Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, June 21, 1997

Issue date: Saturday, June 21, 1997
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press local country John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr or fail a3 students win Case against the province a handful of University of Manitoba Stu dents won an Appeal court decision this week against the the Manitoba court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the provincial education department should not have changed its funding criteria for students in u of is Access the affirmative action program enables inner City and aboriginal people most of them mature students to Complete pos secondary four students admitted to the Access pro Gram in 1992 filed a class action suit after the province changed their funding As of Arne director of the Public Law interest told a news conference yesterday he did not know How much Money is at stake in the though he speculated it May be about neither Peltz nor the province could say yesterday How Many students Are the province had argued that u of m staff administering the Access program should not have told students to expect uniform funding throughout their but the court ruled that a contractual obligation if the fund ing arrangement was the government should have spelled that out the appeals court a spokeswoman for education minister Linda Mclntosh said provincial lawyers Are studying the Mclntosh will not discuss the Poten tial for a supreme court Appeal until next the Appeal courts decision Means Clarence Dales outstanding student loan of More than would be Cut in Dale said some students dropped out when the funding were talking significant amounts of Money for an the Lynn Lake native said yes its not significant amounts of Money for a an arts student planning to go into Dale said the Issue want just about we have been making some gains in the and you can credit these he the Way its been in the our professionals have been shipped to and Treyve stayed Long enough to make some Money and earn a promo for the first were getting profession als in the North who have the same Frontier mentality As the people there when Access students return Home As pro he it empowers the whole Community Wayne free press Rodney Roberts right and Winston Beaudry Load bikes bound for auction at varsity View sport hot bikes cheap at auction annual today Sale of unclaimed bicycles starts this morning by Stevens wild staff reporter want to buy a Bike John Warszycki has a Deal for Over the next two bicycles will be auctioned off As the City gets rid of stolen and aban Don said win Nipges bicycle recovery and they come in every imaginable shape and Colour whether it is a cheap kids Bike or an expensive racing Model or a wide tired Mountain the Winnipeg annual bicycle auction starts at 9 today at the varsity View sport 4320 Ridgewood and runs for five or six the auction will resume at noon viewing begins at 7 a saturday and 10 most of the bikes Are stolen bikes that have been recovered by the City and unclaimed by their own they Range from seriously damaged bikes that might go for a Dollar a to expensive Moun Tain bikes that May go for a Frac Tion of their True retail that will go for to said Warszycki pointing to a Brand new 21speed Mongoose Bike that easily Worth twice Treyve All got to and for those who dont want to spend big auction lots of several broken bikes will be Avail Able for a few dollars Ideal for someone who wants to cannibalize the ruined bikes to build one Good Warszycki said the City May net to from the pro we have More than a bikes to so we Arent going to spend a lot of time on any of said auctioneer Jeff he suggests arriving at the auction Early because the first bikes tend to go the deals Are always at the beginning of the he last about people attended the auction with an aver age successful bid of for 842 Warszycki said he recovered bikes last of those Only 90 were reclaimed by their there were approximately stolen bikes in Winnipeg in Warszycki urged people to Regis Ter their for they get an identifying decal that makes tracing stolen bikes Back to their owners much he tories probe medical examiner review delves into staff conduct at Markesteyn office by Paul Samyn legislature reporter an outside consultant has been called in to review staff relationship problems plaguing the office of the provinces chief medical Peter sources have told the Focee press the investigation is much broader and also raises questions about Markesteyn professional conduct and some of his Deputy Justice minister Bruce Mac Farlane yesterday confirmed he called in the the Exchange to investigate problems at Markesteyn one source interviewed by the Exchange group said investigators have also been inquiring about the accuracy of the medical examiners the source said there were several cases where Markesteyn has made mistakes and changed the causes of death listed on office he is not doing the Job he was contracted to said the who asked for another source said the Exchange group has asked staff for a list of what times Markesteyn arrives and Macfarlane said he called the review to get to the Bottom of a num ber of disputes staff have had with there have been a High number of labour issues running out of there which suggested some kind of prob Lem in the office that i could not get a handle Macfarlane Macfarlane said the review is focus ing on the offices Structure and the dynamics among it has nothing to do with the competency or the Quality of the medical work they Are he Macfarlane said he didst set any limits on the the investigation has also been contacting outside agencies like the police and hospitals about their dealings with the medical examiners Macfarlane added that Markesteyn agreed with the decision to Call in an outside nip Justice critic Gord Mackintosh he has Long been calling for such an there has been a pattern of staff discontent As Well As serious questions about the operations of the chief med ical Mackintosh Mackintosh demanded the govern ment release the investigation report because of the close ties the Exchange group has with Premier Gary Bruce a staff representative with the Manitoba government employees welcomed the external there has been a lot of turmoil and a steady string of unhappiness there for the past three he this int the first time that Contro Versy has swirled around in questions were raised Over Markesteyn decision to resign six death reports in Markesteyn maintained he did Noth ing improper by resigning forms that simply summarized findings in six deaths and claimed the whole Issue had been blown out of Markesteyn was not available for comment falsely accused Man wins fight for Legal fees by Allison Bray staff reporter child and family services has been ordered to pay in Legal fees for a Man wrongly included on the provinces child abuse in a highly unusual Madam Justice Sylvia Guerti Riley of the court of Queens Bench ordered the director of cos and the Southwest Branch of Winnipeg cos to pay the court costs of a Man accused of molest ing his Foury Earold the in his was never charged with an but his name was included on the provinces child abuse registry of convicted or suspected child the mans name was stricken from the registry in january after he launched a court Guerti Riley found the fou year old girls allegations patently unbelievable and contradictory and ordered his name removed from the in her judgment delivered on thurs Guerti Riley rejected arguments by cos that the childcare Agency is not responsible for names included on the although it is up to a panel of Mem Bers from the Independent child abuse registry review committee carry to name a suspected paedophile or child Guertin Riley found cos in partly i do not accept counsels submission that neither the director nor the Agency is responsible for she without explaining her Guerti Riley chastised the committee for its decision to put the mans name on the arguing it flew in the face of the Evi the mans Jeff said solicitor costs Are rarely except in exceptional he said his client had a very Strong it was a Case that had no business being before this he during the hearing in court heard the child also accused her a stranger in a grocery store and a Day care classmate of sexually abusing Gindin added the child also made other fantastical including statements that someone had stabbed her to death and consumed her he said Guertin Riley ruling could set 8 precedent for others who claim they Are wrongly included on the but cos lawyer Elizabeth Sellick said she doubts that will the province is in the midst of adopting legislation that would abolish the com Mittee As part of proposed changes to the child family services Sellick said no decision has been made regarding an a newest Coin one of Canadas largest Coin dealers and official Canadian mint distributors to buy mrs my Many us Kertu All currant mint available at mint him 1711 Corydon 4899112 ctn Tim Malof Coin Market a Tow the Cathedral Church of John Sopino and Tenor we required for september 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