Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Spill costs business huge compensation claims expected after Tanker truck flips Over Brandon weather mainly fighting violence Angel pins help to vent frustration with Simpson conference pivots on development accidental pregnancy can be More value added processing needed Brandon sunday classified ads b9 Blu fins Pool resources Mackinney making Waves Road to olympics May Cut through Keystone Centre Stratinsky struts his hockey draft sweep stakes classified c6 comics d2 deaths diversions Cross d3 editorials a6 in births c5 movies d7 sports record to listings d9 i 619156 6 details on Page c8 sunday free press plus taxes higher in outlying areas october get your gourds its that time of year David an employee of Bukszak farms at 4144 Henderson prepares More than pumpkins for Sale the raw material for thanksgiving pies tomorrow and halloween Jacko lanterns at the end of the the farm grows More than 36 hectares of pumpkins running behind the pack fringe candidates in mayoral race dont care if they cant win by Bruce Owen and Bill Refl Kop staff reporters what makes Nick tick or or Natalie or for that matter polls and common sense say they Haven got a snowballs Chance of being elected mayor Nick who has More political experience than the other three also rans put admits the same Theresa Natalie Pollock and Michael Grieger say for the record that there run Ning to to make a difference on How City Hall works even though they realistically will Gar Ner Only a couple of Hundred votes at vote hopefuls have no Chance a5 even a 50yearold self described professional Radi Cal and newspaper has run at various times for Public office since never getting More than a few thousand despite some criticism from his friends for his confrontation Al the longtime fixture on the left Wing circuit says he does it to inject real democracy into the to Doest mean just running for he to has something to do with Choice and something to do with and the fact of the matter is i get the Odd phone Call or person stopping me in the not a mind thanks for running and making it a democratic in going to vote because of who was born in Berlin in 1945 and got his Start in politics during the student move ment in the late says he also runs to make sure the left Wing is represented on the there has to be a voice for the left and if environmentalism and social democracy is on the so be in doing it just to show that the left is still polls to Date indicate that Only mayor Susan Thompson and Chal lengers Terry Duguid and former councillor Peter Kauf Mann have any sizable individual support among they were the Only candidates invited to an 5 forum at the Winnipeg chamber of the is backed by much of the conserva Tive business Community and Duguid has support from Liber als and the pundits see them As the front runners for the mayors they have the biggest electoral machines and the highest recognition Factor in the a grocery store is gather ing proving to be some thing of a dark horse and nipping at their Portage Cool to election fever by Bud Robertson staff reporter Portage la Prairie its going to be pretty darned quiet around Here come election for the first time in this cites his there wont be any race for City Council or for City school All six incumbent aldermen have been returned to office by acclamation and Only the mayors Job is up for with one Citi zen throwing his hat into the it profile Portage its a rarity for something like this to happen in a City the size of Portage la that was an easy i cant believe said longtime Alder Man Ross who has been returned to office five until every election has been a race to the finish the last civic election in 1992 fielded a full slate of 16 Candi dates for the six Council positions and three for i dont know what the problem said a local insurance Ive never heard of it happening in the Portage la Prairie school division All four incumbent trustees in the City wards were returned by while two new trustees were named to replace two who Are stepping Only half of the divisions four Rural wards Are up for people either Arent interested in the Job or there Happy with the Way the City is being Smith the cites residents do have much to be thankful for these considering the string of bad news that has plagued the local Economy in the last continued please see town harvests a prize Hanoi crushing Plant to locate in creating 60jobs by John Douglas and Martin Cash business Canadian Agra is expected to announce this week it will invest Mil lion in a state theart canola crushing Plant in creating More than 60 permanent the facility will be the first of several phases planned for a million agricultural processing Complex in the town of a half hour South of Winnipeg on the red this is going to turn a new Page for the Community of said Albert Deputy Reeve of the Rural municipality of everybody in the Busi Ness Community will feel Jack can agras senior Vic president for operations and a former Federal tory Cabinet min ister from said it will be one of the largest canola Rushing plants in Western it will be a pretty big he it will probably mean that about 60 per cent of the canola production in the province will be processed the canola Rushing operation is to be the Centrepiece of a giant agricultural processing Complex called the Manitoba Interlink Industrial Park on land can Agra has owned for about 10 Manitoba agriculture minister Harry Enns said such development in the Foo processing Industry is what the province can Agra is a very unique Enns they have a concept which i agree with totally adding value to everything we grow in continued please see Arnid the Tkachuk jeered by Scott Taylor sports reporter no big almost hockey fans booed Keith Tkachuk last Tkachuk might be the Winnipeg jets version of the Simil Lindol Lar but his lion contract didst impress the folks who paid an average of a ticket to watch the opening night of a six month last the jets began their final season in Winnipeg with As much pomp and ceremony As Treyve offered their fans at any opener in the past 17 there were two a Golf cart disguised As a Jet plane and Anthem Singer Jennifer Hanson at her absolute in the midst of it Tkachuk was the Only Jet to hear the Deri Sive Boos of a surprisingly Large while the faithful cheered wildly for their favourites Teemu Alexei Zha nov and Teppo Numminen the loudest jets Home cheers were reserved for the retired Thomas who con ducted the ceremonial opening and when the jets took an Early 42 the place was Rock ing As loudly As it had in a i didst boo said Neil who has been a jets season ticket Holder since the nil came to i wanted to show a Little i didst like what happened with his holdout and with the size of the but there int anything i can do about but not everybody Felt that for Dale Tkachuk is the reason Winnipeg will soon lose its nil i know it want his said but its the principle of the he gets million to play this year and everybody says Winnipeg cant afford hockey any its All such a in just mad cause Tkachuk gets Rich and we lose All depart nets will be closed All regular office hours resume for All departments on the Sun and its employees wish you a Safe and Happy v eat at subway this Friday the 13th and help Harbour lights help Winnipeg Street kids Winnipeg free press to a Winnipeg inner City can be a horror gang drugs and hunger Are All part of the but the Harbour lights corps of the salvation army is working to end the Harbour lights helps to provide inner City kids with a Safe activities and regular meals and warm Winter in support of Harbour lights subway is launching a on Day major fundraiser on october 1995 at All Winnipeg subway locations from every Foo Long Sandwich sold will go towards helping support Harbour lights help subway and Harbour lights make a difference in eat at your nearby subway this Friday the and help end the Harbour lights ;