Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press january cold its Winnipeg huge dome of Arctic air has found Home by Tony Davis staff reporter Ken free press up electrician Ron Aaron knows about Why is it so darned cold because its january in according to officials from environment although their analysis May seem the technicalities Are a Little More Winnipeg deep freeze can be attributed to an High pressure dome of Arctic air that has anchored itself Over great Bear Lake in the Northwest the Ridge now covers most of Manitoba As Well As most of Alberta and part of Northwestern and were in a northerly flow to the East of that so that bringing Down some really cold air from the said Ron a weather specialist with environment Carman said this particular High pressure system developed earlier this week after a series of Alberta clippers began sailing through Southern Manitoba shortly before the clippers or Little bursts of Cloud and Snow that develop in the were zipping through the Prairies every two or three Days or Only to be followed by very cold High pressure systems behind but this latest High pressure system Doest show any sign of Carman environment Canada can Only peer five Days into the future and As of yesterday the Only Good news Urman had to offer was that the temperature might moderate slightly on due to Cloud beyond tuesday we dont really its hard to say when this High is going to break because cold air is so dense and immovable it takes something fairly Fin option default Means time in jail pressured to imprison offenders by Alexandra Paul staff reporter Public intolerance of crime is forcing the Justice system to jail offenders who fail to finish their Fin option pro criminologists you talk to the Guy on the Street and ask him does he think a Guy who broke into his garage and stole some tools should go to jail if the Guy fails to fulfil his Fin option hell say said University of Winnipeg criminologist Doug so provincial estimates indicate a full 40 per cent of the people who Register in Manitoba Fineou Tion program each year Are charged with relatively minor crimes such As Little protest few people protest when these individuals default on fines of up to and end up in jail for an aver age 30 Skoog the problem the Public has no sympathy whatever for this sort of individual and the Justice system is responding to that he in the Public Fin option is a pretty Good Deal and people should be jailed if they fail to fulfil the terms of these but the apparent lust for judicial revenge is experts you have to look at the Cost of incarceration and whether that Cost a Day per inmate is More than to pay the John Howard society executive director Graham Reddoch warehousing Jeff president of the Mani Toba defence lawyers said the Cost to taxpayers to jail modern Day debtors is argument enough against warehousing people behind there has to be a better Way of getting people to pay for crime than costing the government Gindin on moral it Doest make sense critics putting people in jail is the easy Way said former police officer Bernie who is now a social he said jailing for Petty crimes amounts to a two tiered Justice sys a lot of people cant afford to pay Marc free press Reddoch says imprisonment Cost May outweigh the convictions in Canadas provincial courts there was an average of sentenced offenders in provincial custody during 199293 which Marks a 2 increase since Yukon source statistics Canada new Laws address problem a1 fines because they Are poor and yet there Are Rich people who Are levied corporate fines we dont see them going to Dionne alternatives to carry costs in Community commit he for if shoplifters and the people they steal from were ordered into one solution might be to order a shoplifter to take part in a Community club program sponsored by retailers to help keep peo ple out of Ken free press How cold is it it certainly int taking Long to flood outdoor skating rinks across the major in order to shift that system but the duration of this cold snap int particularly if you look at Winter patterns for the province Over a 30year this weather int really anything he wednesdays Normal High was and the Normal Low but temperatures actually hit a High of and a Low and while yesterdays Low was that still eight degrees higher than the record Low Carman also offered this bit of we Arent even close to being the coldest place suffering though this Arctic that Honor goes to fort Good which was shivering at a9 yesterday tenders notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of Joseph late of the City of in the province of All claims against the above duly verified by statutory must be sent to the undersigned at 2 549 Regent Avenue Mani on or before the 25th Day of dated at the City of in Mani this 4th Day of Tweed solicitors for the executors tenders notice to creditors and others anyone having a claim against the estate of Philip Henry retired of the City of in the prov Ince of who died on the 25lh Day of is required on or before the 7th Day of to file with the undersigned solicitors particulars of their claim duly after which Date the estate will be distributed having regard Only to those claims of which notice shall then have been dated this 7th Day of Carrel partners barristers solicitors Box 638 Thunder Ontario p7c4w6 Call for tenders aircraft fueling facility Border Airport Border Airport commission Canada state project 68071 of the Border Airport commis Sion is seeking bids Lor furnishing and install ing an aircraft fueling bids Are duo january the notice of request for bids May be obtained from Short Elliott Hendrickson 3535 Vadnals Center drive Minnesota 55110 612 4902150 fax Manitoba Telephone system request for tenders the specifications for these tenders May be seen at the office of the construction program manager contracts the Manitoba Telephone 233 main Manitoba r1a after january 1994 and copies May be obtained upon payment of Deposit per set of specifications which will be refunded upon return of the specifications in Good tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 216 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Eastern Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 245 Kilometres of buried Fibre optic Cable in our Eastern and Western regions to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 496 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Western Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 321 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Eastern Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of buried conduit under utilizing a fluid assisted directional Boring machine in our Western Region to be completed by october the work shall consist of placement of approximately 47 Crossings under and approximately meters of conduit in Urban tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 530 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Western Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tenders will be marked request for tender contract tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 275 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Eastern Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of buried conduit under obstructions utilizing a fluid assisted directional Boring machine in our Eastern Region to be completed by october the work shall consist of placement of approximately 37 Crossings under obstructions and approximately 6500 meters of conduit in Urban tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be tender contract sealed tenders will be received for the contract installation of approximately 344 Kilometres of buried voice frequency Cable in our Eastern Region to be completed by october tenders will be received up to february late tenders will not be and addressed to the construction program ainu ludic program the Manitoba Telephone system at the above a bid Bond in the amount of 10 percent of the tender is to accompany each tender As a guarantee that the if successful will forthwith enter into a written contract for the execution of the work and will provide a 50 performance Bond for the contract the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be Date november per John Wilson construction program contracts the Manitoba Telephone system Telephone 204 7854236 ;