Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba B Winnipeg free january 1994 fewer natives graduate College examines reasons by Bud Robertson staff reporter a study which found significantly lower graduation rates among aboriginal students at red River Community College has highlighted a crucial need for better educational educators the final report of the presidents task Force on services to multicultural and aboriginal communities at the College found Only 30 per cent of aboriginal students compared to More than half of nonnative the released Early last found the lowest graduation rates for aboriginal students were in business per applied arts per cent and engineering technology 23 per these Are the kinds of things that we need to get to the Root said Fausto task Force co chairman and Dean of student affairs at the once the causes have been fully he we can Start to Correct Between 1989 and the graduation rate for the general College population declined by per compared to per cent for Yak for 1iakmony in this staff reporter Bud Robertson introduces the year for racial Harmony project and examines the advances and the setbacks being made in promoting belter understanding Between Winnipeg ethnically diverse part 4 aboriginal the report the report also found that the number of aboriginal graduates fell by More than on half to 137 in the 199192 school compared to 331 in yet the number of students enrolled in the College was almost the Don the colleges new Dean of aboriginal believes the poor graduation rates among aboriginal students can be at least in to the Shock of trying to adjust to life on a big City adult students also find it difficult trying to get Back into the routine of school said who is also of aboriginal experience tells us that they need three to six months adjustment in order to get Back to the habit of Many of the programs at the College Are Only 10 months in and at two that Doest give them much time to he task Force co chair Virginia education adviser wit the Assembly of Manitoba agrees that for Many aboriginal students from Small the College environment can be i found the College setup very she and that discourages students even but with the release of the task Force recommendations last an awareness of the difficulties faced by aboriginal students has been said and that is leading to higher Success among the recommendations of the task Force Are the creation of a resource Centre for aboriginal students and the provision of More programs to extend the period of training and provide counselling and financial tomorrow students speak City gets Extension on Lasalle Forest land by Nick Martin metro reporter Gen Star development has Given the City until at least the end of the month to pull together a Deal to Purchase 121 acres of Forest along the Lasalle River threatened by a proposed Golf the reprieve was made Public at a Stormy finance committee meeting yesterday during which City coun civic officials and developers clashed Over the dancers and musicians in Deer costumes demonstrated outside the committee room after a close door session were prepared to extend our discussions to at least Gen Star general manager Ray Klassen said after the private but that about All participants agreed councils Deal to buy the property at an acre expired 31 be cause the province had not yet is sued Gen Star a Golf course even though the City required the licence As a condition of the Al Golden vital told finance committee the City will actively oppose a licence if it comes before a provincial without the Golden the land int Worth that Bill Clement Charle Woodfort Garry estimated its value at an acre without a Golf course i lawyer Yude representing a coalition of environmental argued that the City should grab the land while it can at an he said the land could Cost up to an acre if the City has to reopen Clement and John Angus maintained the City has an agreement to buy the land at a lower Price should the province reject a Golf course we cant give you i camera in formation Clement told Hen while Angus it is not in but Klassen said no such agree ment with Gen Star finance commissioner Bill Carroll was openly annoyed with the environmental chiding them that taxpayers cannot afford to keep All rive Bottom land in Public owner minister rebuffs questions about judge Justice minister Rosemary Vodrey is refusing to comment on controversial remarks by a former chief provincial judge because she Hast reviewed the re Marks made Over two weeks a Media adviser at her Vodrey said she was not prepared to discuss comments made by judge Harold Gyles in the free press about his handling of complaints into the conduct of judge Bruce my i didst read the free press Story so i cannot make a said who granted the inter View wednesday after repeated re Gyles who is officially retired but still works As a provincial judge said Manitoba judicial system be faulted for its handling of complaints about Mcdonalds conduct dating Back Over two de Gyles denied receiving a 1969 court transcript in which Mcdonald made racist and said some its that time i War its the is the january Ware Houi on an incredible ing for he Best prices of the year Ity electronics compus Shol onn01 Ivance Ploll open 9 6 Quality electronics 13oo Portage 7866541 toll free 18oo3921295 one has lied about he also accused former Crown at Torney Bob Maxwell of lobbying for a judgeship when he filed a Host of internal complaints about Mcdonalds conduct in instead of responding to Guyless Vodrey repeated a Promise to address judicial account ability when she introduces Amend ments to the provincial court act later this Man faces charges in alleged threats a former used car sales manager charged with theft now also faces conspiracy charges after a woman found threatening papers in a truck she bought from the Dealership where the Man had police say the Cache included let ters addressed to the managers of three local the let ters threatened their lives unless they came up with the Cache also included photo graphs of the managers families and at least one police believe the material was in tended for use As part of an Tion attempt but somehow got left in the vehicle when it was Neal the former used car sales manager at Parkside and William Richard were arrested they already face charges in the theft of four vehicles stolen from Parkside salesmen who were using them As demonstrators or in one Case from a Parkside officer charged a police Constable charged with assaulting his common Law wife should learn this morning whether he Lias been suspended from the Earl Keith an 18 year member of the was arrested wednesday and charged with assaulting his 30yearold common Law wife in an incident at the Cou Ples Home police spokesman Eric Turner said Skundberg was charged after his common Law wife called police 14 and complained she had been struck twice on the left Side of the face during an argument five weeks the woman complaint contradicts earlier statements she made to officers sent to the couples Home 7 after someone called 911 from the House but then Hung around town whats on trying to quit Freedom from smoking clinics Are being offered at three locations in Winnipeg this month by the Manitoba lung association for those who Are trying to quit for More information Call trivia Challenge in the Manitoba legislative Assembly passed the first crop insurance legislation in Western it authorized local municipalities to enact bylaws to raise Money to cover losses from Early today answer a patois Eood adj of by be trivia Challenge is compiled by the Provin Cial historic resources news tips have a Story to Tell Call the free press tip line at ;