Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free May election questions City of Winnipeg herbicide use programs Public notice Public notice is hereby Given that the City of Winnipeg in tends to conduct the following herbicide use program Dur ing 1997 As 1 the control of aquatic weeds and algae in storm a Ter retention Ponds using Karmez of and Reg Lone 2 the control of vegetation on storm water retention Basin revetment using Roundup and the projected dates of application will be from june 15th to september the duration of each program will vary within this All of the herbicides used and procedures will be according to federally approved Label recommendations and Manitoba department of agriculture Weed control the Public May Send written within 15 Days of the publication of this to Manitoba building 139 Tuxedo r3n commissioner of works and operations q if someone votes in an Advance poll and Dies before the does the persons vote still count it Dianne return ing officer for the Federal Winnipeg South says ballots of those who vote Early Are put into a Box if a voter it would be impossible to determine which ballot was his or a Transcona Man who served As a returning officer in the 1986 and 1988 provincial elections recalls a voter who died Between the Day he voted and elec Tion and the ballot one might also note that polling officials necessarily know if a person had q can a person who is unable to leave the House for an Advance poll or on elec Tion Day still vote a arrangements can be made with elections Canada to have the per son vote by special q Why do so Many election signs have holes is it due to vandals a its to counter the hav ing holes in the signs makes them less Likely to blow Down in heavy if you would like us to look into some thing for please Call reporter Glen Mackenzie at 6977270 or Send your questions on the internet to City candidates at meeting the Manitoba islamic association will hold an Al candidates meeting for the four major party candidates in Winnipeg South constituency at 7 tonight at the Waverley Heights Community 1885 Chancellor important notice to those affected by flooding do you qualify for financial help through the Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood Appeal if you Are unable to meet Basic needs because you have or Are a loss of income As a result of you May qualify for financial assistance through the Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood examples of those eligible for Short term financial assistance include including whose business was flooded or lost substantial Revenue or customers Laid off due to flooding unable to earn income due to the evacuation or flooding of their employers business ineligible for workers compensation who were injured during Relief and thus have been unable to assistance will be Given based on not decisions regarding assistance will be made As soon As possible upon receipt of the deadline for application is june applications to the fund must be made in person at specified application Sites in Southern please bring photo the Dakota Community 1188 Dakota Street South of vital mall in will be an application site on May 23 to from 9 to 8 for information about other application please Call those unable to apply in or those seeking More information about the application process should also Call Canadian red Cross financial assistance to those affected by flooding in Manitoba is made possible through the generosity of criteria for use of donations to the Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood Appeal were established by an Independent committee of Community leaders representing those affected by flooding and groups involved with providing flood management of the fund is audited by the firm of Komg chartered donations to the Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood Appeal can be made by calling 1 Canadian red Cross nip vie for populist title land of Tommy Douglas has new contender by Paul Samyn election reporter r Egina Lorne Nystrom is having a Good the former nip my is out working a new Riding As he attempts to return to and things Are looking the Clouds have parted to let the Sun Shine brightly on his curly head and the doors nys trom knocks on open to reveal voters who Welcome him with open Ive seen you on to Ive recognized you All the gushes Tillie a couple of houses Down in this intercity Nystrom tries his opening line on Stacey Racette As she cradles her three Mont hold we want to give the Chretien government a Little bit of a Nystrom Racette nods in agreement at Nystrom Wake up the shake up Ottawa sales pitch and tells him she vote anything but its part of my she the socialist spirit of that great Prairie Tommy is still alive and Well in a province that gave the nip five of their nine Federal seats last not new Democrat Leader Alexa Mcdonough has been working this province hard this making about a Hal dozen visits in Hopes of gaining More seats for her but drive out to the farm town that shares the name of the Riding Nystrom is trying to and youll find theres another populist spirit taking Root in Saskatchewan you can see it sprouting on the Lawn of Ellis Mclaughlin front no More prime ministers from reads one sign in vote against distinct adds another in step inside Mclaughlin cluttered Home and the 71yearold retired master warrant officer will Tell you exactly what