Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local o salvation my Midnight i Iii and Manitou canc research Fame Nam at hotel four game october Call 9428251 funds Delight francophone by Paul Mckie staff reporter Manitoba francophone communities were full of Joie de Livre last night after the announcement of million in Federal funding for a francophone chamber of eco nomic a further million was committed to help construction of a franc Manitoban archival Centre in Lloyd minister for Western economic diversification and human resources develop made the announcements last night at the franc Manitoban killer jailed for life mom murdered execution style by David Kuxhaus staff reporter a 40yearold Man will have to serve at least 15 years of a life sentence after he pleaded guilty yesterday to the execution style murder of a 28 year old woman last court was told Marilyn Heath was shot five or six times in the Chest from close Range with a Dale Robert Marsh was charged with second degree which carries an automatic life normally he would have to wait a minimum of 10 years to apply for but Justice Jeffrey Oliphant of court of Queens Bench bumped it up to 15 it the murder want an instant he i am of the View that this in fact was an execution style the heavyset Marsh sat with his head Down during most of the pro when asked by Oliphant if he had anything to Marsh in very sorry for what has heaths partly Frozen body was discovered last november by construction workers in a vacant lot on Lowson Street in the South end of the it was a tragic ending to a bizarre relationship one that was rooted in jealousy and it was a court was that never flourished to the extent that Marsh had his Hersh said Marsh bought a to set and other appliances for Heath and her two Young he was a caring Wolch but he was a Man who became easily enraged when Heath was with other when interviewed by police shortly after his Marsh referred to Heath As a Wolch noted that Heath did have an occupation that would give Rise to there were allegations that Heath was involved in prostitution but Crown attorney Peter Murdock said there is no record of in Heath moved to Calgary and severed ties with Marsh but returned to Winnipeg later that same at the time of her Heath was training As a computer technician at in rail in Hopes of Landing a permanent however her cocaine habit sent her Back to a known drug Heath would regularly Contact Marsh on his court was told that Marsh would Supply her with cocaine in Exchange for however Heath also had a new Boyfriend which fuelled Marsh on Heath had called Marsh about getting some the next morning heaths body was court was told there were no signs of any Marsh has a lengthy record involving drugs and guns dating Back to Axworthy announces Money for economic archival Centre cultural the new chamber links Manitoba 10 officially Bilin Gual communities so they can attract new business and the franc Manitoban Community becomes a useful economic said Raymond executive manager of the Manitoba association of bilingual Munici the group that spearheaded the the new chamber will provide technical support to help Start up new provide Money to help expand existing businesses and Market and promote francophone Boniface should be the French Quarter of said theres never been any marketing to attract people to the association of bilingual municipalities represents about francophone in notre Dame de Pierre Leon and the Rural municipalities of de la Montcalm and Poirier said those bilingual communities have been fighting for survival but that the new chamber adds a new direction for their weve been fighting for schools and language and he com now its time to get involved in Axworthy agreed that an eco nomic approach to revitalizing francophone communities was you want to preserve your Community and the Best Way is to provide jobs for your Young Axworthy he said the communities strongly supported the raising the five year economic development plan involves the Money from the from Western from human resources development and from Canadian Axworthy denied the announce ment of funding for francophone communities outside Quebec had anything to do with that provinces impending referendum on separa its just a we just got All the agreements nailed he Poirier said the process to set up the chamber began two years it sends a message to Quebec that were not finished and were Matt mayor of said the new chamber will allow his Community to use its bilingual status to attract new till give bigger clout to the concept of French said Boniface chamber of com Merce president David Dande the Centre do Patri mine will be built near the franc Manitoban cultural Centre on Provencher it will be managed by the Boniface historical Jeff free press new paint Job Russell school student Blair Martin with instructor Tom eyes sketch that will be used As a basis for one of six panels on Weidman foods in the North the stores owner Hopes the mural will deter Graffiti artists who have targeted his Mccrae prescribes or salaries Feero service on deathbed by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the province plans to take emergency physicians at Winnipeg two teaching hospitals off Feero service payment and put them on straight salary like their colleagues at Community hos who just finished a month Long and the change in payment method could mean a raise for health minister Jim Mccrae said under a new funding arrange ment to be Mccrae said