Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Denver bound Nordques have been sold to Colorado businessmen d1 automotive showcase 48 pages vol 123 no 175 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get Post outside City 754 in Ontario weekly Home delivery 25 wkly 05 20 Post in Winnipeg 30 wkly 09 t 21 Post outside cily May Manitoba to contest gun Law Manitoba will join other provinces in a Challenge of a proposed Federal firearms despite Ottawa decision to pay for the Cost of setting up the Premier Gary Filmon said if there is a Challenge being mounted by any of the Well be a part of Filmon Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said two weeks ago his government would pay for a Legal Filmon said he wants More info Filmon supports Legal crusade against proposed firearms registry mation on Ottawa assurances that it would foot the Bill for the were cautious until we see the Filmon the concern still remains that any resources taken away from fighting crime Are going to work against the very Prin Ciple that they put Forward with this it puts impositions on people who Are the honest and trustworthy and la abiding people in like the premiers of the other Prairie Filmon says theres no proof registering guns would reduce and he says police officers would be taken off the streets to fill out registration the Premier had hoped to discuss the matter at the Western premiers conference scheduled for later this month in but the meeting was postponed when Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow called a provincial Hilmons stand was applauded by a leading opponent of the in said John hip past president of the National firearms association Manitoba i Hipwell agreed that enforcement would tie up he officers in Rural areas see no Benefit in the i have yet to speak to any ramp officer below the rank of staff ser save sanity me jets 5avc m tax mrs the other Side Ken free press people who dont approve of the multimillion Dollar plan to by free press columnist Mike Ward says he Hopes the keep the jets in Winnipeg and build a new Arena express silent majority will speak up on other major issues involve their views at a Portage and main rally yesterday organized ing millions of tax please see Story on Page Sally Ann joins superstore fray Charity closing tiny Thrift opening doors on giant facilities Sybil Redekop and Kelly Taylor staff reporters Jon Thordarson photo illustration artists Conception of a Mega Thrift superstore youve weathered the invasion of Mega retailers Costco and value now get ready for the next big retailing army the salvation which has Long been considered to be one of the most traditional grassroots is jumping into the world of cutting Edge commercial it Plains to close its Small Corner Thrift shops and open three to four Mega Thrift superstores in Winnipeg this the new first is inside Story but concern b3 scheduled to open be up to to Square feet in versus the to Square feet of each of its nine Thrift the stores will be located on major traffic arteries like Regent James Street and Mcphillips and will be Well lit centres similar to department look at the Meg stores other retailers have gone weve got to get into that Ball said envoy Gerald a third generation member of the salvation who is supervising conversions across the says Competition today is fierce in the Thrift clothing with at least 10 other charities collecting used clothing for weve been in the Thrift store business for a Hundred but the Competition today is such that if we dont do Well be out of said the salvation army is in the midst of a massive drive to Stock the new Winnipeg is the fourth major Centre the salvation army has targeted in the past five it began the change to department store like retailing in and has seen sales there jump from about million to of that about million goes to salvation army including their hostels and soup and the rest covers the stores barely broke Haggett says the purposes of the stores Are threefold to raise Money for salvation army to provide employment and to provide goods at a reasonable Haggett said value based in has been very successful with its department St resized facilities Selling used value Village retails used clothes it buys from the salvation army stores will sell mostly used but also household appliances and they even Hope to offer something for More upscale Antiques All 70 paid employees of the current Thrift stores will be and More people will Likely be he Haggett was brought in from Vancouver last month and will spend up to six months coordinating the quote of the Day aboriginal people Are diehard hockey Assembly of Manitoba chiefs grand chief Phil Fontaine explains Why native people want a role in the new jets ownership a stalls on Page b2 the weather today sunny with a few Cloudy High Low tonight tomorrow mainly High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page 812 inside diversions rubes and Ann in sports to listings with the exception of one Indi who is enthusiastic about this the rest of them realize it will not do any Good at said adding that Hes spoken with about 20 Klein reiterated his opposition to the what in hearing out on the Hus in the Rural areas in Partick is that people Are steamed Over this particular Klein they think its a violation of their right to own they think its a violation of their privacy at a news conference prime minister Chretien said Ottawa will pay to establish the Regis try Over the next five years but the provinces will be on the Hook for enforcement of the new Chretien created a wave of provincial anger when he suggested last weekend that Ottawa will not pay to apply its gun top court lets Down single mom child support tax Law stands by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter the country highest court ruled yesterday that separated or divorced parents should continue to pay income tax on child support payments they re but the judgment will not end the in a 52 the supreme court of Canada overturned a fed eral court of Appeal decision that said forcing custodial parents to pay tax was discriminatory and there fore Susan a divorced so Cial worker from had argued she should not pay tax on the a month she gets for her two the ruling Means the government will not have to refund millions of dollars in taxes collected on support payments to custodial most of them a Winnipeg Mother of one who asked that her last name not be said women Here and across the nation should take a Page from the save the jets movement and protest the ruling and the child sup port Law As it women should get she if we banded together like they did to save the the government would inside Story child support dilemma b3 she said the current child support tax Laws would have been Fine years ago when the majority of women didst work and stayed at Home with their but that not the real Ity we Are now being penalized for said she gets a month in child support but nets just after she she said she should net the full since that what the court ordered she should but a noncustodial father who pays a month for child sup said the current system is i probably would have lost my House if the supreme court had ruled the other he in worried about what Federal Justice minister Allan rocks thinking of doing i think Hes coming up with some new Legisla Tion so Susan Thibaudeau will Proba Bly get what she wants did not want his last name in recent Rock has prom ised to make the child support sys tem regardless of the court Rock has said he will soon announce reforms to Laws that Deal with setting child support awards and enforcing Equality for except on pensions Ottawa the charter of rights and freedoms prohibits discrimination against to the supreme court of Canada ruled but it said homosexual couples Are not eligible for the same Public pension benefits As other the court ruled 54 that the Char Ter prohibits discrimination based on sexual even though it does not specifically say but in the Case of pension Bene the court also ruled 54 that pay ing the Money Only to opposite sex couples is a justified infringement on homosexual rights to the pension benefits in question were meant to help elderly none of the couples excluded from Are capable of meeting the fundamental social of the majority ruling Winnipeg Gay activist Chris Vogel said Hes pleased with the decision there is a mistake trying to proceed with litigation ahead of Educa Vogel if youre wanting social child support b3 you do it More harmoniously if you do it gradually with Public acceptance through rather than if you try using the organs of the state to ram it Down Peoples Vogel said Hes pleased that the court agreed with the argument by James Egan of British who had sought a spousal pension for his longtime companion John striking it Down Only As a justified infringement under the Char that says essentially that we Are he spouses of pensioners can get an allowance of up to monthly if they Are aged 60 to 64 and the couple has an income below the Federal government pays the Money Only to spouses of heterosexual it was intended to help elderly women who have Given up time in the paid workforce to raise Egan and Nesbit argued that limit ing the Benefit to heterosexual spouses violated Equality Guaran tees in the ;