Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 19, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press april Page 3 Brian City editor supper served on floor workers last minister accused of muzzling review proposed to Green City Hall by Janet Mcfarland a Winnipeg City councillor wants to see City Hall turn Terry Duguid Miles Mac Donell has proposed establishing a task Force to review ways the cites operations can be More environmentally Duguid said Many initiatives Are already under but they Are not part of a coordinated plan and Are not these things have been taking place in isolation of each he it seems to me we have to bring them the House of commons has done a similar review of its he Winnipeg is supposedly the nerve Centre for sustainable in saying we have to clean up our own act and we might As Well Start right the proposal was introduced Dur ing yesterdays Council but was referred to the cites executive policy committee for Duguid proposed establishing a task Force of civic employees with expertise in environmental such As Energy he said the Board could have the same employees who just completed work on a task Force studying the reduction of chlorofluorocarbons which deplete the earths Ozone in the cites opera they could fairly quickly do this sort of review and present some he Duguid said the study would be inexpensive because it would use current City we May actually save Money by reducing Energy consumption and our solid waste recyclable paper for he the City throws away one tonne of solid waste each Day and 90 per cent is paper that could be Duguid said the City could buy More Energy efficient Light bulbs and could save Money with better heat ing he suggested staff could use environmentally Friendly cleaning products and the cafeteria could be better the proposed terms of reference for the review include an Examina Tion of waste disposal and re Duguid also said the task Force should find Means for employees to get involved in thinking up ways to promote environmental issues at City Hall under a Green City Hall the task Force would also consider environmental initiatives already under councillors Are studying How to use recycled paper for City Docu ments and and have started using mugs rather than Styro foam Duguid said a study of Energy efficiency in the City Council building and administration building is also under councillors considered a motion Banning the Purchase of items made with tropical rain Forest a delegation of University Stu representing the rain Forest action and information said Council could set an exam ple by refusing to buy Wood products from the fragile and threatened for Lori Daniels said she did not know whether the City now buys rain Forest Wood products and said it is often difficult to find out the origin of Wood in an but Daniels said there Are Likely rain Forest Wood products available in Winnipeg because the Wood is often sold pm free press passerby picks the lock on a pair of Handcuffs while teen hides in passing lock picker gets teen off the cuff a teenager who made the mis take of trying on Handcuffs without having a key was freed yesterday by a passerby with a Knack for picking the youths dilemma began when he resist trying on a pair of Handcuffs hed bought for a bargain basement Price of 75 but there was a catch the cuffs came without a after attaching one cuff to his right he began searching for someone who could get it one of his potential rescuers called Winnipeg but the teenager and his two friends hopped a bus before officers a police caught up with the teen As he hand cuffed Arm in his Down Sargent Avenue last night with his two a curious crowd gathered As the police officers tried to remove the Handcuffs from the embarrassed but their key strangers offered to try to Cut the Handcuffs off and offered pieces of Metal to pry the lock to their police even recognized a key from a police Issue handcuff on one would be rescuers key a passerby succeeded in picking the lock and the youth gladly turned Over his trouble some treasure to the City unleashes controversial ban on pit bulls cyclist unhappy safety precaution nets traffic ticket by Janet Mcfarland the City has unleashed its controversial ban on pit Bull City Council yesterday gave final Reading to a bylaw Banning owner ship of pit making Winnipeg the first major Canadian City to outlaw the but the bylaw does not include a provision adopted by Council in March to allow City Pound officials to search private property and seize pit bulls without a search Jae Eadie Deer who proposed the seizure provision during a March 7 Council said yesterday it had to be dropped because there was no Legal Way to implement illegal dogs were not empowered to do that under the City of Winnipeg Eadie he said the City would need Ena bling adding he May suggest raising the Issue in discus Sions with the if we Are going to get these illegal Treyve got to have the authority to Clamp Eadie i think its substantially weaker than it would have been if we had had the legislated the bylaw passed yesterday bans the ownership of new pit Bull Ter Staffordshire Bull american Staffordshire american pit Bull terriers and any dog with the predominant characteristics of the four new ownership is banned effective june 1 and violators will have their dogs the 430 Winni Eggers who already have pit bulls licensed will not have to get rid of the but the Ani Mals will be declared dangerous june 1 and be subject to strict including muzzling and the bylaw revokes the dog licence for pit effective owners have until june 1 to obtain a dangerous dog which will require proof of Worth Ken free press by Nick Martin Louis Daoust admits he was breaking the but he want Happy about being busted yesterday for putting his safety Winnipeg police nailed Daoust with a ticket As he Rode his bicycle to work along the sidewalk Over the Osborne Street Daoust said police already had one cyclist in the bag As he came Over the Crest of the Bridge and scooped a third sidewalk cyclist As they were ticketing i know its illegal in this but they should be issuing Daoust said he got what he police spokesman Eric Turner youre supposed to know the could have walked he said Daoust could have walked his bicycle along the sidewalk if he was concerned about his safety while crossing the City police have not cracked Down on Turner the Cruiser probably nabbed the cyclist ahead of then pulled Over a couple he but Daoust complained the Bridge has heavy traffic and High in the its a Little safer to ride on the