Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email b1 july 1995 Gordon Sinclair some stains just dont Wash out i put on a clean shirt monday but by the time i finished Reading the column on the editorial Page it Felt the new York times piece concerned the cruel conditions endured by hundreds of thou Sands of Central american and Caribbean women who work in near enslavement making safari jackets for banana jeans for the Gap and shirts for Eddie i was wearing an Eddie Bauer i called Bob Silver to try to Salve my conscience and put my shirt in some kind of global Silver is the president of win Nipges Western which also manufactures jeans for the unlike their 56 cents a hour Competition in Al Sal his sewing machine operators dont work 15hour Days and 22 hours on Western gloves brightly coloured factory on Logan Avenue is air Condi its unionized workers earn an average of to an hour and the company throws in a dental but Silver empathize with the Gap and Eddie Bauer and the he has to Deal with third world suppliers Weye been to every one of the facilities we do business but a lot of its Good w he said retailers such As the Gap and Eddie Bauer try to keep track of How and where their garments Are i make clothes for the he and there in Here every some of the designer labels get letters from their contracted manufacturers who assure them working conditions Are up to but they can lie and nobody knows the differ so whats the answer its not As simple As buy ing made in Canada or the United abuses Are certainly More common outside North Ameri Silver but theres no reason to think it Doest occur Hes heard of filipinos taken into the and forced to work off the Cost of getting into the of How do you know the garment in buying int stained by abuse the answer you but he do you know what youre putting in your Mouth what Silver meant How do i know that the Tomato in eating want picked by a mexi can who was smuggled across the Border and made to work Long hours for paupers pay and even if i could Tell the difference Between Good tomatoes and would i pay the extra Buck for a Good one just to keep my conscience Clear color and Silver getting Back to Gar that whats important to i called Eddie Bauers Winnipeg store the Young Man who answered knew about the Story that appeared in mondays free press and he said Eddie Bauers Seattle head office is investigating the source of their goods from Al i asked if anyone else had voiced their i was the which is kind of he the sales clerk assured me that my shirt was of because it was made in but Why does my shirt still feel no matter How Many times i Wash it mom Tot stranded Here by David Kuxhaus staff reporter a fatal drug smuggling scheme has left a two year old boy from Jamaica Moth Erless and stranded in Winnipeg child and family ser vices is now the Legal guardian of the it certainly is a strange said Margaret director of management services for boy victim of drug smuggling operation police say the child is a Canadian citizen he was born in Winnipeg during a previous visit but has been living with his Mother in the woman and child arrived in Winnipeg on thursday they were staying with the boys who live in the when the 37yearold Mother complained of feeling ill on Friday and was taken to Concordia general she died a Short time later of an accidental drug police spokesman Eric Turner said the woman had swallowed 36 condoms each filled with about two Grams of an autopsy revealed that one of the condoms had police say the woman had met the Childs godparents in Jamaica 10 years they became friends and trav Elled Back and Forth visiting each Turner the couple is not a part of any criminal invest while cos is responsible for the perimeter crash a 47yearold Lasalle Man is in health sciences Centre with serious head injuries after he was thrown from his four wheel drive vehicle yesterday while trying to turn from the perimeter Highway onto provincial Highway 330 he was struck by a family of four travelling the family escaped before their vehicle burned in the ditch downtown bus shuttle service eyed for 5 proposed fares to Cost two bits by Stevens wild City Hall reporter brightly coloured Blue and purple buses could soon be transporting people from the Forks to downtown and the Exchange the works and operations com Mittee yesterday voted to begin the downtown flyer service for 25 cents a ride on the designed to address the chronic parking prob Lem must now be voted on by Harry general manager of the downtown Winnipeg business improvement said studies with focus groups had indicated parking was the most Seri Ous concern people had about going and one of the most popular destinations in the province is the Finnigan the downtown flyer costing the City to the end of 1995 will operate