Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press a q january Canada at a glance strike stalls pm Plant from the Canadian press Montreal a Wildcat walkout by workers shut Down general motors Only Assem Bly Plant in Quebec officials with the Canadian automobile workers Union have been saying for weeks that the workers at Bois Briand Are beginning to Burn out producing up to 900 units a Day in two the Plant produces Cama Ros and Brawl lands plane a mid air Brawl Between two Passen Gers forced a Pilot to make an emergency Landing on an air strip near this Central Alberta Community earlier this two Calgary Brothers have been charged with endanger ing the safety of an aircraft and causing a no Moody bears Calgary even Polar bears need a pick Eup now and veterinarians at the Calgary zoo have put Snow Ball on prozac to prevent her from the mood altering drug was prescribed for the 24yearold animal for her neurotic behave Bug attacks boy a Kitchener boy is recovering from the so called flesh eat ing disease the second Case in the City in less than a doctors believe the seven year old boy became infected with the group a streptococcus bacteria that causes the disease after scratching a Chicken pox Hunting Hunters newfoundlands resources minis Ter is setting his sights on renegade who Are wounding Caribou then Leav ing them to wildlife officers in vast areas of Mainland Labrador have been finding the Bullet riddled carcasses of the Ani which have been shot but not some Hunters Are maiming the animals with a shot to the legs or then walking a Freedom costly Toronto Paul mor Gans 10 hours of Freedom As an escaped prisoner will Cost him Federal corrections officials the 40yearold convicted who sparked a massive manhunt will be locked up in a maximum Secu Rity facility with far fewer Morgan is serving a life sen tence for the 1973 slaying of a pregnant Kitchener Back to work new Brunswick court of Queens Bench has granted a company request for an injunction or Dering some employees to re turn to work at the strike bound Stone Container pulp and paper Justice Alex Deschenes is sued the order yesterday forc ing no striking production and secretarial workers to Cross picket lines up since defence attacked Yellowknife the Crown attacked Roger War rens psychiatric defence in court has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of first degree he is accused of setting a bomb that killed nine men on during a bitter strike at the giant Gold mine in Warren confessed to the crime 11 months after the but recanted his confession in Shaw snips Cable rate new to package to Cost 40 cents less per month by Brad Oswald entertainment reporter a photo Watson announces yesterday subscribers will be Able to keep existing packages at same Rogers says its sorry but keeps Billing method Capstaff Vancouver Canadas largest Cable to supplier apologized yesterday to mutinous viewers for How it went about bringing in new Cable channels and but Rogers Cable systems says customers must still notify the company if they want to avoid paying for the new packages a policy that has outraged con Sumers across the which has 31 per cent of the Canadian Cable allow subscribers to keep present packages at no extra viewers had complained that new channels offered by Rogers As of 1 were tied to existing meaning most subscribers would lose channels such As ten and can if they didst buy the new president Colin Watson admitted the company erred in its introduction of new specially we now know that we made a mistake and we apologize to our Watson told a Vancouver news the second and third largest Cable companies lined up behind Rogers Cable systems in support of their negative Billing but neither video tron nor Shaw Cable systems have taken any existing channels out of packages and put them into More costly specially packages like Rogers planned to by changing its Rogers puts its plan in line with that of Winnipeg two Cable which have offered their customers the Choice of keeping what they opting for the new services or combining new with existing Shaw Cable and Videon Cable to have reported a near doubling in their Normal volume of customer Calls since the 1 free preview launch of the new videos director of sales and customer Tim said the majority of Calls this week have been from Winni Eggers confused by conflicting re ports about How the changes affect to viewers in the Winnipeg National Media have reported outrage in centres such As Toronto and Vancouver because of the controversial Rogers i Hope this will put an end to the said Videon general manager Charron perhaps Well no longer get the mixed messages that have been coming from the National Shaw Cable has dropped the Price it will charge for the seven new Canadian specially channels and Fox which took to the air according to Stephen Shaws director of sales and marketing in the Edmonton based company has adjusted its Price the Cost of the new services to Shaws subscribers East of the red River who already receive optional services such As can and will now be effective March Shaw had originally announced a Price of per month for the As a company from coast to what weve done is try to come up with an absolute Rock Bot Tom said we had different pric ing based on regional issues and but what weve decided is to get the Cost As Low As possible and go with that from coast to Shaw Cable also has branches providing Cable service in parts of Van Toronto and several smaller locales in Western Ontario and the both Shaw and its counterpart West of the red Videon Ca ble launched the new channels the women television net life Dis covery showcase net new country network and be Reseau de 1information along with Fox on 1 on a free preview Baker said Shaw also decided last week to extend its free re View period for the new services from the originally announced 30 Days to 60 Videon is maintaining its announced Price of for the new services and its 30day free pre View we intend to Roll out our plans As originally said Videon general manager Charron our package selections Are most provinces allow practice Canadian press negative option the controversial method used by most Cable to companies to introduce new is Legal in most provinces despite the recent clamor for Here is a breakdown British Columbia the government is considering amendments to the consumer Protection act to outlaw the Alberta no legislation Saskatchewan Manitoba province relies on consume driven watchdog groups to police the Ontario opposition members have been pressing for legislation to outlaw the Quebec a government spokesman says loopholes allow Cable companies to operate a similar new Brunswick Nova Scotia consumer Protection act amended last year because of Prince Edward Island customers must be informed of program changes and whether they will be required to pay for Newfoundland Yukon other options not widely discussed and no legislation Northwest territories different from people have to understand that were not comparing apples to Kerr pointed out that videos optional Channel package includes Detroit based pcs station which was dropped last year by and that the prices charged by the two Cable companies for existing packages also differ average donation in dollars charitable donations Contr touted billion to Charity in 1993 Csc Sulu Tough s4 03 200 400 600 800 our motto is we sell for less More often financing for up to 48 on select 95 models 95 escort la 2 sport equipped with air stereo with Sunroof much choose from your Choice 95 Aero sport Alt 7 passenger with air sport appearance package much choose from your Choice source statistics Canada up recession or were a selfless lot 95 Sable is or Sedan fully equipped including dual air choose from your Choice Canadian press Ottaw compassion glowed brighter in the chill of judging by charitable giving in individuals gave billion to Charity during the up per cent from statistics Canada reported the growth is Well above the 1993 inflation rate of per the median Dollar figure at which there were equal numbers above and Rose to from an increase of per the recession May be one reason for increased says David president of United Way people realize that the needs Are that High unemployment causes major suffering in individuals and families jives and that the charitable sector is doing a lot to help he said in an almost million per cent of tax making donations in a slight Rise from the report does not include figures on corporate canadians have increased their charitable donations every year since says statistics the statistics Canada figures underestimate giving because Many people dont claim tax credits for All their a recent study by the Otta abased Canadian Centre for philanthropy concluded that for every Given to in receipts Are issued and is it estimates the real total for private donations in 1993 at billion from billion from corporations and billion from other 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