Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May Page 3 Brian City editor polite Bank robber deposited in Fitzmo ponders farm Towy free press t 4 Airport study gets clearance to City Council Homewrecker workers from cambrian excavators demolish five old Homes in the 100 Block of Maryland Street yesterday to make Way for a five Storey Coop apartment that is slated for construction on the child worker faces sex counts police probe second allegation of sexual abuse at daycare Centre by Paul Wiecek sexual assault and sexual interference charges have been Laid against a childcare worker at a Transcona daycare Kevin Rex of is to appear in court May 17 on the charges in connection with an incident in Winnipeg police spokesman Eric Turner Turner said the charges were Laid in connection with a complaint filed with police in mid March by parents of a child at the Transcona Jaycee Day care 1800 Winona Turner said police were wrapping up their investigation monday and preparing to Lay charges in that incident when a second allegation of sexual involving a different child but the same daycare a second complaint of sexual abuse surfaced monday and we Are actively turn or refusing to Harold Board chairman of the privately run said the Allega Tion that surfaced monday involved another Inci Dent alleged to have occurred in the complaint is similar to the one that police have now Laid charges Ericson refusing to Bailey was suspended in the same Day a Parent at the Centre brought the allegation to his Ericson Ericson said provincial officials were also notified at the time and the parents and the child referred to a counselling he said the Centre delayed telling parents of the other children at the Centre because they did not want to create any unnecessary an informational session for parents of the 65 children at the Centre is scheduled for this Ericson said Bailey had excellent references from Day cares he had worked at while in Alberta and Centre officials did not hesitate to hire him when he applied last he said there Are 16 workers at the but workers Are sometimes isolated with Small groups of children during an afternoon Leisure a spokesman for the family services depart ment said officials were notified of the initial allegation March 15 and Baileys childcare certificate was suspended april 25 when officials received word that police would be laying the official said a routine Check of Bailey was done last year when he applied for a childcare certificate and officials had no reason to refuse him City admits details of Shoal Lake spill by Radha Krishnan Thampi civic officials have admitted with holding information about an acid spill that reached Shoal lakes fal con Bay area Early last its True we did not make Public that civic works and operations commissioner Rod Mcrae told executive policy com Mittee Mcrae said he did not release the information because there was absolutely no danger to Public when we filed the information with the Manitoba environment de it has become Public any Mcrae in a report to the Mcrae department confirmed yesterday a claim by the Winnipeg water Protection group that some of the acid from last years spill did find its Way into Falcon 16 Kilometres West of the Accident Loca via a storm sewer manhole in the area of the Helen Mccullough of the water Protection group said the Public should have been told about it whether there was a danger or Al Golden a member of the executive policy Golden told executive policy com Mittee yesterday that civic officials told him As late As last Fri when the committee was in Shoal Lake for a today that there was no acid leak into the Lake from last years we were told Friday morning that All contaminated material was Golden mayor Bill Nome accused the water Protection group of sensation Ali zing the to go with a press release is a very inflammatory Type of it Doest help the Nome said his administration did not make Public the information because there was never any Dan both Nome and Mcrae insisted nobody uses water from the Falcon Bay there Are no inhabitants nor any Mcrae adding there is no evidence of any damage to he said the City administration relayed information on the acid spill in Falcon Bay to the province 1989 than three weeks after the spill resulting from an overflow of acid from a holding Donovan Timmers said there is a serious problem at City Hall regarding inquiries from the Public about Shoal Timmers Westminster accused Nome and others of having a con descending and defensive attitude when it comes to scrutiny of the cites activities at Shoal i fed up with he very serious questions have to be ans while the environmental Impact of the spill is not there is an important Issue of accountability at if we have a Lack of account ability on a minor what Confidence can the Public have when bigger problems Mcrae said his officials were Cor rect when they told Golden on Fri Day the acid didst leak into Indian the leak was in Falcon he Mcrae and Bill current finance commissioner who was then director of downplayed the incident last year saying the fluoride spill will not affect Shoal the cites water Jet de free press Mcrae said the spill didst affect the immediate area of the Accident but reached the Falcon Bay 16 Kilometres via a land drainage by Janet Mcfarland a business groups proposal to study the feasibility of taking Over Winnipeg International Airport was cleared for Takeoff by the cites executive policy committee yester if endorsed by City Council next a task Force will be appointed to study the costs and feasibility of putting the Airport under the jurisdiction of a local Airport a the authority would manage both the Winnipeg Airport and the Andrews and would be responsible for any future construction at run by an Independent Board of Community the authority would put All profits Back into the operation of the Sandy chairman of the Winnipeg chamber of commences transportation told Council lors a local Airport authority would provide an economic boost to Winni Peg he said the authority could aggressively seek out airline traffic and aviation business for Winnipeg and would have the Power to make deals and offer by removing the Airport from Federal we have a group that can respond