Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press a o january Canada at a glance plans worry jewish groups from the Canadian press Montreal re cent violence by abortion foes has made jewish groups Here concerned about an upcoming convention of Radical anti abortionists seen As harbouring Antisemitic Bani brith has asked the roman Catholic diocese to withdraw its permission to use the magnificent Notredame Basilica for a mass to open the annual convention of human life International in no harm done Cambridge a Motorist crawled out of his mangled car unharmed after crashing into a via passenger train near John failed to see the approaching train monday on country Road 32 near Highway his car skidded into the train and was dragged Down the tracks before it flipped in a liquor move Calgary Alberta is pre paring to open the floodgates to privately run wholesale liquor Steve the minister responsible for the Alberta liquor control said legis lation will be tabled this Spring to allow the Sale of licences to operate liquor distribution i did do Roger Warren told his lawyer that he planted the bomb that killed nine men in the giant mine about eight Days after he confessed to the his murder trial heard i told him i did do War Ren told a psychologist hired by the defence last october to examine him in natives excluded aboriginals were deliberately excluded from a government review of Caribou Hunting practices in Labrador because there Good says the provinces natural resources the Ive been int with the natives its with the Rex Gib Bons said inquiry unlikely Regina Premier Roy Romanow says the Saskatchewan government Likely will not hold a Public in Quiry into How authorities handled the Martinsville sex Ual abuse Romanow said Justice min ister Bob Mitchell has advised him such an inquiry int Nec charges probed Fredericton the new Brunswick government and police Are investigating allegations of torture and sex Ual abuse at the Hilaire youth corrections Centre in Northwestern new Brun a 15yearold boy from the Saint John area made those allegations while appearing in youth court unionists guilty port dozens of Trade unionists have been found guilty of criminal contempt of court for trying to Stop members of a so called rat Union from going to Justice Kenneth Mackenzie found 64 Trade Union Mem Bers guilty yesterday for interfering with Tel construction workers at Macmillan Bloedel port Alberni tourist Magnet Casino Windsor has become one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Ontario Casino corporation said Dalex bids for time retailer to Cut effect locally unknown Capstaff Toronto the company that runs by tip top tailors and Thrifty Dalex will close about 200 of its stores and eliminate jobs As part of a massive re the troubled retail giant said no one knows How the decision will affect the 43 Dalex owned stores in with the trouble Treyve had Over the last couple of years is no a local employee and with the current shakeup and everyone expected they overextended themselves in the 80s and its caught up with them in in a Dalex chief executive officer Wilfred Posluns said we considered the effects such a reorganization might have on our valued debt holders and other share holders and the communities that we operate in across we became convinced that the filing for the restructuring was necessary and in everyone Best Dalex expects to be Able to preserve the operations of about three quarters of its stores and the jobs of some Fulland Par time Dalex has also requested court Protection under the Federal Compa Nies creditors arrangement or the company added the Fil ing does not include Braemar a Harry club Monaco and san remo knitting All of which Are profitable and self sup it also does not include the wet a Public company in the United we intend to proceed with this restructuring on a fast Posluns we will Endeavor to Complete the process before the end of As a result of these and other Dalex should be come he said 200 of 877 Canadian stores will Likely be but the com Pany is not yet prepared to say which ones could be the Toronto based company has about Fulland Par time employees in the Winnipeg who did not want to be said employees have not yet been informed which stores Are slated to close Over the next two the stores that Are making Mon keep they ones that the fact of the matter is if youre not making Mon youre not going to be Dalex blamed the poor retailing increased the Cross order shopping and Adverse Media reports which created uncertainty about the future for adding to its financial Dalex said it will close 200 stores and Lay off about employees Here Are some facts about Dalex which has obtained court Protection from creditors to gain time to restructure operations Headquarters Toronto main businesses retailing and stores 877 in 170 in United employees about in affected chains Fairweather 127 stores tip top tailors 188 byway 278 140 unaffected operations Braemar and Braemar petites 75 per cent owned 68 stores Harry Canada 51 per cent owned 23 stores Harry 51 per cent owned 1 store club Monaco per cent owned 53 stores wet Seal per cent owned 130 stores san remo 75 per cent owned manufacturing knitting Mill financial results loss of including in first nine months of loss of million in same period in revenues billion compared with billion a year ownership Posluns family held per cent of voting but recent omission of dividend payments opened Way for outside Posluns said Media reports about the situation led suppliers and lend ers to Start losing Confidence in the the shakeup was sparked by the company failure to pay dividends for eight consecutive which handed voting rights to hold up ers of 69 million nonvoting this diluted the Posluns holdings to about six per cent from per Dalex is about million in it owes million to the Bank of Montreal and the Royal and about million to its mercy flight plane disappears Canadian press m a plane carrying five people on a pre Dawn mercy flight to the