Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press August Page 3 Brian City editor securities commission reprimands grand Beach visitors targets of Metis fire Volley for change federation demands key role in nations constitutional talks free press by Aldo Santon Manitoba Metis Community fired a Volley yesterday in a Century old dispute Over land and a Metis commission issued an interim report renewing its claim to hectares of land in Southern Manitoba including the heart of downtown Winnipeg de manding a key role in Canadas constitutional the Metis people Are for practical results but sometimes we have to fire a Volley to get Ferdinand chairman of the Manitoba Metis Senate com told a news conference at a downtown Winnipeg Buffer zone May shrink on critics of fogging by Kevin Rollason the Buffer zone around opponents of Mosquito fogging could get tighter if Winnipeg City Council has its but for one resident its not tight last night Council voted 189 to ask the province to reduce the current 100metre Buffer zone to 30 but Mary of Poison said a 30metre zone still Means Mosquito fogging Crews will stay away from her this wont help me because one Man across the Road from me has told the City not to Spray near his property because he feels its a waste of taxpayers Mcquarrie said last in still within 30 metres of his this Man has control Over the whole Why should this Man control my destiny in paying my tax dollars to have other people sprayed and not this Man has no Mcquarrie Felt so strongly about it she gathered a 66name petition and presented it to Harry la Zarenko but Lazarenko said another motion passed last which would Force fogging objectors to give a Bona fide reason Why they do not want their property might offer some in very he said after the people have been forced to stay inside their Homes this sum Mer because of the High numbers of they were bugging us to do something and we female Driver fondled on Man charged a 23yearold Man faces charges of sexually assaulting the female Driver on a Winnipeg transit police said the assault occurred at main Street and Redwood Avenue at about police spokesman Eric Turner said Turner said one of two men arrested on the bus fondled the Drivers she called for help on an emergency radio and police arrived three minutes the 23yearold Man will be charged with sexual while a 26yearold male companion was arrested on two outstanding Turner about 50 of Winnipeg transits 954 Drivers Are the three commissioners for Mer Manitoba Metis federation presidents recently dubbed Sena Tor to recognize their elder states Man role Metis people Are tired of being ignored by the Federal and Manitoba the report result of six weeks of Public consultations Renews old Calls for self govern ment and a land base for the it also demands changes in the delivery of a wide Range of pro employment to recognize Metis rights and unfulfilled constitutional the Metis nation has been Dor Mant but were not prepared to be dormant any Gui Boche he said the Metis played a key role in the development of Canada and want a similar position in any constitutional he said the report will be presented to constitutional affairs minis Ter Joe Clark during a meeting saturday in emf president Yvon Dumont said the report reflects the frustration of Metis people Over the Lack of Progress on a Broad Range of Dumont said the renewed Call for a land including 300 hectares in the heart of is a sign that Metis people Are tired of wait ing for the Issue to be settled in the the emf has launched a lawsuit against Canada and Manitoba Call ing for financial compensation for land it says was improperly taken from the Metis the Case is based on the Manitoba which set aside 65 hectares of land for the children of Metis set the claim includes the heart of downtown Winnipeg and two kilo metre strips on both sides of the Assiniboine River Westward beyond Portage on the red River Between Selkirk and the North Dakota the supreme court of Canada last March said the emf has a right to argue its Case in Ferdinand Gui Boche shows land Metis seek to Dumont said he is negotiating an agreement with Phil grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Fontaine said each group will recognize the legitimacy of the other As the sole representative of its Ken free press province urged to look at Impact of Pines project City seeks environmental study the City wants the province to conduct an environmental Impact assessment on a controversial seniors development in in but i think it will fall on deaf Terry Duguid Miles Macdonell said if they have a realistic look at the it could Stop the Pines and i think that would be this project has negative impacts both economically and i cant think of anything More ant development than opponents say the rotary Pines project be because its on a Winnipeg International air port flight path and could inhibit the airports hours of operation if Resi dents complain about the a transport Canada study shows that if complaints prevent the air port from staying open around the it could lose 130 jobs and million in annual the Airport puts million a year into the local the project generated even More controversy last May when it was Learned housing minister Jim Ernst approved million in funding for even though several other projects were turned Roger Young Riverview said lie also supports another motion approved yester which would see the City tighten up Protection for flight paths in the Winnipeg development the Pines itself would not shut Down the but who knows which building would Young mayor Bill Norrie said its Likely City councils motion on the Pines is i dont think the province will do Norrie i think its just an expression of its a legitimate project for seniors in the its a purely provincial flood of complaints helps Wash