Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba 40 pages vol 123 no 41 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press 50s get Post 600 get Post oils rec City 7si in ont Atra Home delivery 25 Valy s3 05 20 Post in Winnipeg 30 wkly 09 21 Post outside City january councillors hear the Call of Bridge tolls by Stevens wild City Hall reporter a City Council committee voted 32 yesterday to impose a toll on the new Norwood Bridge when it opens in the measure would have to be approved by which rejected a similar proposal for the new Charleswood but if some City councillors get their tolls for new Bridges and highways will be come common in i believe there should be a toll on the said Glen Murray fort i believe there should be a toll on All new so that the taxpayers dont we should have user pay for develop preliminary construction has Al ready begun on the controversial million Mai Norwood Murray suggested a 10year toll period be placed on All new Bridges to pay for the capital with a toll of 2550 cents per five cents would raise several Mil lion dollars per he As Well As defraying Mur Ray said the concept would encourage people to take the Rick Boychuk who also supported the said the City had to find better ways to finance capital tolls might be the he the City is carrying a debt Load of mainly from major infrastructure projects in the its a Good Way of raising Boychuk if you really want to use pay for he said it would mean that people living outside the City who used the Bridge would help pay for Portage East or bust Mec Biz Board gets message on new Arena by Nick Martin City Hall reporter Manitoba entertainment Complex has told downtown business leaders that the Portage East site is the Only one it will consider for a new sources said for All practical to meet Mec chairman John Loewen made the indication that the Portage East site is the Only viable said a Board member of the downtown business improvement who asked not to be that certainly the message we Loewen said monday nights session with the Biz Board was a private meet we Laid ouf very sound and Concrete reasons Why Portage East is the Best Loewen and he repeatedly refused to say whether Mec will Tell City Council that Portage East is the Only he has previously said Portage East is Mecs prefer but telling councillors there is no Choice would Mark a significant escalation in the a close door session of Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss the Issue next tuesday or it would be followed by a Council meeting with a 20 meeting of executive policy committee to hear Public delegations and a special Council meeting Loewen has said repeatedly that construction must be under Way this Spring if a new Arena is to be ready for the fall of mayor Susan Thompson supports the site adjacent to the Winnipeg convention Glen Murray fort Rouge said it sur prise him if Mec gives Council a ing Choice that the worst kept secret of the Murray said Winnipeg in the nineties councillors will continue to fight for renovations to the existing Terry Duguid North a Donan insisted Council still has the Choice of since it owns the Portage East Jae Eadie James said the convention Cen tres projected losses of million in 1995 make it Nec Essary to consider the North american life property on York owners Send game into sudden death by Tim Campbell sports reporter the Strain was written on jets defence Kris Kings face yesterday after he and other Winnipeg players worked out a the still hanging by a thread c1 Why quibble 9v3t a year c1 owners Back to old nil commissioner Gary Bettman won approval from his Board of governors to present a offer to the nil players association last after a Marathon session that be Gan monday and lasted More than 20 Bettman find a consensus among league owners on a Deal he brokered with no la Leader Bob Goodenow and had to re tool a final Goodenow received that offer which includes unrestricted free Agency at 32 for the first three years of a six year and at age 31 in the final three and the two sides decided to sleep on it after the Roundt Hemlock session that ended in the lockouts 102nd there is not expected to be any negotiation on the since Bett Man has been Given a specific Man said Toronto president and a Cliff its up to him to go and get the Job Fletcher told Winnipeg jets pm John whose team was among the 14 objecting in yesterdays earlier said he remained optimistic the lockout would i figured this would be done by but i always thought it would be done at the very last he jets president Barry Shenkarow also sounded its going to be a far cry from the system that was in Shen Karow the revised proposal passed by a 197 margin last the earlier which called for an age 32 qualifier in the first year and 31 was rejected aside from the age to qualify for unrestricted free the two sides have agreed on several other important among them an Cap on any Rookie Sal Ary with no difference for players drafted in lower to be implemented beginning with the 1995 teams will be allowed to walk away from three salary arbitration rulings in two if the ruling is Over which will be indexed for salary a six year with owners hav ing the right to reopen after three the players after a 19yearold entry with an option provision for the weather today periods of to High mainly Doudy with 60 v inside b4 diversions p2 in iwo 011 Movle q5 atm quote of the Day Ive got the whole world so dont let me screw Hamlet director Lewis Baumander on the eve of macs premiere starring Keang Montreal pays for its Bridges by toll and tolls on highways and Bridges Are common in the United Boychuk pointed Sandy Hyman River Heights said tolls were a creative Way of raising other cities Are thinking about Hyman we have to find ways of not carrying the cites debt for so Terry Duguid North Kil Donan said the idea is lets discuss the Issue in the con text of an entire infrastructure financing Duguid ill Freak fumed Jane bring who uses the Norwood Bridge every Day to get to work As a sales clerk i afford to get to said adding she already pays enough for Gas and 61 5 the thrill int gone Phil free press with his guitar Lucille firmly in blues legend King belts out a tune for More than fans last night at the Centennial concert at King remains one of the worlds most tasteful and skilled please see review on Page in the business universities flunk out Bald Santin education reporter the world of business has Given out its grades on the University system and there Arent enough is to go too too too out of our universities get absolutely incensed if you question if they Are aiming their courses in a relevant Way for whats going on in today said Mai ceo of credit Union Central of Manitoba has the third largest aerospace Centre in Canada yet we dont Nave an engineering program in in a time when universities will be turning More and More to the Pri vate sector for funding to replace government such criticism among business complaints universities have been indifferent to and untouched by the pres sures that have radically altered other sectors of 1 universities demand More Money yet produce graduates ill storming Owers parts inside Story quelling for scholars b3 equipped for today universities produce graduates regardless of marketplace demand As a Are unable to pro vide the professionals that Are need Manitoba examples include a glut of graduates in Nurs ing and mechanical i dont know that our universities need to be precisely driven by the needs of employers but there must be some relationship somewhere or else Well turn out lots of people Wholl have nowhere to Ander son the University Community believes Many of the business com plaints Are unfair and University presidents say a great Deal of their activity is already tied in to the daily needs of and there is concern about preserving the traditional University in the Pursuit of creating and disseminating universities cant be Only focused on areas of economic pay said Brandon University president Dennis you cant link the study of Clas sics to a particular economic development in but it is an important foundation Stone of training the intellects of said u of m president Arnold University of Winnipeg president Marsha Hanen said attempts to tie University admissions to specific Job Market demands have mainly because the need for certain types of employees changes by the time students but Hanen said she believes All universities will be working More closely with Community colleges to develop skill based and technological better than Bank foreign Exchange rates guaranteed corporate accounts mom Uriu 9876ooo ;