Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 10, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press August toxin May be elms9 Savior by Alexandra Paul medical reporter the discovery of a natural toxin in american elms looks like the key scientists need to unlock the mysteries of dutch Elm University of Manitoba and University of Toronto Plant science researchers want to use the toxin to Breed resistant seedlings that would replace big elms now dying of the the seedlings would be Able to fight off the fatal fungus that causes the disease with a substance called mans none that occurs naturally in some in residents fighting to keep elms on City boulevards say the research is on the Vanguard of science in North the problem the funding is running we need More fund ing for said Judy Confounder of the cites coalition to save the Werier said that Winnipeg researchers Are about to begin injecting seedlings with Man which was identified and developed in they would inject the fungicide with a Long much like a vet Werier City forestry technician Phil Pines said the research holds a lot of Promise for the anything that would provide us with another tool in the preservation of to add to them or councillors keep spirit hanging on crucial vote put off until today replace is Pines but the research is University of Manitoba Plant Sci ence professor Bill Remphrey Esti mates he and graduate student Fred Merier would need a year for the next several years to bring the toxin to this is no Silver Bullet but we want to indicate there is some Remphrey Remphrey and Merier Are now screening Elm Trees they have grown from six different locations in Manitoba in their search for a mans none is a natural toxin that Trees make when they Are most vulnerable to infection from dutch Elm the key is to make sure Trees have enough of it to kill the fungus not just weaken Remphrey and Merier will use their research to identify seedlings with High natural Levels of the toxin and then work on them to see if the seedlings can resist the the dutch Elm fungus kills Trees by blocking the transportation of water and with one of the largest remaining stocks of american elms in North is consid ered one of the Best places to test the to Date More than elms have died and More than have been weakened in Winnipeg according to City the new by Nick Martin City Hall reporter j4 Winnipeg favourable tax ruling i among conditions will consider setting the City will not be responsible for More than r lion share of the j the City will not Advance c additional reconstruction financing unless spirit can Elim a clause from its Deal with the current owners of the hockey 4 team that would require 50 per j cent of the project to be com j plated by or own reverts Back to the current spirit must have million in limited partnership units and million in its endowment fund the name of the hockey item must include the word the City will not concede off j site even related parking Rev Enue to spirit without further City councils vote on spirit of Manitoba business plan has been delayed until bogged Down yesterday with its regular councillors decided to wait until this morning to get a fresh Start on what is expected to be a lengthy and bitter but mayoral candidate Terry Duguid North Kildonan admitted last night that mayor Susan Thompson probably has the votes to give spirit the Green Duguid predicting today Many speeches and a 97 the one positive thing is we have More than 12 hours to look at a very detailed business Council had its first look at the business plan tuesday spirit president Cam Osier said he had been expecting a delay in the final decision from it adds another Day of Osier emphasized that spirit needs an Extension of its 31 deadline to close the Deal to buy the Winnipeg jets from the current owners of the hockey the owners Are meeting this afternoon to decide whether to extend the Osier we need the we need the we need some mayor Susan Thompson said she would not have any new information to put before Council its a step spirit needs to try and support its she an overflow crowd packed the irate residents going to court Over flooding by Nick Martin City Hall reporter Marc free press the agonizing jets debate has taken its toll on Al Clement Charle Woodfort Garry admitted the Deal is risky and the Community is its a reality this team May not be Here for the Long term if this Deal Clement i prob ably represent the most affluent constituency in the there is no Clear mandate one Way or the other on this spirit targets big hitters Council gallery yesterday in anticipation of the most of them were members of the Andiarena save our Pride Jack Klassen pleaded with councillors to abandon plans for the Arena North of the keep your hands out of our he told Council during Public Jim Silver of thin ice said the business plan shows the jets can not survive More than two or three years in a new the num Bers make it abundantly the jets Are going to he Silver said councillors who intend to vote for a flawed Deal to avoid being blamed for losing the jets should not count on Revenue the National hockey league or anyone else killing the even spirit supporter Bill Tanner Street residents Are heading to court after Council refused to pay for basement flooding that ombudsman Virginia Menzie concluded was the cites Respo Sibili we go to see a bitter resident Laurie Kellner told Treyve never Given us a fair from Day we didst set out to sue Kellner said six families would be involved in a Legal but could not estimate the damages they would in telling if this goes to we Harry Lazarenko Mynarski this is not a precedent being Lazarenko argued the Homes sewer connection to a nearby municipal cemetery accounted for frequent severe flooding two years but finance chairman Jae Eadie James said no sewer system can be designed to eliminate property owners have to be proactive in protecting their own he ombudsman review there is a limit to the systems governments can build to protect Peoples Eadie cautioning that the City not set a precedent for enormous numbers of flooding Kellner told Council the City had been we experienced six floods in 12 not three but three what do you consider reasonable voting against compensation mayor Susan Deputy mayor George Fraser Charles and councillors Bill Clement Charle Woodfort Jae Eadie Mike Oshaughnessy old Kildo John Prystanski Point Dou Amaro Silva Daniel John Angus nor voting for compensation councillors Evelyne Reese Boni Rick Boychuk Al Golden Sandy Hyman River Harry Lazarenko Lillian Thomas out of the chamber when the vote was held councillors Terry Duguid North Kildonan and Glen Murray fort Sale on now to wifi look for the red dots throughout the store Bonus look for the yellow dots on even More buy 1m get i of equal or double Star sewing thread 6000m Cones buy 1 get 2 free Madison Avenue Jacquard 100 pol Yesley 115cm45 buy 1m get 2m free Alcova suede 100 polyester i15cm45 buy 1m get 2m free Novelty 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