Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email b1 july 1995 Lindor Reynolds we Are morally bound together John Ryan Turners parents Are going to they have each been sentenced to 16 years in convicted of manslaughter in the death of their three Earold John Turner died last he starved to autopsy results showed the Tot haunt eaten in the last three or four weeks of his but the parents two week trial last month revealed the full horrific details of John Turners the new Brunswick boys Short life had been a living the abuse by his parents interrupted Only by their when he finally his emaciated body was marked with bite cuts and the boys final Days were spent in a restraint in his bed his cries muffled by a the trial revealed any num Ber of possible explanations for the monsters who conceived John his Mother Sank into a depression following his it was a malaise for which she sought professional at some she knew it want right to scream at an infant for knew it was wrong to leave a toddler out Side alone for Long hours As he pleaded to be allowed at some Point she stopped perhaps she stopped her Steven was depicted As a fierce he once slapped the Little boy so said a the blow would have made an adult and said the Lorelei Turner told her son dont cry youre not allowed to experts testified that it was actually the emotional not the physical that finally killed John his mothers indifference and neglect and his fathers rage caused him to with draw and Stop it was suggested in court that Steven Turner allowed his wife abuse of John to continue because he wanted her to Bond with their second the Turners Are also the parents of a Twoy Earold now in Foster there is no sign she was judge Riordon made official what the Public already Felt there could be no no no rationale for what the Turners did to an innocent nothing could explain away the torture of that he sentence the other people who were implicated in this the friends and neighbors who knew some thing was wrong but didst one after they Testi fied at the trial shame admitting they suspected something was Terri Bly if you Are too Young to remember Kitty remember John Ryan he has become a new Symbol of an indifferent of a group of individuals who share some of the blame for that boys death because they lacked the courage or the will to speak to to the guilt of the parents can not be the guilt of All of those around them also they ensured his pain and suffering would continue As Long As he Drew they contributed to his each one of us has a collective responsibility to those around we Are bound by the Laws of a moral society to care for those who cannot care for when we reject that the unthinkable the unthinkable is an emaciated Little boy named John Ryan May he finally rest in province stiffed again by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Manitoba government has been stiffed again by corporations and Small Busi Nesses that collected sales tax from customers but never turned the Money seventy one representing about million in out standing retail sales tax from have been written off by that up More than so per cent from the previous when the province wrote off about in unpaid sales taxes owed by the corporate the ordering Council authorizing the write off indicates most of the companies businesses fail to remit million in retail tax Are either in bankrupt or no longer Henry Birks sons and its Allan jewellers division chalked up the biggest arrears at the company declared bankruptcy in a numbered company that owned the trave Lodge hotel in Winnipeg left the province holding the bag for in a remitted sales tax when it went plus in the former owners of Assiniboia Downs owed the department of finance about in a remitted tax when they sold the Racetrack to the jockey club last finance officials say most of that relates to sales tax collected at the tracks concessions and More than a third of the Delin quent accounts were restaurants or hotels that went out of Deputy finance minister Charlie Curtis defended his departments record on saying the latest write offs represent less than one per cent of the total million in sales tax collected Annu ally a track record that he said is pretty Good in Light of economic we Haven had a great year As far As the Economy is he we had a poor year and if you look at the schedule and the kind of people who have gone Many Are restaurants or Curtis said his department could hire additional staff and put More pressure on businesses to pay but in not sure How much More they could collect without antagonizing businesses that Are having a serious from our Point of we try to keep on top of them and quite often by the Boris free press Kelly to Greiner right calculates How much minnesotan Marg Baumgartner saved by buying prescriptions in buyers save bundle prescriptions cheaper even with hotel and bus fare by Treena Khan staff reporter Joan Winn int a but the Minnesota resident won big in Winnipeg yester she saved us by buy ing four prescription medications for blood pressure and osteoporosis prevention in Canada instead of Home in min Neapolis where it would have Cost i made Money on this i knew wed save but not this much she exclaimed yes Helen Hank alas also in the winners saving us on three and Barbara Ann Panser us saved on one prescription it was a lucrative trip for the 60 members of the Minnesota senior who Are lobbying for regulated Dru pric ing in their own the publicity stunt Only Cost us for each of the participants for the bus trip