Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba The weather becoming sunny in the details on Page 68 m m t Winnipeg free press 50 plus taxes n Wirtly if Al november Sitters death was no mishap Young shooter held by cos by Bill Redekop staff reporter an eighty Earold boys fatal shooting of his 13yearold Babysitter saturday was not an police said if the person was old enough to be he would be charged a Acci it duty Alex Katz said the who shot his Cousin Crys Tal Ducharme with a has been turned Over to child and family ser Ducharme was babysitting the boy and three of his siblings at his Arling ton Street House saturday when the shooting if it want an then it had to be what was going on in his i Tell whether or not an eighty Earold can form that another Katz not responsible under Canadian children under 12 Are not considered criminally responsible for acts they and cannot be the boys father who kept two shotguns and a Rifle in the House could be charged with improper storage of firearms and other police would not say yesterday if the Man has firearms acquisition certificates for his its my understanding the boy was pretty shocked and bewildered and said Keith cos executive cos will try to determine what kind of family upbringing the boy has had up to this there seems to be some indication he very definitely pointed the gun and shot but kids do things they dont said the boy will also receive up photo Argos win the Grey cup Toronto argonauts Paul Masotti 88 and quarterback Doug Flutie happily hoist the coveted trophy after their 4337 Victory Over the Edmonton eskimos yesterday in left eskimos quarterback Danny Mcmanus walks dejectedly off the for Complete Grey cup cover please see pages d1 and freeze a Tough act to follow services wont suffer but taxes May go up Steek by Aldo Santon and Martin Cash City Hall reporters civic department Heads and senior politicians Are facing a daunting task of trimming anywhere from million to and possibly from this years Bud get to duplicate a tax freeze in the City is facing the worst budget in its said finance chairman Garth the he potentially reach the financial crisis has been caused by several fac including a drop in Rev Enue wage increases that could climb As High As million Deb payment increases of million a deficit this year of Between million and weve got some difficult Steek River Heights said in an homeowners would face a 12 per cent tax increase if Council were to decide to Force them to make up a but that not even within the realm of Steek said mayor Susan Thompson and his col leagues on the executive policy committee have Given explicit directions to department Heads on How to achieve the savings no diminution in frontline services and no property tax Steek said the Public wont notice any difference in ser vices they receive from the City next year As a result of the budget another tax freeze May not be were going to try but we had a freeze last year and inflation is running at per cent this Steek Given it May not be unreasonable to come in with something Between two and three per but Only As a last Steek refused to say what measures Are being taken to trim the but added people will be there will be some creative proposals in this Bud get that Are not easy in their sources told the free press that some department Heads received directives from Thompson and her executive committee Early in the process to trim 10 per cent from their continued please see truck traffic too big far highways9 britches by Murray Mcneill business reporter Manitoba agricultural Boom is close to outgrowing the work of highways built to sup port the Southern Grain a dozen new projects that Mark the diversification of Manitoba wheat Belt Over the last two years and a booming Export Trade have nearly tripled the number of heavyweight trucks on Manitoba while economic growth Means a stronger Economy and More jobs for the increased traffic Means hundreds of millions of dollars will have to by spent maintaining our there is pressure on our Road sys tem and it is going to require signify highways officials Fumble Marios roads offer wild a3 cant highways minis Ter Glen Findlay a paper to be presented at today Fields on wheels agribusiness Logis tics conference concludes the Fleet of trucks on Manitoba roads and High ways is growing in size and the by Barry head of the University of Manitoba port and research associate Jake looks at the emerging Pat Tern of agriculture trucking in Man Toba it shows that Between 1992 and 1994 the number of tractor trailers ing six Manitoba Border Points into the United states increased 52 per cent from 390 to 543 trips a it also found the kinds of trucks trav Elling the highways has where Farmers used to drive single and Denv Axle rigs weighing less than More Are now Dri ving tractor trailers weighing up to the provincial government will be under greater pressure to upgrade and maintain the Highway the report Findlay said the province cant afford to allocate More of its budget to Road construction and repair and its not prepared to raise taxes to generate More please see on Manitoba highways ;