Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Brian Cole 6977292 email Mike Ward City puts landlords in Hook unfairly landlords should know this week if the City of Winnipeg has finally awakened to the fact that it has treated them unfairly these past few years Over the collection of water and sewer and if it is going to go after Deadbeat tenants instead of unlike Public the City holds rental property owners ultimately responsible for when Bills Are not it adds them to their property not Only is the practice blatantly but knowing that landlords Are on the Hook gives the City no incentive to track Down those who actually racked up the the Manitoba Telephone Winnipeg Manitoba Centra Gas and the two Cable to companies collect from so Why not the City unable to persuade civic bureaucrats that tenants Are responsible for their own water landlords complained to City Sombud woman Virginia who indicated in a previous column that the cites bylaw was clearly inequitable and that she would earlier this she put her investigation on hold after hearing that Jae Eadie had asked the works and operations committee to review the one of the groups making a presentation to the committee on tuesday will be the professional property managers whose members own or manage some apartment its executive David formerly assistant to mayor Bill faxed me a copy of the associations in a is that landlords have no control Over the amount of water consumed by tenants and the liability its a it that has the support of the provinces residential tenancies to arbitrarily be held responsible for the actions and liabilities incurred by Over whom one has no we suggest flies in the face of natural the association we ask the question if the Manitoba legislature really intended that landlords be held responsible for the unpaid Bills of Why would this special Power not be granted to the other including those owned by the provincial government Good excellent the association maintains that the phrase added to the taxes in the provinces City of Winnipeg act refers Only to the unpaid water Bill of a property owner being added to that persons property makes perfect the City water and sewer departments position is that the committee should allow the practice to i didst expect it to decide its so much easier to get the Money from landlords than in return for the committees it has pledged to do a far better Job of attempting to track Down delinquent tenants before transferring the account to the owners property As it has promised to provide better and More timely information to landlords about delinquent water in on the Side of landlords the contract for the Supply of water is Between the City and the rental property owners Are not party to this the person responsible for incurring the debt and should responsible for its states the associations not some third right victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy or email Mike Ward on the internet at local Way 1995 Ken tree press Jet drag the Gimli ramp coached by Dave Leblanc Twenty teams of 20 people each donated to in strains to lug a air Canada dc9 in a computer the which raises Money for sports programs for tuition yesterday organized by the Law enforcement Torch the mentally challenged in Manitoba diabetes devastates aboriginal communities International conference in City seeks ways to halt the suffering by Tony Davis staff reporter at the ebb and flow Reserve where Brenda Baptiste the sight of people ravaged by the Onset of diabetes is becoming All too we have a lot of amputees she referring to people who have lost their limbs to the the rate of diabetes on the Reserve is very my mom has it studies show that aboriginal people in Canada get the disease five times More than nonnative of the highest rates of diabetes in the and there Are fears that diabetes researchers say results from culture Shock Many aboriginal Peoples Are experiencing around the affect even More people in the that what prompted More than aboriginal people from countries As far away As new zealand and East timor to make a pilgrimage to the 3rd International conference on diabetes and indigenous Peoples in it is sponsored and organized by the Assembly of first nations and sugar strategies for undermining glucose in aboriginal a networking group founded by the aboriginal women of the which runs at the convention Centre until is an Opportunity for researchers to share findings and for native organizations to increase Public awareness of the seriousness of diabetes in aboriginal its also a Chance for physicians and traditional healers to impart More knowledge about the prevention and management of diabetes to those living in aboriginal an income nursing came Down with 40 people from her located 80 Kilometres East of to take in a workshop on foot she says diabetes has become so widespread at ebb and flow that band leaders have been desperately lobbying for a dialysis machine at the nearby Rose general a machine at the Dauphin 45 minutes is now booked to capacity and Many ebb and flow residents must drive More than three hours three times a week to get dialysis in diabetes is a relatively new phenomenon in aboriginal said Anthony an epidemiologist with the University of Hanley spent two years on the Sandy Lake Reserve As part of Sandy Lake health and diabetes the two year study trained volunteers on the Reserve to screen Ken free press Hanley checks Moose factory resident Frances fellow residents for diabetes risk factors and to show those at risk How to lower their chances of developing the disease through better nutrition and the information collected will be Analysed to see if there Are any previously unknown factors prevalent in Sandy Lake that Lead to the Onset of some risk factors for aboriginal populations Are already diabetes Only emerged As a problem in