Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Famed filmmaker and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau died yesterday at the age of 87 red River Community College honours its fresh faced and Agency parlays Youthful inexperience into Success ib7 details on Page 010 m m pm celebrating 125 years Winnipeg free press june inside million chopped a deficit avoidance plan for the City and the administrators who crafted it were described As deceitful and but councillors voted 106 to accept the recommended million in cuts a crisis in space an unmanned cargo vessel crashed into space station Mirs Laboratory mod ule knocking out half the Power aboard and raising the possibility the three crewmen May have to leave on the attached soyuz capsule research Gamble prime minister Jean Chretien says the government intends to make Good Money from its million investment in cancer research being conducted by a French pharmaceutical local firm on the ropes a Winnipeg company that devised a much publicized internet Security sys tem is on the employees charge that world Star holdings lost their resp funds and owes them thousands of dollars in Back pay bombers May Appeal Winnipeg Blue bombers Are consider ing an Appeal of a Fine levied by the Cal for exceeding the leagues salary football club president Lynn Bishop says it appears there Are very glaring inconsistencies in what was counted As salary by league auditors today in your City province music for lunch Jennifer Scott Anderson almost old Market noon an evening with Stephen Lewis speaking on International childrens Manitoba masonic 7 Howie Mandel Centennial concert 8 Index local Canada world numbers on pagea7 in life net Reader and Ann sports to lotto Bonus grads weak in math minister wants higher pass suspects pupils stumble on problem solving by Paul Samyn and Nick Martin reporters most Manitoba students graduating from High school this year scored less than 60 per cent in province wide math tests last and education minister Linda Mclntosh is concerned because the Marks Are no better from children in Grade 3 classes tested around the More than Grade 3 students from 601 schools across Manitoba scored less than per cent on the test that measures a students ability to problem More than Stu dents were marked on the Mclntosh is eager to see an analysis of the test results and suspects Stu dents were again having trouble with the problem solving Mclntosh said she would prefer to see the pass rate at least in the High 60s or Low Only per cent of Grade 12 Stu dents taking University Entrance math passed the june Down from the per cent scored during a january things were slightly worse for French students writing the same exam As Only per cent again Down from the january test which saw a pass rate of per Fine feathered friends Phil free press Stefany Pucelj shows off her new Brood their Mother disappeared saturday after the eggs began to Hatch in Pucelj backyard in she intends to take the ducklings to the fort Whyte nature Centre when they get a Little please see Story on Page Forks at Crossroads and Public wants a say historic site needs new Revenue by Kim Guttormson staff reporter f r More than 500 the Forks has been a meeting but As the spot where the red and Assiniboine Rivers join approaches its 10th anniversary As a Public Many Are questioning its path for the the government Money that helped create the Park is being pulled leaving the Forks to look toward financial self sufficient but whether the Forks is a Public asset that should be protected or a grouping of private enterprises that has a breakeven Point is up for the Issue has been raised again with a new Public opinion poll that shows a majority of Forks visitors wants More Public consultation about the future of the the conducted for the Market tenants also found that very few people favoured future commercial development of consultation demanded a6 the More than 60 per cent of the 405 Winni Eggers surveyed gave High priority to maintaining Green everyone says win nip Eggers Arent willing to foot the Bill to support the historic meeting place and its Kent president and ceo of the Forks North Portage says the Public spoke loudly five years ago during a consultation process against Public funding of the we have to be realistic about where we sit in the he said we have to be realistic about the kind of choices governments have to is the Public prepared to pay More for health care and education we were told we would be Sel Suffi client from Day while the Public Doest feel it has enough neither do tenants and those who pay to use the continued please see those writing the general math exam fared better As 79 per cent More than Grade 12 students from 159 schools were marked on the Mclntosh said Manitoba students tend to do better in language continued please see big Grain handle boosts Churchill facility profile North port urns profit by Dan Lett National reporter Forks Market Public asset Ottawa the port of Churchill has turned a profit for the first time in More than a decade thanks to increased Grain traffic and lower operating for the shipping season that ended in october the much maligned port earned a modest operating profit of the first time since 1986 the port has been in the last the Federal port lost the port and the network of rail lines that connect it to the South Are expected to be transferred to a Shoreline railway operator within the Denver based Omni trax is negotiating with in for the rail lines and Ottawa for Transfer of the sources indicate the Federal govern ment will provide a multimillion Dollar Golden handshake to the new owners to pay for much needed capital improve ments to the lines and the Terry executive director of Gateway North a Federal marketing Agency charged with find ing business for the said the prof it was due to several including an increase in the amount of Grain moved through the for the first time this Churchill moved More than tonnes of the breakeven Point for covering operating Duguid said the port benefited from lower maintenance costs when ports Canada suspended capital spending in preparation for the ports and the port earned about in rental income for the storage of Canadian wheat Board product that was delivered to Churchill but could not be shipped out last Omni trax is expected to pursue deals with foreign clients to haul out raw materials and agricultural commodities in addition to dry fuel and other sources close to the negotiations say Omni trax has already approached most of the major industries in North Ern Manitoba to discuss preferential freight rates and other concessions to get More tonnage through the ;