Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 May 1995 Gordon Sinclair Lucky for them they lost their jobs weve All had bad but imagine this youve just lost your you drag yourself Home to Tell your but she wants to Tell you something Shes just lost her and its Friday the now imagine its a year the two of you have your own youre employing eight others of your last i cheques Are in the Welcome to the future of unemployment As Lloyd Axworthy sees q q q the smiles on the faces of Fidel and relly Araneta Are As wide As the windows behind windows that offer a panoramic View of Polo Treyve been smiling that Way Ever since i arrived and they began proudly introducing the employees of cad Power Canada their fledgling computer aided technical drafting in they cant Stop until i bring up Friday the 13th that Day in May 1994 at age they came Home to the Tyndall Park House they still had a mortgage on and the two children they still had to clothe and we just relly we just didst want to see Fidel Fidel and relly had always had jobs Ever since they arrived from the Philippines in the he had been a senior engineering technologist with acres International for the past 10 she had been a most recently at the health sciences Centre at they didst know How they were going to Fidel had an offer of a Job in Brandon with but the family didst want to leave their friends and then they heard about Ottawa self employment assistance i would pay them to take an intensive 10week training followed by a 10month followup period to help them get their new business through the treacherous first if they Fidel and relly were two of 350 individual applicants for Only 25 but they were both chosen he for his expertise in technical she for her levelheaded accounting and administrative the final exam of the 10week course was the production of a business plan for their new there were times we didst relly we just worked on the business plan the whole night and by August they were putting the business plan to work in their competing with More than 40 other mostly Home based technical drafting but by october they had moved into the Portage Avenue office Tower there now cashing in their borrowing from the Bank to buy equipment and hiring everything is contract so the staff gets then cad Power gets the they Are the Best assets we relly we Tell get a steady because were not steady but they dont we really Admire we can feel what they feel because we have been q q q the Araneta will succeed because of the kind of people they and the kind of help Ottawa has Given and there Are lots More stories where theirs came although maybe not quite As which brought me to my final i wondered How Fidel Felt now about May was the Lucien of Day of our Hydro sues Crown Agency by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter Manitoba Hydro is suing the Canada ports for not paying an electricity Bill of More than the Bill is for part of Canada ports share of the Cost of extending a transmission line to Churchill in its a failure on the part of can Ada Hydro spokesman Glenn Schneider said every body in Churchill was anxious to get Utility says its owed million for Churchill line Hydro Grid service but it was Canada ports was but in 1992 we started having difficulty collecting Schneider said he didst know Why Canada ports want keeping up with its a spokesman for Canada ports in Ottawa refused saying the matter is before the Canada the Federal Agency responsible for Large National har Bors including mid Canadas Only Saltwater has been losing million a year from the Hudson Bay last the 60yearold port was recovering Only 20 per cent of its operating Schneider said that before Church ills electrical Power was produced by diesel after working out a funding agreement among Canada the Federal and provincial governments and some other businesses in Hydro extended a trans Mission line to the Community on Hudson Bay at a Cost of Hydro paid half of the Cost of con Schneider said because electricity costs were cheaper with the Grid sex the Deal required Canada ports to pay for its portion of transmission line costs out to Phil free press and Avrom Charach publicize Bone marrow clinic to be held monday in Effort to help new Jersey Bone marrow May save life Winnipeg jewish Community helps to seek match for Man by Linda Quattrin staff reporter International Borders mean Little in the search for Bone marrow that Why leaders of Winnipeg jewish Community Are pulling together in what has become a global Effort to save the life of a 26yearold new Jersey three years Jay Feinberg was diagnosed with leukaemia and Given three years to since his family and supporters have raised Money to test More than jewish people around the the United states and the search for a Bone marrow match for next another privately funded clinic will be held in Winnipeg to continue that we would love to see a couple of Hundred people out said Sharon president of the National Council of jewish women in one of the groups organizing and supporting the the Winnipeg which will be run by local lab technicians volunteering their is asking particularly for donors of Eastern european jewish word is getting Wolchock with students taking Home leaflets and phoning members of Community announcements about the clinic Are also being made at synagogues around by coming in and giving blood for the Bone marrow donors will also be put on an International registry to be matched against others in need of healthy Bone by testing for you really have a Chance to help other said Lori a clinic organizer and member of the Fuyou Fri be to g Between the and meet the Canadian red crass society eligibility criteria for blood Call the red Cross at 982 7389 to make an appointment to attend