Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba As Winnipeg consumer watch Winkles complaints Washington Washington Post in the past four self styled consumer advocate Wilber Winkle has tilted with marketplace giants such As pringles for making Boring potato chips and Mcdonalds for replacing the burgers served counts with the billions and billions served when 1 discovered the almonds were missing from my St Avenue Candy All the stress that had been building up in me for years came to a head and i completely lost John Homans says of the last Straw that started Homans on his quixotic crusade As the kvetching nerd Wilber last the Best of Homans letters were published by the Balti More based Bancroft press As Wilber Winkle has a complaint Wilber wants to get the people to write about these says a Balti More native and insurance Salesman living in so Winkles Appeal has attracted so or so new members to his Wilber Winkle letter writing club on his web site Cyril husband 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increase its contribution to something comparable to what the government gave the Victoria we Are prepared to provide additional but it is contingent on there being More Federal Ste Fanson the province has promised Mil plus a further in in kind the City of Winnipeg has committed Stefanson said he is aware of the Aid Ottawa has provided in the past and wants the Federal government to open its Wallet there is a shortfall of be he added he is satisfied the Panama games organizers have struck the right balance with their reworked Busi Ness plan Between putting on a solid event and one that is also Ottawa Hast closed the door to More Money but has not indicated much More will be the reason they Victoria got More Money is because we had More Money in those said Susan a sport Canada Dave a spokesman for senior Manitoba my Lloyd said it should be noted the initial pan am games financial plan required Only about million from he said Winnipeg had planned for less spending for its games because Many of the facilities were already in they Are coming at us now with a new argument about what needs to be he Hickey said Axworthy will see what can be done so that Winnipeg can do a proper Job of hosting the Manitoba nip Leader Gary doer said Winnipeg deserves what other Canadian cities have the Federal government should us in a fair but doer said the Panama organizers should first do their especially with estimates of broadcast so they can make a realistic proposal to pulp Mill tied to Wood Supply continued from a1 it is the pass largest with an annual payroll of about Manitoba finance minister Eric Ste who has already met Tolko said the Sale Doest change commitments Recap made to the province in 1995 to undertake a million in they do step into those agreements which Are tied to the Wood Stefanson for he said a new lion bleached pulp Mill is supposed to be ready by late 1998 in order to main Tain Access to part of the Wood there is room for the province and Tolko to talk about How it honours its development the finance minister he said the provinces objectives in its talks with Tolko will be the Protection of creating additional jobs and proper utilization of Marc offis priss Leahey right greets a beaming Winnipeg mayor Susan Thompson and Manitoba Premier Gary Winnipeg to get Centre with no strings attached continued from a1 Leahey said nearly All of the 300 jobs will be full averaging about an hour or about to some positions will be we Are hiring people to do sales and Wynn explain ing Why wages Are dramatically higher than the Normal a hour Range for Call she said the jobs would vary but that some people would need to be licensed in Mutual fund for All employees would be Royal Bank employees As opposed to outsourcing Call Centre Wyrwin said the Bank considered the Call centres a Fertile training Leahey said theres a possibility some of the jobs could be transfers of other Royal Bank employees from other but the majority will be from the Winnipeg Premier Gary Filmon called the decision to locate in Winnipeg won i will appear any Day of the week for a invest he Wynn said no government incentives were sought or provided to locate in in the incentives have been new the Call Cen tre capital of has been accused by other provinces of subsidizing Call centres to lure jobs to that Bob president of the Manitoba Call Centre said they had worked extensively with the Royal Bank before it opened its Moncton he said the Bank was Well aware of the advantages of locating in Leahey said a site had not been chosen but it could be an existing building or the Bank could build a new the million is to secure a building and she refused to say if the Bank would look at locating in the downtown Eaton fire sends smoke Over Hamilton Canadian press Hamilton officials were poised to evacuate hundreds of peo ple from the heart of this Southern Ontario City last night As a massive Industrial fire sent a plume of dense Black smoke Over the two hours after flames engulfed 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