Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Section a4 John Douglas 6977292 associate Gerald flood email Winnipeg free press local november hand transit gets lift by Martin Cash City Hail reporter City Council decided yester Day to give hand transit a councillors approved the funds for the faltering service even though one month ago they turned Down a Handi transit request for in Happy that they finally decided to give us Back our said Lloyd a spokesman for the Manitoba firm gulps fuel Price soars on Reserve Council decision ends monthlong Appeal for Relief league of persons with hopefully now we can have better co operation in the the vote ended a month of appeals by hand transit users and Glen who made a motion for sus pension of Council rules just to get the matter on yesterdays Murray fort Rouge said the additional which run until february will keep the system operating through the Christmas but agreed that a review of the Way Handi transit operates is in we heard that there were 70 work and priority rides that were Short every Mur Ray that number has gone up to 250 per hand transit riders have complained to Council that rides Are can celled at the last minute and people Are Given Only one Way rides and must find their wort transportation speaking in favour of the Al Golden everyone must vote with their when thinking about we should think about How this one ranks with others that were i would suggest that there Are very few that have ranked ahead of this Council also called for a review of by Nick Martin staff reporter heating fuel in Oxford House has jumped by 31 cents a litre after a Winnipeg construction company gobbled up most of the Northern reserves Winter Stock pile of diesel fuel to operate its equip fuel that was Selling at the North Ern store for 78 cents a litre is now being flown in from Thompson and sold at a its the Cost of flying in freight that a band councillor Dennis grieves said from Oxford House this Many residents of the isolated Community who Are on social Assis Tance or Low incomes Are sacrificing other necessities in order to heat their grieves this Winters supplies were trucked in and were to be replenished when the Winter Road opens sometime in Janu grieves said Arnason industries is building a new a waterline from the Lake to the and an Access Road to a Manitoba Hydro there using a hell of a lot of fuel to run their the Supply ran grieves said the contract with Arna son provided that Oxford House ensure fuel be Phil free press gangsters Paradise big Al Simmons with celery stick hams it up along with the gang at a fundraiser yesterday for the Winnipeg International childrens festival next his gangster gala pals from Johnny Paloska Bruce Mona Desdemona Lisa bugs Cartony Barry Mcarton and Hish de dish Irish after 7 reporter Hiccup Felt Fine by Nick Martin staff reporter Kevin Roll sons chugged seven Beers in barely three hours and maybe he could drive Hes sufficiently blotto that the police could suspend his right to drive for six but he registered on a police which gets rounded off to him at the limit above which an impaired charge takes i feel at the borderline said a Winnipeg free press i dont feel but i guess am we Call this the race car Driver Mario Andretti said Bruce telling him his judgment was definitely out of people think the alcohol has improved their Abili of didst have the slightest intention of driving any but he was surprised at How Well he thought he was and even More surprised that his read Phil free press Rollason blows into police he Felt ing haunt been far Winnipeg police invited Media volunteers to drink and be tested yester Day to draw attention to their seasonal crackdown on drinking and driving that begins each was accompanied by a tee totalling what it taught Rollason is that Alco hol affects everyone Rod Sudbury explained that police can Issue a warning and suspend a Drivers licence for six hours if he or she registers that 50 milligrams of alcohol in 100 Millilitres of but several officers said they favour stiffer penalties for a warning a 24hour suspension and a Fine equal to the Cost of paperwork and Sudbury wants to see greater co operation from bar he has arranged with Hook Tow ing to Tow Home anyone too drunk to for a plus tax Flat rate any where in just Call Sudbury said every bar should have a list of taxi or operation red nose the lift Home service from the Manta swim club offered weekends beginning you cant expect a drunk to go look ing through a phone Sudbury people Are foggy on the whole Point of a designated there in the parking lot at closing trying to designate a to designate the least drunk a designated Driver should not drink at he hand transit with the express View of creating a system for the truly hand including an appropriate level of funding and a secondary sys tem for others who have special Tran sit Terry agreed that a review of the registration process is