Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba The weather mainly wind High Low details on Page d10 celebrating a Winnipeg free press 7 garbage Day 4 inside assault costs Crown Danielle House lost her Beauty Queen yesterday after she was forced to relinquish the title of miss Canada International soon after a judge convicted her of assaulting a woman in a University bar working overtime Mike Oshaughnessy is alarmed at the escalating Cost of overtime filed by City police officers and he wants an it might show there is a better Way to uti Lize our he says growing concerns Winnipeg is earning a name for Traffick ing in herbal Medicine and supple Tough new Federal regulations for the use of medicinal Plant products and supplements reflect both growing popu Larity of complementary Medicine and the potential for abuse Cash for mergers Manitoba is offering school divisions up to a student if they agree to Amalga mate and reduce the number of Winnipeg quietly effective when James Perry Turtle and Ken Hailey Are inducted into the Blue bombers Hall of Fame be in the Art Ceretti probably have it any other who will be inducted As a builder passed away in he spent a great Deal of his time in sport but was Humble about his today in your City province Winnipeg Folk festival opens runs to sunday at Birds Hill Park to at the a taste of Manitoba memorial to sunday 11 to 10 literary Reading Sherreen Inayat Mariann Fitzpatrick and Heather Mcnally Grant 8 Index local Canada world numbers on Page b6 in life net Reader and Ann sports to lotto Bonus july Panama Gold scarce Ottawa stingy with Winnipeg games by Paul Samyn legislature reporter it ederal funding for win m Nipges Cash strapped Panama games Falls far Short of what Ottawa has provided to other Canad an cities hosting International sporting figures obtained by the free press so the Chretien government has offered million in direct Aid to the 1999 panamas Well As Mil lion in services such As ramp officers for sources say Ottawa commitment to what will be the largest Canadian sports event in a decade is less than past for the 1994 common wealth games in Victoria a much smaller event received million in Federal Cash to go along with million from the the Commonwealth games have Only 11 sports compared with the 41 that will take place in continued please see Panama games last on list bean allotted for the 1999 Panama games in Federal every other major sport ing event Over the last 21 the following comparisons have been adjusted for inflation so that Federal contributions Are seen in 1997 dollars 1976 summer olympics in Montreal saw million flow to that 11976 Commonwealth games in Edmonton got if Winter oly Tuples in Calgary received 1994 Commonwealth games in Victoria received 1999 Panama games in Winnipeg to get 2002 Winter olympics in Quebec City sources say Ottawa was pre pared to put in As much As v Ken free Manitoba flavour Michel Bafaloukos above serenades lunch time crowds at memorial Park for the taste of Manitoba festival at Rich Guin left watches As Edwin Esteban Jug Gles a Pepper Shaker at the Chiban please see tomorrows entertainment front for free press restaurant critic Marion War Nafts review of the culinary fare at the which ends Winnipeg connects with300 new jobs Royal Bank to open 24hour National Call Centre by Paul Mckie business reporter for Golf is definitely a main course by Tim Campbell sports reporter Xerox some of Canadas finest Golf professionals teed up at the Manitoba open at the same tens of thousands of golfers will be strolling Down nearly Yards of fairways through out the Manitoba has been Golf crazy since Long before Tiger Woods became an instant in the Hudson Bay company brought Golf to Winnipeg in the Early 19th today there Are 119 Golf courses in including 24 in Winnipeg twice As Many As any City twice its there Are an estimated golfers in Manitoba who play about three million rounds of Golf each at today Manitoba 144 play including the Cream of the crop from our own will contest the Xerox Manitoba open title at Elmhurst Golf and country club just Northeast of quite a Rob is the defending Champion of the tournament which is the sixth Stop of this years Canadian the open is by far the bes attended Canadian tour event year after for Complete open please see Page the Royal Bank is investing million in a Winnipeg Call Centre that will create 300 full time jobs within its first two Dennice senior Vic Epresi Dent and general manager for Manito said Winnipeg was chosen because of the diversity of the the Central time Overall Cost benefits and the provinces experience As a Call Centre close to keeping b8 the Royal operates similar centres in Montreal and employing More than 800 the Call centres Are operated by Royal a Royal Bank company operating Telephone and pc Wendy Vic president of Royal said the Winnipeg Call Centre will handle Calls from coast to seven Days a 24 hours a she said the Centre in Winnipeg is being started because of growing customer the Winnipeg Call Centre will be comparable in size to the Moncton currently the Banks but could exceed it if it expands to Call volume has grown from five Mil lion Calls two years ago to a projected 30 million Calls in the Bank is predicting 100 million Calls nationally by continued please see new new Hope for Recap Mills by Murray Mcneill and Paul Samyn reporters anew buyer has been found for the Recap lumber and Kraft paper Mills at the Pas and an expansion of the operation May be on the Recap enterprises announced yesterday it has reached agreement in Cloud lifts in the Pas firm plans Kenora principle to sell its Recap Manitoba operations to Tolko industries of the Sale Price was not disclosed the Deal is expected to be closed by the end of the Bob to los manager of corporate said yesterday if the Deal goes the privately held forestry company Hopes to under take a expansion of the lumber Mill within the next two he said the Mill produces about 100 million Board feet of lumber per and we Hope to double that yesterdays announcement ends More than a year of uncertainty for Recap Manitoba workers and towns people in the Recap Manitoba is directly sible for 850 jobs in Northern Manito including the 650 employed at the two Mills and about 200 contract work continued please see pulp jewellery ;