an information session for potential held about once every two after signing the consent the red Cross will Call to North american jewish students the Money to cover the costs to test each blood coming from a fund previously set up to find a Bone marrow match for Mark a Toronto whose Stepmother is a in wow us Are on the among canadians nationwide and More than two million people if a match is found for a a donor will spend a Day in Hospital and have 3 Sample of their Bone marrow extracted from their hip under general source Canadian red Cross society former died in but his family has agreed to pass the More than raised for him to the Campaign for organizers the clinic will be held on monday at Shearey Zedek 561 Wellington from 5 to 9 monthly Hydro Over eight years beginning in May Schneider said Canada ports has paid More than million towards the transmission line since april but it still owes More Money plus Canada ports regular Hydro Bill is paid he in a statement of claim filed in court of Queens Bench last Manitoba Hydro alleges the total outstanding including stands at smoke alarm charge a first allegation stems from Home fire by Bud Robertson staff reporter for the first time in Manito Bas charges have been Laid against the owner of a single family dwelling for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental the charges under the cites fire prevention bylaw Stem from a fatal fire that killed four teenagers last october at a House on Home investigators found no smoke alarms in the House owned by Claude Baker of Lether the rental Singh realty of has also been charged under the Roger director of fire prevention with the Winnipeg fire said this is the first time such a charge has been Laid against the owner of a single family three teenagers died when fire ripped through the second and third floors of the House at 347 Home a fourth teen died of his injuries the following a child playing with a cigarette lighter was blamed for the tragic the tragedy helped stir the fed eral government to pass a Regula Tion Banning the Sale of disposable lighters that dont have childproof the new Rule is to come into effect in Chamberland said he realizes it can be difficult for landlords to maintain smoke alarms in their rental we certainly know that the land lords have a tremendous problem in ensuring that the smoke alarms Are he but he added its still their respond individuals found guilty under the bylaw face fines of up to six months in business operators face fines of six months in the bylaw applies Only in Mani Toba and its not Clear whether Baker is subject to it was Dejavu from the throne by Bruce Owen staff reporter Premier Gary Filmon prom ised More of the same yester Day in a throne speech which had the distinction of being the shortest in Manitoba the much ballyhooed balanced budget legislation was front and As was a reelection prom ise to beef up maintenance enforce ment provisions so Deadbeat parents dont renege on child support Filmon said his tories would also continue incentives to keep taxes Low and the business climate competitive while protecting essential government Filmon was Quick to Point out that yesterdays three Page speech was a simple rehash of what his government had to say in last decembers speech from the no surprises in Brief speech to open session theres nothing he said during a casual news in not trying to gild the Why try to hide anything from you the provinces role in plans to build a new Arena to keep the Winni Peg jets in Manitoba dominated the first Day of the Filmon was peppered by questions on Why his government kicked in million for the construction of a new Arena when he told taxpayers during the election Campaign the provinces commitment would Only be he responded by saying that was the Price tag for the provinces involvement in the construction of the facility North of the an expenditure he called an investment govern ments make from time to he said participation in the Are Nas construction was similar to provincial involvement in the building of the Centennial concert Hall and the Manitoba museum of Man and adding the Arena would Benefit Manitoban for generations by being a firs class venue for All kinds of but the provinces involvement Drew Swift rebukes from nip Leader Gary doer and Liberal Leader Paul doer said the tories went Way beyond their election Promise for co funding a new Arena at the expense of health education and More important Edwards who is officially Only an observer after losing his seat in the april 25 election said the government has not explained where it will get its share of the Money for the Filmon said the Money will Likely come from unallocated infrastructure reserves funded by lottery Rev he added the province will not pay for any Cost overruns incurred Dur ing nor would it pay for the hockey clubs operating that would be the responsibility of the teams new Filmon said the pre election pledge of balance budget legislation is a priority for the ses which Breaks june 30 for the the tories have projected a balanced budget by 199697 and claim their proposed legislation would make it illegal for Cabinet to run a other highlights included the appointment of Louise Lacquay Seine River As replacing Denis the tories also criticized Otta was offloading of funding and responsibilities to the such As in agriculture and As Well As services for aboriginal people living off social Justice coalition choices re leased its own Tongue Incheck throne taking swipes at the push to save the jets while ignoring issues such As child sometimes a laugh is the Only Way to Cut through the hysteria and to listen to other Points of spokesman Rick Mcnair were please look at the whole not just the ban Ner of a hockey ;