Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Easy to read format Complete listings the weather showers changing to details on Page 08 a Day in the life its hard to keep up with fitness guru Richard Simmons 765 Tara players reflect Rich Irish culture Argentina cries Over its a Brand new Day for the dispels into the Forth its third and not so Long Dale Hawer Chuk joins the flyers team Canada faces last i memories of a Golden pm out of Luck its too late to Purchase sewer Back up insurance for the Spring Hsc ignored dire warning Wabowden House torched weather news now on students vow to fight b14 bc13 in memorials comics diversions sports record d4 b3 a12 saturday free press plus taxes higher in outlying areas March poor face double whammy Muni Dudl welfare Byall Krueger percent in the change puts municipal Wel the age of six and childless couples for a single Parent with two Chi welfare recipients to lose income tax credits cuts will affect people by Alice Krueger legislature reporter on municipal whose benefits being Cut by As much As 10 per cent this Are in for another Nasty Surprise when they file their income tax returns next More cuts to their income for As much As an additional 10 per cent Are in there will be no More provincial property tax credits or Cost of Liv ing tax credits for municipal Wel fare recipients after this in a move that will save the provincial Treasury million next fiscal the Filmon government is eliminating both tax credits for about municipal welfare recipients As of May 1 this the change puts municipal Wel fare recipients on Par with their provincial who saw their tax credits disappear in in municipal welfare recipients receive Short term sup while the province takes care of Lon term unemployable among those who will lose the tax credits Are single employ couples with children Over the age of six and childless couples on City of Winnipeg plus another people on municipal welfare in other centres such As Brandon or Portage la in the next full tax year a single employable hit with a Cut of per cent in monthly rates will lose a further when the credits that is a further per cent Cut in monthly this land is our land natives seek Deal As Manitoba natives threaten the next big standoff Over land there Are 550 claims across Canada awaiting Resolution some for More than 100 the Way they Are resolved could reshape our especially the the free press and Thomson news services examine the Issue in this three part series that begins by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter Dennis White Bird can immerse himself in 19th Century Canadian history without cracking a in much of the history pondered by the chief of the rolling River nestled in a River Valley near the Manito a Saskatchewan is not found in libraries or common i can reach Back 150 years quite maybe even says White describing the education passed to him by Reserve Ive had very Good teachers in my it is this Wisdom that White Bird carries into negotiations Over terms set out by treaties signed More than a Century White Bird is head of a treaty land entitlement committee of 19 bands seeking the Transfer of some owed to them for More than 100 the land being combined with existing Reserve lands in amounts to Only per cent of the total provincial land yet the land has been in dispute for More than 100 the written As Canada was being cobbled together and the North West mounted police was Riding into the brought Prairie tribes and emis Saries of the British Crown pledging a peaceful settlement of the if All treaty land entitlements this is How much of Manitoba land it takes up location of treaty land entitlement committee first nations Sipi Hakh first nation legend existing Reserve lands All first nations of Manitoba including entitlement land of Manitoba individual land claims not validated validated Buffalo Point first nation Jeff free press White Bird beside map showing total area in question 19 bands seek the Transfer of some kittiewon3 free press these written in what might be described As a Barris ters High set out what indians would get for handing Over vast tracts of traditional territory for there Are 10 treaties covering Saskatchewan and tribes signing treaties and 5 most of Southern Manitoba and up to Thompson received 168 acres on Quarter of a Square mile for each family of All other treaties were Given 640 acres one Square mile for each those numbers Are without contest and Are being used today to determine How outstanding land will finally be handed native land but the spirit of the pacts has been hotly debated since when interpreters helped men such As the Saulteaux Saywas Ecanow the Man proud of standing upright or the Assiniboine Wicha Wosta a the poor who marked their is on it was lost in today claims in Manitoba tomorrow National perspective monday american comparisons aboriginal people Are Adamant their ancestors agreed to share the land the creator entrusted to them in Exchange for goods and but also to help the europeans survive life in the new continued please see Taxman eyes seniors residences by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter government officials Are look ing at tightening a lucrative loophole that exempts seniors in pricey life lease residences from school housing minister Jack Reimer said yesterday the loophole came to his attention lockout rights a5 about six weeks ago and his department is reviewing the implications of exempting such which include rental apart ments and i know its a Reimer the exemption frees nonprofit housing from paying school division taxes and the provincial education which is returned to the originally intended to subsidize housing costs for elderly and infirm the exemption Section of the municipal assess ment act has been broadened in recent the arrival of the life lease prop erties concept in which people 55 and older pay substantially up front and pay monthly fees on top has resulted in upscale seniors developments such As Fred Douglas place taking advantage of the tax continued please see for a single Parent with two Chil Dren Over who saw a per cent Cut in welfare it represents a loss of about or another per cent couples without children already facing a per cent Cut in welfare will lose about which is another per cent continued please see pay Cut called unfair labor Board rules against City plan Thompson unfazed by Treena Khan and Wanda Chow City Hall reporter the cites proposal to roil Back employees wages statutes an unfair labor prac the Manitoba labor Board ruled but mayor Susan Thompson said she has no intention of rescinding the request to the province to Roll Back the Well review the details of the decision and then Well look at our Thompson said we do have the right of the Canadian Union of Public employees local represent ing City filed a com plaint with the labor Board after the City said it wanted to Cut their wages two per cent this year and two per cent in local 500 president Paul moist said he Hopes the boards decision will pressure the City to drop its request to the province for legis lation enabling the cupe lawyer Robb tonn said he has never heard of any cases in which the province has acted contrary to a labor Board Thompson said Public opinion is on her the Public is very knowledge they know we Are in a Posi Tion that is not with our employees having certain Privi Leges and she moist said he was disappointed the Leader of the City of Winnipeg takes such a Short though the labor Board did not address the unions request for cupe can return to the Board if the two parties dont reach agreement on their he moist expects to speak with City officials Early next week to begin those cupe had asked the Board to award the Union per member and to order the City to withdraw its Rollback ;