the province Hopes to Institute Block funding for emergency ser vices at health sciences Centre and Boniface general the two institutions will now Bear the Brunt of patient traffic since Community Hospital emergency rooms have been left permanently closed at night in the Wake of the the minister said although details have yet to be worked it would mean the physicians at the teaching hospitals would be under contract to provide 24hour Emer gency in talking about a new Way of rerun rating the he by going to Block the leadership of an emergency services program in the City could then make decisions about which doctors get what which gives them More flexibility than we have under the present sys Mccrae said until details Are worked its impossible to say what it will mean for individual but he acknowledged that greater traffic at Hsc and Boni face Means they will require More staff or More resources and so that has to be worked into the Equa Dave Williams of the health sciences Centre emergency department welcomed the minis ters but added it comes too late to Avert what he said is a staffing crisis at his and the Hsc department will be Short three doctors by Joe Carter has taken a Job in As of the end of As has Wade and Chris Bourdon has Given notice he plans to go to either Sud Bury or Duluth at the end of Williams said the two going South have Strong ties to Winnipeg and be leaving if something had been done sooner to address wages and working a letter last june from Louis director of adult Emer gency at to Deputy health minister John warned that medical staffing was in a state of impending crisis because of the hospitals inability to com Pete with incomes offered else the made Public by opposition Leader Gary puts the average wage of Hsc emergency doctors at about a the lowest in Williams said emergency doctors have been trying to negotiate Block funding for the past 14 to 15 and had hoped something would be in place by John executive director of the Manitoba medical Asso said neither the Mma nor individual physicians have any quarrel with the concept of Block Community club searches for Home by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter Treyve got the land virtually in but where the Whyte Ridge Community club will be built remains a the six year search for a Home for the Centre with the latest proposed location running into opposition from homeowners whose properties abut the at a recent meeting in the Bill Clement said he would ensure All residents have a Chance to voice their opinion on a location before the club was Clement said he would canvass the perhaps in a referendum Type after the civic Ross a City says the protracted dispute shows recreation Cen tres Are becoming unwanted neighbors in Community clubs seem to be challenging convenience stores As neigh Bors of last resort in suburban Mitchell wrote in a submission to the Assiniboia Community in an Mitchell said he could not think of any examples other than Whyte Ridge where a club has met such but to its Clear residents Are concerned for their property values and fear that rowdiness May accompany a Community club near their at the recent the Community committee approved an application for rezoning a four hectare tract of land on the far West Side of Whyte across a set of railway tracks on land currently owned by United Grain ugg has agreed to sell the land to the City for the which first started planning a club in 1989 where children could take part in organized baseball and other residents wanted to put the club next to the school at Scurfield but nearby homeowners rallied against residents said they bought their land along the Park with the understanding the Green space and the lakes would not be As they and Clement said there want enough land in the area to accommodate the Community club and its sports after years of searching by the residents the ugg land was chosen and the rezoning process Mitchell wrote that the planning department agreed to support the ugg site Only because efforts to get it at Scurfield in the Middle of the the Parks and recreation department also supported the ugg he As a the residents of Whyte Ridge seem prepared to relegate their Long awaited club to the far Side of the this is not an Ideal for reasons of both safety and Mitchell Rick who lives on Portwood immediately across the tracks from the ugg said building the club there invites children inevitably will be cutting across the tracks to get to the club or to fetch an errant Mayhew noting Hes called up rail and was told trains run along the line four times a Mayhew said others along his Street Sim ply didst want the club built in their Back but his concerns were tied solely to the safety Issue that children would be walking or cycling to the far end of the away from their he said there is plenty of room for a Community club and a couple of sports Fields on the Scurfield Park As he it just makes sense to have it next to the putting it across the tracks would require work on the land and extensive which would Cost thou Sands of and the Money being spent to buy the land coming from the More than Developer Cairns has put in a Kitty for the club could Best be spent on the facility at Scurfield he Joanne president of the Whyte Ridge residents said the association feels the ugg site is the Centre will be with outdoor rinks and baseball but also with a club that could be a meeting Centre for 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