aboriginal populations in the last few native people used to live mainly on wild which tends to be lower in but when natives moved onto that diet and now people mainly eat processed foods like which Are High in fat and Low in Many Are one of the prime risk factors in but diabetes also tends to Cluster in suggesting a genetic Hanley said researchers suspect that through Many aboriginal Peoples developed a coping mechanism to Deal with which were its possible that lifestyle changes somehow trigger diabetes in those with that coping though researchers Arent sure students help create a More Scenic Seine Byman Redtager staff reporter several dozen students of Vincent Massey collegiate in fort Garry made their annual contribution to environmental improvement planting Trees along the Seine the volunteers planted Manitoba Maple seedlings and Green Ash seedlings provided by the Federal Jeanpierre an official with save our Seine River Environ ment and chairman of the an Nual greening project on the said the idea is to continue Restor ing the Seine River corridor and at the same time enhance the Bank of the red were planting these native species of shrubs and Trees where they Are most urgently tree planting and cleanup Crews worked at two Sites along the Seine behind 421 Archibald and North of John Bruce Road the Boniface Riverbank preservation committee also organized tree planting along the red River just North of Provencher the greening project included fencing 50 larger Trees in danger from Beaver activity near 421 Archibald 100 Trees near John Bruce Road farther South and 25 Trees along the a team of voyageurs dressed in historic who travelled in a 26 foot visited the rehabilitation Sites to cheer the volunteers on Dur ing their tree planting Brunei said numerous groups Are now on record As promoting development of the Seine As a Canoe Park within the City the River environment is improving All the time now and Well soon get to the Point where More and More canoes will be seen on Bru net Michael who teaches ecology and environment at Vincent Massey and last year organized an environment club at the fort Garry said More than 20 students now have joined that group and Are eager to work to improve the Seine sure its not in fort its in the Point is that the Seine is the Ideal natural Laboratory for what we Are trying to do and learn Collins that Stream just be bet Ter for our plans Are still under Way to re move Large chunks of Concrete which have been blocking the flow of the Seine behind the premises of Beaver bus lines at 339 Archibald since the if Earl Einarsson helps Plant Trees the boulders were to have been broken up late last the Spring thaw came too rapidly and the heavy equipment needed would have become mired in the River current plans Call for the removal of the obstructions by late fall or Early Village declares War on truants Batree Bakhart staff reporter Hast seen the inside of a school in two i left after the first couple of she says with a taking a drag on a i didst feel like Tricia and about a dozen other teens congregate daily at the a Fountain at the Corner of River Avenue and Osborne their presence has so irked the Osborne Village business improve ment zone that it is trying to Call out the truant the problem there Arent the Winnipeg school division Laid off its three officers last but the a group of business has sent an official letter to the demanding trustees make the kids go to these kids Are just getting into theres drug dealing in Broad said Biz co chairman Chris of a dozen youths interviewed there Only two admitted to being under 16 and therefore required to attend but Higgins said business people have talked to children As Young As age 10 hanging out on the Tricia been on the streets for two after years of being in group her 15yearold com Panion said she was a Churchill High school student who had been Given the Day off news to the schools no one knows the numbers of Street kids in the Village said Laura coordinator of mount Carmel clinics Street out reach the teens Are a mix of homeless kids and those who live at Home and skip for kids without school May be Low Down on the priority she Winnipeg child and family ser vices also tries to help teens get Back to but the Village has not been identified As a problem area for Street said director Keith police cant do anything said Winnipeg police youth division Roger we have enough police work required else he the school division Doest know if truancy has gone up or Down since the truant officers were Laid said Hugh coordinator of school now its up to each school to keep track of its own and they dont share Absentee figures with the schools routinely Call parents of students up to Grade 9 when they Are in Light of the Biz the Divi Sion is researching Absentee figures and will report to school Board trustees next Bill one of the three at Tendance officers Laid off last said he worked with schools and parents to get at the Root of the my fear theres nobody look ing after these kids he some of the biggest reasons for skipping school were a Lack of Moti parents who have lost control of their or personality clashes with Rumley abcs Chalmers named interim regional director Jane director of radio for the Mani Toba Region of the Cana Dian broadcasting for the past has been appointed abcs interim regional director for Chalmers succeeds Marvin who left the Corpora Tion late last Winnipeg ramp have since launched an investigation in connection with terho chs activities while employed by the who holds a Fine arts degree from the univer sity of began her Csc career As a news reporter with Csc Calgary and served As National reporter in Mani Toba and British she moved to Winnipeg in 1988 to work with 24 first As senior producer and later As executive in she moved to prime time news As a producer and ;