Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March 1991 Page 3 Brian City editor City eyes pulling out of heritage Lack of gambling grounds cruise local Phil free press convention Centre wants to run theatre both operations running in but pm eagerly seeks added role a Gas bar attendant wipes his Way along a lineup of cars waiting for Gas at a Marion Street no truce in sight for cites Gas War by Bruce Owen a weekend Gas War that drove Down the Price for a litre of unleaded regular to cents is expected to last at least another week As other Oil companies drop their prices to slay maybe its a Reward for the Gulf War Heather Erickson said As she and her Walde filled up at the Marion Street Domo Gas i think it could go Down even the Gas War started when three Boniface super save stations lowered their prices Friday night forcing stations like Tempo and Pioneer to follow a super save employee said the Price went Down after super saves in Vancouver posted the word of the Price War spread quickly in Winnipeg and by Satur Day stations in vital and East and West Kildonan had lowered their triggering line ups at locations on main prices on main Street had climbed Back up to cents a litre As several of the competing stations were closed for the an attendant at the Pioneer Gas bar at main and Redwood Avenue predicted yesterday prices would hit at that location by about 11 she pioneers Price depends on whether nearby Tempo and Mohawk stations stay at the Low the major lineups yesterday were on the traditional Battle ground for the cites Gas As Domo and Mohawk vied for its been too High to begin said Reg i think the Oil companies have been ripping the Public other motorists also said the end of the Perisian Gulf War and Confidence in the Oil Market probably triggered the lower prices prices which climbed As High As cents during the but some Consumers we rent Tak ing a Chance prices go up again in the near Mike Sobkowicz filled up his car and five five gallon jugs just to be on the Safe the Price is Sobkowicz As he peeled off a wad of Bills for a weary Domo Down the Road at the Dawson Road pet Ocanada where the Price was there was no business at i dont mind an employee i get a Chance to he said the Price could go but Only if authorized by the head of fice in University of Manitoba economist Costas Nicolaou said the Price of Gas will Likely go up it has to go Back he at its probably below Nicolaou said dealer costs and taxes on a litre of gasoline add up to More than 40 cents a so stations boasting Low prices Are not making big he said the owner of super save lowered his prices to increase the visibility of the which have the worst locations in the Winnipeg he is a competitive Nicolaou he is one of the Best spoilers in the Nicolaou added for Consumers to pocket savings in the Price they should use coupons and try to fill up More than once before prices go Back up he said Given the state of the Oil Market prices should be cents per but will Likely climb to to compensate for the lower prices during the Gas by Radha Krishnan Thampi one civic operation running in the red has proposed taking Over an other saying it can reduce the Drain on the Winnipeg convention which lost million last wants to take Over pantages the which lost in the convention with a million annual is expecting to lose million this year while pantages is projecting a the City will have to pick up both we sincerely feel we have the Public facility management exper Tise to offer to the Scott walk convention Centre general Man its a Walker while saying he Hopes to reduce the theatres annual losses significantly by the end of Walker acknowledged it is unlikely the convention Centre would turn a profit in the near most convention centres in North America Are in the he adding that in the next three to four years the Winnipeg operation can Only Hope to reduce its annual loss to the who became general Man Ager last said he has a theatre management As do some other convention Centre the centres Board approved a proposal Friday to take Over the pantages theatres Walker it is scheduled to go before civic finance committee Walker said the proposal was triggered by a conversation he had recently with civic finance commissioner Bill he said he intends to increase the theatres clientele and marketability pantages currently undergoing an was not Active enough in the past in marketing or attracting Walker the convention Centre could Aid the City in managing the pantages theatre and in reducing its funding from the he we have expertise to i believe we have to do everything we can to help the if Council approves the he the two facilities operations would remain the conventions centres million loss last year was per cent higher than in we Are in an extremely competitive Walker adding the convention Centre generated about million Worth of business in the City last he said Winnipeg is competing with other Canadian cities that Are trying to lure conventions away by offering free someone has to pick up the Walker said the convention Centre is hoping to Start a to be cos shared by the three Levels of the City has already committed its on third while the province is almost certain to give its he but Ottawa is not prepared to Chip in its he we Are getting nowhere with i dont know what we have to do to convince them that we Walker noting Ottawa did not make any capital contributions to the Winnipeg