Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1of Miracle so Cic Manitoba m min i win Momi Niuman Moth mum Tomm Winnipeg free press local May Section Brian Cole 6977292 b1 Stop animal who beat up brother cries by Kim Guttormson free press correspondent the brother of a mildly retarded Man viciously beaten last week wants to meet Justice minister Rosemary Vodrey to discuss violence in the these kids Are nothing but Mark Ward said somebody has got to put a Stop to these kids think they can get away with Marvin was found unconscious beneath the Slaw Bebchuk Bridge at 5 last hed been beaten with a baseball his brother and his rickety old Bike and Wallet were As far As Mark Ward his brother would have had Only on him that a downtown restaurant owner gave him to buy a pack of or the he said his brother often Rode around at sometimes collecting Beer bottles from the Side of the when he was found beneath the one of the police officers recognized him from his lat night Marvin Ward is in serious condition in the health sciences Centre and still he Hurt a that the whole Ward said of his who was a free press Carrier for they took a baseball Bat to stole his stole his left him for Joe Hyksa Winnipeg free press who was handed this pamphlet on a Winnipeg says Hes outraged the Law cant Stop such blatant its not hate to kill Gays legislation Doest prevent venom against women Wypa Uleckie staff reporter a pamphlet circulating the City that advocates death for homosexuals has shocked Gay no More so than the discovery that it Doest qual Ify As hate Mark Zoldy said Winnipeg police told him the Crown cannot prose cute the person who gave him a pamphlet proclaiming that All Gays and lesbians should be shocked is the Only word i can think Zoldy said when he heard of the decision not to this is a gaping Hole by this Falls into Why give Gays and lesbians status this is our special people can go and threaten our Ron Oliver of the Winnipeg police services hate crimes said theres Little that can be were bound by those guide he said of the Oliver said police Are looking at laying charges under another indicating that the pamphlet contained inferences of uttering Michael a senior on Tario Crown attorney involved in prosecuting Gay bashing said the problem lies with the wording of the Section 318 of the criminal code defines hate crime As being aimed at an identifiable an identifiable group is defined As any Section of the Public distinguished by religion or ethnic Leshner said a pamphlet Declar ing death to All women be he said Litera Ture calling for death to All Black women would fall under the the criminal code should be said Doug a director with the Manitoba association for rights and Bedford said the lawmakers should have continued with their definitions beyond ethnic Oliver suggested that disabled people should also be included in the he added he believed the deficiencies in the act were being examined at the fed eral Leshner said Oldys encounter with the inadequacies of the fed eral Law Are All too you can say what you want about women and there the Only two groups not commented Zoldy said the awareness of the Lack of Teeth in the hate crimes act Only adds to the fear he and other Gays he said he has received similar pamphlets about death to homosexuals in his mail he said he often lies awake at night with a baseball Bat by his you know they know where you and Treyve already said there going to kill fraud Case Heads to supreme court by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter the provinces highest court has dismissed Dara waders Appeal for one of the largest tax frauds in Manitoba his tory because he took too Long to or Der court but Wilder through his new lawyer Doug Christie says he will Appeal that ruling to the supreme court of Canada As Well As arguing the charge against him was illegal in the first Justice Charles Huband of the court of Appeal said even though he was sentenced to three years in prison for attempted fraud on Wilder still haunt ordered transcripts of the proceedings for his Appeal As of yester court was told the transcripts still Haven been Huband said Chris ties latest pro to allow two More weeks for the completion and filing of the Tran was too too there is still the overriding suspicion the accused is not being Seri Ous with his Huband said in the decision agreed to by chief jus Tice Richard Scott and Justice Allan but after the Appeal court agreed to the Federal Crown prosecutors request to dismiss the Christie argued the original charge should never have been Laid by the provinces attorney general because it had to be based on confidential in formation provided by Revenue under the income tax the information cannot be said the information is confidential and its the whole basis of the although the justices appeared to indicate Chris ties argument could show some they dismissed it because there was no evidence be fore i think we would be Best advised to get the transcript of the trial and take it to the supreme court if we can get Christie said after Hes instructed me to Appeal both last Wilder was convicted after a judge ruled his grandiose plan to turn Wood into sugar was a tax evasion if they would have asked him for his he woul Dve just Given it to that the Way he there was no need at All to Hurt that makes Ward believe that whoever Hurt his brother simply wanted to Hurt him and want really interested in his five other Brothers and and Marvin wards Girlfriend have been keeping a Vigil at his Ward said marvins arms move and one Eye partially Hes had two operations on blood clots in his police said they Are still investigating the incident and Are looking at a couple of they Are also looking for anyone who saw the students pass up University High Uncertain Market blamed for decline in applicants by David Kuxhaus staff reporter the number of firs time applicants to the