Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 18, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Gordon Sinclair it was the Day the music died a Long time i used to listen to the and Dennis Deno ask the pastor and suet Sam on Western Canadas Friendly unless you were in Winnipeg during the most of those names wont mean much to but Ron Abies Sqq last after 10 years of doing the ky58 morning Ron Able and his entire morning Crew were Given the Golden Oldie in about a dozen people were Laid which left the one Nadonly Don Percy doing mornings again As the stations one Nadonly disc jockeys come and especially morning unlike most this one had Little to do with and everything to do with the most Basic of business the am dial of Canadian commercial radio is going through an some would say to find out what was i called Ted the program director of Job who read the news 20 years ago at the gutting of his old station want a he Ive been expecting it Ever since Rogers bought the that the Way Rogers communications runs the stations on its with live satellite feeds of Vancouver based shows like Good time an ironic name if Ever there was of using network programming instead of local allowed Rogers to do what it did last week in get rid of which makes making Money somewhat pm radio is where Rogers concentrates whats left of its local management and staff pm stations make Money and am stations lose the reason is most pm stations now have More Job and its sister Are the Canadian radios version of the Odd As it for years of has been the most listened to station in when Market share is in its been the most listened to station in Canada according to Ted the 1 new formatted station on the but 1994 was the first year this decade that of made according to Industry the station lost As much As million one partly because its Bottom line is tied to its sister pm whose poor ratings cant deliver the younger audience a lot of advertisers ams survival strategy is More than slashing local labor costs and delivering More cos effective network last saturday i turned on ky58 to hear what was what i got was an some huckster disguised As an interviewer hyping product during a half hour time Slot that bought As commercial to make matters the show was called lets talk which was followed by a Shorter local version that didst even bother to declare itself a paid commercial it kind of makes me Long for those Good innocent when payola was a Sqq a Long time another Guy grew up listening to Western Canadas Friendly his name was Jim Ingebrigtsen and last week he lost Bis saturday morning show on but he and he Felt like he lost More than for its kind of the Day the music Winnipeg free press local january Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 Mec Arena site too pricey councillor by Stevens wild City Hall reporter Portage East the favored site for a new Winnipeg hockey Cost the City two to three times As much As a site near the Winnipeg convention City documents the prepared by senior indicate Portage East would have a net Cost to the City of million to depending on whether million Worth of work at the Winnipeg Square parking garage is tied to the the alternative adjacent to the convention would Cost the confidential obtained by the free were distributed to City councillors at a close door briefing the Manitoba entertainment currently spearheading efforts to arrange financing for the new has repeatedly expressed a preference for the por Tage East but City councillors emerging from yesterdays meeting said that May no longer be the priciest site is the Portage East said Sandy Hyman River i think Mec is be ing they Are dreaming on a but Al Golden vital warned that the figures were not i he pointed out that Mec had yet to present the City with a business a special meeting of City Council has been tentatively scheduled for next week to hear Mecs plan to finance the the most expensive single item for the City at the Portage East site would be a donation of million Joe free press Concrete Ait sculpture and photography meld in this Alan Belcher piece on display at the Winnipeg Art University of Manitoba Art students helped work on the which consists of Concrete blocks borrowed from the display is open until March City family fumes v Over Gas overs worker did t notice High Carbon monoxide level Bykin Guttormson free press correspondent a Transcona family is upset that a Gas company service called to restart the fur didst notice poisonous Levels of Carbon Ted Kaleta woke up last thurs nauseous and with a to find the Furnace had shut he woke up his wife Charlene and daughter Tracy and called Centra a Serviceman turned the Furnace Back on and a heating com Pany was called to fix a Tracy Kaleta the Gas Man came and didst Check the Carbon monoxide she he turned the Furnace Back on and said everything was she went Back to bed for about three hours and could barely Wake up when the Furnace Man repeat edly rang the door whose parents had gone to called Centra Gas and asked them to Send someone Back