Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, May 23, 1997

Issue date: Friday, May 23, 1997
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Previous edition: Thursday, May 22, 1997

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hydro Bonds Riu on Sale Here May 26 to june 24 Call for details downtown mini Kilt Nan 7884040 9257423 92s7420 Winnipeg free press local May 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr email a3 colleges top staff probe demanded by Alice Krueger legislature reporter to love of seven senior administrate tors at Keewatin Community col lege Are out of work after they unsuccessfully attempted to have their Boss their resignations were accepted by the Board of governors yesterday after they issued an ultimatum that College president Sam Shaw be let go or they education minister Linda Mclntosh said that while Shes concerned about what is happening at the Northern col lege and the potential Impact on Stu she will let the Board of Gover nors alleging financial Shaws Lack of leadership and a Dys functional the five managers served written notice they resign effective May 30 unless something was done to Deal with a leadership and management among those leveling the allegations and now out of work is Keewatin chief financial Faye Board chairman Don who is the Lory candidate in the Federal Riding of was unavailable for com Shaw was also in a press the Board announced it had accepted the administrators effective imme they will be replaced with acting managers until permanent replacements can be the will remain in place pending the outcome of an the news release some of these concerns raise Seri Ous issues that Are deserving of a full and fair which is under the Board of governors state ment at the Board has no other basis on which to change the status of the and no immediate Steps Are being taken in this regard pending the outcome of the College staff and students were called into an emergency meeting yesterday and the atmosphere was described As Keewatin Community College has two Northern campuses at the Pas and Thomp son serving about nip education critic Jean Friesen tabled a copy of a May 14 letter from the five managers to the Board of governors in the legislature she demanded Mclntosh accept some responsibility for the Friesen suggested the minister appoint a provincial investigator to look into the and Deal with some of the Lon term problems facing the in not taking sides on either she in saying theres a very serious Issue at a College which has been Given responsibility for All Post secondary education in the a crisis like this where you lose five of your senior managers is very Seri Ous and the minister ought to be very said it would be premature to intervene because the Board of governors deserves a Chance to sort things the Northern College is projecting a deficit of More than million this teen who killed Beeper gets life term one of Trio involved in death set free to serve conditional term in Community by Melani Verhaeghe for the free press one of three youths involved in Beeper spences shooting death was set free sparking an emotional outburst from spences Mother who screamed at the judge and the teenagers you might As Well do the same thing for the other Fig Nancy Laforte yelled at Justice Sidney who gave Fabian a oneyear conditional sen tence to be served in the with three years supervised Proba you have your son i dont have Laforte yelled at his father before storming out of the courtroom with her Torres had pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter for the 1995 shooting death of Joseph Beeper Spence was mistaken for a gang member and shot in the Back As he was running away from a Van Load of teens Bent on revenge for the beating of one of their Conrad who had pleaded guilty to second degree will serve a life sentence for pulling the Kami had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to two years to be served in Johnson will be eligible for parole in Sian Dahal six months Short of the maximum parole allowed for someone his Schwartz said he understood the but that he be pressured by the Media or Public interest to impose High sentences on Chil Torres will go through life knowing he helped Johnson in the someday i Hope Torres has a son and every time he looks at he will wonder if his son is at that pretty Torres will have a curfew for the first year and will have to serve 200 hours of Community work each he is also restricted from owning weapons for 10 before Laforte left the Torres stood up and apologized for his first of All i would like to express remorse and Tell the family How sorry i he its one thing for me to talk to the priest and Tell him How sorry i feel about what happened and what i did and my involvement in but its a different Story facing the family Torres has an extensive history in the Crown he served Laforte gets a hug from her daughter Tracy after sentences were passed on time for theft and seven armed robberies of convenience in six out of seven he was the person who threatened the clerk with a he was on a temporary absence from the Manitoba youth Centre the night of the the Crown said he told Johnson to shoot by saying bust a Cap in his defence lawyer Jeff Gindin said the words Are lyrics in a rap Torress Mother has been threat ened and has had to move and his Hugo had to Stop play ing in a latino band because the rival gang kept showing up at his Hugo Torres said the family plans to leave Manitoba and Start life Over i dont think theres much of a future for him he wants to Start All Over he following the i feel very bad for the i feel sorry for but theres nothing i can do to replace to Tell you the i think he suffered enough before receiving her Poz Niak was also Given the Chance to if the Spence family were id want to say in sorry she told the Crown said Pozniak has been in segregation and has been difficult for jail officials to but Evan Roitenberg said his client is not a Johnson will serve his life in away from Stony Moun Tain because there he would need 24 hour a Day Protection from rival gang Beeper Spence shot to death Katz sends accountants to the plate to hit cites pitch by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter Sam Katz will let City Council know next week if he is prepared to accept its terms to build a base Ball stadium on City ill let them put it in the business plan and see How the numbers crunch Katz said after forwarding the cites proposal to his accountants at Price City Halls executive policy commit tee members surprised Katz wednes Day when they offered what they called the Best Deal the City can the package includes tax a Lon term lease and infrastructure work that totals almost million Over 25 we looked at what we could Bill a member of asked for More than what weve come Back with but this is still a fairly decent on the offer will be presented to where it can be sup ported or mayor Susan who chaired the pc voted against the she said she want satisfied with katzes business plan and support the stadium Clement and councillors Mike Amaro Silva and Shirley Tim Rudolph voted for the Ballpark one Day after saying the offer was it Katz softened his tone saying he will accept the verdict of his administrative staff and politicians Are divided Over pcs some say the timing and the manner of the offer a take it or leave it Deal is intended to scuttle others think the Deal is too Clement said he apologized to Katz for the Way the offer was we reached a Point where Katz had made some demands but this offer was the Best the members of pc could live he Katz went to the City in March with a plan to build a stadium on a parcel of land located North of Pioneer he has lined up private investors including him self prepared put up he also has commitments from the Ottawa and the Panama games for the remaining the original plan called for Katz to build the stadium and then turn ownership Over to the City in Exchange for a management the private sector group would be responsible for All operating and maintenance costs and retain All in they wanted a share of Cit owned parking nearby and to be exempt from paying any business and amusement taxes on the 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