Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local Winnipeg free press january 1995 nuclear waste a weighty Issue decl promotes burial concept by David Kuxhaus staff reporter dealing with the country nuclear waste is a weighty in philosophical and physical atomic Energy of Canada thinks it should be buried deep within the Canadian and to sell the the Crown corporation has gathered plenty of data to try to convince the stacked one on top of the the reference material stands just Over 35 centimetres 1 and if you want to lug it to the Library for a youd better be in shape because the Load weighs in at it can be a bit said Lawrence a chemist with in total there Are pages which include More than 500 tables and More than so copies of the projects 47page summary have been printed along with another copies of its expanded there Are sets of the nine primary references decl wont divulge printing although it concedes the Bill was in excess of to Date decl has received More than requests for one of the More hefty volumes is a 684page Tome entitled pos closure assessment of a reference system which has no less than 19 Ken free press reporter David Kuxhaus pores Over a weighty report on nuclear waste from the its a world of acronyms and jargon that spans More than a dozen scientific for Ever hear of Darcy Law How about ground Shine or do you know what lbs stands for Darcy Law is an empirical relation typically used in the study of fluid flow through porous Media such As rocks and ground Shine refers to Beta and Gamma radiation emitted from radionuclide on the surface of the and lbs is the acronym for swedish nuclear fuel safety Johnson admits the nuts and bolts of the project Are beyond the grasp of the average our biggest Challenge now clearly is getting the Public involved in this said decl began the Selling Job in the fall with the release of the research which culminated 15 years of scientists from the White Shell Laboratory Are on a tour of open houses that will cover five they will be in Winnipeg for a Daylong session at the Centennial Library no he Best thing people i can do is go Down there and Bug a till be a lot More fun than Reading through All of this stuff and youll learn a lot said the Crown corporation is proposing a storage vault 500 to metres beneath the Canadian shield in which radioactive waste would be it would be locked in Ceramic pellets and then sealed in Alloy tubes which would be placed in containers made of Copper or the vault would then be sealed with special Clay and decl has even estimated the number of no radiological accidents and fatalities during the 64 years of future operation and commission of the based on data from the Ontario mining Industry there would be los time injuries and 12 daring thieves bag in jewelry by Lara Schroeder free press correspondent thieves made off with an estimated Worth of jewels during a Brazen Rob Bery at Portage place saturday night despite the presence of mov restaurant patrons and Security guards during the the time that they did it just blows me said Jeff the brother of Peter owner of City Curpen said it appears two or three thieves punched a Small Hole in the Back Wall of tangles hair de located next door to his Broth ers jewelry store on the main floor of the at about Satur they reached in through the Wall and unlocked the Back then climbed through the crawled next and dropped Down into the jewelry he the thieves took an undisclosed amount of Cash from the Salon Regis located directly in front of the Glass Wall that separates the shop from the even though four Security guards were on they were Busy break ing up a fight at the other end of the mall when the robbery Curpen said two guards ran to the store when its alarm went but the thieves were already gone when they got so the fight looks like a planned he both the Max theatre and por Tage place As Well As bran igans cafe and bar were open Dur ing the Curpen said the thieves have broken in through the Back door of the jewelry store the Way they broke into because his Brothers store has a padlock As Well the padlock int visible from the Back of the so Curpen said it appears the thieves knew about it purse owner dragged by truck by Glen Mackenzie reporter a 57yearold woman was dragged by a truck from a supermarket parking lot Satur Day in an unsuccessful attempt to re Trieve her stolen purse containing her Winter vacation Ive never Hung on to a truck be i do that for the fun of said Arlene i was just hoping someone would see me and help me by at least try ing to follow the but no one said who want Able to see the licence plate clearly because of Snow on Wetter said she was dragged from the parking lot of the superstore at Gateway Road and Mcleod Avenue on to Tupelo Avenue and another Block to London she said the incident occurred about when she was put Ting some eggs into her Wetter said she had left her purse on her shopping cart As she turned to get someone in a pickup truck grabbed it and sped she said besides credit a new pair of glasses and a Drivers i the purse contained the that she had been saving Over the past year for a Winter vacation in i save All my Money for said who works for Sears in Kildonan Wetter said she managed to re main on her feet while pulled by the so the Only physical injury she suffered was a sore but she was angry not Only with the but with onlookers who didst even try to follow the they say Cut women say fight Back by Linda Quattrin Lara Schroeder Manitoba women Are not sitting Back and idly waiting Reform of the social safety net one group of women charted out its plan of action this the Federal governments re of social policy might be but the women coalition on social policy review is still ongo said Kristine a fourth year University of Winnipeg Stu Dent who helped organize the coalitions weekend representatives of the coalition say women must become fully aware of the issues involved in the planned overhaul of social services because they stand to lose the you go talk to them and you go Home and then they Wake you up again in four years when they want you to vote for said Susan Margaret Laurence chair of women studies at the universities of Manitoba and who also helped Orga Nize the was referring to the Federal governments recently completed Public consultations on social policy in that an inadequate Way to learn from and talk to we want a much More participatory Prentice participation in the conference was higher than organizers expected 140 women to take but 168 women including 30 from outside the according to a Reform proposal drafted by Federal officials in Mani Toba one of 10 being prepared for human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy social savings would come mostly from a restructured unemployment insurance an altered welfare system and streamlined the women coalition is tackling the Federal governments plans in three Broad areas social Heath care and among their specific concerns income contingent student Barr said Loans tied to income will end up costing women More be cause most women earn less than men and will pay More interest on a loan As they pay it Back Over a longer cuts in Federal Transfer pay Barbara executive director of women health is worried about the Long term stability of the Canada health act and the governments commit ment to equal Access and Lack of adequate and affordable child care so women can get out to representatives of the coalition Arent necessarily against All changes to the social service sys for Wiktorowicz said the shift to emphasize health promo Tion and preventive measures is a Good woman two Hurt in crash Killarney area woman was killed and two others were in critical condition yesterday following a collision Between a Light pickup truck and a tractor trailer Ken Denbury of the Killar Ney ramp detachment said the crash occurred during a period of poor visibility caused by Snow and blowing Snow about Satur Day on Highway 3 about two Kilometres West of Denbury said a 35yearold woman in the pickup truck was another and a also in the were in critical condition in the health sciences Centre yesterday after being transferred from Brandon general hos he it want known which of the two women were driving the he names were expected to be re leased the Driver of the tractor trailer and a passenger were treated for minor injuries and Den Bury notice Ontario Hydro notice of redemption to the holders of 9 Bonds february 2000 series ak5 issued by the hydroelectric Power commission of in accordance with the terms of the above Ontario Hydro notice is hereby Given that Ontario Hydro will redeem the whole Issue of the Bonds on february Bonds Are redeemable at any Branch in Canada of the Bank of the Bank of Nova the Canadian Imperial Bank of the Royal Bank of the Toronto Dominion Bank and the National Bank of to obtain bondholders should present their with a copy of this notice to the Bank or financial institution with whom they 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