Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Crankshaft Grumpy bus Driver strands pair in Beausejour b1 Check your numbers on Page d8 a bid for peace Russia urges talks As Battle bogs Down a2 32 pages vol 123 no 47 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get f Post t get t Post outside City weedy Home delivery s3 x wkly 05 to Post in Winnipeg 30 wkly 09 21 Post outside City january Public schools in deep freeze Bald Santin education reporter the province has Frozen funding for Public schools and removed a two per cent Cap on local school tax forcing school trustees to choose Between Large tax hikes or program no one wants to Cut their pro Grams but a 10 per cent education property tax increase is not accept Able to their said Caro Lyn Vic president of the Manitoba association of school province holds funding at current level trustees face Tough Choice inside Story no More Filmon fridays a Boniface school division said the freeze is bet Ter than a Cut that Many trustees but added its Little Consola Tion for Cash strapped school Divi trustees and other school Board officials had been gloomily predict ing a three per cent reduction in last funding was reduced an average per cent from the previous education minister Clayton Man Ness said the freeze of Overall government support at million will mean some divisions will see in creases and others decreases in their individual school trustees and administrators will still have to make thought Ful financial he they will have to consider All the options obviously one of the considerations will have to be the ratepayers ability to manness also announced that he will appoint a ministerial committee to review the binding arbitration process that has been in effect for teacher bargaining since he said no decision has been made yet on the extent of financial sup port to private schools for the com ing in manness said the province will allow two controversial pieces of legislation Bills 16 and Bill implemented in enraged trustees because it capped their ability to tax property owners at two per Bill known As the Filmon Friday Law upset because it allowed boards to impose unpaid Days off on All school manness said he removed the Cap huge quake rocks Japan hundreds thousands Hurt Reuters App Japan a Power Ful earthquake rumbled through Central Japan this killing at least 439 peo injuring thousands and Caus ing apartment buildings and a major expressway to police said about 400 people were still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings four hours after the which struck As Many residents were starting their commute to work in the Industrial heartland of the quake caused damage in the major japanese cities of the country second the ancient Imperial capital of Kyoto and japans main Western port of japans Nhok television put the death toll at government officials said More than people were no canadians were reported Hurt in the hours immediately Fol lowing the said Stephane press officer at the Cana Dian embassy in Wilf Trade commissioner for the government in sent a fax to Victoria saying he was firefighters tackled Gas leaks in the three main cities and of duty doctors and nurses were called television showed dozens of dazed residents in pyjamas wan Dering streets in Small fires a bus hangs from Han Shin expressway in Western Japan after earthquake burning in All three cities and yawning gaps in the elevated Han Shin expressway which connects Osaka to about 50 cars plunged off the expressway which was buckled in at least three locations near police said at least two motorists died and 20 were injured As their cars were Flung from the express Way or drove into the gaps in the ten trains were derailed by the which measured on the open ended Richter the big Gest earthquake to strike Central Japan for 47 the Japan meteorological Agency said the earthquake rum bled across the Centre of Honshu Island from the Japan sea to the Pacific Ocean at its epicentre was located about 20 Kilometres beneath the Island of a Arishima which is about 30 Kilometres off the coast of experts have been warning of a possible major earthquake for the past few katzes Eustaff Point fingers tax probe started by Revenue Canada auditor who worked for Nite out by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter two former employees of Nite out entertainment one now a Revenue Canada auditor and the other married to an auditor Are the source of allegations that the company failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods and services Garry who was responsible for Nite outs accounting in is now a Revenue Canada pm Greg husband of Heather Docking Nite outs accountant from 1990 to fall of is also a Revenue Canada court documents used by reve nue Canada to obtain a search War rant of Nite outs offices and Finan Cial records list the two men among sources of allegations that the com Pany wilfully evaded remitting the documents allege Nite out failed to pay in get for some shows in 1991 and Nite out partner Sam Katz would not comment yesterday on the propriety of former accountants work ing on the Revenue Canada investigation of his Katz said about 18 months his company paid Back about in unpaid get from various events sponsored by the entertainment but court documents show Revenue Canada claims its investigation has found a further in unpaid weve paid everything to our Katz Revenue Canada spokesman Ron Ferniuk said by the depart ment cannot last Revenue Canada officers seized records from Nite court Docu ments allege the company failed to record All taxable shows on the get summaries filed with Revenue Canada failed to record All taxable reve Nues at the 1991 Sun fest concert weekend in Gimli failed to record revenues for stage passes special passes which provide first dibs on prime seats on get summaries directed its accountant to exclude shows such As the musical cats from get summaries filed with Revenue documents allege the 1991 cats shows alone represented of the unpaid the Federal tax Branch alleges the evasions mean Nite out failed to report More than on taxes to allow boards to make up the difference when they lose the Power to impose unpaid the announcement was described by almost everyone yesterday As a reelection the Filmon government is expected to Call an elec Tion in the Duhamel said a freeze on Public school funding is easier to sell to Vot ers during an election than another but she added that when other Cost increases due to inflation and salaries Are accounted school divisions Are falling 50 per cent of the get it owed for the two the company owed a total of for the period to the documents also claim some bands playing at the Walker theatre Between february 1991 and june 1992 were shown financial records containing amusement tax expense even though no tax was so that the bands share in the profits would be Katz denied the saying any amusement tax information would be derived from ticket Sale records from the ticket operation owned by Winnipeg enterprises not from Nite the allege Winnipeg enterprises provided two invoices for each one with amusement tax included and one Rescue plan offers port fresh life panel urges Churchill predicts Rise in Grain shipments a Rescue plan being prepared for Churchill will recommend upgrading Manitoba Only seaport and increasing Grain ship ments through sources said last a member of the federa Provin Cial task Force studying the viability of the Remote outpost said improve ments to the in rail line will also be included in the expected next the task Force is optimistic that there Are both reasons to keep the port open and ways to keep it said the task Force who asked not to be the report is currently being the member adding human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy Hast seen it but he said the task Force believes it has found recommendations that give government room to act Posi they will have a number of recommendations to give to govern ment and it will be up to government to run with he other task Force members said they reached a consensus that the key to keeping Churchill open is a business plan that makes Churchill financially the report Calls for an initial infusion of Cash to reap the benefits of a projected increase in the volume of traffic through the that traffic is expected to in crease dramatically from changes in the farming Industry and the injection of new Industry in the Northern if the projections Bear it should cover its Winnipeg lawyer Morris Kaufman Arnold president of the Hudson Bay route said the growing shift to crops such As lentils and and emerging markets in Northern eur mean Farmers will save Mil Lions of dollars by using Churchill in Stead of shipping through the Lawrence the task Force is optimistic that there Are reasons to keep the port open at the same a new Canadian communications a Juit is poised to pump up to million into Churchill to reopen the mothballed military rocket Range to launch communications an infusion of Cash initially will pay huge dividends in the Grambo the task Force was created last fall by Axworthy and Manitoba finance minister Eric Stefanson after the Board of ports Canada recommended closing the Money losing a the report was initially due on 31 but the task Force was granted an Extension until Midian o d a quote of the Day we cant have snakes in the bed trying to sleep with Robert one of Simpsons sums up his differences with another of Simpsons Lee details on Page As the weather today accumulations hear 5 High Low tomorrow 70 Chance of Sun Moon Iii inside diversions rubes and Ann in sports to ;