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 Post 60f get t Post outside i s3 k 05 f in winning 30 Fly 09 1 Post outside by 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 teachers 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 337 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 1992 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 i failed to record All taxable reve Nues at the 1991 Sun fest concert weekend in Gimli failed to record revenues for stage passes special passed which 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 pm upbeat even though storm on Way difficult year he says As referendum loom by Dan Lett National reporter Ottawa prime minister Jean Chretien leaped onto the National press theatre pod bearing Only a single red folder in his hand and a simple message for this is going to be a year of great its going to be difficult and we know Chretien said yester Day during his first formal news conference since but i and its fundamental for the country to meet the objectives that we set the red Book and in the a lot has already changed since the last time Chretien called for the last the liberals were enjoying a postelection Honey the parti 0uebecois was still the official opposition in Quebec and the Economy was eight months Chretien is facing a slowing economic recon a separatist threat in Quebec and the Challenge to sell what Many believe will be the most painful Bud get in but Chretien was upbeat and confident about the noting the deficit and unemployment Are lower and economic growth higher than but while the Chretien of May 94 was full of the Chretien of january 95 gave the impression that things Are going to be much tougher than even he imag next the liberals will re Convene parliament to face the re port of the human resources development committee on social policy the release of the govern ments own plan for revamping the social safety net and the Federal on top of there will be three Federal by elections in Ottawa and Central to yesterdays theme was a frequent reminder by Chretien that to achieve the deficit reduction targets everything was on the to including tax pro Gram cuts and major restructuring of National Chretien said he preferred to meet the budget target a deficit reduction from billion now to program tax increases May also be Neces sary to preserve the decency and dignity of canadians relying on government news reports yesterday said Chretien was considering giving the provinces control Over social pro Grams under a revamped system that would reduce total Transfer payments to help fight the this scenario is also seen As a major gesture to show Quebec that Ottawa is serious about divesting Power and responsibility to the Chretien say if the de centralization of Ottawa Powers was on the Only that the prov inces Are being consulted on Possi ble changes to the federation and that All constitutional being Chretien said Hes confident federalist forces would defeat pm pre Mier Jacques Parizeau separatists As Long As the referendum question is 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 Nile the allege Winnipeg enterprises provided two invoices for each one with amusement tax included and one 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 Inear 5 High Low tomorrow 70 Chance of Sun rites sets Moon inside diversions rubes and Ann in sports to ;