Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba South Africa birth of a nation Mandela sworn in As Canada salutes new regime fans first Black president new democracy critical challenges please see stories on Page b3 40 pages v n 60 n if at if ins to nerf Winnipeg free press 50 it if it May 1994 600 jobs coming to Selkirk a Saskatchewan based heavy equipment company plans to set up a Plant in Selkirk that will employ As Many As 600 construction is to begin in weve been told anywhere be tween 500 and 600 jobs so that will be absolutely Selkirk Deputy mayor Dawn Macfarlane said last Selkirk town Council Lor Clive Rennie said the Plant fore casts employing that Many people in about five the would become the largest employer in the providing much needed employ Macfarlane maybe it would help keep our Young people at said Mac noting that the towns popu lation has been declining the Plant will manufacture heavy trucks and equipment for the min ing Industry it is to be built with the Aid of a provincial Rennie said getting the govern ment loan was the last piece in the weve been working on this for almost two years and now its finally coming the town will Issue million in grow Bonds to help finance the Ven Rennie said the Saskatoon based company will be putting in million of its own this is going to be a big operation when its Rennie said the Plant will be built on 22 hectares of property Shi has leased from the it will certainly be a Boon to the said Marc free press Jeff Warrens hand is still sore and his feet Are badly following a wild bicycle thief Chase with wife Ted up victims give Chase Brazen Bike thieves meet their match in fearless suburban couple by Brad Oswald staff reporter Jeff Warren saw red As his Mountain Bike wheeled off in the hands of a Brazen bicycle so the 33yearold computer technician gave kind you see in a Hollywood cop As Warren and his nursed their wounds they conceded there Lucky neither of them was but the Whyte Ridge resident said Hes not prepared to sit Back while criminals take Over his Southend in fed Jeff said As he examined his bandaged the result of chasing the Bandit several blocks in his stocking Ive had too Many things and i know what bikes never get recovered and the Guys never get just after 6 the Warrens were preparing to take their three children out for a Bike Shannon noticed a Well dressed gent in his 20s walking up the the next thing she saw was the smartly appointed scofflaws Riding she shouted a warning to and the race was Jeff pursued on while Shannon put the kids in the House and followed in the family he managed to keep the thief in View until she caught up then the pair followed until the thief jumped the curb and headed into a Gas bar at the Corner of Scurf held and Kenaston he tossed the Bike into the Back of a pickup truck being driven by an Warren hopped out of the Van and ran toward the but the Driver veered into knocking him to the Shannon blocked the exit with the and then got Jeff jumped into the Back of the getaway truck As the thieves backed looking for a Way while he was prying open the sliding rear window of the truck cab and trading punches with the Shannon was grabbing hold of the trucks she was sent tumbling across the pavement As the pickup jumped the curb and headed but Jeff managed to toss his Bike from the truck and leap out As it picked up in the no one got the licence plate number of the but the Warrens got their hospitals face huge budget cuts reporter Winnipeg and Brandon hospitals Are facing million in budget cuts that will affect hundreds of workers Over the next two a Manitoba health organizations report the mho document also says the Filmon governments moratorium on layoffs issued last october is the Only reason More jobs Haven been lost to healthcare a budget Cut represents about three times the savings found last year by consultant Connie i dont know How they can reduce any More without closing some hos said Vera presi Dent of the Manitoba nurses health minister Jim Mccrae didst dispute the saying the elimination of waste will save Mil Lions of Mccrae predicted a greater emphasis on Community based care will mean hospitals will soon have fewer patients to he said he wont tolerate any savings proposals that will affect patient Curran was hired to trim up to million from the Boniface Gen eral Hospital and health sciences Centre budgets but achieved about half that a government memo indicates As Many As jobs Are on the line at Hsc and the mho document says 400 healthcare positions have been Cut in the last Ron president of which represents 160 healthcare a said the test for the govern ment will be to ensure cuts dont Hurt patient Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger said his Hospital has not been told it has to make any cuts beyond the Mil lion it is supposed to achieve in its budget by but Liberal Leader Paul Edwards accused the Filmon government yesterday of lining the pockets of a private company in a desperate at tempt to improve the provinces Job As an economic philosophy i just think that Edwards said it Doest work these companies generally they take and then they but Industry minister Jim Downey said that part of the Way in which businesses Are operating Downey said one of the conditions of the loan to Shi was that the com Pany put up million of its own Money to build the Young War dead tug at hearts of teenagers they shall not grow As we that Are left grow age shall not weary nor the years at the going Down of the and in the we shall remember for the fallen Stal reporter Moro Italy Stacey Gloster is standing at the grave of a 16yearold private and she is crying because he is crying because he have even been in the War and crying because at the tender age of 18 she has already outlived a boy who died Here fighting for his country 50 years its just really bothering me because it didst have to Gloster so Many people these Days just waste their lives and Here he is just 16 and lying a Sudbury High school toured the huge War cemetery Here yesterday with a delegation of Canadian veterans in Italy for two weeks for the 50th anniversary of the italian there Are canadians buried largest Canadian War cemetery in what is a sombre Monument to the fierce Battle Between Canadian and German troops for control of the nearby town of Ortona during the bitter Winter of but it was the grave of a member of the Hastings and Prince Edward that attracted the most attention Italy More than 50 Canadian War veterans Are in Italy for the next two weeks to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the italian reporter Paul Wiecek is following them and retracing the Steps of his late who fought in Italy with the second polish deadly Battle lives particularly among the four Young canadians the department of veterans of mrs has brought along on the according to official military of enlisted in 1942 at the age of duping military authorities because he was Large for his Fredrick an attache to the Canadian ambassador to said Only after Otts death did authorities learn of his tender Chantal a resident of said actually seeing Graves of people who fought and died for their country at her age has left her its hard to even she and that just Fine with Sam a grizzled Shilo resident who fought in its important Young people realize the sacrifices Young men just like them made on their he because if they understand maybe these kids wont have to go through what we o d a quota of the Day inside he got a much easier Deam than any of his wham who prosecuted mass murderer John Wayne rejects concerns from death penalty opponents about problems with yesterdays defame on Page a12 Tea Aathar today a mix of Sun won Low am oof foot Amov to Tun moot am Moon make Bis Donna on Page c10 Ann in sports to ;