Centre but has provided funding for several centres across the country since the aids figures far too local my says clinic estimates by Alexandra Paul a Winnipeg physician is con Vinced the number of Manitoban suffering from aids is higher than official government Judith Campbell of the Vil Lage clinic said she believes provincial statistics Are Low because Many doctors refuse to report cases or do not know they Are required to inform the health As Campbell said she is convinced Many people with his Are scared to go for testing or believe no treatment will help she said Many doctors dont know that under the Public health act they Are obligated to report certain including acquired immune deficiency syn some doctors deliberately delay and even fail to report aids cases because of Tim consuming paper work arid patient apprehension Over possible Campbell we report but then we have the forms and were familiar with the she Esti mating Village clinic handles 50 per cent of the provinces aids and his Village clinic estimates up to people Are infected with the aids virus in by Only cases of full blown aids must be in there Are 50 reported aids 35 deaths related to aids and 269 cases of infection with the his which causes Margaret the prov inces director of disease said she believes most aids cases Are reported in Howe fast said she can Only guess that trends skewing accurate aids scenarios in other province might exist trends Are if not impose to detect with aids she because the numbers re ported in Manitoba have varied widely each a Federal official said the prob Lem of under reporting and delays in reporting aids have been noted across Canada and Are responsible for a puzzling drop in cases reported nationally each Maura Ricketts of the Feder Al Centre for aids said some Doc tors choose not to report a Case until the patient some Are ignorant of their reporting Obliga Tion and others Are bogged Down by the paperwork a Federal surveillance update released last month shows that a total of 562 aids cases were re ported in compared to in Ricketts said health authorities Are sympathetic to the adding it would be draconian to whether to practise left to common sense of dentists no local ads or dentists Are known to have charge doctors and nurses for in Cadham provincial Laboratory is almost Halfway through one of a series of studies commissioned federally across Canada to test the prevalence of the aids virus among High risk groups and the general she a Canadian red Cross launched in is testing for his in blood it receives from Noring the Canadas aids surveil Lance record ranks among the Best she Centre statisticians compensate for under reporting by boosting yearned numbers by 20 per she fast said Shes hoping to get a better fix on aids in Manitoba through two separate two year sur Veys being done in the patients scheduled for surgery who need to be Cross matched for Possi ble fast by Bruce Owen Manitoba doctors and dentists infected with the aids virus have been urged to rely on their own common sense not the orders of their Peers or of government if they wish to continue unlike their counterparts in the the Manitoba dental association and Manitoba medical association have decided not to create policies to cover members infected with the his which causes we believe that policies and Reg while they May be seen to be a responsible May also be said Bill chairman of the Mas ethics we believe to be heavy handed and to quarantine people by rules and Laws will tend to drive these people underground and compound the problem and even provide a greater risk to Macdiarmid said doctors diag nosed with his Are encouraged to Stop practising Medicine in order to protect As i positive patients Are obliged to Tell medical practitioners about their his he it works both he you do your Best to educate every one who is at mad registrar Michael Lasko said dentists with the aids virus will not be constrained by policies restricting dental work on theres a big Issue at stake and it affects the rights of the i Dividu if we do we will have to take into consideration the civil rights of the Lasko and Macdiarmid com ments follow a report last month by the centres for disease control in Atlanta saying evidence suggested three patients of a Florida dentist with aids became infected As a result of their dental the report prompted the Ameri can dental association and the american medical association to Issue statements recommending dentists and physicians infected with the aids virus either Tell patients of their status before per forming invasive procedures or re Frain from performing procedures where there is a risk of exchanging body the recommendations have been criticized by doctors and dentists because the report on the Florida dentist is incomplete and because the proposals May result in ads and dentists refusing to care for i infected patients for fear of losing their Lasko said the aids Issue will be addressed by the Canadian Den Tal association at a meeting april 14 in Ottawa where any policy changes will be Lasko said any policy would have to weigh the consequences to a dentists livelihood if he or she was identified As an aids he said dentists in Manitoba Are supposed to follow strict instrument sterilization procedures and use Barrier such As masks and Lasko and Macdiarmid said they were unaware of any dentists or physicians in Manitoba who have the aids ;