Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june a9 Deal May not be done till end of summer decl blamed As White Shell lab talks stall by Dan Lett National reporter Ottawa negotiations for the privatization of the atomic Energy of Canada Laboratory near Pinawa have bogged Down and the Deal May not be completed until the end of the sources close to the negotiations confirmed there have been no substantive talks in the last two weeks and Little Progress made since Early the Transfer of the facility into private hands was to have taken place by the end of this the Point at which decl lost the budgetary authority to maintain the lab or pay its decl spokesman Larry Shew Chuk said the negotiations Are so far behind that decl officials Are talking with the Federal govern ment about the possibility the negotiations could not be completed until the end of the decl has already taken Steps to extend the deadline until at least july a freeze on layoffs at the facility is being maintained for the time being but efforts Are under Way to fast track an Early retirement pro Gram for eligible Shew Chuk although everyone is hard pressed to explain the officials for the principals involved in the negotiations Point to the Federal election and the appointment of new Federal ministers As the main but sources close to the talks claim the negotiations have become deadlocked by what appears to be an almost Complete Lack of cooperation by the negotiations had been pro albeit toward a Han Dover of the facility to Canadian nuclear projects a consortium of four companies led by British nuclear fuels a nil a subsidiary of British nuclear fuels one of the worlds largest nuclear Industry the sources confirmed Cpl is extremely optimistic about its opportunities at the White Shell lab oratory and initial estimates Are that the consortium would maintain about 350 of the decl is expected to continue to employ about 100 at the White Shell lab in its nuclear safety additional jobs Are to be or by the addition of new companies at the a new Feder a provincial economic develop ment authority has been Given a million War Chest to lure new companies to the lab site to create a nuclear science Cluster or Centre of the sources said aels Lack of cooperation with the negotiations caused Cpl to reconsider their interest in the White Shell site on one a nil spokesman David Campbell acknowledged that negotiations have been slow but that the issues at stake Are extremely com Campbell said there Are some Sticky but nothing that would derail the sources close to the negotiations indicate the outstanding issues include an decl demand that the consortium rather than the a demand by decl that the consortium be contractually prevented from competing directly with the Crown foreign affairs minister Lloyd Manitoba senior government said he is concerned about the delays and has asked Winnipeg my Ron the new Secretary of state for Western eco nomic to look into the matter right who was that unmasked Man City police wish they knew by Doug Nairne police reporter i to a face everyone knows but nobody can a Man who robbed a Winnipeg cred it Union without even trying to conceal his identity remains on the even though he was videotaped carrying out the investigators from the police major crimes unit say they Are stumped by the despite having pictures that clearly show the suspects Norm Tchir said the unit routinely manages to track Down suspects when the leads Are virtually no nexis but they have come up empty handed in a Case where the suspect was handed to them on a most Guys will put on sunglasses or a hat to conceal their identity but this Guy just walked right he we can see everything right there in the the robbery took place june 3 at the Astra credit Union at 3149 Portage robbery suspect familiar face the suspect pointed a handgun at a Teller and fled with an undisclosed amount of the credit Union has a number of surveillance cameras and the entire crime was giving police an unusually Large amount of material to work but Tchir said the Man in the photos just looks too Plain for anyone to recognize everybody we show that picture to i think know that Guy from but they just cant place he he looks like that kind of Guy most people have seen but nobody one theory being pursued by investigators is that the Man is a transient who was Only in Winnipeg Long enough to carry out the robbery before he moved on to a new not being from the he be concerned about his photograph being but other officers Arent so and think they May be giving the robber More credit than he he is either the most Brilliant Crim Inal Ive Ever or really Stu Tchir the suspect is described As aged 30 to 5foot7 to with a Stocky Light Brown hair and a anyone with information on the Man can Call the robbery unit at 9866219 or crime stoppers at Bis 5 outer Tom up of tote special introductory Only until july 31st free digital pcs right now get All these features free 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