Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october 1995 a5 life with less than most eighty Earold daughter make do with basics on welfare by Treena Khan staff reporter Willow Aster says she can break even on her provincial welfare but Shes Short on a lot of things in her my daughter always conies she will never go Aster when theres a it comes out of my there is always a the Cheque she receives every month just covers the necessities for herself and Daugh Ter Aster expects that deficit will Only grow As the provinces Wel fare pot shrinks in the next few As family services minis Ter Bonnie Mitchelson recently said it Ottawa blamed Mitchelson blames the Federal government for cutting Transfer payments to the for there Are other costs besides food and rent school Field secondhand clothes and those come out of the family allowance Cheque she tries to but usually and i can do this because i am extremely Good with she i have always walked lightly on the it Means walking the two kilo metres to and from school with Freyja every Day to save the Cost of taking the she it Means working As a lunchtime supervisor at her school twice a Day care Central to plan continued from a1 Manitoba welfare rates Are Between 47 and 63 per cent of the Low income threshold set by statistics the rates Haven changed since but while Phil and Joanne say they cant imagine coping with family services minister Bonnie Mitchelson has a ready were going to spend that Money these peo ple wont have to worry because they will be in she told the free in vague Mitchelson described the future of provincial welfare As a series of programs focused on we have no indication yet what the welfare rates will but we do have a commitment to try to help women off she there will be programs that help single mothers get Job training and full time jobs with Day care she single employable people would still have Access to Job training and Job search programs now run by the she Money will be Mitchelson by cutting Back on administration of the system offices and staff especially by eliminating duplication when the province takes Over City welfare adminis Helgason said he Hopes Mitchel son will listen to the social plan Ning Council and other Community groups on How and where the sys tem should be provincial Cheque covers Newett Tiet Willow Aster single Mother on provincial welfare monthly welfare expenses rent food phone Cable bus laundry Magazine total month in lieu of the fee for lunchtime when it comes to the asters make do with Oatmeal every there is no meat in their save for the occasional pot of homemade Chicken i dont drink and i dont she this is there Are other complications Aster has severe bronchial asthma and allergies to she must take ventolin and the steroid drugs covered by social but she also spends on herbal remedies welfare will not she cant even pay for Freyja brownies that Money comes out of the few dollars the Little girl earns babysitting in the Coop where they her Brownie uniform which she proudly wears around the House was the asters luxuries one mag Azine a month and Cable for eight years Aster has lived on and she says she cant see her Way the system is but they put up barriers that keep us from becoming she a certified she gave up her profession when her Daugh Ter was and As a single Par ent with no Contact or support from Freyja she Felt she had to stay Home with her until she was in Aster taught her daughter at Home until this when she decided she was old enough and needed to be with her but even Aster she cant simply walk out the door and Start teaching the full time teaching jobs Arent there without a working As a substitute teacher cover the costs of Day care for i cannot leave my daughter at six in the morning to take the bus and come Home at five at she people on welfare Are not allowed to own if i id get some land and raise chickens and goats and use my own networks of but you cant do Wayne Glowack Winnipeg press Nicholson says he wants to get out of the welfare railway safety gathers steam by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter five years Mickey Gordon stared death in the face and saw it stare Back at a up rail locomotive Engineer for the past 18 was driving near Brandon when a grader came onto the tracks in front of ill never forget the look of terror in the grader Drivers recalls who lives in and i thought he was going to derail Gordon did hit the but both he and the Driver escaped four years the experience made Gordon a prime candidate for operation which sees railway workers go into schools to Tell children about the importance of safety around he signed if i can save one persons its Worth All the time and Effort i put into Gordon this week is rail safety week in about Chil Dren Are expected to turn out wednesday and thursday for rail safety Days at the via rail sponsored by the Manitoba safety will include Gordon and other rail Way workers showing children what its like in a locomotive engine and informing them about the need for rail better record Rita safety Council executive said Manitoba had a better record last year than in 1993 in rail crossing Inci but did worse in incidents resulting from there were seven accidents from trespassing in com pared with three in two fatalities compared with one and four injuries compared with Ken free press Aster says welfare system puts up barriers to keep people from becoming lottery ticket help keep Hope alive welfare recipient cant get by by Treena Khan staff reporter Hope and a weekly lot Tery ticket is what keeps Steve Nicholson going when City welfare his monthly Cheque from City welfare runs Short of his and when his stomach is its the support of his and the weekly lotto ticket Purchase that keeps him Nicholson its he we talk a and i need i know i have to get out there and get a full time i cant be dependent on i borrowed some Money from my but he Doest always the University graduate has been on City welfare since he graduated in his partner is now finishing her final year of University on a student Between theres less than no Money for anything More than food and his Job Hunting he Nicholson has Cable to and a computer with an internet address which costs nearly a month but he needs those things to find he you have to know whats going on in the Treyve actually asked me that in he the computer i bought before furniture galler1a is closed forever i was on at the same he keeps his food budget Down to a with the help of lots of cheap dried Noodle and the food but he cant find the certainly not the research Job in native studies he had hoped and Nicholson says he has a disability brain damage caused by Carbon monoxide poisoning As a child that causes Short term memory it makes manual labor and turns off some potential he Hes had four Job interviews so but no Nicholson had Par time work As a janitor for Young United he earned last month Only to have it deducted dollars Orzollar off his welfare he works eight to 12 hours a week shelving books at a City but that Money will be deducted Chy allowance Falls Short for graduate Steve Nicholson single Man on Cit welfare City welfare expenses rent food Hydro Gas Cable phone insurance internet total embassy Christian Centre Church phone 6683012 Miles Macdonell collegiate theatre a Brand opening october at am pastors Daryl Zebra Lawson yes i can your picture yes i am interested in seeing my Pic Ture in the i Teel i am qualified to be your Compa nys used vehicle i further understand that if my application for the position is i will earn an exceptional base salary plus a monthly performance Bonus that will place me in the top 3 of Canadian wage i am forwarding my resume to you now in my own handwriting for your consideration in please Forward your reply to Box Winnipeg free 1355 Moun Tain my r2x Maureen Dunn jewellers recounts designing inshore Goldsmith repairs appraisals same Day service estate jewellery trusted for 3 generations 9423866 261 Portage 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