Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january 1991 Page 2 Manitoba owl finds respite in South news of find excites wildlife specialist last year was a bad one for burrowing an endangered species in except for one litle fellow found perched on a Barge in the Middle of the Gulf of Ken non game wildlife specialist for Manitoba department of natural said Randy Chaisson and Garlan who work for Mcdermott of Morgan captured the tiny owl when it landed on their Barge in Early that was about three months after it had been banded near Coulter in southwestern a spokesman for Mcdermott said the Barge hands were probably working on a pipeline the company is building in the they noticed it was a study because it had been banded with both aluminium and plastic study said there not a Normal species in that part of so the men on the Barge didst know what it curiosity got the Best of them and they were Able to capture the he they turned the Bird Over to a wildlife rehabilitation Centre in Morgan which contacted Desmet said it was the first Manitoba burrowing owl found in its wintering Range since he started the banding program in were really excited to finally have a return somewhere near their wintering he in the burrowing which grow to Only 20 centimetres in length and nest in holes in Prairie were As common As gophers in he today there May be As few As 50 pairs left 1 in the this past year we Only found 19 he it was a bad year for the burrowing the reason the discovery of the Bird in the Gulf of Mexico is important is it provides biologists with More information on their migration from Desmet suspects this one was taking a rest on its Way to the mexican where he Bain free press Ken Desmet holds dead burrowing which is an endangered t believes Many Manitoba owls spend the Winter if the Birds Winter in they could be exposed to dangerous pesticides such As which Are still used in latin american and it gives Desmet even More reason to be concerned about their prospects for survival in were doing All we can for but even at that the population is going downhill at such a rate that we dont know if we can save in 10 years there could be no More burrowing owls in Manitoba unless something is done to reverse the there Are larger populations in Saskatchewan and Southeastern which is Ideal said but in recent years those provinces have also become concerned about their Ottawa lashed for offloading farm programs by Bill Redekop the Mulroney government has offloaded More than million per year in farm program spending on to the Manitoba Treasury since that about what Manitoba total farm budget was in the offloading figure is assuming the province picks up the million to million in costs for two new safety net and in and hoc the Federal government has offloaded another million on to its tory cousins in Manitoba the past two that for a interest rate Relief program Ottawa demanded in Exchange for drought Aid in and a contribution to pay for the 1988 drought pro both permanent and and hoc pro Gram spending Are in areas that were previously the sole Domain of the Federal for last year the prov Ince assumed an extra million in crop insurance whereas it previously paid Only for the pro Grams lets face the Federal govern ment has been offloading for some and not just in its been their Manitoba agriculture minister Glen Findlay we say its its its but they do it and Findlay said wealthier prov inces like Alberta and Ontario Arent much provinces with the resources seem to accept undermining any attempts by poorer provinces to organize a common front against he the grains sector was the last bastion for the Federal government to grains have always been the sole responsibility of other products that have moved to formal cos sharing in tripartite programs since 1984 include everything from hogs and beef to sugar and Navy but Findlay will now ask Cabinet to help share 25 per cent of costs for the new Grain safety net programs called the Gross Revenue insurance plan grip and the net income stabilization Earl Keystone agricultural producers said the Federal government must keep in mind All the jobs that depend on Prairie including railway Grain seamen along the great lakes and Lawrence and the Eastern Canada Findlay said he negotiated As Best he northerners escape walkout by nurses Thompson special health services in Northern Manitoba in Dian reserves and Remote communities have not been affected by the nurses strike so but some native leaders say they have their fingers Bailey acting Northern zone director for the Federal health departments medical services which is responsible for nursing stations on 12 said Only two emergency evacuations have had to be made since strike began so far we have been Able to handle but i have my fingers we could run into a Situa Tion where a person suffering from a critical heart attack or Accident Vic Tim would have to be transferred out but we might not be Able to find a Hospital that could admit said David health Liaison program director for Manitoba Keewatin now which represents Northern our mistake a Story yesterday said the Toronto band and several local groups would perform at stripes cabaret on Mcphillips Street last in the show s place bored teenager set two court told by Terry Weber a bored teenager set two causing almost in because he wanted to experience the Joy of putting them a court was told is very strange about our society when people must go out and commit enormous crimes be cause they have nothing else to provincial court judge Raymond Harris said in questioning the 16 year old Elie youths explanation for his Harris postponed sentencing the who cannot be named under the Young offenders so further forensic reports can be prepared to help the court understand the teen agers court documents cited in the Case indicated the who pleaded guilty to two arson told police he first decided to Burn Down an abandoned Grain elevator 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