Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba 40 pages vol 122 no 42 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post 600 get Post outside cily 750 in Ontario weekly Home delivery wkly Post in Winnipeg Why t Post outside cily judge gives his approval to 15yearold girls marriage by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter a 15yearold girls islamic marriage to a 27yearold Man has been approved by a Winnipeg judge on grounds she was in Light of the relative maturity of the parties and the desirability of legitimizing the it is in the interests of the parties and of the child and in the Public interest that the consent be Justice Perry Schulman said in a written decision released the evidence satisfies me that this is not a marriage of convenience the marriage is not in tended to facilitate in the evidence establishes that the fact that they Are living to Gether and not married causes third parties to ask questions and cause inconvenience when the girl seeks medical under Canadian no person under the age of 16 except widowers and people who Are divorced can marry without planned policing changes panned the consent of a family court its the second time the family has gone to the courts seeking approval for the november 1992 islamic mar which took place when the girl was last Justice Scott Wright of court of Queens Bench rejected the fathers request that his daughters marriage to a Jorda police reporter plan to change the image of the Winnipeg police department from a place where everyone is a sergeant to a place where everyone is a Constable is bombing with the rank and Jack president of the Winnipeg police said a reorganization plan to Cut the number of senior officers behind desks and get More police Back on the streets received an icy reception from officers who want their Chance at the White shirts and hefty pay cheques of senior inside Story police unions concerned b3 a plan like this is going to seriously affect the entire promotion said whose Union represents about City police its going to put a lot of Guys in Deaden one Constable said he has Long Felt some of the departments senior officers were overpaid and but he said their rank gave every beleaguered officer on the Street something to shoot its kind of like getting to be a Sena said the who withheld his an inspectors salary ranges to about while a superintendent is paid More than a about twice that of a starting the changes Are outlined in an organizational plan prepared by the departments according to documents supporting the the changes Are being proposed in part because confusion existed within the Public in that everyone in the Winnipeg police department is a the wide ranging proposed changes which the departments executive says would bring Community based policing to the entire City would see the cites six police districts Cut to at least four of 35 senior officer positions administrative positions changed to Street jobs and even the departments name changed to the Winnipeg police but while there is Little love lost Between the departments rank and file and some of its senior Haas Eek said frontline officers have a vested interest in anything that happens to their he said that because every senior officer position that would get Cut under the plan would have repercussions Down the for the plan Calls for the reduction of the number of superintendents from nine to Haas Eek said that would mean three fewer inspectors get promoted to three fewer staff sergeants get promoted to three fewer sergeants get promoted to staff ser Geant and three fewer constables get promoted to Marc free press up Carrier Mcdermid foreground was in the right place at the right free press Carrier saves family lives a Winnipeg family is grateful to be alive after winding up outside in their Long Johns after a free press carriers actions alerted them to a predawn Blaze consuming their Home thank Homeowner Mary san Diego said from her parents another minute or two and we might not have been Able to get san her husband son and Foury Earold daughter were asleep when sirens responded to a Call from free press Carrier Steve said he called the fire department after spotting smoke and flames shooting out the roof and Side of the san Diego Home on Roseberry Street at 4 Ive never seen anything like he and the sound of Wood crack and the you could feel Winnipeg District chief Bob Copeland said Hes recommended Mcdermid receive an award for his were going to do like a certificate of Copeland he was in the right place at the right who knows the consequences of what could have he adding damage is pegged at about nobody else is out at four Oclock in the he san Diego said she was awakened by sirens in the Street and then heard the crackling Mcdermid it sounded like a she to firm ends loosestrife Sale by Gloria Taylor staff reporter the other Way to get rid of loosestrife is to dig up the dry the m and Fern 1 throwing them compos hem a gent Isis Istre quite rip Ely f a Winnipeg seed firm is one of the first National companies to remove purple loosestrife from its t t seeds announced this week that it has put an end to about Worth of annual sales of known domestically As the company will also encourage customers to remove the Plant from despite Selling More than roots a manager Brian Twomey said the company just got tired of bucking Public pressure against its bestselling weve had maybe a couple of Hundred letters in the last couple of years opposing sales and an ongoing number of phone he now were even suggesting people tear up their Lathrum and replace it with the new ones were it Hast been an easy decision because its our bestselling perennial and accounts for a lot of the Beautiful purple hued plants have been wreaking havoc on Canadas Marshland habitat where they choke out other plants and squeeze out the wildlife that depends on the imported from Europe in the has proliferated along connecting the four types of Domestic Lathrum can pollinate the wild variety of purple loosestrife that is causing the bulk of the environmentalists Twomey said the company is offering three new perennials in the same color which he Hopes will catch on with the Cory provincial coordinator of the Manitoba purple loosestrife said the company appears to be among the first to publicly withdraw although other seed companies have dropped it from their Canadian press reported yesterday that Prince Edward Manitoba and Alberta have already declared the Plant a noxious Nian citizen be recognized Wright said when certain values and standards in Canada conflict with religious or cultural conflicts must be resolved in favor of the general Wright added his decision would have been different if the teenager had been while the girls father says Hes pleased Shes Hes not Happy the judge granted permission because of we wanted to know As a Muslim whether we have the right to prac Tise our beliefs in he it seems to me we the Man said his daughters marriage is just perfect and his one Mont hold granddaughter is some Grain takes roundabout route subsidy tempts railways by Larry Kusch staff reporter trains loaded with bound Grain Are travelling As much As Kilometres out of their Way so that Prairie shippers can take advantage of attractive Federal freight this circuitous which has Cost Canadian taxpayers millions of has been condemned by a major Prairie farm group As costly and its the Canadian Way of doing Hubert presi Dent of the Western Canadian wheat growers said sarcastic if youre a railroader you dont if youre an elevator company you dont the Only Guys that get Hurt Over this Are the taxpayers and the the Federal government currently subsidizes 57 per cent of the Cost of shipping Prairie Grain by rail to various Farmers pay the other 43 per the subsidized is not available on direct rail ship ments to the United which has grown substantially As a Market for Prairie Grain and oilseed Over the past private Grain shippers and the Ca Nadian wheat Board using up rail lines Are sending Grain much of it originating in Saskatchewan All the Way to Thunder then Back to Winnipeg and South to the United states through on Canadian National the Grain is backed up from Thunder Bay to fort before its sent inside Story Grain takes Scenic route competitor big customer b3 the Only Guys that get Hurt Over this Are the taxpayers and the Farmers Hubert president of Western Canadian wheat growers association Don a spokesman for up said his company has been shipping an average of 300 carloads of Grain a week to the United states via Thunder Bay since last an official with in rail says his company has also shipped significant amounts in this manner for its that a ridiculous said Farmer Bob Hodgson of what a waste of time and fuel and resources to be doing this kind of he said any Short term gains to shippers would be offset by higher freight rates in future since Grain freight rates under the West Ern Grain transportation act Are based on system Brian a spokesman for the Canadian wheat said Only five to 10 per cent of the boards Grain sales Are routed in this Man most of the Grain is shipped South by truck or railed directly at com Mercial he quote of the Day if if if my grandmother had she would be a As Trudeau used to an exasperated prime minister Chretien has enough of reporters questions on Canadas response to possible nato air strikes on serb forces in Eastern Bosnia where Canadian peacekeepers Are details on Page As the weather today mainly High Low tomorrow sunny and High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Yagecio inside Ann in sports to ;