Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press april Page 3 Brian City editor judge orders dealer to pay car greenhouse effect benefits my City women protest cuts to centres Jeff 6e Futee to Tess by Donald Campbell armed with placards such As Weiner get your buns More than 100 protesters gathered in front of the Federal Grain com Mission building yesterday to pro test funding cuts to women in glad to see a few dogs Neil said one who gave her name As Tammy Faye because int that where the government is going Secretary of state Gerry Werner and the Mulroney government have been under constant pressure from women groups to restore Mil lion in operating Grants trimmed in the last about 80 centres throughout the country Are affected by the the cuts Are expected to slice about 15 per cent of funds currently provided to Manitoba women Centre spokesmen say the de compounded by a 10percent Cut the year has robbed most women centres of Money to offer programs and pay a wave of protest has been rolling across the country since the cuts were the wave began in where protesters were arrested for occupying a Secretary of state of and is rolling when it was time for Manitoba women groups to stand up yester Secretary of state offices in the main Street building were locked just in what could we have done to incur the Wrath of this prompting it to Cut Back this Essen tial service asked Beverly a rally for every one staff member at a women there Are 25 Volun were probably the most Cost effective programs in this coun women groups across the coun try say they Are frustrated by the seemingly inconsistent manner in which the Ottawa has singled out some programs for budget trim but ignored for in the same budget announcing the funding cuts to women the government approved a new office for maritime maps in the anticipated an Nual Cost of maintaining the office is Weiner has been attacked for in creasing Security at Secretary of state offices in the face of the protests a Cost of More than protesters also criticized the Federal government for spending about million promoting the goods and services tax before it was passed into Law by Parlia we want to Send a message to Ottawa that we Are disheartened and darn angry about the said Diane coordinator of the fort Garry women resource although most of the protesters barbs were aimed there were some who warned the Manitoba government not to Back off from its support of women centres in the next one Winnipeg women Organiza prostitutes and other women for equal rights has already folded because it could not get enough provincial Money to keep the government is basically banking on the fact that women Are hardworking and dedicated and willing to continue to provide ser vices to one Liberal la Avis Gray Ellice Bev Suek addresses women protest in front of Grain commission building inmate airs beef Over remand Centre ventilation by Donald Campbell there is enough to eat and the bed is but Ken Mcrae says the air in the Winnipeg remand Centre is Lousy and the ventilation system theres no air in complained a Winnipeg Ger being held in the Centre while await ing trial on fraud and its so dry All the in getting nosebleeds three times a other Guys Are walk ing around with heaps of toilet paper stuck up their when told of Mcrae Centre superintendent Phil Durant acknowledged he had a we have periodic air tests done and results show air Quality is within accepted Durant but poor air is a product of too Many people in the As the number goes the air Quality it could be the Centre is notorious for its poor especially on weekends when upwards of 180 people Are slammed into 140 cells to await a monday morning court under staffing and structural problems have been cited As factors in four inmate suicides at the lockup in recent a 1985 provincial review urged that a new facility be but the project slated for the Corner of Kennedy Street and York Avenue been delayed due to budget a prisoner in Centre for six said the air vent in his cell is blocked with dirt and there int one Quarter Inch of window to theres no no Sentila nothing is coming he air is but we cant get Durant acknowledged dirt collects in the he said the building maintenance staff periodically vacuum Mcrae also said other inmates and guards in the Centre constantly complain about the air inside the he said a guard persuaded him to Contact the news Media to get some thing done about the Durant agreed that the age of the building and overcrowding contrib Ute to an air problem that affects prisoners and everybody raises concerns about it the he it int com ing from just one cabbie fumes As Bossy car towed by Nick Martin Art Roy want thrilled to Wake up yesterday morning to find his Bossy car the cab Driver returned to his Lenore Street Home at 2 yester Day after turning his taxi Over to his he took his Bossy car and left it parked on it was gone at 10 this an angry Roy police told him the car had been towed away because the Street had been posted for Street cleaning and parking from 9 to 5 was Roy said he never saw any signs warning about the Street you could Call that not everybody works 9 to 5 in this he District 1 supervisor Jack Robson Ive got no sympathy for people who dont obey the 187 vehicles have been towed since the City began its Spring cleanup on april Robson Crews Branch out it could be worse by this morn regional services Engineer Bruce Mcphail sweeping Crews branched out from the inner City to other districts last in roys Robson said the signs had been placed on Lenore Street earlier in the night and the cabbie had simply missed seeing another Lenore