Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba The shroud comes off Crown details shocking elements of Bernardo murder Case c16 automotive showcase c12c15 52 pages vol 123 no 169 Canada Post sales agreement no 563595 Winnipeg free press i get Post t get Post oly 75e in Ontario weekly Horne Dewey 25 Way s3 of 20 Psi in Winnipeg 30 09 21 Post outside May jets fans dance at Portage and but Celebration premature moneys on table for jets Asper led group offers to buy team but big chunk of Cash still missing by John Douglas and Paul Samyn staff reporters Marc free press Melanie Peshke does a Little body surfing yesterday at Portage and the celebratory mood gave Way to uncertainty crashes the party fans leave angry Wypa Uleckie and Reyn Davis staff reporters thousands of Winnipeg jets fans Sang and danced for More than seven hours at Portage and main and then they were told to go Home because there was still no Deal to save the i think its just its very John Carroll i thought it was music Man Vogiatzakis relayed the news to the expectant crowd at about mayor Susan Thompson phoned his cellular phone and had him Send the an offer has been made to Purchase the Winnipeg jets and keep them in Tzakis More announcements will be made tomorrow chants of hell we wont go rang out but the crowd dispersed within they went sunburned and a Little More than 100 police officers were on the department feared a riot similar to that in Vancouver last year after the canucks lost in the Stanley cup but within 15 minutes of the announcement that the jets situation was still in traffic was streaming through the flattened soft drink cups on the Street the Only evidence of the Daylong it had All begun with such Barb Hore was at Portage and main at a longtime jets she said she was a believer in the resurrection of Winnipeg nil there was always that tiny bit of Hope we she said shortly before noon it just got bigger and at about Job radios than you tank carrying broadcasters Peter Warren and Bob Irving moved into the Centre of Portage and main As police blocked off the crowd swarmed Over the barricades and rushed the makeshift by the cd oiled Campaign had raised More than by the end of the it was closer to the supporters got an unexpected show of support from a military training Jet flying overhead at about they were showing support for the Community we live cab Winnipeg spokesman Neil Kinley Joe free press weary fan Scott West surveys aftermath of stunted Little angry the supporters got an unexpected at the noon deadline to save the at people in Minneapolis show of support from a military pandemonium broke out As didst take it seriously that you were More than 100 police officers training Jet flying overhead at about fans horns blared and holding bake sales to save the jets were on the department firecrackers went he but those bake sales teared a not similar to that in they were showing support for Tim Mcniff sports Anchor for dragged the government into it Vancouver last year after the the Community we live cab Karetov in an Abc but by Days end there was still no canucks lost in the Stanley cup Winnipeg spokesman Neil said he thought the rally Deal and no answer for the impatient tula1 Kinley was Manitoba May lose 200 positions As Axworthy does bloodletting you have to set Herans the Fod sinn the human resources Denar Manitoba business and political leaders put their Money on the table last night to buy the Winnipeg jets and build a new jets president Barry holed up in his House last ref used to say if he would accept the of but Israel the Man Spear heading the local Purchase said the Minnesota investors who had a conditional offer to Purchase the team Are no longer in the the offer capped a dramatic Day of High level Dow Home support by thousands of partying fans at Portage and main and the disappointment that All the financial pieces were not in if everyone acts in Good i would say that the team will Premier Gary Filmon said As he emerged from a secret rendezvous with All the key players at a Down town off Good Faith but there is a whole lot of Good Faith now that has to be applied by Many a whirlwind week of fundraising is still million Short of the million needed to buy the team and cover future and a three government Effort to fund a new million Arena is million Short after Ottawa contributed Only million of the Mil lion the province and the City have each put in their Mil lion and the 1999 Panama games in Winnipeg will contribute the Strong Community spirit convinced everyone it was Worth while to move on to the next what weve seen is the Miracle of main Asper never before in the history of this province or in the country has a Community responded like does that make it a done Deal what is does do is encourage the army of people to carry on to see if we can take it to the next if Shenkarow approves the both sides have until 15 to come Complete coverage Asper marvels a Miracle liberals Duck separatist fire wait getting to be agony up with the rest of the and Asper vowed Ottawa would cough up the games not the communications Czar and longtime lib eral i expect to receive an actual donation from the prime minis Ter Filmon also was confident there Are ways to Bridge the Gap and promised that provincial taxpayers will not have to kick in any More i believe we can work something out just As the private sector will have to work on it he but Filmon expressed frustration that Federal human resources min ister Lloyd Axworthy failed to come through with a full third of the Arena Price even though Ottawa has the greatest funding capacity and will receive the most benefits from a new theres no question they get 60 per cent of the tax revenues for the construction and operation of a new the proposed Deal remains Short on detail and Long on what did become Clear is that the 36 per cent Public share of the jets held by the province and the City would not be but neither would the Public shareholders have to fund future it remains unclear what role the current ownership will sources say Shenkarow and his part ners have been offered a role in the new ownership and Shenkarow has been asked to stay on As team Gover basically we have managed to get to second base but there Are lots of details to be worked Mani Toba entertainment Complex chair Man John Loewen today by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter human resources minis Ter Lloyd Axworthy depart ment will be Cut by up to 200 positions in Manitoba under a plan to reduce the regional budget by a local official a source said the regional Canada employment office is taking a heavy losing about half its although the regional office Doest Deal directly with the people will inevitably notice slower service in areas such As u1c a he calling the proposed cuts a real in a lot of whats going to happen is things will slow said the who asked not to be you have to set and some things will fall off the table and some things will get he said the regional office responsible for things like financial economic operations and As Well As administrative support to the employment centres will see More than half its positions with 89 of 175 jobs staff in operations and who do things like review cases in which unemployment benefits Are would drop to 25 people from the current he but local spokeswoman Donna whose communications unit will be closed under the said the Public will not notice any change in service at Canada employment centres because the decision was made to Cut overhead specific the regional As she said cuts at the regional office involve More like 40 per cent of current which she pegged at close to the communications unit officially has six staff but Only two Are filled at Burt said she herself is on secondment to the staff at frontline employment centres will be reduced by about 20 per from 535 to about she that would see the Winnipeg employment centres Cut to four from reducing the number of centres in Manitoba to 13 from Burt the human resources depart under which the centres and the regional office Hopes to Buffer layoffs through Early retire ments and Early departure incan Burt in the department estimates some 200 positions will be along with other operating to make up the the Early retirement and Depar Ture incentives depend on the pass ing of legislation still before Parlia the cuts Are part of Liberal government plans to reduce the National civil service by As announced in the february Canada employment offices in other provinces Are experiencing similar Burt quote of the Day they need a victim and they Arent a bit concerned about How they get Robert father of Oklahoma bombing suspect Terry says his son could not have done the details on Page a4 the weather today mainly 40 of show High Low tonight tomorrow 60 Chance of High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c10 inside diversions rubes and Ann in sports to ;