Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january 1991 Page 3 Brian City editor teachers anxious for budget local Bandit pumps takes bids Good gets on with robbery a Gas station Bandit jumped to the pump Early adding a few Bucks to his haul by serving a customer while his accomplice tied up the he apparently filled his took his Money and wished him a Good Winnipeg police spokes Man Eric Turner said Turner said it happened shortly after 4 while two men were holding up the Domo Gas bar at 843 Leila the men both armed with Kitchen knives ordered the Atten Dant into a storage room where they planned to tie him up with some wire they had brought with he but a customer pulled into the station before they finished the while one of them finished tying up the the other one went outside and actually served the Turner the clerk even heard this Guy wish the customer a Good once the customer had he the robber got Back to More pressing emptying the stations Cash drawer and gather ing some both suspects then ran Leav ing the attendant to struggle with his he eventually freed himself and called police with his bizarre Turner said police Are still look ing for the two suspects but Are also eager to speak to the customer who pulled were hoping he or she could give us More details and a description which would help us piece it All together a Little he animal lobbyists fight new Pound by Bruce Owen Winnipeg City Hall will go to the dogs monday night when two groups fighting for the fair treatment of animals will ask councillors to reject a bid to spend million on a new animal we Are still hoping there is still some consideration for a proposal made by the humane said Barb spokesman for the Manitoba animal rights if Council approves the expend construction on a new shelter could begin As Early As next it would replace a facility that has been criticized for several years for being overcrowded and Groberman said the coalition will try to Block the new shelter by asking councillors to reconsider a proposal made by the Winnipeg humane society last the cites animal control ser vices has a terrible reputation and i dont think building a new shelter will change that she humane society executive director Shirley Seidel said the animal welfare Agency was still open to taking Over the City dog Pound at an approximate Cost of she said that Money would be used to extend kennels and veterinary if City Hall approves the humane society animal control officers would focus Only of animal bylaw Seidel said if the City proceeds with a new the Quality of care must be the same As at the humane if there going to do they better do it she the Manitoba association of dog owners also supports the humane society proposal and is starting a letter writing Campaign to persuade councillors to veto a new president Wayne Bellingham said officers escape assault charges by Paul Wiecek criminal charges will not be Laid against two Winnipeg police officers found guilty last year by a police watchdog Agency of assaulting a teenage robbery Douglas Lofto and Brian Cencora were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after a senior Crown attorney reviewed their con duct while interrogating the 16year old on in the end while it is apparent that the officers Over reacted to the attitude and manner isms of the it is equally apparent that they were provoked by Bruce director of criminal wrote in a 28 letter to lawyer Lesley Tough represented the who cannot be named under the Young offenders at a Manitoba Law enforcement review Agency hear ing last february that found Lofto and Cencora guilty of unnecessary violence and excessive according to the lera the youth who was ultimately convicted of the robbery was pinned against a punched and slapped in the his hair was his head banged into a his Arm kicked and his neck scratched while Cencora and Lofto interrogated him at the Public safety the officers received written reprimands after they were convicted by lera and the incident was referred to the Crown for the consideration of criminal Tough said she was stunned to learn the Crown will not be proceed ing with she speculated the provocation Miller referred to was the fact the youth laughed at the officers while they were questioning him about his role in a 1988 convenience store Wayne free press Seidel veterinary technician Louise Malo cuddle canine dogs would receive better care from As the Pound does she Marion director of research at the u of said the University depends on its agreement with the Pound to Supply organs used by researchers and she said Chhat Supply is Cut the University will either have to Purchase dogs privately at a greater Cost or Breed its own research Ani she said animals used for health research Are treated Pound supervisor Doug Smith said a More modern which would include outdoor dog and exercise would go a Long Way in treating the humane society and would not end up in medical research at the University of the humane society is against using unwanted animals for such we feel that not what the Pound is supposed to Bellingham it is not a Laboratory research Groberman said if the humane society took Over Kennel Ling respond spaying and neutering ser vices could also be extended to limit Breeding and unwanted that would be solving the prob Lem rather than just covering it clients at humane animals More the one we have now has More or less used up its he Smith said he understands the Issue of supplying dogs for medical but added the u of m provides a service by putting Down unclaimed out of the 932 dogs sent to the University in 557 were killed and 375 were used for Organ har its a very Tough thing to Deal Smith no one likes to see but if you have so Many what Are you supposed to do with them Ken free press 17 students warm up to Milder weather when the cold snap broke the Snow at Kildonan Park beckoned this group of Cross country skiers from West Kildonan some of whom spent As much time in the Snow As gliding across sunny skies Are forecast for today and a High of 18 As the weather gets steadily warmer going into the temperatures tomorrow and sunday were expected to be Well above Normal in Southern with some flurries doer fumes As lottery jobs Roll to Alberta by Patrick Mckinley Manitoba is acting like a Doormat for Alberta Premier Don Getty with 52 lottery jobs being moved from Winnipeg to his Alberta nip Leader Gary doer charged yester but culture minister Bonnie