Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local june 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr email a3 funding fight threatens program 6y Alexandra Paul medical reporter a funding Battle threatens to derail the Best Rural training Centre for doctors in Faye one of two doctors on contract to train residents at the provinces prize Dauphin general Hospital is moving to Rural Ontario after the province walked at paying her part of her contract to teach medical Kehler was finally paid out standing but her contract was not renewed this fiscal she said Shes leaving next month to work in Dryden because the Ontario government has offered her a secure Job something she cant get As a teacher and doctor in the problem was my overhead Dauphin my moves residents training Centre at risk Small towns vent a1 want covered and there was no guarantee it would and i never knew How Long the contract was going to it was nerve living with that Kehler contracts for salaries and overhead expenses to cover clinic and support staff Are offered to doctors who agree to give up time to teach residents on the in Oehlers the salary was plus in in return she handed her Esti mated at last Over to the University to give Back to the health Kehler and husband Dennis Lawryniuk have put their House up for Sale and they Are moving now in order to Settle Down before their starts school in health minister Darren Praznik said the dispute Over Oehlers contract is part of a larger Issue Over a request from the University of Mani Tobas family practice training the province cant afford he the family practice program is ask ing for on top of the million the province already pays to keep the training unit he Praznik said the unit will simply have to reallocate its budget to Priorie its areas of Jeff de free press looking it Over firefighters examine a car overturned after a two vehicle collision at Disraeli and Lily streets yesterday one Driver sent to the health sciences Centre was listed in stable popular City restaurant fined for filthy Kitchen by Allison Bray staff reporter owners of a popular Winnipeg eatery were fined yesterday for preparing and Stor ing food in a filthy no one has paid any attention to cleanliness and i find that quite provincial court judge Raymond Harris said of Manhattan restaurant and bar at 580 Pembina the Public must be protected from unsanitary conditions in a if youre not prepared to do then get out of the restaurant Manley representing 3083080 Manitoba which owns the restau pleaded guilty to four infractions of the cites Foo service bylaw yes Crown attorney Kim Carswell said City health inspectors discovered filthy and unsanitary conditions in the restaurant Kitchen during a routine inspection on May she said Freezer and refrigerator Racks were covered in As were the Walls and inspectors described a putrid odour emanating from another area where food was literally rotting off the As Carswell said Mold was found growing on counter tops and near the and there was a buildup of dirt and grease on the Kitchen food was stored in the fridge uncovered and at unsafe tem and no soap was found in the staff or Public washrooms to ensure sanitary handling of they Are extremely Lucky if some one Doest get ill eating at the restau Carswell the potential for food borne illness from anyone eating at the restaurant would be extremely Chan admitted conditions were not but said a new Kitchen manager has since been hired and the problems without its its really Chan told but we have complied with everything that needed to be the restaurant was charged with one count each of the following bylaw infractions failing to protect food from unsanitary conditions failing to maintain sanitary Wall and ceiling surfaces failing to provide soap at the Wash room Basin failing to use properly constructed and maintained the request for the extra Money is part of a proposal made to Salvage the program and raise its standards from the provisional approval it has with its National accreditation they want an additional chunk of Money to meet the standards of the Canadian College of family phys Praznik but Praznik questions How applicable the which Call for Exten Sive administrative support for mentoring Are to Rural med ical those standards Are Well suited to Southern Ontario but they Are not so Well suited to the he instead Praznik suggests that the province and the University redesign the program to sidestep the perhaps seeking accreditation from another the problem is not he it places 70 per cent of its graduates in Rural compared to Only 20 per cent for other Rural but dauphins future is in jeopardy with Oehlers decision to and with the Success rate in placing Doc tors in Rural the Only other doctor teacher in Dauphin is due to leave for a yearlong sabbatical in said Diane associate Dean of Post graduate medical training at the faculty of Biehl said the province is stuck with the accreditation the Only other such Agency in Canada accredits pro Grams to train not family citizens argue Bill 50 bad for democracy coalition tells legislative committee to rethink new Freedom of information act by Andrew Maxwell and Alice Krueger reporter a puzzled City ombudsman says the Filmon governments Bill 50 will Rob her of the Power to order the release of City related Virginia in line to speak before a legislative committee last night on the said the province just bestowed the Access information Power on her office 18 months Menzie was among 14 presenters to the committee hearing private submissions on the which is to replace the current Freedom of information Bill 50 would phase out her Power to order releases of information to local replacing it with the provincial ombudsman More limited Power to recommend the release of Cit related she the province granted the City the Power starting under Amend ments to the City of Winnipeg our role will disappear in terms of being the final level of for said Menzie before Mak ing her i was very surprised when i read the Bill and this hits pretty close to she said in the Halls of the apparently text of the Bill was not made available to the City of Winnipeg until i sent them a copy of it one week she in not sure if theres been All that much input from the Menzie is not alone in her concern about the Mary Scott wants the provincial government to Tell her How Many homeowners in the Rural municipality of Ritchot have put in claims for compensation As a result of this Springs the president 01 the Winnipeg coun cil of women says her group needs the information to help make its Point about the kind of problems that can arise when or developments take place in the absence of coherent land use policies in her groups request is one of More than 500 applications submitted annually by groups and individual Manitoban under the provinces Freedom of information requests Range from which Compa Nies were charged with polluting to How lottery Revenue is being nearly 80 per cent of requests for records were granted either in whole or in according to the latest annual report put out by but now Scott and others fear the door to that kind of information is about to close under the provinces new Freedom of information and Pri Vacy it starts off saying All the right but the Devil is in the Scott there Are 16 exceptions where senior bureaucrats and politicians basically have a lot of discretionary authority about releasing or not releasing the Council along with a coalition of human rights advocates and journalists is asking Bill 50 be withdrawn pending further consultation with the Access to critical information is vital to an Equi accountable and dynamic Sci Paul president of the Manitoba Library Nielsen interest lies in the fact that librarians Are often on the front lines showing Manitoban where to go to get the information they Media who account for Only about 27 per cent of information also Are asking the government to take another look at the the Canadian association of journalists says the government is Rush ing through legislation that will make significant changes to the rights of Manitoban to information about their cultural affairs minister Rose Mary Vodrey maintains the Access portions of Bill 50 remain virtually unchanged and that there Are Only minor 0 i 97 98 escort zx2 97 explorer 4x41 i folded running i to Raj Lune i tinted in Iii 259 97 grand Marquis Auto air y vernole 4 As Low As 97f150i pickup 97 explorer 4x4 4 7 to choose from a pc your Choice i 6 till v much 9 to choose from your Choice 4 As Low As Thor 97 escort la Sedan 97 Ranger cab 4x4 97f150 super cab 4x4 97f150 super cab r98 mystique is 183 Thor 96 Mustang convertible 2 Jas Liias Thor litre 5 with cast t aluminium s wheels much 3 your Choice Thor 96 contour go into of Short 4 your Choice minor 96 Aerostat 4x4 Mth Oij 18900 3rd Short Aulo overdrive much 4 your Choice fcv9 Thor 96 win Star go windows rear wheels 6 7 As Lou As 2g9 Thor 96 Taurus go 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