needed and said the hand transit policy advisory committee is already working on that Issue As Well As such As ranking rides according to a persons level of he earns begs for Legal Aid by David Kuxhaus Law courts reporter torontonian with a six Fig ure family income wants Mani Toba taxpayers to pick up the Tab for his Legal defence on fraud its a Bill that could top in virtually i have no disposable Daniel Robert Crothers told provincial court judge Richard this week i bought a pair of now i dont have enough Money to pay the Crothers is charged with 22 counts of conspiracy to commit fraud Over the charges were Laid last december by Manitoba Crothers said his Legal Aid application has been rejected because he earns too much the 41yearold said his current annual salary is his who works at Canadian earns an equal the request left chartier somewhat surely someone who has a family income of could at least retain a lawyer for the preliminary hear the judge told the Crothers said that while the figure looks Good on Toronto is an expensive City to live because of the complexity of the Crothers said he cant defend the Crown opposes any Relief for but before the crowns argument was chartier ruled the matter should be dealt with in court of Queens which has the authority to order such no Date has been set for the Crothers Jeffrey Dack was rearrested yesterday by ramp and taken into Crown attorney Bob Morrison said an additional two charges of fraud and two charges of breaching a court order have been Laid against the Morrison would not say what the breaches who was out on is scheduled to appear in court he is already charged with 36 counts of conspiracy to commit fraud Over and seven counts of fraud under its alleged that the pair bilked investors of More than a million Dol Lars Between 1990 and they Are accused of Selling account ing system franchises in which investors would be supplied with Spe Cial forms to sell to medical and dental but some investors claim they never received any of the oth ers say they received but not All they needed to run a win speggers lift Snow shovelling to new Heights in Rancy Turner staff reporter like his father before and the son that James Bracken embodies the Art of Manitoba True Winter Hes a but not just any Hes a that hits the sidewalk this is a Man who raises Snow removal to an Art earlier this As Winni Eggers were still digging themselves out of yet another 20 centimetre plus Bliz the sidewalks surrounding Brackens Burrin Avenue Home had no More Snow on them than As if it were the Middle of i hate to see a sidewalk not said a 59yearold City bus that the Way my father was and that the Way i am now my sons the i enjoy i like the dont forget Brackens Back Yard from which he meticulously cleared almost two feet of of like any he used his own homemade that the easiest thing to push Light he a hockey stick and ply Bracken represents the epitome of but this is a task that upon further study has Many degrees of among Many shovelling styles include the backyard according to Scotia Street flyer delivery Man Peter the first priority of Many Winni Eggers is to Clear a Lane to the if you dont get to the you dont get to they have to get that he 1 the postman rings Nice these Are Winni Eggers who make a conscientious Effort to ensure that the mailman can a Man who would Only give his name As Stuart was working doggedly to Clear a path from his House to the if i dont do Stuart i dont get mail for a take this Job and shovel it this malady often overwhelms no Snow Blower residents who find them selves victims of one North end woman came Home after last sundays blizzard to discover her armed with a Snow blow had buried her driveway to Clear she was not if i had Money id be living in Mexico or i be living i definitely dont need this when i come Home from the Happy Hoover Sadie of Disraeli was putting the finishing touches on her masterpiece by it looks pretty Doest it Bedard i dont even have a but my parking lot is totally i love shovelling she i seriously raking i like the procrastinator these Are Winni Eggers who wait until the first blizzard before buying a then make a mad dash to the store at first fall if they can get their car out of the Canadian tire employee Roberto Felgueiras said his Mcphilips Street store was overrun with Las minute shovel leaving Only a few dozen on the shelves in 48 we had tons of Felgueiras but in the last two they 4 cleaned us its like they robbed us then theres Rey on Atlantic he arrived in Canada from the Phillip Ines in february of asked if he was already sick of the White Rebucas simply replied not then the 36yearold employee of Western Glove explained that he had been away from his wife for a year before immigrating to so he Doest care if he has to shovel it every now and i dont care whats in How High the Roueas my family that life he hold ing his shovel like a its not Canada or Winnipeg if its not Snow ;