and when people in Canada talk about their healthcare system that truly something to be proud for living next to Canada is something to be proud said tour member Barb the federation had been push ing the Minnesota legislature to allow minnesotans with insurance drug coverage to buy their Medicine through the a modified version of the propos Al was adopted earlier this Only applying to seniors whose income is no More than twice the Federal poverty in the seniors Are Cov ered by a medicare program that Only covers acute medical but not a medicaid drug coverage pro Gram Only applies to those under the poverty level of us a the 17 minnesotans who bought their prescriptions in Winnipeg yesterday Are not Eli Gible for the provinces pharma care which covers 70 per cent of drug costs for Mani Toba seniors after a annual but the major factors for the sayings Are provincial drug Benefit plans with negotiated prices with provincial drug form Laries which require pharmacists to provide certain Marc free press Honkala thanks health minister Jim Mccrae for drugs at a specified and a wider Range of generic drugs available in Canada with lower prices than bran name equiv most of the seniors bought three month supplies of their if the drugs Are manufactured in the they dont have to pay any duties As they Cross the Bor if the drugs Are manufactured in they pay three percent duties on amounts Over it could be a Boon for Manitoba said Ken Kron at the me Dimart pharmacy on Pembina where the 60 seniors descended yesterday for prescriptions and Price com i think it could be great for Why not he Manitoba seniors Monitor drug Patent Law Canadian drug prices wowed the Minnesota senior federation yester but our prices Are heading warns the Manitoba society of the society is still lobbying the Federal government against Bill the Law brought in by the conservatives in 1992 that extends drug patents to 20 years from 17 were still monitoring were keeping an Eye on the patented Medicine prices review said Laura director of develop ment for the the a Branch of health monitors prices of patented during the 20year Patent generic drug makers Are unable to manufacture copies of the generic drugs Are cheaper because they do not have to include research and development costs in the other factors which make Many Canadian drugs cheaper than in the Are provincial drug Benefit plans with negotiated prices with and provincial drug form Laries which require pharmacists to provide certain drugs at a specified a1992 government study compared a Basket of 121 frequently dispensed drugs and found 81 per cent were More expensive in the on a per package prices to wholesalers ranged from 44 per cent cheaper to 967 per cent time we find out that there a month or two Treyve gone Down the Drain declared Bank he its not that we Arent trying but we dont want to put people out of business its not an easy bal a spokesman for the Manitoba taxpayers association said not paying taxes amounts to theft and the finance department should pursue those businesses through the even if they Are Bank Treyve collected Money from people that is supposed to be going to a third party for tax payments and they ought to pursue them and bring them to court because its just said Dennis vote set on spirit fund will Council say no to jets by John Douglas business reporter City councillors looking to derail the spirit of Mani Toba will get their first Chance tomorrow during a special meeting to decide if Winnipeg charitable status can be used to build a Arena endow ment mayor Susan who supports extending the status to has called for a Public vote after some councillors began to waver last Terry Duguid North Kil who will oppose Thompson in this Falls mayoral pulled his support for spirit seven Days ago saying the majority of councillors no longer Back the a Survey by the free press found up to seven of the 16member Council May vote against Duguid could not be reached last the civic vote comes As the Pri vate sector group tries to get on Side with the National hockey spirit chairman Alan Sweatman confirmed yesterday his group has upped its fundraising goals after discussing its plans to keep the jets in Winnipeg last week with nil commissioner Gary until spirit has said it wants to raise million before adding million by 1997 and another million after now spirit wants More than million in Cash and the rest pledged before we need million up front and i think we need to demonstrate there is More there in order to get the nil on Sweatman Council will be told tomorrow that spirit cannot wait any longer for Revenue Canada to Rule on foundation status for the it will proceed on the Assumption donors will be Given a charitable receipt if they wish to support the endowment Revenue Canada has already Given the City of Winnipeg Chari table people donating land or Money to the City Are eligible for a tax receipt that can be used to lower taxable income to a Maxi mum of 20 per cent of the individuals spirit officials were in Ottawa to seek a clarification dealing with Winnipeg charitable there going through the Sweatman for were looking to give people a receipt based on a gift to the if Council gives its spirit plans to go Public with a Call to raise million to cover future jets Harold the Winnipeg 2000 will replace Israel Asper As the groups chief spirit will go Public today with a offering for shares in the hockey the shares will sell for each but an investor must buy at least five units to become a part All hoi or ;