out tax on water deliveries Road game Emmanuel Ancheta Dixon Mendola and Larry Monte holding basketball take their show on the Road unable to find a game close to they travelled from playground to playground looking for a game to Challenge their by Alexandra Paul the Federal government has backed off on a tax on water that angered Winnipeg residents and at least one commercial water Hauler who boycotted a get the decision that reversed an order to charge get on water trucked to householders was announced yesterday by tory my Dorothy it came just in one business Man jeez water is a Basic require ment of life outside of toilet water Hauler Phil Craig Craig said he was going to charge get to his 200 customers when the tax on water service was introduced May but ended up boycotting i didst figure it was right so i didst collect he up to regulations for the tax said homeowners must pay get on water that Doest come from Wells or municipal Dobbie Winnipeg South when i saw the i had a look at it and 1 this Doest make any its written by some City slickers in Ottawa who dont realize that nol everybody gets water out of a Dobbie said constituent com plaints led her straight to Revenue minister Otto i explained Why this is stupid and it turns out Jelinek is reasonable and has a Good handle on his depart she in order for commercial water haulers to be exempt from collecting he they must be registered with Revenue Canadas director of tax a statement released by Dob Bie the exemption does not apply to water hauled to the exemptions will be retroactive to May the statement there is an estimated turnaround Lime of Aboul six weeks for rebate cheques to water haulers who paid the Dobbie constituency Assis Tant Dwayne Marling the haulers can then pass on the rebates on to he scientologists cough up after two year delay act Puii Dru of the Church of scientology finally got around last monday to doing what it should have done two years it refunded to Darlene but Only after being forced into Small claims youll wrote me last May to complain about the Church of scientology insisting she pay a further for two being allowed to take the course for which shed already paid the instead of settling with Bohonis after i became the Church of scientology went on the offensive and accused me of resorting to blackmail like the nature of my work As a columnist looking after the Little Guy has an implied threat of bad of course it this int the first time Ive had this sort of accusation levelled at me and in sure it wont be the of with the Church of scientology the answer was its Winnipeg Wayne admitted to me Bohonis was owed the so All he had to do after i became involved was to give her the end of Mike Ward but Froese continued to stall right up until last week when one of his staff called Bohonis and asked if shed accept they offered me the Cash and wanted me to sign some kind of Bohonis told i said i would think about a few hours this person called me Back and said shed made a the offer was not told her id see them in Small claims court on like i by monday the Church of scientology came up with the in Happy to was ordered by the court to pay Bohonis towards her Legal add while on the subject of Joyce White has been told she can collect a Cheque from Revenue Canada unlike the people at the Church of Ron a Revenue Canada Media relations quickly recognized that White was being Given an unfair within a Day of my putting her in touch with he contacted Supply and Federal department thai writes out arranged for her refund to be expedited and sent to had White not called she would have had to wait anywhere from four to six weeks for the would have been sent to her Back in june had it not been for a Revenue Canada this is How it Whites husband a commercial arts teacher at red River Community College who also runs his own graphic design owed Revenue Canada some Money on his 1989 by he had cleared the prior to the couple had discussed with a Revenue Canada official the possibility of applying part of Joyce Whites refund to her husbands debt if the need i didst give them any written or to do she we just talked about it by june Ken had paid what was then when i started checking into my own they told me they put a freeze on it because of what Ken White said that after shed managed to straighten this she was told it would be at least six to eight weeks before she got her Feniuk conceded Revenue Canada have even held on to flutes refund to apply part of it to her husbands acc uni without first obtain lung her written approval to do she was pretty upset about the whole thing and i can see he Odd the Church of scientology also might be interested in learning How a City car Dealership reacted after one of its customers called me to complain he was getting a Van Zwanenburg traded in a 1989 car for a 198g Volkswagen Jetta at great Plains Honda on Portage As part of the the Dealership agreed to fix some minor problems with the car and did so Over a period of about a it seem to find the answer to Why a rear Power window want last Zwanenburg made yet another trip to the repair service manager Malcolm Ward no him to James Volkswagen with an authorization to get the problem James Volkswagen said it needed a new part that would Cost about Zwanenburg told they called great Plains to get its of to order the part used car manager Rick Chuckrey said he authorize i gave general manager John Dubois a he agreed Zwanenburg was getting a runaround and promised to look into an hour Zwanenburg called me Back to say Chuckrey had agreed to ordering the l n n sad to this is the last column ill be writing on my computer Heie at 300 Carl ton As of the new in e address will be 1355 Mountain r2x Telephone 204 victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy write Mike Ward hell look into i i ;