More rapidly to opportunities he Hopkins also assured councillors the City and the province would not have to pay any Money to support the authority and would not be stuck for any debts if a local Airport authority went although the City will not have to pay to run the Hopkins did ask Council to approve to help pay for the feasibility on the condition it is matched by the the Federal transport department will pay the remaining he also warned if the task Force report recommends negotiations with the transport department to take Over the the City will be asked to help fund the authority during which could take up to a the request was unanimously endorsed by the policy com despite a suggestion by mayor Bill Nome that it be consid ered first by the administration for a under a proposed Lon term lease the Federal transport department could resume owner ship if the authority if we had the slightest concern that the Point of this exercise was to Transfer Cost to the City of Winnipeg truck dumped a soft shoulder is believed to have caused this dump truck and its Load of Street sweepings to overturn yesterday on Jefferson Avenue Between Brookside Boulevard and King Edward no injuries were the province of we would not bring the proposal Hopkins last the Airport had a nearly Ottawa is expected to keep responsibility for providing million of Les profitable such As air traffic customs and weather but it would also keep All Federal taxation including the air transportation As Well As paying the operating local Airport authorities have to either lease or buy the airports from funding themselves usually through the Sale of Deben Al Golden Gle Lawn said the airports Lack of International flights is hurting Winnipeg Busi Ness i think this is a crucial Golden i dont know of any thing of More significant Impact in Winnipeg than this Christine Mckee River Heights said the concept is but she and Mike Oshaughnessy Jefferson asked the delegation yesterday to provide More in formation about potential financial George former general manager of Winnipeg said the City lost an aircraft engine Plant to Halifax because he had no author Ity to negotiate the lease of Airport i was bound by National Elliott i was really the Fly in the United express Winnipeg Den ver route was shut Down last year after Only six the airlines owners cited heavy costs and Lack of i provide any Relief in terminal fees or Airport he the study group will include representatives from the the prov the Winnipeg business development the Winnipeg chamber of the univer sity of Manitoba transport inst Airport the Rural municipality of Rosser and the Rural municipality of Fine levied in bizarre traffic Case by Terry Weber a Winnipeg Motorist who left a Friend lying injured in the Street after he leaped from her car cannot be held completely responsible for the mans a judge ruled yes the passenger was to a great if not the author of his own Provin Cial court judge Wesley Swail told 21yearold Christine Millis before fining her i dont think its out of line to say the circumstances of the offence Are the judge Millis had pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level Over and leaving the scene of an Accident in the incident last court was told that at the Millis and her Mark an Drew were driving along Grant Avenue near Park Boulevard when the pair classmates at red River Community College began arguing Over Money missing from Millis described As madly in love with ended the dispute by leaping from the which was travelling about 60 startled by his Millis kept driving and was caught by Winnipeg police Only after a witness followed her and wrote Down her licence plate who suffered head in juries and possible lacerations of the brain is in Hospital indefinitely As a result of the court was trash collectors charged with drugs by Paul Wiecek two City garbage collectors have been charged with consuming Beer and marijuana in the company of an undercover vice officer they believed was their newly lured the two both City of Winnipeg pm were arrested about tuesday outside a North end hotel and a Small Quantity of Beer and drug paraphernalia were seized from the garbage truck they were vice Ray Johns said Johns said an undercover officer was trained and then assigned tuesday to work As a Helper on a garbage truck in response to a complaint late last month from the City new Helper was undercover vice officer operations department that two City employees were using their Coffee Breaks to do More than just drink a City spokesman said the allegations came to Light last month and officials Felt they were serious enough to warrant a police weve had problems with alcohol in the past and dealt with it but this was something completely foreign to us and we Felt the police were better equipped to Deal with said Jack assistant Engi Neer for District the North end area to which the two men were Johns said the incident is you cant have people toking up and driving around the City in a garbage Johns police spokesman Eric Turner said the undercover officer began work with two men about 7 tuesday As a garbage truck the three men spent several hours collect ing garbage until shortly after 10 when they had a full on their Way to the Springfield Road City the men made an unscheduled Stop at an Arlington Street Home where some Beer and cigarettes were allegedly picked Turner the men then drove to the where the Driver and his Helper allegedly smoked some marijuana and drank most of the Turner adding the undercover vice officer politely declined an offer to join on their Way Back from the the men stopped off at the Lincoln motor hotel on Mcphillips where they were arrested and their garbage truck searched by a team of vice officers who had been tailing the truck most of the Turner Grams of a a clip for holding marijuana cigarettes and an open bottle of Beer were seized from the Turner Friesen said he has no evidence other employees Are involved and the two men charged were immediately suspended with out pay pending an internal Timothy of first is charged with Possession of breach of the liquor control act and having liquor in a motor Terrence Wynn of Arlington is charged with Possession of Mari Juana and breach of the liquor control ;