Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press april 1990 Brian City editor sustainable growth nebulous Mitchelson gets licence tainted Turkey poisons 66 guests at wedding reception by Alexandra Paul a nervous Bride who eat was among a Small group of guests to escape Salmonella poisoning at a wedding recep at least 66 wedding including the fell ill after feasting on tainted Turkey at a March 17 reception in the Holiday inn Winnipeg provincial and family spokesmen said the Good news is that nobody the brides who was among the 66 who suffered Salmonella he also said the wedding couple might be getting a Honey Courtesy of the As a result of the Salmonella the Bride was the Only one at the reception who didst get her father like All nervous she didst the grooms symptoms surfaced after the couple began a honeymoon in ruin ing the the father Alexander provincial medi Cal health said he believes it is one of the biggest Salmonella outbreaks in Manito Bas one whom the father identified As a close Friend of the brides was admit Ted to a City Hospital for four or five Days because of the food Campbell Laboratory analysis has verified that the Turkey and stuffing served March 17 at the Holiday inn Winnipeg 1330 Pembina were contaminated with Salmonella Campbell City and provincial health officials Are still counting up cases of Salmonella poisoning among the 178 wedding he at present in aware of but i Haven collated All the information it May turn out to be 100 Campbell a preliminary investigation by provincial and City health officials disclosed the Proba ble cause of the outbreak As poor food Han doing by Kitchen we have found some procedures that Treyve been advised to he Kitchen staff failed to properly thaw the turkeys and after cooking failed to refrigerate the causing residual bacteria to Campbell a provincial health inspection of the kit one of two conducted in eating establishments had been performed a week before the he we have had no previous experience this he of now it will be the safest in the City to eat for quite a Campbell Holiday inn general manager Stevet James said we were the ones who brought the health department in to James said Foo handling has not been confirmed As the cause of the pending the result of further tests in Ottav Phil free press City to curb Norrie says councillors discuss new taxes firefighters rinse off after neutralizing the spill of hydrochloric acid found at a vacant City storefront two officers tested after discovering acid spill two Winnipeg police officers were sent to Hospital for precautionary checks yesterday after coming across a spill of hydrochloric acid while investigating a the officers were sent to Victoria general Hospital after answering a Call at a vacant storefront in a strip mall on Victor Lewis a police spokesman the officers were released from Hospital and did not suffer any ill a 22kilograrn barrel of hydrochloric acid was spilled sometime during the Early morning in what police Are treating As a break and ten windows were also hydrochloric which was being used in this Case to scrub a Concrete can cause skin Burns in High it can also explode when heated in a and produce dangerous and Corro Sive i dont think it was but it could have been a dangerous situation if someone stumbled on Del acting Deputy fire workers in a neighbouring building noticed the broken windows yesterday the fire depart ments emergency response City police and a Manitoba Environ ment department official arrived after 11 Mark an officer with the environment said the Way the acid was stored did not break provincial i think in that Quantity it want a we we rent concerned about regulations being broken in this he the fire department used a com Pound to neutralize the which was then removed to be he Szkolnicki said the broken win Dows allowed any acid fumes to a spokesman for Concord proper ties the buildings had no explanation for the by Janet Macfarland the cites executive policy com Mittee has decided to put a curb on future capital mayor Bill Norrie said Norrie said High interest rates and their growing Impact on the cites tax supported budget have con Vinced councillors the City has to Cut Back on its capital the capital budget for Large construction and purchasing projects such As a Tran sit corridor or a new police facade my is supported largely by Bor in councillors approved million in borrowing for the 1990 capital increasing the cites total debt to about very careful Norrie said members of the policy committee have not set a reduced target level yet for nor have they decided to Cut specific we Are going to work toward the reduction of the borrowing Norrie said during a Telephone news conference we want to be very careful we dont build up the borrowing costs against current budgets and have High increases in future tax the policy committee and the cites senior bureaucrats Are on a Retreat at Indian Bay on Shoal Lake to discuss civic policy including capital reve nue generating proposals and maintenance of Reserve Norrie said councillors have committed to finding new sources of Revenue and discussed eight possible including a hotel a Gas tax and a revised business tax sys those tax measures requiring provincial approval should be ready to go Forward by the end of the summer dress code change called minority Victory by Donald Campbell the Manitoba lotteries foundation has amended its Jacke Tantie dress code for the Crystal Casino after meeting with the Mani Toba human rights opponents of the Jacke Tantie policy say the change is a Victory for the provinces Ethan cultural Community and a Small Victory against the human rights commission has told the foundation that the fort Garry hotel gambling Halls dress code discriminates against minorities and contravenes the Manitoba human rights lotteries foundation spokesman Marcia Hunt Manitoba lotteries has agreed to change the dress codes wording the dress code now reads semiformal jacket and tie or equivalent Hunt the policy wording has been broadened Only to accommodate ethnic who May now Wear their cultures attire As Long As it is deemed Hunt any ethnic semiformal attire is now a she we recognize that a jacket and tie is traditional dress for some but not for Hunt said the Casino will continue to enforce the Jacke Tantie policy for she also said Casino staff expect individuals planning to Wear ethnic garb to be honest about its semiformal Well still be using our judgment on she the announced is the second Knock against the lottery foundations attempt to push its formal attire policy for the new which opened at the Start of the in the commission decided advertisements outlining the casinos dress code were also we now live in a multicultural and people should be free to Wear their own cultures formal said Joseph