Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cufo St collared women of distinction 19ttiannual my wac awards 40 pages vol 123 no 166 Canada Post sales agreement no 563595 Winnipeg free press 60 get May millions pour in to save jets extraordinary crusade stuff legends Are made of by Bruce Owen staff reporter in a display of Community spirit that could Only occur in Manito people from All walks of life rallied yesterday to save the this is the kind of thing legends Are made said John chairman of the Winnipeg chamber of be talking about this for so from Michael Hladkyj family Kitchen table in the North end to the dark stage at the Concord peo ple scraped Money together to buy the National hockey league the Hladkyj family donated Worth of coins to the cause while the strippers at the Concord gyrated for the All tips the girls collected went to the got into act Small businesses and big Busi Nesses even Banks got into the handing Over hundreds of thou Sands of dollars to buy the free press publisher Rudy Rede Kop announced the paper would do Nate More than in Advertis ing to the save the jets once Winni Eggers Are re acting to challenges by pulling to he the jets Are an important part of what makes Winnipeg what it they Are part of the Community that improves the Quality of life Here and entices people to keep coming Money was coming in so fast and furious no one was sure How much was collected with just Over two Days left in a grassroots one Day of fundraising by the Manitoba entertainment Complex and can West communications pres ident Israel Asper raised More than other Mec efforts raised untold radio station Job collected More than million i think its absolutely wonder mayor Susan Thompson i dont think any other Community would have done Thompson said the jets Campaign rivals the efforts behind the 1967 Panama games and the More recent the clock is ticking what can you do a5 clinging to the jets a6 this love affair wont die b1 Casino could be key 82 a shining example d1 just watch us 1991 Grey both successfully hosted by the City despite heavy criticism Winnipeg handle events of that theres a Book i remember from my Thompson its the Little engine that that How i look at our we keep chug Ging arts this chugging is being fuelled by people like Randy a Man Ager at life sport on Henderson for every Bike he goes to the Ive never seen the Community involved in something like the 26yearold its really Good to it makes you feel Good As a win Art who headed up the Grey cup organizing committee and prepared a 1993 report on the Finan Cial viability of the said he was impressed with the fighting spirit of he said it reminded him of when Winni Eggers pulled together to help each other out during the great Jeff free press from left and mom Lorelei Hladkyj count and Roll their household change yesterday to donate to the City ready to open Wallet for Arena Rev 1 i his is something that de mands the Best of Mauro this is a Community with a real fort five years Winni Eggers have United Mauro to preserve something that enhances the Quality of life in this this is More than just a hockey he i just Hope its Suc sometimes it takes More than just senator Duff Roblin said he was touched by the outpouring of Emo Tion for the National hockey league its he i think its the people that is the thing that there under pressure and there rising to the by Nick Martin City Hall reporter City Council appears ready to spend a minimum of million about million More than previously estimated to Complete a Deal to build a new Arena near the councillors also say try to find the Money by delaying a num Ber of capital projects or tapping new sources of Revenue rather than boosting property its going to Al Golden vital said after Premier Gary Filmon Laid out his plan for building an Arena and saving the cites hockey team at a close door meet ing Golden said the Challenge now is to find the we have to find a solution that Doest put it on the property tax he councillors previously suggested they would be prepared to contrib Ute land and services towards a new no it was estimated the contribution would be million to depending on How Many ancillary services transit walkways and but after that proposal fell through earlier this working in conjunction with Busi Nessman Israel produced a plan that Calls on All three Levels of government to contribute Mil lion each to build a new chief commissioner Manitoba Economy reaping what bumper canola crop sows Rick Frost said the million includes million for the Arena it does not include the costs of roads and other when everything is taken into a the cites contribution could Range from to de pending on the level of additional in some councillors expressed Hope the province might help out with the cites share of the i want desperately to support this proposal and save the said works chairman Terry dug did North i think we could make this work if we got a Little flexibility from the provincial but Filmon appeared virtually any civic government in Canada would give their Eye Teeth to have senior governments pay two thirds of the Cost of constructing a new he some including am Aro Silva Daniel said they would like to see Filmon pro vide vat Revenue of about Mil lion a which they said would cover the cites borrowing were asking for million of weve got our roads and sewers going undone As it he Arena opponents Glen Mur Ray fort Rouge and Lillian Thomas Elmwood said the Arena will Cost too much in desperately needed Public but Harry Lazarenko my Nakrsi is now prepared to vote for an o d a by Bill Redekop staff reporter a record canola crop has fuelled Manitoba first sign of economic growth in a an economic review by statistics Canada with one Good agriculture can swing up a Richard a Sta scan but analysts say the recovery May be Short lived the elimination of Federal Grain transportation subsidies is expected to create a major upheaval in the agricultural Manitoba going to be theres no said Carol gun a Manitoba agriculture department farm the Gross Domestic product in Manitoba Rose per cent in creating new largely due to an per cent in crease in real agriculture id say a per cent increase in real terms is pretty Ruben a University of Manitoba it Means the aver age Manitoban was better be cause the population Hast in creased at that but Bellan said a More revealing measure of Prosperity was the fact that Manitoba unemployment rate was per cent last Well up from per cent Between 1986 and Manitoba measure of the value of All goods and services produced in one year has been virtually Flat since the and in 1991 it fell More than four per Gunvaldsen said the Impact on Manitoba Economy of losing the Crow Grain transportation subsidy will depend on How Ottawa divides a compensation fund among Prairie Ottawa could announce How the Money will be dispersed this Manitoba economic growth was also driven by a nine per cent in crease in the construction the National infrastructure pro Gram had a lot to do with and its Ripple effect to All the service Indus said Chris chief executive officer of Manitoba heavy Manitoba Advance lagged Well behind other Western where Oil and natural Gas sales spurred Gap Saskatchewan Gap jumped per partly due to an increase in exports of Energy the Sta scan study profits in the corporate Energy sector increased 52 per British Columbia saw natural Gas sales while Oil Rich Alberta recorded the fastest a per cent Gap Rise that created Over jobs in that Ontario Gap Rose per cent and Quebec Rose by per while More moderate increases were recorded in the rest of quote of the Day its what we do in Winnipeg when the times get Tough pull Israel Asper says the drive Hes leading to save the jets is about More than just details on Page 81 the weather today mostly 70 Chance of rain in the High Low tonight tomorrow sunny with after noon Cloudy High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c10 inside diversions rubes and Ann in 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