Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local october 1991 Section Brian Cole b17 Cit beat Cummings ducks court Battle the right to strike the Constitution must entrench the right to the right to have a Job in this right to collective and the right to strike with no Shirley president of the Canadian labor says organized labor will deviate from past policy by fully participating in constitutional talks this time but it wants significant Protection for the rights of Carr told a Canadian Union of Public employees convention Here that the Csc has rejected an invitation from Industry minis Ter Michael Wilson to take part in a major study with government and business on a competitive Canadian bb19 its a Pervert parents in lord Selkirk have launched a Campaign to get rid of men cruising for and harass ing their a lot of them Are perverts and they Are going after the Jane a member of the David Livingstone Community school parents said yester were fed up with what our kids Are see ing out there on the Arlene Mal president of the lord Selkirk tenants 1b18 final Days of August Jim general manager of the Winnipeg Core area will be leaving his Job the Core area funding program has been cancelled and there has been no agreement to replace there Are still some programs under but Well be Down to a very Skeleton staff after the end of this August said its hard to rationalize a ceo and a Sal Ary when really the duties Arent whats on Campbell honoured former Manitoba Premier Douglas Campbell will be honoured at a dinner tonight at at the Vas Alund banquet 5429 Roblin Boule the event is sponsored by the Reform party of for ticket information Call 269 8454 or sustainable cities conference David former advisor to the Brunt land commission on sustainable will be the keynote speaker at a conference on urbanization and sustainable cities being held Between 18 and Satterthwaite will adress the conference opening tonight at 7 in room 3c100atthe University of trivia Challenge there were prison inmates and men Tal health Centre residents eligible to vote in the 1988 provincial How Many cast ballots 970 of Manitoba 22 How Many claimed to have no political party affiliation 11 7 yesterdays answers 1 the Prairie Crocus has been our Floral Emblem since Ontario Flower is the White Saskatchewan is the Prairie 2 Lake Winnipeg is the sixth largest Lake in the country with an area of Square kilo me the largest Lake in Canada is Lake with a total area of Square news tips phone the free press tip line at by Donald Campbell legislature reporter on the eve of a potentially embarrassing court environment minister Glen cum mings scrapped the first step of the Environ mental review of the Conaw Apa dam Cummings dismissed a three member panel set up to screen applications for fund ing by groups wishing to appear before the environmental panel re viewing the but he has rejected Calls for his resignation after environmental groups and opposition leaders say he tainted the panel by sending it a fax on its first Day of hearings suggesting a Cap on yesterday Cummings stuck to his insistence the new which will be selected in the next two will work under the same its not meant to hobble the he minister fires Conaw Apa avoids defending fund Cap fax said of the funding its meant to make it abundantly Clear to those groups out there who May have a request that per haps there Are ways that they can work to that is unlikely to satisfy a coalition of dam opponents who insist he has no right to shackle the committee because the Money is to be paid by Manitoba Hydro As part of the Cost of building the groups appearing before the committee have applied for More than they say million is ludicrously Low and that the minister is conspiring with Manitoba Hydro to choke debate on the even though we have a new if the new panel is under the same constraints As the old panel we Haven really gained any said Peter lawyer for the Coli Sims said the coalition will have to take a step Back to reconsider its next postponing action today in a Winnipeg he indicated their court Case is still very much the lat afternoon announcement yester Day shows the government was clearly Wor ried about the court Challenge and desperate to keep the ministers charge to the commit tee away from the scrutiny of a the known As the participants assistance is supposed to provide a free and Independent forum for groups to make their Case for it then makes recommendations to the minister for his approx Cummings political critics agree that he Hast addressed the real Issue and that he was making the panel members scapegoats for his own i think the minister should do the right thing and step said opposition Leader Gary he has prejudiced him self on the major project facing Manitoba for the next 30 Liberal Leader Sharon who has also called for Cummings agreed that million was a very Small amount in comparison to the Cost of the dam or past costs of More than million environmental damages from previous Hydro the fight Over the first step of the Environ mental review process could delay the begin Ning of hearings into Conaw Apa by several blown Over Ken Gigliotto