Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 15, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba 52 pages vol 122 no 134 publications mail registration 0286 free press St Post St outside City weekly Home delivery my Post in Winnipeg my Post outside City april 1994 editors liberate Magazine to thwart feared censorship by Carreen Money so reporter cant censor something you cant the editor of the University of Winnipeg said yesterday he was forced to secretly take copies of a controversial Issue of the Magazine that were being held under lock and Chuck Mol Gat said the censorship Battle began on when Jim University of Winnipeg student association ordered the magazines withheld from an Mol Gat decided to fight he said that a member of the stylus staff called the print shop yesterday morning and imitated Hebert voice to ask that the magazines be the editors quickly picked up seven boxes containing the he which Are expected to hit the streets appointed said John who wrote the controversial secant act Are unsatisfied with the services they receive from Ursa to apply to have their dues it also questioned the effectiveness of the student a source close to Heber said the Ursa president planned to have the article removed from All of the magazines before they were in a Brief Telephone interview Heber said that was not his several hours after the magazines had been now they know How Jonah Felt student teacher Kim Weidenbacher standing Centre and students had a whale of a time the teacher and two Grade 4 Strathcona school classes took a Hovel approach to studying the Blue Weidenbacher created the 25metrelong giant whale out of plastic sheets and inflating it with a the teacher built the whale As a Way of introducing her students to sea the students broke into Small groups and spent the morning weighing and studying their Model of the worlds largest sagging rising Home sales put Jingle Back in Cash registers by David Kuxhaus and Murray Mcneill staff reporters sagging Dollar and a Leoning resale housing Are helping to boost sales for Winnipeg department according to figures released yesterday by statistics Winni Peg stores rang up million in sales in february a per cent increase Over the same month last it was the second highest in crease among major Canadian Cit University of Manitoba economist Norm Cameron said higher Home sales Are directly connected to higher retail people buy Homes and they find they need things like new a Couch for the living room and new Cameron figures released yesterday by the Winnipeg real estate Board show March mls Martlet statistics 1994 no of listings of Homes sold 880 dear volume i sate stir Polistino ratio department w february 1994 Over february 1993 min Tobi up up per the cites resale housing Market has been climbing since last Board president Ron Doerksen said residential sales jumped 14 per cent in november Over the same month in since realtors have posted further gains of 15 per cent in 31 per cent in and 22 per cent in both february and Gordon free press another Factor is the slide of the Canadian which dropped from roughly 80 cents us in february 1993 to 73 cents in february Cameron said More Consumers Are choosing to spend their Cash at with a seven per cent drop in the Exchange grand Forks has be come a lot More making shopping in Canada a Good Cameron Doug manager of Sears at Garden City shopping Cen said Hes noticed More shoppers out on the Macdonald attributed part of the increased business to the millions of dollars of insurance claims resulting from floods last i know its been a fac Tor in our department stores across the country recorded million in february sales a jump of per cent Over february the City with the highest increase was Mont at per figures released yesterday by the Canadian real estate association show that Winnipeg want the Only Canadian City to record stronger re Sale housing activity in the association said sales surged in 25 major markets across the country last showing a per cent increase this March Over the same month last Heber hanging up the he had decided to release them for Mol Gat said the alleged claiming Many Magazine contributors dont even attend the University of while the free Magazine is self supporting through fundraising and printing is arranged through the he University of Manitoba students sent out a news release criticizing the attempt to halt distribution of the we were astonished when we heard about u of m student Union spokesman Victor Vrsnik adding he believes criticism by student newspapers is part of life in student patient care on contract seven Oaks hires Omeca Reform Bidou Naime staff reporter a private company has been contracted to provide Home care service for seven Oaks general part of a major Experiment to reduce healthcare costs by discharging patients Earli the move has sparked heated de Bate Over whether for profit Compa Nies should be allowed a place in the Public health As part of a 12week Pilot project now under the Hospital is pay ing we care Home health services to care for Early release the program is designed to help the Hospital meet a Bud get reduction imposed by health care said Randy vice president of professional services at seven lock said it costs seven Oaks be tween and a Day to hold a while we care has said it can treat them at Home for significantly but critics charge the move Means privatization is on the Way As Hospital budgets nip health critic Dave Chomiak said the plan sets a dangerous Prece Dent for contracting out Hospital ser vices to the private we see hundreds and hundreds of nurses Laid off and private healthcare companies coming on Board to pick up the he healthcare consultant Tim Sale said this is the first time Hes heard of a private company being paid by a Canadian Hospital to provide Home the closest thing to this weve seen in Canada is the victorian or Der of and they Are non prof he health minister Jim Mccrae said Hes pleased to see the partnership Between we care and the in very mindful of the jobs lost at the hospitals where the changes Are being but Ive had it demonstrated to me on Many occasions that the private sector does things better than we do in we Are involved with Many facilities around the City and that All i will we care manager Ron Vera president of the Manitoba nurses said the presence of we care staff on wards at seven Oaks has upset these people Are coming do ing rounds and having Access to peo Ples charts even before they decide whether or not they will be taking the patient on As a she quote of the Day clearly something went wrong John chairman of the joint chiefs of reflects on events yesterday in Northern where jets mistakenly shot Down two of their own killing All 26 the weather today 40 Chance of morning flurries or High Low tomorrow sunny Art High fun Rafte Moon sleet site inside Ann in sports to in Ythier 6971400 Mcphillops 18004651400 ;