Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local i i k n i i t a of a v breakfast i hotel fort Garry july 1995 Gordon Sinclair me help police must be an error there Are certain child Hood incidents for what Ever make indelible one of mine involves a police which Surprise those who think you know i was late for afternoon classes at Linwood running along the South sidewalk of Portage Avenue in front of the Assini Boine when a motorcycle cop pulled get he pointing to his and then he drove me to school so i be i was reminded of that incident this week after writing a couple of frontage stories about a policeman deals wilderness Canoe briefly six cops and about a dozen mostly Junior High age boys went on the sanctioned by the Winnipeg police service and sponsored by the fort Garry kiwanis on their return three weeks one of the boys went to police with a an inter Nal investigation was there were allegations that some of the police were swearing and being physically abusive with some of the the trip is supposed to be for kids from single Parent Homes boys who need positive male role some have grown up without their fathers because the old Man had a problem with last one of the mothers took her son downtown to be she asked the inter Nal affairs officer How Long the interview would she had to plug the parking half an he told there was still five minutes on the meter when they got that sounded rather Quick to but what do i know about internal investigations so i called Brian Hes a private investigator but he was a mountie for 32 his last assignment was head of internal when Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry was Manitoba top Savage had read the i asked him How Long he expected he would take to inter View one of the a couple of hours at the very it was a five Day he 1 told Savage what happened and Savage told me How he thought a Good investigator should handle he has a serious allegation that made against some of his so time is going to mean nothing to so Why is he going to say half an hour then he asked a question a Good investigator would Are they sloughing this thing off one things for Savage chief Henry wont let them Slough it i was surprised when i went looking for who was in charge of the police and pals for the Kiwa although i have Reg Walpole is a retired Winnipeg Hes also the Nice officer who drove me to school in the Sidecar More than 40 years he was angry with me when i reached him at he accused me of disliking police officers and of ruining the and he asked Why i didst Call him before i wrote the that when Walpole reminded me that he had come up to the free press a couple of years ago with some information about the kiwanis policeman deals you put it in the Wal pole me help police he must have me i jinxed up with someone accused of fouling red by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter tj10r the first a win h Nipes company has been Al charged under the Federal fisheries act with polluting the red environment minister Sheila Copps announced yesterday that Gateway of 2 Point Douglas and its director Shel Don Blank face a total of 13 charges for alleged violations of the fish eries act and the pulp and paper effluent there the first charges weve Winnipeg company slapped with Federal charges Laid for fisheries charges for an Industry inside the City of win said Terry fed eral spokesman for the Manitoba division of environmental protect who refused to divulge details of the said the charges relate to one or More of three substance types allegedly discharged into the River biochemical matter that takes oxygen out of the suspended effluent that kills fish and other aquatic who pointed out the charges Gateway faces Are Simi Lar to the charges Labiti Ciprice was convicted of in Pine Falls earlier this said his department will continue to investigate potential violators of the Blank denies his paper recycling company is polluting the if were proven innocent i Hope she Copps terminates the employ ment of everyone in this invest he Terry a former environmental said he supports the Federal government action against Gateway last the Parks and culture committee recommended a project initiated by the Manitoba fisheries Branch to develop the sports fishing Poten tial of Winnipeg Gateway industries and Blank have been charged with five charges under the fisheries act relating to allegedly depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by mural leaves its Mark Phil free press red River Community College students work on a mural is a joint venture of take Pride Winnipeg and the pan depicting Panama athletes the located american games and Marks the oneyear Annivera at the underpass at Pembina Highway and Jubilee sary of Winnipeg winning the bid to Host the 99 games the violations allegedly occurred Between april and july they have also been charged with eight counts under the Feder Al pulp and paper effluent regu the charges relate to allegedly failing to provide the fed eral minister of the environment with information required under the act Between and july if the company could be fined up to under each count under the fisheries act and up to under the pulp and paper at claim boys by David Kuxhaus staff reporter Carleton club closes doors Board forced to hand Over keys to mortgage Holder by Martin Cash business reporter the Only one who got any exercise last night at the exclusive Carleton club was a Board members at the struggling fort Street club handed