Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Net How Call 188660 Star 111 Winnipeg free press local july 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email a3 will Council give old sex new life by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter the Manitoba lotteries has agreed to give the City towards an ambitious redevelopment of the old exhibition grounds into a Premier softball Field facility that could be used for the pan am the executive policy committee agreed to reshuffle the recreation lotteries offers to upgrade recreation Complex departments priorities Over the next three years to free up City funds to Complete the the lotteries corporations involve ment in the project has not been officially but sources told the free press last night that the Crown Agency wants to Spruce up a dowdy sports Complex across the Street from its Mcphillips Street station gambling lotteries officials could not be reached for if approved by Council construction will Start later this summer and be completed next a civic report states that Manitoba lotteries identified Only As an Anonymous corporate wants the first of its donation to go towards improving the Parks Mcphillips Street frontage and improving Charlie Krupp both of which Are visible from the front door of the gambling the recreation Field contains the North end Centennial the old exhibition the Hawk eyes football eight softball diamonds and one soccer in Addi Tion to Charlie Krupp the recreation department wants to convert the softball Fields into a four plex similar to the John Blumberg which would make it suitable for hosting National and International gang prevention coordinator knows How outsiders feel by Doug Nairne police reporter to then politicians and Community leaders gathered in March to announce funding for a new gang prevention co Glenn Cochrane was rudely turned away at the Cochrane became Winnipeg first gang prevention the first per son in Canada to be appointed to such a the irony of being one of dozens of people refused entry to the invitation Only round table discussion on gangs by political handlers of Winnipeg my Lloyd Axworthy int lost on he laughed and shrugged his shoulders yesterday when reminded of his attempt to get into the meeting four months and said he intends to make changes that will prevent such an embarrassing situation in the i remember that they let me and a lot of other people in that Cochrane i guess now i can change police chief David Cassels announced Cochrane hiring following four months of interviews and Cassels said that with Cochrane on the Job Start ing he expects to see the number of Street gang members in the City drop by 25 per cent in the next three years from the current total of about we have a unique problem with Street gangs in Cassels Many agencies Are involved in preventative but there is much More that needs to be along with coordinating ant gang Cochrane will help develop new programs and raise Public we need some some people to get together and look at the youth today to Stop them from getting involved in the he the they dont have a future for these Young people and i think the gang members themselves May have a tendency to want somebody there to Stop their children from following in their Cochrane will answer to the Street gang prevention advisory which is made up of Cochrane representatives from 15 Community organi the position is funded through a Grant from the Winnipeg development and will also include funding for an assistant to be hired by who was selected from 130 is president of the social planning and has held a number of other senior administrative he will be paid annually in his new the eldest of 12 Cochrane grew up in the inner City and was a gang member when he was his background gives Cochrane a lot in common with the poor aboriginal youth who now provide the bulk of new gang they cant turn around and Tell Well you dont youve never been he but i Bob vice president of the Winnipeg native Alliance and member of the Street gang prevention advisory said Cochrane has a difficult Job ahead of him As he tries to co ordinate the activities of the numerous agencies dealing with Holliday said some programs will have to be merged to avoid a duplication of a move that May not be popular with the agencies effect Hes got to be a Diplomat because his first Job is going to be doing a lineup of the programs that Are available out Holliday he cant just walk in and Tell people what to needs to be consensus Cochrane said his strategy Wal include working with gang members and trying to get them involved in his he said Hes willing to Deal with a wide Range of including Active gang members like Brian a controversy erupted last january after the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs hired Contois As a Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press you Lookin at Skeeter Bruce Lobay added some scary a to the hat he wore to the Manitoba Amateur championship at Rossmere Golf and country club out to watch his Friend Dave Klowak com said no bugs dared take him please see coverage on Page natives must speak with one voice Mercredi by Andrew Maxwell for the free press if hunger for the Job were the Only qualification for the Post of grand chief of the Assembly of first incumbent Ovide Mer Credi at times would seem the weak est at a Winnipeg Al candidates forum last Mercredi was the weary voice of experience amid three Chal lengers for the but he also won the loudest applause with Frank descriptions of his Strug Gle for his More important than the Job of any Leader is the collective Effort of All first nations people to claim the land and resources needed to build a Bridge toward he our Peoples expectations Are Ris ing beyond our ability to respond to their Mercredi told the attended by about 100 at the Delta the grand rapid born lawyer urged the audience to look at his efforts in the last three years to hold the Liberal government the main concern of the prime min ister and his Cabinet is not about the future of first nations but their future As White he one Man cannot move a but the people and the chiefs if we can speak with a single direct action such As demonstrations and the lobbying of government is he the Assembly of first nations can help in terms of building a movement where people Are part of the the Unity theme was touched upon by All of the who echoed each others Hope that the next grand chief will Foster Harmony among Many diverse first nations and direct collective action to fight for economic and natural resources for Wendy a British Colum Bia used her opening state ment to Call for More accountability within the afm to regional chiefs and native its time to get our House in she said of the deficit Ridden organi an internal Challenge needs to be fiscal responsibility and account ability of the Assembly of first nations to the Joe an Alberta said he would work to act on the report of the Royal commission on aboriginal Peoples tabled last that report described a growing hopeless Ness and Militancy among Young Abo we must Deal with Dion we must listen to our i believe that there Are those answers Are within and within our Larry an Ontario dubbed himself a bearer of Hope who also carries an emphasis on a National Leader has to become Sault we need a vision grounded on present reality and today political our goal must be Success for rather than Success and Fame for All candidates spoke of a need to select the most pressing of the More than 400 recommendations of the Royal commission on aboriginal peo Ples final and educate the pub Lic about the documents troubling the forum was one of several Lead ing up to the july 30 vote by Canadas regional candidates not attend ing last night were Assembly of Manitoba chiefs Leader Phil Fontaine and Bob Manuel from British Walmart better everyday Low prices Ulysses by All season radial tire steel belled construction with a computer rated tread design will Tutu Lorti 01 Well Mori 90x u Rood Ilu Bla in Tourvi nil i 3497 3897 41 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