Winnipeg free press a tractor rather was blown Over by powerful 100 winds at about the truck want carrying other than the Driver and he yesterday morning on Highway just North of the town of managed to escape no one else was injured in the Winnie threatens to take his Honey pot and go East by Bruce Owen City Hall reporter a push to put up statue of Winnieth Pooh at Assiniboine Park has reached a dead end All because City Hall sweeten the local lawyer William Appleby said yester Day because City Hall has not expressed any interest in funding a statue of the famous it May go to i the City never committed itself to making the funds Appleby we feel this is a project the City should support i Appleby said the Honey Loving Bear should be honoured because it was named after the City of Winnipeg by Harry a Soldier of the first world acquired a Small Bear cub in White Riv and took it overseas As a the Bear ended up in the London zoo where Milne saw lawyer blames City for Lack of interest in honouring Bear Milne wrote the childrens classics Nieth Pooh and the House at Pooh depicting the adventures of the a a Donkey and a Tiger in Hundred acre Appleby said if the City or province is unwilling to help fund a it May end up in White where the Bear was our entire committee would be entirely he Colebourn did not name the Bear he named it the committee on Parks and culture is expected to discuss the statue Mon Appleby said was made available from the Manitoba heritage federation to wards the but because a june 1 dead line passed without the City committing to the the funding he said he understands City Hall has to be frugal in its but added if it can spend to boost its profile at local Boxer Donny Lalonde prizefight in Las be it should come up with some Money to commemorate a masterpiece of childrens in not knocking Donny but win Nieth Pooh is a very respected committee member Donovan Timmers Westminster agreed the City had dragged its feet on the but said it want councillors there should be something and sure this has dragged on for some he but i would have thought there would have been some Independent funding when tories try to milk give pm hell David b Jornson Paselk irked River sent a letter to constituents ear tier this month from the House of although it read like something out of a saturday night live the thrust of this postcard from the this epistle from never never was an attempt by b Jornson to sell the get As the servicing of the National the tories trying to turn their Cash Moomoo into a sacred cow is insulting but instead of begging our b Jornson ends his letter by simply on a final writes if you wish to make a tax deductible donation to the debt servicing and reduction fund you can Send your Cheque issued to the order of the receiver general of Canada and Send it in not sure who Bjorson thinks we Are or but he went on to invite constituents to Contact him with any at least one of a Chap named David and i forced to contribute to this fund every time Gordon Sinclair a product or service is purchased and that because of your governments you Are spending those contributions faster than we can pay do you not realize that the three Levels of now removed from taxpayers All disposable income quite we have nothing left to give it is obvious that any expectations that your government has of having canadians voluntarily contribute to this fund has about As much Hope As parliamentarians giving up their tax free take my fellow we can still afford to give the government one Sqq did you q that the Winnipeg police department will have a full time psychologist in place by the end of the month Bill who had been acting in a similar capacity for All City will occupy an office away from the Public safety building where officers can visit in q that Manitoba business is for Sale editor Ritchie Gage is trying to put a group of investors together to Purchase the 12yearold publication from Vancouver based owner Peter q that the Moscow state technical University volleyball team that touring the province will be Selling caviar and Vodka tomorrow from 10 to 2 at fort Garry place the team brought those goodies and More with them to sell for pocket the chef will be there offering caviar in Case youve never had the in Are q that its Back to the future time again the annual psychic Tea goes sunday at the Quality 367 therell be the usual assortment of Sand and Palm in i wont be Able to make but if you get a do me a ask pm if they think Tyrone Jongs has a future with the Sqq win with a shooter to was sitting with a Friend saturday sipping a Glass of wine outside pow someone in a passing car fired a Pellet gun at the sidewalk cafe no one was Hurt in what passes for a drive by shooting in but they could have one of the pellets just missed an i guess that life in Little los Sqq cute adult f Ort something buddy was in Europe last summer sunbathing on a Beach when a comely Young miss parked her Bikini beside they chatted for a the Young woman asked my Middle aged Friend a personal How old Are you she my Friend How old would you like me to be Sqq the menu of on the menu at desserts plus on main life is dessert first ;