Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press april 1990 Page 3 Brian City editor door called open to Meech parents claim Victory in busing cabbies by Patrick Mckinley cab Industry spokesmen agreed to a fur ther found of consultation yesterday after losing their bid to have the government buy them out for i indicated strongly to them today that that the buyout is not an highways minister Albert Driedger said after emerging from a meeting with taxi Industry repro Driedger said he also reiterated his sup port for Manitoba taxicab Board chairman Don the cabbies had demanded that either the government buy out their 400 licences or fire Norquay and scrap his proposal to add another 100 licences Over the next five Duffy taxi president Peter who attended yesterdays put the Best face on the rejection of the cabbies de he said they Are pleased with dredgers Promise of further consultation Between the Industry and the Board before a final decision is made on the boards its not 100 per cent in our but i think its he said of the at least we have a Chance for Kapusta said the cabbies have no plans for a strike to put pressure on the taxicab he said the cabbies will not Back Down from their insistence that the proposal to add 100 cabs be it wont Cool Down on our he about 150 jeering cab Drivers and owners marched on the legislative building March 22 after disrupting a taxicab Board meet the cabbies charge that the proposal to add More cabs including adding an optional deluxe service with air conditioned cars and higher fares Cut each owners Gross Revenue by 20 per cent while devaluing their which Trade for Driedger said he hoped the new round of consultations Between the Industry and taxi cab Board will yield a solution All can live he said that As a quasi judicial the Board has the right to implement any Regula tory measures it sees with the exception of measures that require legislative Amend ments or the expenditure of government he said his Only option if the Board did something he disagreed with would be to fire and replace its Driedger said he remains convinced nor Quay is the Best person to oversee decisions arising from the boards Norquay said the Board will ask Industry representatives to make final written sub missions within three others who appeared at the boards earlier Public hearings on the subject will be notified when the cab Industry submissions Are and copies will be provided to them or the general Public on he Norquay said they will be Given a further 21 Days to submit their written Phil free press egg drop de a Grade 6 science teacher at Darwin school gets set to toss an egg Container with eggs enclosed off the roof of the school students were asked to design containers that would survive the in Kjarten Mynko left and Jeff Basarab High flying the picture at pose with their residents lose service after Gas line ruptured some Burlington Way residents had natural Gas service temporarily Cut off yesterday after a Fenc ing contractor hit a Gas a fire department spokesman said a workers Fence Hole Auger cracked open the main Gas line to 133 Burlington at residents on the South Side of the Street were advised to turn off their Gas while temporary repairs were a resident at 118 where the Fence construction was taking said the Gas line was hit even though ice utilities greater Winnipeg Gas had come out and marked where it could be i guess it want marked properly because they hit the Gas she ice spokesman Brian Farley said last night it was too Early to determine if if there was an error in marking the Gas Farley said Crews Mark the Lawn with paint where a Fence can be he said Gas Crews quickly stopped the flow of Gas from the broken Farley said no Homes were evacuated and there were no injuries in the last ice Crews were making permanent repairs to the ruptured Gas Farley said Winni Eggers can Call ice for a free Gas line locator service before digging holes for Fence poles or theatre redesign sought actors showcase has asked the City and its architect to look at finding a Way to save the extended pantages playhouse theatre Bill president of the Board of the actors showcase theatre said he is hopeful the City will negotiate to redesign a proposed 929squaremetre theatre on main rather than cancel the its not an easy Issue in the sense of looking at the amount of Money we have to Crook said but at least we have the cooperation to continue meeting and addressing mayor Bill Norrie said last week a proposal to build a second 350seat theatre at the request of actors showcase might have to be cancelled because tenders came in far above the amount Norrie the City would Likely have to return to its original plan to upgrade and refurbish the existing the City budgeted million for the but the lowest tender came in million Over budget at actors showcase raised toward the capital construction and an additional toward furnishings for the new Crook said his company has too much Riding on the second theatre plan to let it slip away without a its a major Issue for us in the sense that weve raised substantial capital Money at this he said negotiations began