he thinks of the Way Ottawa is run and Quebec never ending you see he pointing to a brochure from the Alliance for the preservation of English in Canada that lists franc Pho nes in High Paul chief supreme court Justice Antonio lamer they Are All Nystrom on the left from Mclaughlin looking for some one to take on the separatists try ing to tear apart the country he defended and thinks Reform is up to the i would vote for Reform because just they will get the bloc the nip and the upstart reformers May come from oppo site ends of the political spec but they Are both Cut from the same protest and As they fight for Saskatchewan 14 theres something else at stake populist bragging the Battle Between Reform and the nip is really about who can Lay claim to the title of the Western populist party in said Murray a political columnist with the Regina Reform is trying to Lay claim to the title and it is a huge source of irritation for the Saskatchewan has had a Long tradition of opt ing for maps who will kick butt in Ottawa instead of those who land on the government in the 16 elections since the second world Saskatchewan voters put More maps on the government Side than in opposition Only four but both populist parties have their work Cut out for because redistribution has really Given the liberals a based on 1993 polling the new boundaries would have Given the grits eight seats instead of the five they now the upstart reformers now hold four Federal agriculture minister Ralph the senior Saskatchewan has landed on the National citizens coalitions hit but likes Liberal we Are competitive throughout the which is a unique for the Liberal he As for the their chances Here Are about As Good As those facing members of the former progressive conservative Provin Cial government of Grant Devine As they make their Way through court on fraud some Here joke that it was no Accident that tory Leader Jean Cha rests sole Campaign Stop in this province was in Prince Home of the Federal to add insult to Saskatchewan conservative Leader Bill Boyd announced last week that he wont be supporting what Nystrom and other new democrats have working in their favour in this election is the Success of the current nip government of Roy Chretien crawls out unscathed from secure Bunker in Winnipeg As most Manitoban Are great for building they also do a pretty Good Job of building but As prime min ister Jean Chretien is now painfully do not make for Good Campaign photo All of which presented the liberals with a problem As they prepared for the prime minis ters first Campaign visit to Winnipeg last after Chretien disastrous reelection Scotia Street the grits needed the safety of a Bunker but afford to have a sandbag in All of which led us to the Billy Bishop build the Home of air command and one of the most secure buildings in the just to gain Access to the site on the Edge of the air Force you first have to get past the Security Gate a great Way to keep out unwanted then you have Burly military police officers standing guard and Riding Shotgun Over the assembled Media As for the actual questioning of the prime there would be no Chance of another Messy scrum amid the mud and May hem of a Scotia there was a sterile conference room with chairs to keep reporters in place and lots of room at the front for Chretien to be flanked by such reinforcements As foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy and mayor Susan and there were no there one Small crack in this Bunker that slipped by the usually watchful Eye of Chretien Advance team Winnipeg air command has been a casualty of Liberal defence its move to announced in the 1995 is slated to take place this election reporter Paul Samyn year and Cost the City about 700 but no one seemed to notice the irony of the prime minis Ter using a Bunker that is about to be decommissioned and the news conference went off without any Embarrass questions were asked about the elections timing but nothing that Chretien handle with a he didst bring his but he held out the Promise of More flood an emotional Thompson even gave him a Heartfelt thanks for having his army save her in the it was almost As if the liberals gave the Chretien visit More Security than it As the floodwaters have so has the urgent tone of reporters but More importantly for Manitoba the flood that had dominated the first week of the Campaign is now being drowned out by another while the National Media were still interested in the the rising tide of National Unity questions also demanded answers from the prime in As this Campaign becomes increasingly obsessed with keeping the country the anger from Manitoban trying to keep their Homes dry is much less of a threat to one of the worst natural disasters in the country has been trumped by Canadas ongo ing constitutional crisis that no Dike seems Able to hold its an Issue that Chretien wont be Able to solve with one but its a crisis he is far better Able to handle in the last Days of the election than the one that greeted him on the eve of the Down to the wire who winning the horse race across Manitoba and in your neighbourhood what Are the top issues for Manitoban which Leader would make the Best prime minister who got the Best plan to Deal with Quebec will the flood of the Century affect How Manitoban vote find out thursday and Friday in the free press your Only source of Manitoba election poll t t ;