re Mote Queen Charlotte islands disappeared without a Trace triggering a huge the a twin engine Lear Jet 35 under charter to the health was making the 800kilometre flight from Vancou ver North to Masset when it Van the plane was to have landed in this Small fishing and logging Village of about people off the North an expectant Mother was having labor problems and was to be flown to Prince Rupert regional hos a 120kilometre flight East across Hecate two members of the ambulance service in Masset and the air port manager were at the Airport and in Contact with the Pilot minutes before he was to land about 2 John unit chief of the Mas set ambulance said the Pilot said he was passing Over the Airport Beacon at the end of the Camp said routine practice is for air Craft to Fly North Over the then out to sea for a turnaround and final approach to the a manoeuvre that takes about eight min when the plane failed to they initially thought radio Contact was the or that the Pilot had decided to abort the Landing and Fly to another he at first Light a helicopter flew to Masset from Prince Rupert and took the woman to she delivered a baby within an hour of arrive Denise Laviolette of cab the search said search and Rescue equipment deployed in Masset included two Buffalo two two Canadian coast guard vessels and some fish plane vanishes Lear Jet is missing with five people Tammy Hoy up native Circle sets penalty Canadian press Regina a native Man has avoided jail for his role in a car Accident that killed his father after a judge sided with the recommendations of a native sentencing Circle Charlton rope of carry the Kettle first nation pleaded guilty last year to impaired driving causing was involved in a Colli Sion in april 1993 which killed his a a passenger in the tests conducted showed ropes blood alcohol level was More than twice the Legal this is a very tragic As any sentence the court imposes will Pale in significance to the fact that he will have to live with this for the rest of his said court of Queens Bench Justice Ronald Barclay sentenced rope to two years including six months House arrest with elec tronic the maximum sentence for the crime is 14 years in Regina Crown prosecutor Daryl Rayner said he recall an other Case where someone convicted of the same crime was sentenced to House normally youre looking at two to three years As a starting he the sentence closely followed the recommendations of a native sentencing Circle held last its believed to be the first sentencing Circle held in Regina court of Queens As a condition of his rope must speak to school children on his Reserve about the consequences of drinking and earlier this a Manitoba judge overruled the recommendations of a sentencing Circle involving a Man from the Sage eng first nation convicted of sexually assaulting his two Justice John Scollin said he could not accept the recommendation that the Man should receive supervised he sentenced the Man to three years in full parole granted Federal Grant rates april 1994 falsely accused have false memories of incest and sexual abuse been implanted in one of your fam ily members family devastated write class Box 3311 Pem Bina april May june july source National parole Board Tammy Hoyce full parole takes Tumble criminologists argue numbers can be misleading Nyji Sheppard Canadian press Ottawa the number of prisoners released each month on full parole has Tum bled by about on third since a controversy Jast Spring Over parolees who rape or commit other Vio Lent victims rights groups Are prisoners rights advocates Are but the National parole Board and some criminologists argue the Fig ures May be they say it May be a temporary aberration because parole statistics normally fluctuate sharply and be cause the method of calculation has changed the details Are simple even if the interpretation is full paroles have been granted in an average of 33 per cent of cases Over the last five but the percentage started Tum bling last Spring during and immediately after the controversy which eventually led to the firing of Michel Dagenais As parole Board following his testimony in front of the commons Justice committee last members accused him of misleading them about the parole of convicts who later went on to kill and commit other new parole Board figures show full parole was granted in 20 to 21 per cent of cases in october and november the last months for which statistics Are Steve director of re search for victims of says Public pressure for tougher parole controls peaked during the Dagenais controversy and probably has a lot to do with the maybe the parole Board Mem Bers Are starting to say wait a Sec maybe i should be a Little More cautious and a Little More careful in the decisions that i Graham executive director of the John Howard society of says the new parole Board figures Are very dramatic num he complains the controversy has put the entire parole system into a very cold deep the parole Board denies it decided to get Tough in the Wake of the Dagenais Tony a University of Tor onto agrees the new figures May not be definitive proof of a a lot of criminal Justice statistics have that kind of he y Woodwork woo Tanc i i 867 Mcleod ii 6680079 mouldings doors hardware Tate Oak Bro solid Oak furniture 4 Aro chairs the Oak Bariq 779 Erin 106 100 10 6 185 income tax courses 2 new certificate courses q Basic certification l professional computerized in class or by self study starting in january the jacks Institute 902167 Lombard Call for free brochure 956 7161 1993 Olds 98 touring Sedan 3800 v6 sliding electronic leather healed Lear Siegler Abs brakes much executive driven 1994 Caprice classic lilt Abs air bag stereo much Only 18joo 3800 Wilh 0 factory till am pm cassette Abs brakes much Only 20joo 1994 Cavalier 224 factory lilt am pm cassette much Only 15jqo 1994 Cutlass supreme 3 in at or am cassette Abs Guage pkg much Only or Leal her Interior much More 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