to Check the Carbon monoxide i had a huge fight with the Dis she didst believe i said in Allim going to pass come Here and Centra Gas spokesman Rob Fen hell said a Serviceman returned to the Dowling Avenue Home for 11 working to find the the three Laletas went to Concor Dia Hospital where they were treated for Carbon monoxide Poison Charlene Kaleta was flown to Minneapolis to be treated with oxygen infusion in a double decompression Vic president of Cus Tomer said checking for Carbon monoxide Levels is not Stan unless there Are signs pointing to Wane director of the me and engineering Branch of Worth of the valuation includes the closing of Mill Street and Thistle As the Portage East site would require million for a Sec Ond exit Point on Garry Street from the Winnipeg Square parking handle Peak the document that the exit would be needed in any a welfare office on water Street would have to be relocated at a Cost of and relocating a Winnipeg Hydro substation and other electrical work would Cost Mil improved sewer and water ser vice to the area would Cost the City just under the largest expense item for the convention Centre site would be million in lost property and business As existing businesses and facilities Are the Cost of closing Carlton Street Between York and Mary avenues is estimated at abandoning a Watermain and sew ers on Carlton would Cost just under relocating a Small Winni Peg Hydro station and the reconversion and resupply of Hydro services would Cost open Ripe for picking convenience Gas bars favored by thugs by David Kuxhaus staff reporter convenience stores and Gas bars continue to be inviting targets for and if youre out for a lat night youd better leave your Wallet at according to preliminary Statis tics just released by the Winnipeg police 547 businesses were robbed last an increase of 18 per cent from in 866 muggings were re a jump of 24 per cent Over last 16 homicides there were 16 homicides in the City in compared with 15 in police say that 24hour convenience stores and Gas stations account for the bulk of the there convenient for the Cus Tomer and just As convenient for said robbery and Homi cide Jack youth gangs Are part of the reason the number of those robberies continues to he theres definitely a relationship Between that and the youth gang said its their primary Money raising in Swatski said the hold ups Are sometimes an initiation rite for new gang the reason for the increase in muggings is less but police say it could be just a sign of Tough economic property crime up 1994 1993 homicide 16 15 robbery of financial institutions 82 60 robbery of businesses 547 464 robbery muggings 866 700 robbery purses 207 194 break and enter residential break and enter business 2397 2278 break and enter others source Winnipeg police service there Are people who Are just desperate for Money and someone walking Down the Street sometimes is a very easy target for said not Only Are the numbers so is the level of he weve had a number of incidents where no demands were Ever they just hit someone Over the head and Rob criminologist Doug Skoog says the increased violence May be attributed to easy Access to but he cautioned against drawing the conclusion the City is facing a crime Skoog said the numbers Are in line with the National in the robbery rate in Canada has been rising since said who teaches at the University of the provincial department of said Centra Gas acted appropriately since nothing indicated Carbon Mon oxide might be a its easy now to say they should have he the Furnace had a manufacturing defect and will have to be the Laletas Are the third family in three weeks to be hospitalized for Carbon monoxide Fennell said its an unusual Situa Tion and there is no Pat answer to explain he said Media reports have everyone thinking about Centra Gas got 150 phone Calls from people worried they had symptoms of Carbon Mon oxide the company responded to 25 of them As emerged but none proved to be Carbon Fennell he advised everyone to get their furnaces especially if there woo burning or if the Home is newly Jeff free press Snow slows eastbound traffic on Portage storm ices Power lines More that was the weather forecast for this morning in Southern where a storm system was slowly moving North to Hud son the City of Winnipeg has is sued a ban on parking on All residential the ban takes effect at Midnight tonight and is in place until 6 the City was to begin Clearing Snow from residential streets last outside the hardest hit yesterday was Fisher Iso Kilometres North of the which had 20 centimetres of another eight to 10 Centi metres were expected to fall across the province last environment can Ada said centimetres of Snow fell in Winnipeg Winnipeg police reported at least 200 fender benders yester Day As cars skidded on Slippery wet Snow and Road slush also caused three Power outages in Winnipeg and Rural Road Spray and wet Snow attacked Hydro while ice built up on Caus ing blackouts ranging from 14 minutes to two hours in Waverley Transcona and Swan ;