Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 Winnipeg free june 1997 important notice to those affected by flooding red Cross extends application deadline to june 30 the Manitoba flood Appeal advisory committee has extended to june the deadline for applications for assistance from Manito Tsifis unable to meet Basic needs because of income lost due to if you Are unable to meet Basic needs because you have of Are a loss of income As a result of you May duality for financial assistance through the Canadian red Cross Manitoba flood you can apply at the application site listed below until june if you have already received red com financial Lut Are still unable to meet Basic you May but you must do so by Call Tollfree examples of Basic needs might include immediate financial obligations such As mortgage or loan payments food and utilities Day care or clothing those eligible for Short term financial assistance might include self employed including whose business was flooded or lost substantial Revenue or customers those Laid off due to flooding those unable to earn income due to the evacuation or flooding of their employers business volunteers 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 1 As soon As possible upon receipt of until june firs time applications to the fund can be made at Dakota 8 Dako Dakota vital mall v 1188 Winnie noon to monday through Fri closed saturday a red Cross team will be in the Rural municipality of Richot this week to accept the schedule is Grande Pointe june 18 at the Esso station Agathe june 19 in trailer at agma june 20 352 main Street All firs time applications to the fund must be made in please bring photo 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 for More please Call Tollfree Canadian red Cross raises stakes in Salmon dispute americans threaten to fish endangered stocks by Wendy Cox Canadian press Victoria americans Are prepared to Start fishing some of Canadas most endangered and valuable Salmon stocks next week if negotiators dont come to a Salmon Deal in talks starting canadians close to the talks say that would be a dangerous escalation to the Nasty dispute and could push both sides into a full fledged fish War at the expense of the if they it would be grossly irresponsible and it would clearly escalate this beyond a dispute about Premier Glen Clark said it would escalate it into an environmental Issue of significant one of Clarks advisers was More if they take them in a no treaty then there said Dennis the fish in question Are the fastest moving sock Eye that Are the first to swim the farthest up the Fraser River to Stuart near fort they Are especially prize because of their red Colour and High Oil there Are expected to be about one million of them this Larry an Oregon adviser to the Pacific Salmon confirmed american ves Sels could Start fishing the Stock As Early As next two weeks earlier than but he denied such a move would be a Provo the fish that Are at Issue can get by rut Ter we basically shoot ourselves in the foot if we dont fish on them or have an agreement which assures us that Well have a reasonable Opportunity on them but Yves Canadas said he would not take such a move those Are fighting he noted the threat has not been issued officially and that if it he would not be at the talks aimed at getting a Deal on dividing up the Pacific Salmon catch have been in limbo for almost five after two months of off again negotiations and heated threats and accusations from both sides of the negotiators from the two countries will meet today and thursday to attempt to get past Fortier walked put of talks last month upon learning his american counterpart didst have a mandate to negotiate but said those problems appear to have been ironed in confident that Well be Able to sit Down at the table and engage in meaningful the United states has submitted a proposal that includes the creation of a conservation fund to compensate for alaskan overfishing of Cana Dian stocks in the Canada has agreed to discuss the even though its considered a major liberals open to Call for overhaul by Janice Tibbetts Canadian press Ottawa the daily House of commons ritual known As question period could get an overhaul now that there Are More opposition parties wanting a crack at the at least two opposition parties Reform and the nip Are pushing for More time to Grill the and the government appears open to the idea As a possible Trade off for compressing parliamentary business into four Days from Liberal whip Bob Kilger said its been Dis cussed Only casually so far and we Haven got ten Down to any negotiations on that but nip Leader Alexa Mcdonough called on the government yesterday to extend question period to at least an hour a Day from 45 minutes to make room for four opposition parties instead of the traditional i Hope everybody going to see that its in the interests of canadians and the interests of get Ting real accountability of the government to extend that question Mcdonough said after being sworn in As a new or the nip and the tories regained official party status 12 or More seats in the june 2 elec joining Reform and the bloc its the first time since the Early 1960s that there have been five parties in the House of com question period gives opposition parties an Opportunity to Challenge the Over the years the televised session has become the most charged time of the Day As opposition maps verbally spar with the govern ment and criticize questions Are allowed to parties based on the parties order of determined by the number of seats they Reform whip Chuck Strahl said yesterday his party would want question period extended to about 75 minutes a Day if the government wants to skip that would put the liberals under questioning for an extra 95 minutes get the facts economics win fight Over mine panels report sides with Cheviot Coal pit despite threat to Jasper by Eoin Kenny Canadian press your and every property in is being reassessed to establish its 1995 Market your 1998 property assessment notice will be mailed june but you can preview your information Call the property assessment info line 9862353 monday to to to let us answer your questions about your current or proposed 1998 visit the property assessment infestation nearest you Access information about your current and proposed residential property compare sales information and get details on your property Centennial 251 Donald Boniface 100131 Provencher Henderson 11050 Henderson Pembina Trail 2724 Pembina Jame Assiniboia 1910 Portage sir William Stephenson 765 Keewatin Street City main 510 main property assessment 65 Garry visit the property assessment Weblin Rosite View property assessment facts and information 24 hours a Edmonton approval of a huge open pit Coal mine on the fringes of one of Cana Das Premier National Parks Doest sit Well with environmentalists but is being cheered As an economic Boon in the area where it will be a Federal provincial review panel released a report yesterday that All but guaranteed construction of the Cheviot mine near Jasper National Park in the Rocky Mountain the mine will pose environmental but they Are outweighed by significant economic benefits to both the Region and the the report the majority of Environ mental including socioeconomic Are either positive where Are not signify said the where the environmental effects were considered to be Adverse and signify they were generally considered to be justified in the context of the project As a the mine must still be approved by the Federal and provincial but the report makes it almost cer Tain such approval will be the panel concluded mine operator Cardinal River coals had adequately considered other mine locations and alternatives such As underground but environmental groups such As the Alberta wilderness association said they Are not convinced the mine wont scar the Foothills landscape and severely damage wildlife habitat and its simply ludicrous to destroy the Cardinal Divide its valleys and streams for what in the end May Only be three years Worth of Coal shipped to said Sam Gunsch of the Canadian Parks and wilderness i said at the outset the mine would be an Environ mental said Ben a noted author and expert on the the hearing just con firmed especially when Parks Canada said the mine clearly threatens the ecological integrity of Jasper National our world heritage Alberta Premier Ralph a former provincial environment defended the any kind of mining Cre ates some said eight die in Bogota blast associated press City of Winnipeg property assessment department Colombia a bomb apparently triggered by Remote control exploded in a truck As it was being searched at a Bogota police station on killing eight officers and injuring officials six officers were blown to pieces on the body parts were strewn across the stations parking lot and the windows of buildings across the Street from the station were blown the injured suffered Seri Ous Burns and some lost a nurse at Fon Tibon where they were told the radio net which said the Driver of the truck was detained by the blast occurred As officers were searching the Back of the which was intercepted on the Highway from Bogota to 15 Kilometres West of the police there was no immediate claim of ;