Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 i gift Flieg free May Foffi blt98 Prisbee frolic despite Cool members of the Winnipeg Day held a preseason Warmup scrimmage in Assini ultimate league a Frisbee game that incorporates Boine Greg Lang makes a diving catch with elements of soccer and basketball Yeste Gerry Pugh in close Ciocu Icilus Ruiu vat Jerry in Luoc committee approves raise for civic managers civic executive policy committee and Evelyne Reese Lange local which represents about this is similar to the judge deplore delay Jack trial put Back to september civic executive policy committee yesterday unanimously approved a interim salary increase for about 900 civic sources the i camera decision would Cost City taxpayers an average million a it would add an average a year to the salary of officials belonging to the Winnipeg association of Public service offi cers and the series professional staff and senior bureaucrats who dont belong to executive policy committee considered the interim salary increase proposal 21 but referred it Back to the Board of commissioners for further it was referred Back after Gloria Mendelson Kildonan Park and Evelyne Reese Lange both members of Winnipeg in the opposed saying there is no justification for such salary in creases when citizens Are facing an property tax but a confidential administration report said yesterday the City has offered expecting an arbitration award by late next a similar interim salary the association has been without a contract for nearly two the civic report noted its Only tradition and Courtesy to Grant Rapso and now also officers salary increases during contract talks or arbitration the proposed which will now go before matches what the City gave members of the Cana Dian Union of Public employees local which represents about this is similar to the position Fulland Par time civic emt Aken by the City in other the civic report by Terry Weber a troubled investigation has caused unreasonable delays in for Mer Winnipeg Blue bomber Brian jacks murder trial for the killing of his a Winnipeg Law yer charged something is very wrong with this jacks Richard told chief Justice Benjamin Hewak of court of Queens olsons comments came after Crown attorney Jack Montgomery asked for a four month adjournment of the saying forensic tests on evidence were not Jack had been scheduled to stand trial next monday for second degree murder in the death of his although critical of a fur ther agreed yesterday to the crowns request that the trial be put Over to was arrested shortly after he reported his wife missing on from the couples vital an extensive Hunt for Christine jacks body failed to turn up any clue on its location and the search was eventually in giving his Hewak also criticized the manner in which the Case had he agreed to the delay because of the importance of the tests on the i am critical of the competence and capability of the who father than thoroughly and effectively preparing the Case for the almost by Chance stumbled on to another investigative Hewak said before agreeing to put the Case Over to during the the accused sat quietly in court listening to Wol son detail the delays in getting the matter before a outside Jack refused to citing a number of prob lems with the told Hewak the preliminary hearing had been scheduled to last three Days last he it stretched to More than 20 spread Over several Jack was ordered last september to stand trial in the Wolson also criticized the Crown for submitting the exhibit in question for testing by ramp in Ottawa last then waiting until less than a week before the trial to let defence counsel know the tests be i do not feel the Crown has treated this fairly this is another Wolson adding fur ther delays May prejudice the Case against his Montgomery defended the crowns request for the adjourn saying the civilian member of the ramp in a molecular is the Only person in can Ada available to test the Canadian water valuable to conference told by Stevens wild shortages in the United states will make Canadian water a valuable commodity within the next 15 a climatologist parts of the United states Are already consuming More water than they produce and the situation May become worse if global warming turns the american Midwest into a dust professor Tim Ball of the University of Winnipeg said yester we see a nation that feels itself threatened by global warming and already has a severe water shortage problem caused both by the misuse and abuse of water and they look to the North and they see a great Poten tial water Ball told a University of Manitoba conference on the people and environment of Northern the most populous american already consumes 12 per cent More water annually than it produces Ball and the will be the country most affected if the global warming trend proves a he past wanning trends have turned the american Midwest into a Des to make matters water is included in the free Trade Ball at least one investment firm is examining the potential prof its to be made by investing in he Large american investors Are buying up water rights As fast As they As the americans turn their thirsty eyes there Are two potential projects that would divert massive volumes of Canadian water to the United Ball the North american water and Power Alliance Yawapa would divert water from the Yukon River and other tributaries of the Macken Zie River creating a huge and 64ki lome treide Lake in the Rocky mountains Ball said one of the arguments used by americans for justifying the project is that the water of the Mackenzie is not doing a recent article in an american Magazine argued that the Only Way to reduce the increasing salinity of the Rivers of the american West is with massive volumes of fresh water and the Only Way to obtain the water is through Ball the second the so called grand canal would dam James pump out the Salt water and fill the Bay with fresh water from Rivers flowing into he if you think about converting James Bay from Saltwater to fresh the ecological consequences Are the fresh water would then be pumped up to Lake Huron and distributed through the great lakes to the american the Power for pumping water 700 feet Uphill would come from that other great project that is threaten ing the North and its water James Bay Power project of que Bec Premier Robert Ball so Bourassa sees that the great use of the Power from his hydroelectric scheme is to pump water Uphill to the remember the the City of Winnipeg notice of meetin8 City Centre fort Rouge the City Centre fort Rouge Community committee will hold the following meetings on May in the Community committee 300 Assini Bome regular meeting to consider business of the Community Public meeting to consider zoning matters All interested residents Are invited to attend councillor Westminster councillor notre Dame Ward councillor Daniol Mclntyre Ward councillor Redbone Ward councillor rave Rossome Ward mrs r Community 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