Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba Alternatives Follower interest Clay Hainstock Thomson Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977232 b1 october 1992 response sought on dog problem once bitten twice this time ill do it before the civic three years i suggested that City Council make it mandatory for dog owners to Fence their Back Yards or have a dog nothing they then of course i was making a pitch just after councillors had been voted into bad timing on my with a recent Story in the free press about inner City residents afraid to venture outside because of stray ill bring it up now before the civic in my own some homeowners whose properties Overlook Sturgeon Creek have unfenced they mow the grass right Down to the Creek and allow their dogs to roam much to the consternation of other people taking their dogs for an evening or weekend then there Are those who believe tethering their dogs with a Chain or a rope is the a few weeks ago a toddler was killed after becoming entangled while playing with the chained family along with Point Douglas resident Tina two grandsons were both bitten this one like to know what the next mayor plans to in the past close to dogs were impounded by the two thirds in the Core there were 280 dog bites again mainly from the inner animal formerly called the dog answers about complaints a year of dogs roaming Loose in but what really gripes me is that we taxpayers Are shelling out close to million for a new building to House impounded dogs instead of clamping Down on irresponsible dog so for Why dont we ask the mayoral candidates what they propose to in ill do it Here and ill let you know How Many respond and what they q q q the Public service commission is investigation into the local hiring practices of Canada customs is expected to be completed later this a couple of my employed at Canada the other a former the probe should go Back at least 10 to 15 last youll three Veteran Winnipeg police officers complained of nepotism after being turned Down in a recent the officers cited four cases inexperienced relatives been but that figure is a lot the customs officer gave me eight names of close relatives of serving superintendents who had Jeen Given he said he knew of several cases where a senior customs officer would chair an interview Board and later recommend a relative of a senior officer be then the Guy he did a favor for would sit As chairman of another Board and recommend the hiring of his buddy son or he naming both officers in another he two officers were asked to withdraw their names from an internal promotion application list in order to allow a senior officer to give the Job to a later these two Guys were Given other so these three Winnipeg cops complaining about nepotism is just the tip of the victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy write Mike hell look into police chief not ruling out calling in the mounties Henry unhappy with probe by Gordon Sinclair free press columnist Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry says he has concerns about the investigation into the alleged beating of a Man by a group of party ing police Henry also suggested he Rule out calling in the ramp to finish the i think its fair to say there Are some things that have been missed in the investigation that in concerned Henry adding the time taken is also a during an he was asked if he has considered requesting that the mounties take Over the Case which involves As Many As 20 of Henry said i think its on the move but if i find that in being frustrated by the very people that i rely upon to conduct thorough and competent and i cant be assured of their willingness to get the facts and uncover i May have to con Sider the six Eskold police which predates the new chiefs arrival by nearly a Only came to his and the Public attention this week when an Anonymous tipster phoned the free the 19 Case began As a criminal probe into a complaint by the alleged a 27 year old last it was taken Over by internal said Menno asked Why officers suspected of being at the scene that night Haven been interviewed six weeks after the Zacharias said the information that we require to identify them Hast been the officers involved Haven been its been a difficult Zacharias added its Only been in the last four or five Days that Hes Learned the Iden Tity of the officers who came and went from the Alexander docks Henry added that police Are searching for a potential key witness arid All they have to go on is a the a was with the 27 year old complainant at the Alexander docks when he claims to have been who has reviewed police reports of the also said i dont want you to think there has been any kind of coverup Jeff free press Luck toss Marlene Lucky tosses Foury Earold daughter Breanne into the air As they take in yester Days Beautiful Indian summer is expected to last through the Nomes yes Side warning fails to generate Quick endorsement by Radha Krishnan Hampl staff reporter senior civic politicians yesterday postponed a Deci Sion on mayor Bill Nomes re quest to support the yes Side in the 26 constitutional their reluctance to support the yes Side came despite Nomes warning that a no Side Victory Means untold economic hardship to the the province and the Norrie told the executive policy committee yesterday that the uncertainty