its pretty Tough not to ride on the sidewalks in this he said police told him they were reacting to complaints from the neighbourhood and had been or dered not to Issue but Turner said warnings Are left to each officers Daoust said its about time Winni Peg had a system of bicycle paths and daily route the Royal Winnipeg Ballet employee said he commutes to work each Day through the Osborne Vil Lage neighbourhood to his Centennial concert Hall office on main the lanes Are the streets full of and motorists Are generally oblivious to cyclists rights or even their Daoust Glen Murray Riveros borne said he gets complaints from All sides about bicycle traffic on the Osborne senior particularly those with canes or fear the Side walk he and cyclists complain about if theres an area that desperately needs a bicycle that Murray Daoust displays ticket for cycling on Bridge four fined in Pyramid lottery scheme by Terry Weber four people including a Winnipeg school trustee were fined yesterday for participating in a Pyramid lottery scheme billed As a Way for friends to help Crown attorney Bob Morrison told court yesterday that Dale Donna Hie Ivan Marinic and Patricia Mctaggart were All charged with conducting an Ille Gal lottery 31 after an undercover police officer infiltrated a meeting of an organization known As friends helping provincial court judge Wesley Swail fined Hiebert and Marinic a Winnipeg school division was fined because the judge said she was the Only one of the four to profit from the transcripts of proceedings the night of the taken from tape recordings made by the undercover show the meeting was introduced by who explained the groups purpose to new i would like to inform you that its relatively it is considered As a form of a it is considered a form of a Marinic according to the transcript read in court by the Marinic also explained Bank withdrawals for the initial investment should be made in a number of Small transactions rather than one Large sum to avoid arousing he when a member gets the promised upon reaching the top of the it should not be deposited All at once for the same As the group often splits into smaller cliques and meeting places Are rotated to escape it is illegal and you dont want to create Marinic said according to the court was told the group operated on a Cash basis and no receipts were at the time of the the four people charged said they were not aware such an operation was a criminal code most adding they believed it was illegal under the income tax act Only if they didst declare the Morrison told court yesterday that one of the biggest Pitfalls of such operations is that it requires a steady Stream of new members to pay As a he the organizations Al most always break causing some people to lose their of the four three lost their initial defence counsel argued for saying those involved believed the operation was a Way to help there were people who needed Money who were financed by the group so they might Benefit at a later Rocky lawyer for Mctaggart and for he Mctaggart made less than after reaching the stage because she had Given so much Money to others to help them become involved in the the four counsel would be sufficiently chastised by the publicity sur rounding the incident without the addition of a criminal a conviction for conducting an illegal lottery carries a maximum penalty of two years in none of the accused would comment on the Case after calling the operation a classic Pyramid Morrison said the organization oper ates in the shape of a with those on the Bottom giving Money to the person on the each the Crown would be led by a who upon reaching that Point would be Given below the presi Dent Are two members called Vic Epresi debts and beneath them four at the there were eight who would pay to join the of liability insurance coverage and a Tattoo on the the Only new pit bulls that will be allowed in Winnipeg after june 1 Are those brought in temporarily for Public dog they will have to be Kennel led and puppies born after june 1 have to be reported to the Pound within two Days of the they have to be destroyed or permanently re moved from the City within eight sales of existing pit bulls after june 1 will have to be reported to the dog owners attended yesterdays meeting hoping the bylaw would be Defeated on final but the Odds were slim because the motion passed 272 during second Reading in the vote yesterday was with councillors Bob Douglas Grants Larry Fleisher Assiniboine George Fraser Gloria Mendelson Kildonan Park and Joe Yuen Redbone in several councillors from Winnipeg in the a civic Reform said they would have prefer red voting for a bylaw that made exceptions for responsible owners of docile pit discriminatory Mendelson said she had thought exceptions would be ready before the bylaw came Back for she said the bylaw Doest have Strong enough enforcement provi Sions and irresponsible owners will ignore the i cant support this bylaw be cause its terribly discriminatory and in not convinced that it will be Mendelson Ernie Gilroy Daniel Mclyn chairman of councils and hoc committee on animal said he is committed to finding a Legal Way to implement but it will take he said a meeting is scheduled for monday afternoon to seek Public but added the bylaw should not be delayed in the judge quashes trading charges by Kevin Rollason a judge has cleared four individuals and two companies of trading irregularities on the Winnipeg commodity sex in a written decision re leased provincial court judge Harold Gyles Dis charged fraud and conspiracy charges against Gustave Joseph Albert car Randolph and Norman As Well As the Carrelli Grain and Duvell Grain As a secret commis Sion charge against Carrelli and Carrelli Grain was also the charges stemmed from an ramp investigation into trading Hersh Carrells Law said last night his client is pleased the charges were court was told that on Duvell Grain ran into financial difficulty and was not going to be Able to meet a margin Call of about i hat Day by the Winni Peg commodity Clearing because Norman Duvell was away on his the other principle shareholder in the asked the then director of trading for can Grain for court was told that Randy Duvell asked for a loan of to cover the Market or else his company would be instead of a Carrelli was used As the broker to arrange fictitious trades in which resulted in a profit to Duvell Grain and a loss to can Grain at the end of the but Gyles said because everybody involved treated the Money As a he could no find any evidence of any ;