Glas head of the Manitoba intercultural the code May have been Good for main Stream but not for those who do not Wear a jacket and tie As part of their cultures formal Glasgow said the decision also helps Minori ties in their fight against racism and will be considered a move toward acceptance of multicultural or Early Norrie he said Council needs time consider not Only the but also the possible negative Sideen facts of the tax we Haven come to the Point of lets go for this tax or that weve been looking full Norrie said councillors have never started budget planning As Early the budget the 1990 capital red current budgets were approved Only in the committee decided this week to move ahead quickly to develop the five year capital a planning budget indicating predicted borrow ing trends for 1991 to the budget was originally planned for completion in March with the 1990 capital but was delayed when councillors got bogged Down in a lengthy budget mayor criticized Norrie said councillors have spent a great Deal of their Retreat discus sing details of the five year budget to Speed its he said they also went Over details of the cites retained earnings and Reserve the mayor was criticized during the budget approval process for finding Money in a retained earn Ings account to bring Down the pro posed tax councillors said they didst know about the account and accused nor Rie of pulling a Rabbit from a hat to take credit for reducing the tax everybody is now totally familiar with every Reserve account we he said the Retreat began wednesday and the councillors were to arrive Back in the City yesterday the mayor said it has been successful because councillors and bureaucrats can Seldom give their undivided attention to policy mat ters during discussions in the he also said the informal setting away from i lie news Media has helped councillors put aside personality and philosophical differences that Lead to standoffs and arguments during regular committee meet you believe the Atmo sphere its totally nor Rie people Are discussing the not personal agendas and not talking to the cameras and the he said he had no idea of the Cost of the but said there is no accommodation Cost because councillors Are using a Cit owned work House on Shoal Lake at the intake for the cites water lax bureaucrats leave Sisters out of pocket i came that close the other Day because i had taken something for granted to telling two Sisters 1 didst think i could help them recover a Security worse it was a bureaucratic id assumed that the landlord and tenant affairs Branch had done a thorough Job before ruling in favor of a after if nothing int this what bureaucracy is All about thoroughness leaving nothing crossing All the dotting All the is taking months to do it in this from october to february Given i really didst give it a thought that someone from the Branch haunt actually visited an apartment in a newly built seniors Block on fort Street to confirm it was indeed in need of repair the basis of the the repairs appear to be of a cosmetic nature and not sufficient grounds to cancel the tenancy Lyn a Branch arbitration wrote in her so it didst even Cross my mind to Check that either Wray or Jean who investigated the or Roger Deputy director of the who Mike Ward confirmed the knew that to be a so Here i just about to Call and Olive to say maybe they stood a better Chance in Small claims when it occurred to me i haunt asked if someone had been to the suite before determining repairs were let alone whether they might be so i and nobody in Margaret Siemens of Edison rental the company that manages apartment blocks for multimillionaire Developer Martin appeared somewhat astonished that this might be a relevant i How could landlord and tenant affairs know there were repairs but they appeared to be cosmetic because they Are experienced and they Are familiar with my building and they Are familiar with the Way i she they Are familiar with this Complex and this sort of i dont think it needs an inspection on their so then i asked Hollis the branches How his officers determined All sight it was not a ceiling that had caved but there was no dispute some repair was Singh As for the use of the word i dont know the Correct word that could have been i agree it makes the problem look Small and but its really something where we were trying to convey to the tenants that it was not in the Normal course of that would have prevented them from inhabiting the Singh said his didst feel it was necessary to visit the suite and relied on written and Oral communications with landlord and if that the i think the Branch i dont believe it should have got involved in the first heres what Olive and Natalie Wotelko saw the 17thfloor apartment while it was under construction last they agreed to take the suite after being assured by Edison rental employee Cheryl Hunter that a number of Concrete ceiling panels would be the Sisters filled out an application and left a holding nonrefundable if they backed Down before signing a on the Sisters returned to Edison rental to sign the beginning they asked Hunter if the repairs had been done and were assured they a few Days they visited the apartment and found the ceiling slabs had been but not smoothed i called Cheryl Hunter and told her what we had seen and that we would not be moving Natalie e put a Stop on our postdated Cheque for october rent and asked Cheryl for our Deposit she in my this is where the Sisters made a major instead of taking the matter to Small claims where in sure they would have they agreed to let landlord and tenant affairs Siemens said she had no problems with had Small claims heard the both parties could have produced for the Koteakos could have called a 17thfloor tenant who saw their suite and an Edison rental employee who agreed the slabs needed to be smoothed but because the ceiling had been painted it be done before if at landlord and tenant affairs didst speak to these the Koteakos Olive has a heart Natalie is a diabetic and has a respiratory ailment had stressed to the Agency that they wanted the repairs done before moving in because of their ill the Branch knew but obviously didst give it the weight it Edison rental changed the locks on the apartment before the Branch knew this As but again didst attach too much weight to this decision has been reviewed at the request of the tenant and has been confirmed for the following Barsy wrote the the tenants signed a legally binding tenancy agreement and have not shown any breach by the landlord sufficient to justify i dont happen to think but leaving that Siemens told me this we satisfy no matter what we if that the breathe a sigh of Relief they didst move that has to be Worth victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy write Mike hell look into ;