wednesday Between Mem Bers of actors the City and the projects architect to discuss alternatives to scaling Down the theatre Crook said he expects a solution will be decided within 30 we will be Able to decide whether its possible or not he i think its possible to go ahead with the second he said the Issue hinges on How the project can be redesigned to save both the City and actors showcase had space allotted in the proposed second and both would have to agree to scale Down their he we want to be part of the Crook How do we have to examine our their space and decide within the budget what can be midwife links misuse of term to bad name by Ruth Teichroeb using the term Lay midwives for untrained women who do Home births hurts professional midwives Battle for a Winnipeg nurse said Gayle a member of the Manitoba nurse midwife interest said Shes upset with Media reports about a recent incident in which an infant was stillborn after a woman with no formal training tried to deliver twins at a Home inconceivable she want a midwife according to the accepted standards of the world health Cooke calling her a midwife does an injustice to our police have launched an investigation into the april 12 incident in which a baby was stillborn at health sciences Centre after the first twin was delivered at no trained midwife would have agreed to deliver twins at Cooke its inconceivable for any mid even in countries where they Are to have tried to do a Home birth with she that considered a High risk who is a registered nurse and spent one year training to be a midwife in said hospitals Are notified about every Home birth in that an ambulance stands by during the the weather conditions have to be Good and the birth cant take place More than 10 minutes from the Cooke if the province would legalize midwifery and set it would discourage untrained women from attending Home she in angry when i read about this kind of incident when were trained midwives fighting for one of 17 members of the nurse midwives advocacy there should be some kind of but health minister Don Orchard said yesterday the Manitoba govern ment cannot take a stand on the controversial Issue of legalizing midwifery until it has More information about its Impact on the healthcare we Are inviting feedback and Haven come to any decision either for or against or Chard there is a Lack of informed knowledge about How it would fit in to the healthcare a number of Complex issues still need to be we cant just wave a Liberal magic Wand and make bet Ter All our Liberal health critic Gulzar Cheema Kildonan and status of women critic Avis Gray Ellice both said wednesday that the Fil Mon government has not moved fast enough to Deal with the Orchard said he could not com ment on the baby death and would not say if it swayed his opinion on the the government needs to assess issues such As supervision and where midwives would he need reviews a 1988 Manitoba action commit tee on the status of women report that recommended the legalization of midwifery does not answer All the questions that need to be he members of the nursing and medi Cal professions have expressed con Cern about the report because they were not he this Issue is not easily Orchard Ken Rew works on Portage Avenue median As Advent of Wanner weather signals Start of Street City gears up for Street work the closing of the Empress Street East overpass is Only one of the traffic headaches Winnipeg motorists will have to contend with this summer As the City gears up for its Road construction Andy the cites traffic studies said a total of 12 projects will be completed this summer at a Cost of Chimko said the Empress Street overpass reconstruction will Cost million and take about five months to the reconstruction is needed be cause the built in has deteriorated and needs a new deck safety shape Shoul median barriers and pedestrian reconstruction of approach roadways and strength ening of the Bridge superstructure also is during the southbound traffic on Empress will either have to use James Street or go East on Matthews the City will also open a temporary median and set up a traffic Light on Portage allowing an eastbound left turn off pm other Road projects the City plans this summer include d completion of the interchange at Bishop Grandin Boulevard and Pembina it is expected to be open by this d construction of a four Lane divided Roadway on main Street be tween Seaforth Avenue and red River during the City will have two lanes with an extra one open during morning and afternoon Rush a two month reconstruction of Corydon Avenue Between Stafford and Lilac streets in july and a d Only two lanes will be open under the Mcphillips Street under pass for six months As up rail fixes the rail Bridge starting in d resurfacing of route 90 be tween Ness Avenue and Wellington Avenue Donald Street Between York Avenue and notre Dame Avenue Pembina Between Mcgillivray Boulevard and Jubilee ave nue Ness Between Sharp Boule Vard and Ainslie Street Inkster Boulevard Between Keewatin Street and route 90 Nairn Avenue Between Sta Acona and Watt streets and Kennedy Street be tween Portage and York ;