Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october 1995 a3 Jeff free press customs officer Don Peters left and Thorn display some of the contraband harassment alive at u of m exp of complaint was dropped after school issued threat by Aldo Santin education reporter a former professor at the University of Manitoba said she was forced to drop a complaint of sexual harassment against a male professor when University officials threatened her with the same its the latest development in a confusing web of allegations and counter allegations of harassment at the University a situation clouded by the administrations insistence on the strictest conf Margaret a political stud ies professor who left the univer sity in filed a complaint against a male professor in her department earlier this the she was in response to the Man spreading vicious rumours to discredit the complaints of former professor Kathy Brock about the working environment in the it was Brocks resignation in March accompanied by allegations of harassment and a Chilly academic climate for women that touched off the sexual harass ment scandal in the said rumours Well known Little said she asked another male who works out of another College on if he had heard about the she said he responded that the rumours were Well known on the but Little said she was forced to withdraw her complaint after University officials told her a sexual harassment complaint could be filed against her for discussing the Rumor even if she was just try ing to verify How widespread the Rumor she said the nature of the University response to the whole matter convinced her that her com plaint would never be seriously i can see How the University of Manitoba has been quite successful in using the rules of its sexual harassment policy against the peo ple who Are being Little i decided to drop my Case last Little also said she didst want to drag her colleague into the fearing he too would be threatened with the it seemed to me they were intent on stopping this with me and 1 just got fed up with she i had done my Best to help clean up the department and if the administration wanted to cover it Little just got fed up with it Brock resigned last March that was up to but Marilyn the University former sexual harass ment said Littles version of events is she said the policy prevents her from University spokesman de Unrau said the institution wont respond to Littles we recognize that it puts the University in an unfavourable Light but we Are going to abide by the confidentiality provisions of our policy and not reveal any details relating to any Case or any Indi he following an investigation into complaints against Ken the University has decided not to discipline any political studies Little adding it will rely on educational workshops to teach students and faculty about sexual another complainant said yesterday that University officials have told her unless Ive been they wont pursue any of her complaints of sexual i wanted to make a serious complaint about but they wont pursue it because they dont think its said the who asked not to be and that person is Back in the one of the student complainants told the free press that political studies professors made sexist and racist were abusive to came to class too drunk to have had intimate sexual relationships with have pressured and pursued other students to have intimate the free press reported last week that Mcvicar and physical education professor Neil Winther were two of four professors who resigned from the u of m recently after complaints of sexual harassment had been filed against policy breached in All four investigations by the University sexual harassment office concluded that the University sexual harass ment policy had been the University refuses to Dis cuss the How Treyve been or even confirm that some professors have resigned because of citing the confidentiality nature of its sexual harassment the free press Learned the identities of two of the professors after complainants forwarded letters they had received from the University stating the individuals had been found to have breached the sexual harassment the Lack of specific information has sparked a furious controversy on with some people suggesting the complaints Are Little More than a tyranny of political correctness by Radical feminists who Are causing Trou ble with frivolous ramp wont test tainted booze by Tony Davis staff reporter the ramp said yesterday it wont test recently seized bottles of smuggled alcohol to see what Treyve been diluted even though they admit the tainted contents could pose a health the liquor was seized during a series of sunday morning raids on a multimillion Dollar smuggling ring based in Snowflake and Sev eral other Southern Manitoba com ramp say they believe some of the liquor smuggled in from the United states perhaps including tampered bottles were Pur chased by Winnipeg hotels and and in turn possibly sold to unwitting at ramp Headquarters yester officials displayed one bottle of seized Phillips Canadian rum that was the proper dark Amber but another bottle of the same rum contained a Honey coloured Keith head of the Manitoba ramps economic crimes said the smugglers used a syringe inserted in the Bot Tom of the plastic bottles to Drain off a portion of the rum and replace it with an unknown sub although Only a Small number of the bottles appears to have been ramp believe the smugglers have been in business for at least a and during that thousands could have been without having some kind of analysis done on the we have no idea whats in and neither does the but despite the potential health Thorn said no testing of the seized bottles of Rye and Vodka would be what would be the purpose of testing it we dont know where any of this liquor has so whats the Benefit the Public knows that they be buy ing and if they Are buying it they be drinking Thorn that Why you should be buying liquor from the Manitoba liquor All the confiscated booze Worth an estimated on the Street be ramp spokesman Wyman Sang Ster said it would be too costly to put the goods Back into retail out and because some bottles have been tampered it would be risky to sell the remainder to the after the press Sangster noted that one bottle had in fact been checked and it appeared it have been diluted with another kind of Likely he said testing that one bottle was an expensive and test ing All of them would be too expend it would also be difficult because analysing and separating the Dif Ferent kinds of homemade Alco hols used to dilute bottled liquors is chemically sundays raids resulted in what one ramp officer said was the shutting Down of one of the largest liquor smuggling rings since the prohibition seven including two were arrest Edward and his son Jody Robert face a total of nine charges under the customs and excise were All Happy this has come to an Many people had a Hunch something was going said one who asked not to be identified out of fear the smugglers might weve heard of threats going around facing a variety of charges in addition to the Lynes Are Armand Joseph of the pm of Argyle Melvin Wesley and his Marlene of la Riviere and Richard Ken Neth of the pm of Pem in addition to the 20 Gram pouches of tobacco and a Small Quantity of Beer were seized during the the tobacco had an estimated Street value of Sangster described the smug gling ring As a very Crafty opera Tion that took a lot of work to take series of raids the four month undercover investigation culminated sunday around 6 when More than 40 ramp officers and Canada Cus Toms officers from around Mani Toba took part in a series of most of the booze was legally purchased at three North Dakota liquor outlets located near the Manitoba officials refused to name the specific Sang Ster said the smugglers would truck the illegal goods across Fields and into Canada during the sum they used Al terrain vehicles and snowmobiles 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