Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email a3 fishing for some sympathy protesters look for quota Relief october 1995 by Alice Krueger legislature reporter truckload of fish pulled up at the Manitoba legislature part of protest by commercial fishermen who say be forced to leave millions of kilograms of Whitefish to rot because there not allowed to sell outside their Market the which Are in abundance at this time of fetch Only about a kilogram when Pickerel and Sauger Are Worth about a the fishermen say its Doest make economic sense to fill their quotas with less valuable Bush so the Whitefish Are to put an end to such the Northern fishermen want the provincial government to extend the Whitefish quota for the remain ing three weeks of the fall but natural resources minister Albert Driedger rejected the if we Start knee jerking the quota system every time we have a ultimately we have the same problem we have on Lake Winnipegosis no More the minister promised an Independent third party review of the entire Lake Winnipeg fishery to Deal with quotas As Well As territories so people can make a proper living at the review is to be completed by the end of and Driedger promised action to Deal with their longstanding issues for next i sympathize with these people because it does mean they fill up quotas in Whitefish and get less he chief Norman traverse of Lake Martin first nations said fish Ermen on the North Basin have had poor Pickerel and Sauger fishing this but have continued to bring in some Whitefish so they could claim unemployment insurance faced with this our fishermen Are forced to dump the overabundant catch of Whitefish in the he speaking on behalf of the 324 fishermen at a press conference in Winnipeg traverse also Mac free press a legislature Security guard bags a free dinner showed a video of rotting fish on the shores near grand he said Manitoban should be aware of the waste and mismanagement that is taking later in the the fishermen showed up at the legislature with a truckload of More than kilo Manitoban protest Osborne killers parole by Paul Samyn legislature reporter Are rally in to keep Dwayne Archie Ohnston behind bars for the brutal slaying of Helen Betty Osborne after learning Hes out on Day a petition has been quietly circulating urging the National parole Board to reverse its decision Grant ing Johnston Day parole at an Halfway he was sentenced to life in prison with no Chance of parole for 10 Justice minister Rosemary Vodrey is examining ways to inter Vene when Johnston becomes Eli Gible for full parole on its really unfortunate that this Guy is already walking the nip la Eric who helped Start the the petition that has been Given to 61 Indian bands and to various women groups says the National parole Board decision is pouring Salt into the wound of racism in Canadas Justice the stabbing death of Osborne whose mutilated body was found dumped in Snow covered Bushes near a Lake North of the Pas in 1971 helped spark the 1988 Manitoba aboriginal Justice Johnston and the three other men involved in the events of that fateful night went free for 16 years before charges were finally Laid in the at the time of his Justice Sidney Schwartz told John Ston youve had 16 years of a secret or not secret murder on your combined with life imprisonment with no eligibility of parole for 10 that makes it at least 26 years you will have it on your James a councillor with the Norway House Indian band where Osborne said the Community is upset by Johnstons Day he Hast done his full said who has discussed the parole Issue with Osborne Moth she Felt it was too soon for this Man to he Fraser a regional director of the National parole Board in British said Johnston was eligible for Day parole and was allowed to live at the Halfway House beginning in March Simmons said its Normal for someone to be eligible for Day parole after seven in John Stone the clock started tick ing with his not his subscribers target its services a woman called me the other Day to say the Mani Toba Telephone system is breaking its Promise not to publicize her she says she either or cant be to hit on her touch doing so blocks names and numbers appearing on Cal display but that not the she Why should i have to i pay a month to be unlisted interesting i wonder How Many of the unlisted win nip Eggers and another elsewhere in Manitoba in unlisted and More often than not forget about spokeswoman june Kirby did some she its Doest feel its breaching an undertaking to protect customers anonymity because it Only agrees not to publish their names in the phone books and not give out their numbers through directory she noted that its sent letters to All its unlisted subscribers explaining How to avoid their name and numbers being shown on Call i had one other question for Why do unlisted customers have to pay a month surely the who prefer to be unlisted Are saving its Money in directory printing not according to she said the monthly administrative costs involved work out to per unlisted at a month were the lowest in the she in other places it can be As High As a month for the service what service still with another its ser this note from a senior about the size of the Tele phone directory i heard on the radio that its saved by putting it into smaller fumed Anne they also made people Blind because we cant read the 76yearold said when she called its to complain they told her to visit the Centre and buy a magnifying Glass for its a Sheet to put Over the top of a again they Are making Money out of she said she now obtains a number by calling 411 and paying 75 cents for the another she was that today Telephone technology is too fast for seniors to if you dont dial Quick youre Cut she com theres an old gentle 93 who cant phone his friends because his hands shake a last he phoned All his this he cant because you have to dial so when we phone him Hes crying half the Hes so Happy to get a Kirby said the print int any but agreed some elderly subscribers might find it so because the paper is thinner and As a result the print int As we get the regular paper this she noting that had its been Able it would have Cost an extra because of an increase in newsprint but because the new directories weigh it costs us less to ship them Kirby said its has a special needs program for if they have legitimate problems Reading the directory they dont have to pay the 75 cents when they Call because of faster dialling technology we have big Button phones for seniors and those suffering from victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy fax 697 email Mike Ward on the internet at Grams of much of the fish was Given to Pukatawagan residents who Are camped at the Forks in protest of a housing crisis in their commune the protesters planned to smoke the fish Over Mccrae ignoring Ottawa threat Manitoba will ignore Ottawa threat to Cut Transfer payments to provinces where private clinics charge extra says health minister Jim Ottawa has Given provinces until this sunday to Stop the the Federal minister of health is taking a very narrow area of healthcare delivery and picking a fight Over Mccrae Manitoba stands to lose about in Transfer payments the amount the provinces 10 semiprivate clinics Are estimated to charge per it certainly wont change my said not ing Manitoba health budget is he said the clinics have not been a and have even alleviated lineups for surgeries from doctors not charging which has Many More medical has asked for six to nine months to comply with Ottawa demand that the province eliminate extra the move came a Day after Federal health minister Diane Marleau agreed to give Quebec More time to tackle the fees Mccrae said Manitoba would want a similar postponement if other provinces Are getting province eyes Tough new Laws for smugglers by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Filmon government is eyeing Tough new Mea sures to dissuade smugglers who Rob the provincial Treasury of its lucrative liquor Harold minis ter responsible for the Manitoba liquor control said yesterday the government is considering legislation that would allow the province to confiscate vehicles used in the Ille Gal booze the move follows last week ends bust of one of the largest liquor smuggling rings in the province since prohibition More than cases of liquor Are believed to have been involved Over the past 10 years by the multimillion Dollar smuggling ring at that represents millions of Dol Lars in lost tax Revenue to both Federal and provincial govern since hard liquor carries a provincial tax of 40 cents an the provincial liquor control act does not make provision for the province to seek payment of the unpaid provincial taxes on the smuggled Gilleshammer said Macc officials and Board Mem Bers Are discussing whether the threat of losing ones vehicle might act As a deterrent to Gilleshammer said while its too late 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