Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free june 1997 local Council votes to demolish historic House by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter City Council voted yesterday to demolish a historic West Kil Donan Home but have to wait until the province gives its councillors voted to desist the Mcgowan House at 127 Rupert land As a historic building and have it but the two others nearby including the Sevenoaks museum and the entire site they occupy Are currently being reviewed by the Manitoba heritage Council for Possi ble designation As a provincial historic site and cant be they cant touch the House until the Council concludes its assess said area resident Daria tit who said she had asked the historical Council to examine the Wittenberger said the three Homes can be used to Trace the movements of one of the provinces John Inkster and his Over the past 200 that argument didst Sway a majority of councillors who said the Mcgowan House is a fire trap and eyesore and should be Shirley chairman of the planning spoke against her committees recommendation to preserve the and said its former owner had donated it to the City with the condition it be demolished and turned into a Glen Murray said the City has no obligation to demolish the adding Mcgowan probably wanted to demolish it because she feared it would be turned into a Katz Given until july 16 to close Deal baseball stadium pro Moter Sam Katz has less than three weeks to revise his business plan to build a stadium on Cit owned land North of the Council set a july 16 deadline for Katz to accept the cites offer to give him the land in Exchange for a Concession package Over 25 an attempt to kill the Deal was narrowly Defeated Katz originally had until june 21 but members of executive policy committee said he needed More time to revise his business mayor Susan Thompson voted against giving Katz More saying he has a weak Busi Ness awards deadline extended the 4th annual Manitoba aboriginal youth achievement awards Are becoming so popu Lar that organizers have extended the deadline for entries to july awards Are Given out for Excel Lence in Cul personal achievement and employment in a traditional last there were 92 nominees with half of them coming from North Ern Manitoba its getting More the first we didst have Many requests from youth to but last year we could hardly fill All the said administrative Assis Tant Violet the awards provide aboriginal youths with role models and Nelson to nominate Contact Anish Naabe of Amishi at 942 7958 for nomination new building creates High Hopes staff anew Council and administration building for the Norway House Cree nation will Spur Community says Federal Indian affairs minister Jane As a result of this members of the Norway House Cree nation have gained construction and technical skills that can be applied to future employment Stewart said at a ceremony marking the build Ings opening this building will be a source of Pride and focal Point of our Community As we continue with our plans for future growth and added chief Ron play Green development a the Cost of the project was not Typ gets stage Grant the Manitoba theatre for Young people is one step closer to realizing its dream of a new stage at the Forks after receiving from two Levels of the announced yesterday by my Ron Duhamel and la Rosemary is part of the Canad Manitoba Infra Structure works the theatre company is trying to raise million to build a flexible theater building at the Forks just South of the steam so almost million has been said Ruth capital Campaign chair woman for the Infra Structure funding will create 13 jobs during please mum what kid5 Wear in store warehouse Sale tank tops up shorts from up bathing suits up dresses up selected seasonal merchandise Advance congratulates Wilfred Chliwnyj come visit our new store marys rigid Rob Advance electronics video congratulates Wilfred Chliwnyj on winning a Sony did digital video disc system for 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from the downtown business improvement Council yesterday rescinded the 25centan hour increase and decided to substantially increase the number of metered spaces the new initiated by the Down town would raise the same amount of Money As Council had hoped to achieve through the meter Council has decided to reinstate the refundable tree Root claims policy that it abandoned for this Council had removed the from the program this which effectively killed the policy that had compensated homeowners who could prove that their sewers had been clogged by the roots of a City City ombudsman Virginia Menzie had said the City was wrong to end the adding it was her Legal Opin Ion the City is liable for such under the the City will pay homeowners up to to offset the costs of Clearing a sewer line where it can be shown had been clogged by the roots of a City police Cash taken from video store several Hundred video four Vars and Cash were taken from b video rentals at 376a Marion after someone disabled 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