice James Smith court of Queens exceeded the term of less than two years sought by defence lawyer Hersh Wolch after Joanne Lynne Wintonyk pleaded guilty to Man Wolch argued his client was defending herself from Bernice Lydia who was forced by her Boyfriend to beat up prostitutes or face a beating from the evidence that mus Wagon faced such threats came in a statement from the dead woman sister and was read into court by Crown attorney Bob court was told was pregnant when mus Wagon accosted her on Martha Street last May and asked Why dont you get off the streets youre one of the ones who Are spreading mus Wagon was heavily intoxicated after drinking rubbing alcohol with her Boyfriend and another Man who accompanied Wolch he said Wintonyk then handed Musca gon a condom and told the drunk i dont think i use one of the two both weighing about 190 began punching each after being stabbed with a Jackknife by mus Wagon threw the prostitute into the Street and walked falling Down some distance away where an ambulance picked her court was told mus Wagon had four to six knife wounds to the one puncturing her Gosman said Wintonyk left the scene and told a who was also walking the streets i think i stabbed her because she was ripping the fringes off my jacket and its not my Wolch said the instigator of the whole sordid affair was mus wagons with Wintonyk As much a victim As the dead Wintonyk was working the As she had since 15 when she left and carried a knife As do Many other prostitutes wary of dangers inherent in the calling the incident sad and pathetic for both said he had to impose a sentence that would Send a message out to people carrying drunk or everyone deserves to be he while the jail term went beyond the Maxi mum for incarceration in a provincial inst Smith said he hoped Wintonyk would be sent to the provinces jail for women in Portage la Prairie because of her pregnant the facility allows women who give birth to keep their children while Koi free press preteen Consumers subject of debate the Manitoba government needs to control a minority of to advertisers who dont play fair with an opposition la said Jim Maloway and Elmwood said hell introduce legislation tuesday to impose restrictions on to ads aimed at children under children Are especially vulnerable to ads which try to persuade them they must have a product because other children have Maloway the exaggerations used to convince children that they need various goods Are truly he opposition Leader Sharon Carstairs said yesterday that her party favors the idea in but shed have to study Maloway proposal in detail before pledging Liberal protesters to picket abortion ads Homes anti abortionists say they will continue picketing the Homes of doctors who perform the despite an assault charge against a demonstrator last Vincent Daniel was charged last week in a 17 incident in which police say the 11yearold son of Winnipeg Eric Stearns was grabbed while recording the licence plate numbers of put Pat executive director of the Manitoba league for which organized the said the assault charge wont deter the group from staging similar pro picketing outside their Homes certainly remains a part of our she Soenen described the incident As unfortunate and not in keeping with the peaceful methods of the antiabortion lobby Penguin packing pickup the River Trail Penguin catches a ride on a pickup weekend at the Forks the festival Fea truck filled with balloons during the Northern Parks Tures displays in a tent on the River Lack of action rankles natives response demanded to alleged racist remarks by Demare by Janet Mcfarland the chairman of a native housing Corpora Tion is concerned by Winnipeg mayor Bill Nomes slow response to complaints about alleged racist comments made by Doreen Norrie said Friday he has not yet viewed a videotape of comments made by Demare on a native talk show on the videotape and an accompanying letter of complaint were sent to Norrie 4 by the a Yawin a native its becoming outrageous that we didst get a a Yawin chairman Stirling Ranville Demare was interviewed about her opposition to a vital apartment Block built by the in Demares Kiel House opened despite some protests concerns expressed by the Boniface vital Community during the Demare said these very people who Are living there now Are they now being Independent Are they now assimilating into society Are they now producing More children that Are going to be on the welfare or Are they going to become hold whether it be a labourers Job or other jobs Norrie said he still has not viewed the but is drafting a letter of response to the native it has not been mailed he because he has been Busy with other ill get to it Norrie he said his silence so far does not mean he supports Demares nor do her comment reflect councils position toward native i dont know what Demare said in but it want Council said native people Are still waiting to hear Nomes