Mit Chelson and Liberal Leader Sharon Carstairs said Manitoba had Little Choice but to accept the move of the Western Canada lottery marketing Branch to the Rural Al Berta town of Alberta could have set up its own lottery marketing resulting in the loss of an estimated 100 lottery corporation jobs and 100 jobs printing lottery tickets and Mitchelson As Manitoba would have been unable to offer the big prizes that attract ticket buyers had it been forced to run its lotteries on its she said this Way Winnipeg will at least retain the lottery corporations head including another 130 jobs in its data processing and administration Carstairs said the move should serve As a warning to Premier Gary who has said Manitoba is prepared to consider setting up a joint income tax collection system with the other Western she said the Federal tax Headquarters for the Prairie provinces is located in Winnipeg and the City would lose at least half those jobs to Alberta in a Western province sys tem where the bigger provinces Alberta and British Columbia carried most of the the lottery corporation informed staff in the marketing Branch yesterday morning of the decision to move their Garth Wulc general said the decision results from discussions during the last three years sparked by Albertas desire to gain More of the economic benefits of the joint marketing and administration about 56 per cent of a Clos sales Are in compared to 25 per cent in until Mani Toba has had about 200 of the corporations 260 he said while the lotteries corporations Board approved moving the jobs to it was the Alberta government that chose Stettler a town of about 170 kilo metres Southeast of Stettler mayor Bob Stewart said it is time the economically suffering Community had some Good Alberta lotteries minister Ken Kowalski said yesterday Getty did not choose the doer said the move of the Wulc marketing Branch comes after fed eral decisions to move transportation and military jobs to Alberta and after Albertas Aid for its packing Industry forced the closing of a Burns meats Plant in Don Getty keeps picking Gary Hilmons pockets and Gary Filmon Doest say a he welfare group says natives plans Satin at mall by Doug Thomas special to the free press a welfare lobby accusing Portage place Security guards of harassing plans to stage a Satin at the malls food we need to draw attention to what is going on in this Harold co chairman of the social assistance coalition of Mani Mcqueen complained guards harass native while nothing is done to curb serious problems such As the Sale of drugs in other areas of the shopping but a mall spokesman rejected the allegations of saying staff simply enforce a 20minute time limit for food court said that in the past several weeks he has witnessed several incidents of harass ment aimed at he said he and others Are organizing a demonstration that will include a lunch hour but he refused to say when the protest will be saying the group does not want to tip off management at Portage Lori defer said around Christmas time she was told by a Security guard to Stop breast feeding her Metis child while she was eating lunch with native i was approached by a Secu Rity guard and threatened with inde cent exposure charges if i didst quit feeding my defer said others in the food court area who rallied to her Aid were threatened by Security staff with being barred from the Mcqueen said he and others who witnessed the incident complained to the Security who Only identified himself As he said they were told the mall was private property and the guards were acting on orders from mall the supervisor refused comment on the referring Allen quiries to a former custodial worker at the said guards have been less than tolerant of native Joe Fourre said some time ago he an incident in which he suspected a native Man was beaten by Security i used to work with a cleaning contract company Here one time and i was cleaning outside the Security office and they took a Young native Man in Fourre All of sudden there is banging and one of the guards yells some thing about hitting the Guy so Fourre said he complained to his Norman who in turn complained to mall manage and the guards were suspended for two the incident was never made he Portage place operations manager Don Knight said the mall has no policy against breastfeeding and if defer was eating lunch the guard was wrong to ask her to Knight but Knight dismissed the claims of saying the incidents Stem merely from enforcement of the 20 minute time limit at the food old age costs convention Centre business by Kevin Rollason the Winnipeg convention Centre is losing business because it is show ing its general manager Scott Walker said the facility will not be Able to compete with other centres across Canada unless it gets a proposed we were state of the Art in but its 5991 now and while not Are import Walker said our convention Centre is showing its other convention centres Are but Treyve already been Walker said the facility looks Are already hurting weve lost conventions to the Vancouver convention just this weve lost two which were Worth million to were getting some convention bookings now that say if you Reno Well if we wont the Facelift cleared its first hurdle wednesday night when civic executive policy committee recommended million be included in the 1991 capital budget to begin the renovations if approved by involve a project to be cos shared with the provincial the cites proposed 1991 capital budget will go to Council for approval next the convention Centre renovations will include new doors and lighting and a Walker said the Centre has already closed its main floor to the Public and the renovations will make that we estimate weve been spend ing a year to keep the main floor weve been paying for cleaning and Security in that area just for people to Cut a 1989 consultants report said the Centre had been steadily losing Busi Ness since 1984 and had slipped to sixth from third in Revenue among Canadian convention the report noted the Centre had attracted Worth of convention business to the City in the previous 14 Walker said conventioneers at the Centre infuse about million annually into Winnipeg we need to refurbish the place because people keep telling us the building looks old and Ernie Gilroy Daniel a member of the convention Centre i was in Toronto recently and there already renovating their convention Centre and its Only five or six years ;