Over the keys to mortgage Holder Astra credit Union yesterday and the locks were changed at 5 after a year of financial new management and attempts to Market the club to the the Board at the 94yearold private club was open to men Only until 1991 ran out of Astra installed Komg peat mar Wick Thome As the it will test the Market to see if there is a buyer for the Square foot which has Squash a fitness dining bar and meeting the Carleton whose fort Street location was built in 1977 after its original site was expropriated for the construction of the commodity Exchange Tower across the had a Peak membership of More than this week it had Fred outgoing presi Dent of the attributed the decline in clubs like the Carleton which he claims is happening across the country to several you can Analyse and talk this to Florence it started in the 80s when dues were no longer tax deductible and entertainment expenses were Only 80 per cent also it became less socially acceptable to belong to a me Sonly even though we were the first in Winnipeg to change the rules to allow women in he also attributed the general demise in membership and usage to corporate not too Long one Bank paid for 12 memberships at the now its Down to there Are a number of institutions like he Astra credit Union is owed million and originally called the loan in the clubs Board convinced the credit Union to hold off and raised an additional from members earlier this we thought that would be enough to see us through the sum Florence but after the capital infusion in March and the Purchase of some new fitness funded through the Sale of some Art the club owned usage actually dropped one former Board member said efforts Are already under Way for a group of former members to buy Back and reopen the Ive already got the names of 10 Florence corporate cutbacks people willing to put up said the Winnipeg business who asked not to be i think i can round up another 70 or a 12yearold boy is presumed drowned and a six year old boy is dead in two separate police say the 12yearold and two friends were walking across the car rail Bridge Over the red River at de Salaberry Avenue and Watt Street just after noon yester Dennis Sheardown said the Trio was at the Middle of the Bridge when the 12yearold stepped Down on to a Concrete he lost his balance and fell into the said Shear the youth May have struck his head on the Concrete base of the pier As he Irene who lives in an apartment overlooking the said she heard someone scream at first i thought it was some one Kafka but when she looked out the window of her third floor she saw some thing Bobbing in the murky it look like a Ball and then i looked again and i didst see that when i realized it have been a Ball but must have been the top of a persons that when she spotted another boy Yelling As he ran across the Bridge Back to de Salaberry police divers and the Harbor patrol spent the Day trying to locate the missing but the search was called off at it was very Shear Down there were Strong sur face winds and the Guys just handle it any Sheardown said they will be Back out on the water this Kafkas husband Edward said Hes not surprised the Accident happened since children regularly play on the Ive complained to City police and the car and no one does thursday night a six year old boy died when the Allter rain vehicle he was a passenger on rolled Dale Froese was rushed to Bethesda Hospital in Steinbach with multiple head and Chest he was pronounced dead on the at was being driven by his Niney Earold sister on the family farm just outside rambling where eagles Fly Travis left and Rene Lavallee attended by Aldo Santin staff reporter spending a week at summer Camp out in the Middle of Shoal Lake is an event that Rene Lavallee says he miss for the on my last Day i saw an Eagle for the first said of his recent visit to Camp it was just up i wish i had a Rene and his younger were two of 823 Young boys and girls who have spent or will be spending time this summer attending summer Camp Courtesy of the free press Sunshine operated by the presbyterian Camp pre Cawas objectives Are aimed mostly at Sborigi r be Nal intercity we want children to know there Are other options to hanging around said Charlene a Camp counsellor and a Mission worker at the Anish Nabe Fellowship Hewitt said the Camp gives intercity children a for at least a to be like every other a lot of these kids come from Large families and they have Hewitt they can run scrape their Knees and laugh their Heads they can learn that they can do wrong and still be Bettie director of the Sun Shine said the organization still needs another to place the remaining 37 children on wait ing lists and to hire special needs to the fund has received More than in the Sunshine now in its 17th places needy children at one of 30 accredited summer Camps in the anyone wishing to contribute to the fund is asked to Send a Cheque to the Sunshine 194 a Sher Brook r3c donors this week were Francoise Norm Margaret Jacob Eleanor in memory of Helen Lillian Olive Dave Nancy in memory of my Laura Dorothy Jack Alida Heather Grace Keith har Bob Corinne Dave in memory of Helen Hilde Reg Louise Ellen Oli Thomas Bonnie Phyllis Margaret mar Garet Jessie David Margo Donna Carolanne Ann thanks to Jacklyn Kenneth pre Alberta anon in memory of our 150 Geraldine Marjorie Dorothy Vernice anon Margaret Eugenie Margaret Janet Nancy total contributions 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