decision to their request that Demare i would Hope that she was not expressing the opinion of the City Council or the he if she Doest then in going to assume that at least her Demare has said she will not apologize because she was Browbeaten into making the which were taken out of con Ranville said his organization will wait for Nomes decision before deciding what fur ther action to native people Are not that aggressive on matters like but they know about Al Golden a member of Che vital Community com said he has asked Demare to apolo she i would rather die before i Golden he said he is the Only councillor who has met with native housing corporation repro Golden said he contacted the mayors office and asked Nome to investigate the comments and seek an apology if it is Neces you cant leave this thing hanging in limbo because it casts a bad Light on the rest of the elected he added that he Doest believe Norrie has not viewed the videotape if the mayor truly Hast seen the with the controversy that Hes been negligent in his Golden Shes More than just a City councillor representing the people of her she also is the assistant Deputy mayor of Winni tories await proposal on Gas tax finance minister Clayton manness said Hes not flatly opposed to a City tax on i had in a very informal to discuss it when it came manness and i did not discourage the if he had the support of his we would be willing to receive in his address Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie said the City May consider a gasoline tax As a possible solution to its Revenue manness said Gas taxes Are usually the exclusive preserve of the Federal and Provin Cial but he said the discussions with Norrie were so preliminary that he haunt re searched the jurisdictional issues or what Impact a City tax might have on the prov common in it represents a sharing of he but unless consumption it would not from manness also said he was not aware of any Canadian example of a municipality collect ing gasoline but noted it is common in he predicted Norrie and his Council would face the same kinds of opposition that arise whenever a new tax is obviously it is an increase in consumption manness As he said adjustments would have to be made on the basis of what kinds of Gas would be we will not take it seriously until is comes As a specific proposal from the City of manness Appeal court upholds strikers work order six Supe Valu strikers will finally have to begin performing up to 200 hours of Community work apiece for their picket line behaviour in the Manitoba court of Appeal the six had been found in contempt of an injunction prohibiting members of the Mani Toba food and commercial workers Union from interfering with customers and strike Breakers during a strike in the summer of 1987 against West fair foods operators of three Winnipeg Supe Valu lawyer Rocky Pollack argued that Justice Sidney Schwartz of court of Queens Bench had exceeded his jurisdiction by or Dering Community work for the but Justice Alan speaking for the three member Appeal ruled that Schwartz had not been limited to fines or imprisonment in imposing the work the circumstances required punishment that would demonstrate that obstruction of Justice would not be he Portage place mall loses fourth business Portage place shopping Centre has lost its fourth business this Lokken a boutique located on the Walkway Between the Bay and Portage has gone out of mall manager Don Knight mall management will meet with the stores owners to discuss Money owed on the remaining he Lokken opened up shop in the mall last Selling Scandinavia style Ceram the business they were doing was not what they had hoped so they decided not to Knight i think their product base might have been too he said he is confident the Glass front boutique will have another tenant weve already had some Calls about he so far in the adventure Shor Neys optical and Stephanie have closed up shop at the downtown Winnipeg grit maps father Dies after lengthy illness Norman father of Winnipeg Liber Al my Lloyd died Friday following a Long he was the father of four Trevor and had a Long career in insurance in working with London life and later setting up his own he was also a second world War who saw action in Sicily and the Netherlands As a member of the Royal Canadian army service Axworthy was Active in politics and in 1987 was awarded a life membership to the Manitoba Liberal he never ran for but he helped me on Many of my Lloyd a worthy Winnipeg South Centre said last he was one of the Best campaigners you could possibly Norman Axworthy suffered from a heart he had spent much of last year in Deer Lodge his son a memorial service is set for 2 tuesday at Mead Wood United deaths classified death of Hus band of Gwen of formerly of Archdeacon George widower of Evelyn husband of Kay husband of Marie Soren Willard of widower of Jessie Edward Harold of Winni husband of Ena husband of Anne i ;