Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Int unexpected Prosperity d1 from co to c02 trying to Taka Poison out of Gas i1 40 pages vol 123 no 29 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post 051 Post outside City 75s 11 of Iago weekly Home delivery 5 05 20 Post c Winnipeg to Why i 09 21 Psi outdo cily december Low Dollar puts upward pressure on interest rates Lydiann Rinehart Canadian press Ottawa Canadas weak ened Dollar could be the Finan Cial Grinch for Consumers who used credit cards or borrowed to make their Way through the Christmas analysts say the lowest Dollar in eight years and uncertainty in the project foes vow Battle review sought on underpass by Paul Samyn legislature reporter Ottawa decision to approve the Kenaston Boule Vard underpass project without Public hearings could open the door to a court Challenge of the controversial infrastructure pro one of the major opponents of the project said government fast tracking has bypassed two fed eral requirements for Public re inside Story underpass plan teeters b3 too hot to we Are very determined to take this project to Ken Klassen of the coalition for Public works in the Public interest said Klassen said a full environmental As Well As the possibility of broader Public hearings into the pro were promised to area Resi dents but have since been the projects budget shows Mil lion was set aside for an Environ mental Impact assessment As Well As Public How can they say they Are going to relocate a major railway Yard and not have an environmental Impact assessment Klassen a court Challenge to the project would be another impediment to a project fast running out of the City and Canadian National railways have yet to Settle a dispute about cons plans to expand its rail Yards in South Tuxedo that could kill million in funding from the Crown As a study into the possibility of a major cargo facility near the Airport has Al ready led to warnings that the underpass May not be the Western diversification which is administering the Federal infrastructure program in stands behind its handling of the Scott Western diversification director of said an environmental screening in conjunction with Manitoba Environ ment was insignificant our review of the proposal indicated that any direct Environ mental effects of the project would be Given that the project will be undertaken in an already extensively developed with Little or no Overall incremental Impact on any wildlife or other a Western diversification report Broughton said the potential re View under Federal legislation which provides for hearings if there is sufficient Public concern was also rejected because insignificant it was a judgment he Broughton the underpass has been treated in the same manner Asah the other infrastructure we dont think anything was Market forced the Bank of Canada to increase the Bank rate yesterday by 39 basis Points to per cent the highest level in two that Means Banks will be close be raising their interest rates Likely by the end of this week on credit consumer Loans and the Bank rate responded to Fri Days close of the Canadian Dollar at an Lightyear yesterday was the first Day of trading for the Dollar in Canada after the Holiday and the downward trend the loonie closed at cents Down of a cent from fridays close of Andrew a senior economist at mrs said the chartered Banks could raise their prime lending rate for Blue Chip clients now at eight per cent by As much As a full percentage and with another expected in crease in the Bank rate next prime lending rates could Rise but Pyle said Consumers May Benefit a Tad from the Banks image con its unclear whether the Banks would want to be seen raising prime Phil free press his mom Cheryl await transplant operation sometime next for his baby the greatest gift donating Bone marrow to ailing sibling by Tony Davis Steff reporter though he spent Christmas far from Home with just his his Grandfather and his baby sister for Foury Earold Christopher Furlong did not Lack for the Booty dwarfed a Twofoot artificial Christmas tree his Mother Cheryl set up in their temporary apartment some presents came from relatives in Saint others came from strangers in Winnipeg who Felt Christopher deserved a Little extra under the after he is giving the greatest gift of All to his nine Montgold sister gift of it will help there going to stick some Needles in my says is he scared but it will help make Kate feel i like her pretty sometime next doctors from the health sciences centres Bone marrow transplantation unit jul plunge a 3mm diameter Needle up to times into Christophers Pelvis and suck out about 3jq my of Bone it will be injected into one of Kates Kate living in Hospital veins like a blood Christopher will feel like he got checked hard into the boards for a few said Andrew immunologist at Halifax Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for he has been treating Kate for a rare condition known As severe combined immunodeficiency the found Only in about on of every Means Kates immune system has never properly kicked Sutie could die of something As harmless to other kids As a common cold or a cold sore if the so called seed cells from Christophers marrow do their the Odds Are about 80 per cent they multiply and Migrate into his Sisters Bones and thymus where they should help protect her for the rest of her while the new Brunswick government is paying for the operation and flew the furlongs to Winnipeg in a private Cheryl has to pay rent at an apartment next to the Hospital and for other living expenses while Treyve been Here since 13 and will have to stay three to five months after the its been a pretty difficult Christmas for being away so far from Home for so said it was her second Christmas without her husband who was killed along with his brother and a Friend in a boating Accident late last Furlong was five months pregnant when she buried and Kate has always been a living reminder of her Manu bans who would like to help the furlongs can Send cheques or Money orders to the Pojoy we Furlong Trust the Royal we stand place 800 Fairville Saint three times in one even though the Christmas shopping sea son is Pyle said Consumers can expect to see Short term mortgage rates from six months to three years pushed were going to see further Ero Sion of the Dollar and possibly stay at High interest Levels for a the great unknowns the future of Quebec and what the Federal government will announce in its february budget will continue to create that Means continuing downward pressure on the Dollar and a corresponding upward pressure on rates he theres definitely a View that the Canadian Dollar is on a downward patient health to pay off reforms to Lemds wages to value of their services by Alexandra Paul medical reporter Manitoba doctors Are moving toward a system that will see them paid for How healthy they make their a not How Many they it will mean an end to exclusive re Liance on fees for the Way doctors have historically been Neil president of the Manitoba medical said yesterday that a five year contract Between the province and the association clearly lays the groundwork for the funding even though they Are unlikely to be fully in place by the end of the agreement in we will probably still have fees but i dont know for How the Feero service system will ultimately be Donen re View fees the first Reform is a con tract to be supervised by the medi Cal association that will review the approximately fees for ser vice on the current to be completed by april the contract for the work called a relative value guide will reassess each fee based on the value of the service to the health of if you want to spend your life treating coughs and youre not going to see a lot of Donen were restructuring the fee schedule right now it re wards Quantity of not and what we Are looking for is a system that rewards Quality of service and also he for doctors Are paid the same amount for treating an other inside Story clinics juggle to avoid b3 Wise healthy 22yearold and an eld Erly person for the same but the older patient would Likely require More care because of other health Donen he said the review is the Start of reforms that will see the fee former vice system probably by a blended system of such As one proposed recently in this is something that is being discussed quite seriously at a National Donen Ontario plan the Ontario proposal Calls for Doc tors incomes to be ultimately deter mined by a combination of fees and capitation is a fixed system of funding that allows doctors to earn Money up to a pre set beyond that you dont earn any Donen there is no question in my mind that a blended system of funding is ultimately what Well see for phys he by stressing Quality of ser vice in Quantity wont matter while Preven Tive Medicine that keeps people healthy will be Donen in the a reformed payment system for doctors will be unlikely to save taxpayers he but it is hoped that emphasizing Quality of service will improve the health of the general population and relieve stress on the healthcare sys today quote of the Day Toronto has become this great sucking the life out of Federal industries chairman Jphn Fraser observes How the Ontario capital has taken investment away from details on Page 66 the weather today Snow and blow ing Snow High us tonight tomorrow Light High 8gg sets moan fuse of to inside diversions fair Side and Ann in to lotto ;