University of Manitoba has dropped by 15 per a trend that is reflected across the the High Cost of a University Edu cation and an Uncertain Job Market after graduation Are some of the reasons for the according to University theres a real concern among students Over Loans and said David director of admissions at the u of its even More of a problem at Brandon where 90 per cent of the students come from out Side the applications there have tumbled by 20 per a Large proportion of our Stu dents have to relocate to come Here and that increases the said University president Dennis the school has an enrol ment of about officials from the University of Winnipeg could not be reached for Cost the current economic upswing has created More entry level jobs for High school Anderson believes that May be keeping them out of the when the Economy is in poor people go to said he noted that during the recession of the late enrolment at by jumped 40 per theres always been historical fluctuations in our applications to red River Community College continue to were certainly seeing a greater proportion of High school students coming to the said presi Dent Tony adding that exact figures were not readily Avail the said is due to the colleges Success in placing its graduates in the 80 per cent find i think people see More of an Opportunity at the said Anderson agreed that universities must develop More work placement programs with he noted that geology students at the univer sity Are spending part of their time working for mining the decline is most evident in the faculty of for at the u of arts applications Are Down 18 per cent while areas such As Engi Neering remain said Hal Anderson said the value of a Gen eral arts degree should not be Dis its not Only Good preparation for Grad school but also for employ he noted that a recent study of corporate chief executive officers found that Many had undergraduate degrees in Halstead said the u of m will be looking to make that Point during recruitment jets fight costs pollocks Ron and Natalie Pollock were not Only shut out yesterday in their bid to get an injunction to keep the jets hockey team in they also were ordered to pay More than to the jets Justice Kenneth Hanssen of court of Queens Bench Dis missed the request and ordered the siblings to pay a total of plus court costs to the jets Legal counsel for bringing Forward what jets lawyer Robert Tapper described As a frivolous to after Ron Pollock was unrepentant and said he will con Sider a lot of people gave personal Money to keep the jets in Winni so i consider this my Dona Tion in keeping the Winnipeg jets in he Pollock denied the motion was saying if not for their statement of claim the jets would already have been sold and moved to i filed this when the jets were on their Way to he the jets were nearly lost forever and i dont think its frivolous that i wanted them to the pollocks filed court action earlier this month asking for the courts to Block a potential Sale of the jets to a Minneapolis Pur Chaser until shortly after the civic election in the Canada customs does its duty and spoils a Heartfelt gift Canada customs figures it has nailed another bad dude trying to ruin the Economy of this land of Ive got news for Canada far from being a bad Hes a person who believes honesty is the Best policy in the country he and his family called Home 20 years Why the individual who questioned him and his didst figure this out for himself is beyond that not quite from my own personal observations of customs officers around the i can understand As the name clearly is a member of a visible Elsie Macabeo Tony works in saudi last he came to Winnipeg to spend six weeks with the a his and Elsie parents re Side in the same on his wrist he wore a splendid looking stainless steel rolex a gift from his company in appreciation of his Long Rudy an accountant Friend of the Macabeo who wrote me on their said before the visitor left Winnipeg to return to saudi Arabia on the Spur of the gave his brother inlaw the rolex As a it was a Token of appreciation and not Only for his stay in but mostly for looking after their parents Here in Winni he i should Point out that Tabag didst declare the watch when he entered he had no intention of Selling it to anyone or giving it As a neither he nor the Macabeo were aware that the Law is specific on personal belongings being brought into if there later sold or then duty has to be last before crossing into the United the Macabeo stopped at Canada customs and declared what they had in their pos including the hop ing this would avoid any hassles on their heres How their honesty was re the Canada customs offi a asked where the rolex had been the Macabeo said it was a gift and explained Why it had been in sure you Haven overlooked the Point that Necito Macabeo could have left the watch at the officer insisted that because Tabag haunt paid duty on the they have to pay or the timepiece would be the couple said the officer impounded the watch and told them if they paid he search or impound their when they returned the Macabeo wrote earlier this month he confirming hed Given the watch As a Spur of the moment gift and enclosing a letter from his company saying it had been Given to him last year after hed completed 15 years ser Given this customs reduced the duty and taxes to not at All confident id get any where with Canada customs one never does i called Media spokeswoman Carol Mckinley True to her bureaucratic up said this was a confidential matter and refused to discuss it with even though id faxed her All the correspondence on be half of the couple who sought my Mckinley then called the a cameos to Tell them everything they already Learned about Cus Toms Treyve told Cus Toms to Send the watch Back to customs has victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy fax 6977412 or email Mike Ward on the internet at ;