Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 b1 fires find some allies heavy shifting winds add to problems by Kim Guttormson and Bob Lowery free press correspondents Cranberry Portage shifting winds and heavy smoke hampered firefighting efforts Here yesterday and closed the Road to nearby Sherridon for most of the detection flights found six new fires adding to the 14 started by lightning smoke kept a spotting plane from flying Over areas where it was suspected fires had it was grounded in mid run during the of we suspect theres More Given the dryness in the the lightning we got and the amount of rain we didst natural re District supervisor Tom i rus the detection plane was Able to get to some but visibility is Only a hazy Cranberry Portage was overcast Early in the morning and dampened by Light but the insignificant rain didst fall anywhere near the fire by it was hot and an hour smoke was in the air and the temperature had by mid afternoon it was hot minis said that luckily Crews working quickly had a handle on most of the blazes in the except one at Fay Lake South of Sherri its up and rolling to the away from the he it will probably Cross the in but it wont Stop the trains to Lynn Lake for Bob Gladstone of Cranberry piloting the detection said the flames tuesday were jumping 90 to 150 metres above the tree tops at Fay he said the intense heat from the fire created its own making flying about three Crews sat around the natural resources department Yard yesterday waiting by trucks loaded with gear for the hot frustrating its very frustrating to have fire fighters sitting Here in the Mirus its always hurry up and Barren lands first nation was on the Brink of an evacuation after thick smoke from nearby fires blanketed the chief John big Hetty said but the wind changed and the move was called nearby Nelson House first nation was also about to Send evacuees to but a change in wind direction there also made an evacuation Richard natural re sources said lightning that flared across the Northeast Region of the province resulted in two fires each at Wabowden and split As Well As a single fire at Laurie photos by Joe Hyksa free press Winnipeg firefighters left set up on exhaust fan at Grant Park High school yesterday to help Clear out the while students and staff wait outside for word on when they can return to mysterious smell forces the evacuation of school Batree Nathan staff reporter exams were cancelled at Grant Park High school yesterday afternoon when a mysterious chemical smell forced the schools seven Hundred students were sent Home while Cen tra and the provinces work place safety and health Branch sought the source of the Jim an assistant Dep Uty fire said last night work place safety and health officers found a leak in the duct work of the schools air conditioning system and were working to repair it should be up and running by this Whitney principal Heather Sharman said five clerks and secretaries in the main office complained of a chem ical smell after it came on very she it smelled like some sort of but nothing i can de the staff in the office were complaining of head aches and Sharman decided to evacuate the school and Call the fire depart ment at Grade and 12 English exams were to be Gin at the clerical staff went to the pan am sports Medicine clinic and to Victoria general Hospital to be they were sent Home to rest and Are expected Back at work said i was starting to feel a Little said student Emma id one of 700 students evacuated from the Idiong said she was standing in the schools main just outside the main and the headache came on about she said she could not smell anything Gay rights get a lift province must justify denial of Appeal court rules by Allison Bray staff reporter Manitoba highest court has found the prov Ince contravened its own human rights code when it denied a Gay couple the same employee benefits afforded to heterosexual but it Doest mean the benefits will be in a unanimous decision released yesterday that closely mirrors a re cent decision by the supreme court of the Manitoba court of Appeal recognized the right of homosexuals to be free of discrimination based on sexual justification but the Manitoba court took the is sue a step further requiring the province to justify to a human rights adjudicator Why it pay spousal benefits to Gay said Grant lawyer for the a Gay activist Chris its a landmark Victory for Mitchell said of Vogel and his partner Richard an employee with the prov inces natural resources depart and North have been fighting the Manitoba government since 1982 for the recognition that they As a Lon term couple have the same rights to dental and other employee benefits As Hetero sexual civil the Case was appealed after a court of Queens Bench judge found a Gay partner is not a Legal hence not entitled to spousal Bene while the Manitoba Case was be ing the supreme court ruled 54 May 25 that the charter of rights and freedoms prohibits discrimination based on sexual Orienta but in the Case of Federal pen Sion the court found paying the Money Only to heterosexual Cou Ples is a justified infringement on homosexual rights to Equality be cause the benefits were intended to help elderly the Manitoba courts decision is similar in that it finds the denial of benefits because there is a clause in the Manitoba human rights code that the provincial Cabi net May make regulations pre scribing requirements or qualifications deemed to be Bona fide and reason Able in respect of any employee Benefit it is now up to the prov Ince to prove to a human rights adjudicator