Between and on from 11 to 5 on saturdays and Between noon and 5 on Sun Days and Standard Winnipeg transit buses will be used at but they will be replaced next year by More accessible Low floor the buses will run Between 10 and 30 minutes because both planned routes will use main the shuttle on main Street will run at five minute intervals during the Glen Murray fort Rouge suggested the shuttle should include because of the concentration of provincial civil servants and Finan Cial services along the at the suggestion of chairman Terry Duguid North Kildo the committee asked administrators to study a Broadway Rick Boychuk Transcona opposed the saying it was unfair that downtown rides should Cost less than the charged to travel in the rest of the there is something wrong when a group of lawyers can pay 25 Boychuk this is out right discrimination when other people have to pay Paterson it has decided to leave him in the care of the god parents for the time the Childs natural father lives in Jamaica and has yet to be contacted by Well have to find out whether the Mother had Legal the nature of the what the Laws in Jamaica Are of decide whats in the Best interest of the Paterson it gets clerk rescues Young visitor by Paul Mckie staff reporter april Bawden May be the Best kind of Good Samaritan the kind that wants no recognition for a Good the Canadian airlines counter agent took a 16yearold Thunder Bay girl stranded in Winnipeg overnight monday after missing two flights to Rankin into her she fed took her out and got her onto a flight Bawden didst want to talk publicly about her Good deed but Doug the girls tips his hat to that kind of waiting for daughter if not for this lady it have said who was waiting for his Christine to arrive for a visit with him in Rankin about 500 Kilometres North of who lives in Thunder Bay with her was grateful Bawden rescued her from a night she could have spent with social services she just my name is april and Why dont you come Over to my place for the night Bab cock said from her dads i Felt comfortable with she the trouble began for Babcock when she arrived in Winnipeg 6 monday morning from Thun Der she was flying waiting to get a spot on a flight to Rankin where Canadian flies twice a she get on the first telephoned mom the girl phoned her Mother in Thunder while she was on the phone she missed a second flight which was also Spurell said he got wind of the incident from Babcock Mother and he phoned ramp at the Winnipeg Airport to see what could be it was Babcock first visit to her dads Northern Home he works for the Telephone company so he was concerned about her being alone in the but Babcock said her husband and Niney Earold son welcomed her into their Baw Den went shopping with they ordered pizza for dinner and watched a the Jungle student Camp Best time of my life by Aldo Santin staff reporter some High school students snicker and Roll their eyes when they think of an Intel four week summer Camp that stresses technology and entre pre but for 54 senior High school Stu dents who gathered in Winnipeg from across the country theres nothing nerdy at All about being on the cutting a lot of people think its just a Geek Camp but its not at said Lisa a Grade 12 student from said yester Ive never done so much work in my life and had so much fun doing Ive had the Best time of my Bia Cussi and the others spent the past four weeks at the Shad Valley Camp at the University of the programs name originated from the Small Creek near Ottawa where the first Camp was held 15 years its like summer school for the country Best and Bright est and it places heavy emphasis on science and technology in rela Tion to students attend University level lectures and seminars Given by u of m professors and local Industry topics include globalization of biomedical research and technology and Early theories of planetary in students Are required to work in groups to develop a business plan for a product or service used in a recreational we want students to look at Sci ence and see the entrepreneurial said Karen Jarema the Manitoba Camps pro Gram More than senior High school students applied for 450 spots at the different Stu dents had to pay their own Way and a tuition fee of or for the privilege of being i did it for the said Marc a Grade 12 student from fort its not something Well Ever Cynthia Weiss from Calgary said being surrounded by 50 energetic students is an experience not to be were All the top students at our own schools but Here everyone is at first youre you dont think youre smart enough but after a couple of the Shad Camp is holding an open House thursday at Johns from 1 to 4 a variety put on by the will also be staged later tomorrow Mac free press students Weiss Bia Cussi work on Model play ;