resident con firmed seeing signs on the Street at Crews working overtime erect the signs by 9 the previous warning there will be no parking the next Day from 9 to 5 Robson but the times when parking is illegal May vary from one area of the City to an one person is assigned to record the plate numbers of autos already on the Street when the signs go they Are simply towed around the Corner while Crews clean the but vehicles parked after the signs Are set out get towed to a compound and it costs to get them Robson the City warns citizens through newspaper radio and to commercials and As Well As posting the Robson theres no excuse for not knowing sweeping will he adding some other cities dont even bother to warn residents would complain if City Crews simply worked around parked leaving a mess Robson and it would be expensive to return for a second Forks Deal Epp says City warned to tread carefully or risk undermining pact by Dan Lett City Council should proceed carefully with plans to exert influence Over of the As it May undermine a unique Trievel governmental Energy minister Jake Epp said in an interview following a luncheon in Epp said it appears City Council is backtracking on development plans for the even though it has already had an Opportunity to fully review them in the committees of Council have expressed concern recently Over the the Forks renewal and whether it is adhering to its original in the cites planning committee has sought to Block a Transfer of to the German Canadian Congress for construction of a cultural Centre at the a project Epp some councillors said the German Community had an unfair advantage because of Epps and that it appeared he was pursuing the project As a personal Monu but Epp said the City had ample Opportunity to assess development plans for the Forks and dismissed any suggestion he supports the German cultural Centre for personal there was a development plan which was submitted to the City of Winnipeg and to the three Levels of Epp i hear from the City of Winnipeg for exam ple that they should take Over the i remind it is not an edifice or Citadel to Jake we appointed a Board to in fact take it away at least to some degree from the if the City of Winnipeg wants to run the then there Are a lot of issues to Deal the securing of the Forks lands was Only possible through a unique working relation ship Between the provincial and municipal Epp and no one participant should be trying to change the rules when you pull out one pillar of an there Are Epp last month suggested racism May be behind some opposition to the Ger Man cultural Centre said he would like to see a multicultural Centre established at the but Only if a group could prove it would be Able to run it efficiently once when we asked for concept the German Canadian Congress came Forward with a concept Epp the Multi cultural i wish they could have come together on it but its one thing to put up a its another thing to maintain and support a they were not Able to do panels win tells City by Kevin Rollason the Winnipeg in the nineties citizens group is accusing the Forks renewal of stacking its advisory committees with representatives already in favor of proposed win representative Jean Millar Usiskin told members of civic planning and Community services committee last night the Forks is not allowing full and meaningful citizen participation in the planning of the develop Usiskin said one example is the advisory committee struck to look at a proposed Leisure Centre at the she said that according to a publication put out by the the committee is made up of representatives of the Manitoba sports Manitoba Curling and the Manitoba rowing As Well As members of there one single voice who might veto the whole idea of a Leisure Centre what is the likelihood of this com made up largely of athletic organizations and other user coming to the conclusion that we dont think a Leisure Centre is appropriate for the Forks Usiskin said because of this the Corpora Tion should be forced to ensure there is meaningful Public participation in decision the Public outcry against a uni cultural Germa Canadian Centre for the Forks is a vivid illustration of can happen when Public input has been Usiskin was mostly preaching to the converted because five of the six councillors on the committee were backed by win during the last civic election and the five present last night were those endorsed by but Christine committee said the win councillors will treat the win presentation As fairly As they do any a great Deal of what was said is fundamental to the policy we All put Ogeth Mckee River Heights its really part of the Way we View there is nothing that was said that we be comfortable in Glen Murray River Osborne also saw no danger of the committee being forced to Bow to any pressure from our relationship to them is the same As any Murray they operate totally they were just one of 14 endorsements i other members of the Public gave presentations about what they like to see the Forks Gilles a spokesman for Cross Way a nine member citizens group studying the wanted to see the site become a global Complete with translation an International communication Centre and a Trade Arthur Alan de Jardin said the Forks should be turned into a world class like Central Park in new York Mckee said last nights Public meeting was the last of a series devoted to the Forks Jeff de free press say it with dance Susanne Rubio and Mark Godden dance the Pas de Deus from Hans Van Mannens piano variations Iii at the announcement yesterday of the Royal Winnipeg ballets tour of Europe and the soviet Union and its 199091 ;