there Are reasonable grounds to treat Gay couples differently from Bill lawyer for the Provin Cial declined to say what argument the province might put Forth to deny same sex he conceded the decision by Manitoba chief Justice Richard and justices Allan Philp and Bonnie Helper could pave the Way for same sex benefits to All but he said the Issue is far from wider Avenue there Are decisions and this is one of them that is creating a wider Avenue for that argument to pre he these Are court decisions and governments can legislate out court Vogel and North Are on vacation and be reached for com Mitchell said regardless of the decision on employee Vogel has won what he sought All along recognition that he was being treated unfairly because he is injury prevention Centre opens at childrens Hospital Jeff free press Tenen Bein fire chief Barry Lough at by Alexandra Paul medical reporter its too late for Lori but a new injury prevention Centre announced yesterday for the childrens hos Pital at health sciences Centre will help peo ple like the 16yearold Burn victim said the Centre for injury surveil Lance and research the first of its kind in bring together fire department Community and medical leaders to beat Back injuries As the leading cause of death among children under age 14 in who attended a news conference on the Centre with Hospital and fire offi is a prime example of How children get i was playing with the lighter because it looked like a Nice Clarke As a 12 years she suffered third degree Burns Over most of her from her legs to her when she set herself on fire by the announcement was timed to coincide with a Federal regulation that came into effect yesterday which banned Monchil resistant disposable lighters like the one Clarke toyed with at the age of every year from then until Clarke she had surgery for skin grafts to repair the preventable every year in eight people Are killed and Many More Are injured in fires started by children under age five with Ligh experts predict those rates will decline but not disappear under the new injuries like Clarkes can be prevented if parents put matches and lighters out of the same is True for most injuries which Send one in four Canadian children to doctors each injuries Arent they Are predict Able and said Milton Tenen director of emergency services at Chil Drens doctors said that the Centre to be funded Over the next three years with from the childrens Hospital telethon is being set up to prevent childhood injuries from All it will open for every childhood there Are 34 admissions to hospitals and thousands of visits to emergency Tenen Bein the new Centre will act As a Clearing House for data on the latest research and surveillance of different types of in Fords letter proved to be faulty warning plan it never Rains but it pours int that the saying it certainly drenched Dave the Craf major i wrote about last he and his wife Are embroiled in every Home buyers into a Home and having to take Legal action against the As if All this int the father of six also is out of pocket because the Ford motor failed to inform him his car could have a faulty had it done he have had to Shell out to a transmission shop in when his 1991 Taurus car broke Down three weeks he to rent a car to return to Mike Ward Winnipeg after attending his sons the Mechanic told Butcher it would Cost to and mentioned that Ford had been experiencing problems with this particular models transmission and there was a possibility it might cover the Cost of the Butcher called and found out that was the the vehicle was towed to a nearby Ford but Butcher had to pay the to transmission because the engine had been taken Ford knows All the names and addresses of its so Why didst they write and Tell us there was a problem is what he wants to i want told and i later found a buddy of mine in Winnipeg want notified so i gave Ford a Call to find out Public affairs officer Tony Fredo said a letter was mailed to owners last december saying the company has offered a no charge service to owners of 1991 Sable and Continental cars equipped with automatic he faxed me a copy of the undated form if you should experience erratic transmission operation at no charge to your dealer will repair if necessary it says in Fredo said the no charge offer is available for six years or whichever occurs first from the original warranty Start owners have six months to have the transmissions the letter also contains some possible Good news for Ford is offering a refund to those who paid to have the servicing done before receiving the Sqq Glen spokesman for workers was on the phone last thursday complaining about an aspersion id cast on his a few hours he was Back on the line saying his employer to use his screwed the reason for Hildebrands earlier indignation id begun a column by saying that the reason for calling shooting victim Maciej Mark Slawik was to ask How he was doing and to Check that he want getting a workers compensation what Hildebrand didst know when he complained was that Slawik was indeed getting a although that want the Case when i first called the 43yearold father of two sons who been at close Range while delivering the Hospital Kitchen worker had just started the Par time Job last month to help pay off some Slawik received his first compensation Cheque two Days after we but it was based on his Par time his full time Job As promised by workers that made a we made a screwed said i guess that makes me some kind of a victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy fax or email Mike Ward on the internet at ;