Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba 56 pages vol120n0300 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press weekly Home delivery in outside City september police choir practice at Midnight chief promises police reporter choir practice is officially Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry said yesterday he will not tolerate offi cers partying in Public phenomenon popularized in the Joseph Wambaugh the if one reads Joseph one might in a humorous Way refer to this As choir Henry referring to an officers party at the Alexander docks that ended with a citizen being severely i wont tolerate the incident involved 10 to 12 downtown uniform officers and at least one Henry said anyone found responsible will be harshly dealt several officers quizzed yesterday said of duty parties like the one at Alexander docks Arent although their fre Quency has decreased from the rough and Tumble old one Veteran officer said members of a shift frequently get together after the officer said most such Gett Gethers take place in bars or at officers but it is not unheard of for officers to also congregate in Public including any of a number of municipal sources told the free press earlier this week that a Large group of officers All members of the same downtown shift and including at least one recruit met at the Alexander docks Over labor Day the Celebration was interrupted when the officers stumbled upon a couple having the Man was harassed for several min currency crisis blamed on fears no Side will prevail Buck woes to drive up loan rates w 92 Canadian press 0 source Burns Fry economics up Ottawa a massive Rise in Canadian interest rates a record jump of two full percentage Points loomed yesterday after the Dollar was hit by a full scale currency economists panic Selling of the Canadian Dol Lar is having a huge Impact on inter est rates in said Rob pal economist at mrs International Market research in 1 chartered Banks wont be Able to resist the intense pressure to raise their consumer and business inter est he the Dollar took a bungee jump yesterday after recent polls suggested the no Side in the constitutional referendum Campaign was gaining and foreign investors demanded higher interest rate risk the Dollar plunged almost a full cent to Trade As Low As cents us before snapping Back to close trading at cents but Only prime minister Mulroney helps wife Mila to seat yesterday As he prepares to speak in after interest rates on financial markets the Toronto Stock Market suffered one of the years biggest losses rattled by a falling Dollar and fears of higher interest rates that could stifle economic re Trade minister Michael Wilson said the 26 referendum is to blame for the people Are looking at the 26th and they Are saying what is Likely to Hap and usually uncertainty is something that markets dont they walk away from uncertainty and i think that is what is Hap pening but he said the Economy should Bounce Back if there is a yes a Rise in interest rates is the last thing the struggling Economy statistics Canada is to re port on Gross Domestic product for Many economists expect a Small the Bank of Canadas key Bank rate has already risen in the last three weeks to reach per the chartered Banks have so far held their prime lending rate at per based on Market trading the Bank rate could come in at around per cent when it is set we Are looking at a Bank rate that might go up As much As two per cent and prime is going to go up As he said worries that the constitutional proposals will be Defeated have weakened the this is not a currency crisis and dorothys Ruby slippers really brought her Back to Mulroney mocks a9 thrill seeking Over after voyage into hell Tuktoyaktuk by Randy Turner staff reporter with fingers turned purple by the Don Starkell waved weakly to the Rescue just a few Kilometres from his just a few hours from the afterlife Starkell summer Long trek along the Northwest passage from repulse Bay to Tuktoyaktuk by kayak came to a grinding my feet were my hands were Frozen purple and he said of his Rescue last i thought i was going to lose i Light i undo a an Early Winter had trapped Star Kell on the just 60 Kilometres from after 24 hours stranded in his he Man aged to walk across slush and ice on Hutchison Bay to the Starkell was into the last leg of his journey from re pulse having left Coppermine about 50 Days a Glass of water was All hed put into his system in four Ive never been so weak in my now recovering in i could barely lift my i was so that night lasted about 15 because its getting dark so Early but it Felt like 100 ramp Des who was part of the helicopter Crew that lifted Starkell to safety shortly after he was said the Advent Northwest passage adventure Don Starkell was rescued off the ice 60 pm from Tuktoyaktuk Coppermine Northwest territories Turer probably have made the last few Kilometres to Tuktoyaktuk in one was accompanied initially by his Friend Victoria who abandoned the expedition after the pair left Coppermine in so who has already trav Elled by Canoe from Winnipeg to the Amazon went most of the Northwest trek on Many he feared for Gordon free press his but he vowed yesterday his Days of cheating death were nothing is going to get me Back in High adventure Ive had 100 times the Luck anybody can i just scraped through death in not going to fool around any in really and he laughed when asked if he was disappointed to come Only a few Kilometres Short of his he in its our fault if your newspaper was late its our fault not your production problems interrupted our press run yester which meant delays in getting newspapers to some of our carriers on that meant subscribers in some areas of the City did not find the free press on their doorsteps at the usual for those subscribers of the free press extends a sincere apology and offers the Assurance that our employees Are working hard to ensure onetime prompting him to but he later re turned with a bar and threatened the offi at that Point one of the officers Drew his gun on the who was then the Man was never arrested and had to be treated in Hospital for injuries sustained in the one source said at least one Cruiser was dispatched to the scene of the beating but did not file a Hydro eyes new exports by Donald Campbell legislature reporter Manitoba Hydro will con Sider looking for new Domestic and Export custom ers before deciding whether to Shelve the Conaw Apa dam project for up to five the massive Northern develop ment with All its expected economic benefits for the was put in jeopardy yesterday when Ontario Hydro threatened to pull out of a Power Deal unless its delayed by five the 1989 Sale agreement is the sole reason for building the megawatt Nelson River dam for the year 2001 after Manitoba demand for Power tapered of f last our preferred very is to build the dam and sell the Hydro chairman John Mccallum said it is estimated the project would bring nearly billion in net Benefit to the province Over the 30year construction and Power Sale Narendra a conference Board of Canada said yesterday removing construction of Conaw Apa from the provincial econ omy will mean growth projections for Manitoba could be lowered by up to per cent in the Premier Gary Filmon said any decision about the provinces future involvement in Conaw Apa will be made by Manitoba they signed the agreement with Ontario Bob Manitoba Hydro confirmed Ontario Hydro could Back out of the Deal with penalties if it proved it no longer needed the megawatts a the penalties would cover Mani Toba Hydro costs to Esti mated at As much As Ontario Hydro needs to trim billion in costs to fight off a glut of Power and a five year deferral would save at least Brennan said Hydro officials will begin weighing options including finding a timetable for de laying Conaw Apa that would conceivably delay construction for less than five Nail the Thompson urges mayor candidate says Crown should t prosecute prostitutes by Stevens wild staff reporter mayoral candidate Susan Thompson says she is in favor of decriminalization of she told a Community meeting organized by the Manitoba action committee on the status of women last night that the prostitutes not the should be it be the it should be the said owner of main streets Birt which is near a major go after the solicitors rather than the Thompson also said she is flying to Toronto tomorrow to attend a f fundraising dinner on her she said the dinner tomorrow night had been organized by former its Erwinn speggers saying they cant come but they want to she in going Down to Toronto for 16 hours to Tell them Why in running for she said she hoped the people at the dinner would Tell their Winnipeg friends and relatives to support she denied it was a its not to raise its Erwinn speggers who want to she said the dinner at Toronto Royal York hotel would include such local delicacies As Manitoba wild Rice and Lake Winnipeg acknowledging that prostitution is a Federal Thompson said she might lend her support to groups advocating As police should try to lend More assistance to prostitutes who Are victims of Thompson quote of the Day dont drink Benjamin speck wont go As far As a doctors which advises against drinking the revered the weather today mainly winds 1 tomorrow High 88 727 7q9 upon a emf inside Ann in sports dtumionp14 Blue jays 5 we keep Manitoba moving see Arnold Brothers and on Page b9 ;