Over the referendum hit Home hard two weeks ago when the City had to postpone a Bond Issue because of a sudden increase in interest Norrie said the City was All set two weeks ago to borrow million from the Domestic Market when in Terest rates suddenly went up by a few making the borrowing More civic finance com missioner Bill Carroll said the Sud Den jump in the interest rate would have Cost a lot More in the Long we missed it the lower interest rate by half an hour or Carroll said his officials Are now waiting for the Market to he added the postponement wont cause the City any immediate hard ships although it could be a problem tots death police say police reporter in a dramatic City police yesterday charged a 23yearold Boyd Avenue Man with murder in the death of an eight Montgold boy earlier this Melvin Wayne Harris was charged with second degree Mur Der after an autopsy on the body of Kyle Vincent bundle concluded the boy died of severe abdominal injun not of drowning As police were initially Harris was initially charged with criminal negligence causing death after he told police that Rundle drowned in a Bathtub monday when he was briefly left but youth Lou Spado said the charges against Harris were up graded to murder yesterday after an autopsy revealed Rundle died of abdominal Spado said police now believe Rundle died of injuries sustained in a he said the beating allegedly occurred monday afternoon when the world class disease Centre to Rise in City Bouchard ends Long period of uncertainty about project by Alexandra Paul medical reporter if interest rates Start major Banks raised their prime lending rates two percentage Points a Day before the trend setting Bank of Canada rate was expected to jump the same Norrie insisted he didst raise the Bond Issue to bully any councillors into supporting the yes civic executive policy committee spent two hours yesterday after noon debating Nomes Norrie said As a staunch nationalist he Felt its his duty to get Council to support the yes Side and said he was not under any pressure from prime minister Brian Federal health minister Benoit Bouchard ended months of uncertainty yester Day in Winnipeg in announcing construction tenders will be issued to Day to build a Centre for disease control ground will be broken in novem Ber for the new Centre the first worldwide to Combine animal and human disease control under a sin Gle the six hectare Tecumseh Street site adjacent to the health sciences i have a Dollar in my pocket to Complete the Bouchard quipped at a press conference flanked by Energy minister Jake Epp and mayor Bill under the bilateral Ottawa formally purchased the erty the size of 11 football Fields which once housed a Cit owned works Yard from Winnipeg for a single loonie i can Tell you now that it was not sure at All it would be Here in Winni even a year Bouchard told a room crowded with Federal and provincial politicians and officials on hand for the since 1987 when Winnipeg was first touted As the project was beset with financial and Politi Cal Bouchard said he and Epp fought repeated attempts by Treasury Board to target the project for cuts and at the same time fended off efforts by Ottawa scientific Community to keep it in the nations Epp recounted a conversation in the late 1980s he said was Pivotal in shifting the labs location from its original site in Ottawa to when the prime minister called me into his office and said we have a virology lab we want to can you do some Between on putting it in Winnipeg that where it Epp construction from this Winter through 1996 is expected to create jobs from consultants to car the Federal ministers the Centre to expand outdated facilities in Ottawa will see the Sims Hunters some facts on a million Federal virology Laboratory to be built Over the next four years in tenders for the first phase of construction a foundation for the Laboratory Complex Are to be issued 1 with tenders for the second and final phase set for next construction will employ from consultants to carpenters in the four years it will take to Complete the with special ventilation and air filtering the Complex will Combine disease control for humans and animals in a building the size of five football safety for 210 support i and maintenance potential contamination from highly contagious viruses will focus on an system that will in really Cook the bugs to v to the Centre is to act As a diagnostic and research laboratory1 for human and animal As a a Kozej service to Trie provinces and an in a York wide Effort to Gordon Prevoe Winnipeg free press Transfer from the capital of All six microbiology laboratories with the health and welfare leaving behind two epidemiology labs and a statistics the expected to be Opeil by july will employ 160 Scien administrative and technical experts As Well As 50 full time build in maintenance around town whats on trivia Challenge an Inzerma Jogn session on Inthis infant refused to Stop crying after being Given a he said the beating caused severe internal bleeding which led to the Childs City police Are treating the Inci Dent As the ninth homicide of Harris was on bail at the time of the police said tuesday that he was charged with assault and uttering threats in july for allegedly beating his 17yearold common Law who is Rundles those charges have not yet been dealt with in t v v a ;