Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 30, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba B6 Winnipeg free july Doug Mcdonald has been appointed managing for Enterprise prop erty which last week acquired Winnipeg based Smi Sun Ridge management Mcdonald will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a managed portfolio of More than five million Square feet of commercial and residential real Enterprise says he will also be responsible for client relations and developing new business opportunities in the Mcdonald has More than a decade of senior real estate experience in Western most recently As executive corporate with Sun Ridge manage Toronto based Enterprise is the largest fee based property manage ment company in the with 43 million Square feet of commercial real estate in its Suche has been elected president of the Law society of Mani a 1979 graduate of the University of practises in the area of civil human and administrative and labour she is a partner with the firm Suche Gange in the Law society of Manitoba is the licensing and governing body of the Legal profession in Paragon industries has appointed Dave Mcnicholl to its management Mcnicholl moves to that position from his previous Post As manager of habitat Paragon is a demolition company specializing in recycling construction Muratone has appointed Don Fancourt to the position of general manager of the Swine the company says Fancourt will direct the division in its aggressive approach to continuing growth in the hog Fancourt was for Many years the general manager of Eastern Muratone is an integrated Swine and poultry incorporated under the name of Niverville feed and farm Supply in it operates 24 companies across Mani Tom Leysen has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Leysen a import Leysen Ksn Rore than 20 years of Canadian firms pollute More than study Pride in being cleaner not based on says activist Canadian press Ottawa environmentalists Hope they can pressure Ottawa to tighten pollution Laws in the Wake of a report showing Canadian Industrial plants were on average More than twice As dirty As those in the United the report by the Montrea based commission for environmental cooperation torpedoes the perception Canada has a better environmental record than its Southern we Pride ourselves on being cleaner and Greener than the americans but i dont think the data bears that out at Rick Lindgren of the Canadian environmental Law association said in an interview i Hope this is going to be a prod to we have our work Cut out for but that Doest seem to be the direction that either the Federal government or the provincial governments Are going Canadian Industrial facilities spewed an aver age of kilograms of pollutants into the environment in 1994 compared with an average of kilograms for says the report titled taking the report was released Canadian industries discharged 18 per cent of their pollution directly into surface com pared with two per cent in the United says the the first detailed comparison of pol Lution in the two three quarters of the wastes were released on either through air water Dis land disposal or injection the biggest offenders include the paper and primary Metal products the largest releases include chemicals such As methanol and and almost half of All pollutants were released through air environmentalists say Canadian capacity to enforce environmental regulations has been fur ther weakened since rather than tightening up the or freeing up More Money to do better the feds Are trying to offload their responsibilities to the said the provinces in turn Are cutting the environment the regulations we fought so hard to get Over the past 20 years Are being rolled Back and the findings raise the question of whether Canada is becoming a pollution said Ken executive director of pollution differences in the mix of industries found in Canada versus the United states dont account for the higher Canadian said an offi Cial at the commission for environmental co an Agency set up under the North american free Trade agreement to Monitor environmental the Federal liberals Cut the environment department budget by roughly a third in their first revisions to the Canadian environmental Protection act died on the order paper when the Federal election was called in no comment could be obtained yesterday from Federal get the Best weekend news delivered to the cottage keep the Best weekday news delivered to your Home or office Industry related including driving marketing and general and is on the Canadian trucking association Board of he was formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Leysen founded in is an International transportation and logistics including dry temperature controlled bulk and Flat deck services in Canada and the United got a an appointment or a new contract fax or phone the free press business 1355mountain or fax pollution report of the report Fakir a doth american and i tithe for t continents 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declared payable on september 1997 to shareholders of record As of August under the company optional Stock dividend the dividend is also payable in common issued at Market value to those shareholders who elect by August to receive Stock dividends in lieu of copies of the prospectus for the program May be obtained by writing to shareholder office of the 145 King Street suite Ontario m5h series e convertible redeemable preferred shares a quarterly dividend of cents per share in funds on incas series e preferred shares has been declared payable on september 1997 to shareholders of record As of class Van shares a quarterly dividend of cents per share in funds has been declared payable on september 1997 to shareholders of record As of by order of the Board of Feiner Secretary Ontario july 1997 hog Plant plans May be close 11 communities in Manitoba have submitted site proposals by Murray Mcneill business reporter Maple Leaf foods May announce with in a month its latest plans for a new hog Plant on the the head of Winnipeg 2000 said Klaus Thiessen said Maple Leaf officials told a Manitoba economic development Board official last week that the firms Finan Cial programs people were assessing potential Sites for the new Plant and that some sort of announcement is Likely with in the next three or four Thiessen said the company indicated it May announce it has selected a site for the new or it May reveal a shortlist of preferred Sites in each he added that while All three provinces officially Are still in the running for the he believes Mani Toba and Alberta have the inside track because both have Well established hog industries and have demonstrated a Lon term commitment to develop ment of the officials with Manitoba economic development Board could not be reached yesterday for for its Maple Leaf remains tight lipped about its sit selection which has been under Way since late last its in the later stages of is All company spokeswoman Linda Smith would say list of Sites although an Edmonton newspaper reported on the weekend that Maple Leaf has narrowed its list of potential Sites to 15 Loca Smith said that news to we have not communicated a Short she so you can assume that nobody has been ruled a total of 11 Manitoba communities submitted site proposals earlier this year to the consulting group that is reviewing site options on behalf of Maple they included win Stein the Rural municipality of Desa Leber Virden and asked for information Alex manager of business Liaison for the City of said yesterday that about two months ago the consulting firm working with Maple group asked for additional information about such things As tax Utility real estate prices and the availability of appropriately zoned land in Winnipeg 2000 forwarded the information to the and that the last Contact City officials have had with Stellar or Maple Robinson in hopeful that because we Haven heard anything Back that were still in the he Winnipeg 2000s Thiessen said the Plant is expected to employ Between 800and its because of the economic benefits that Robinson said he plans to write Maple Leaf within the next week reiterating win Nipges interest and offer ing to provide any other information the company May its always Good to keep your oar in the water and let them know youre still out he the general manager of the Brandon economic development Board said he also sent additional sit Espe civic Cost data to Stellar about two months and Hast had any feedback Don Allan said hed Origi Nally understood that Maple Leaf was going to select a site for the new Plant by the end of now he Doest know when a decision is Likely to be hog slaughtering Plant gets zoning of Canadian press a hog slaughtering Plant in Southern Alberta that has sparked concerns Over everything for odour to economics was Given zoning approval by Lethbridge City Council after a nine hour nearly 700 citizens crowded into the cites sports Lex on monday afternoon and stayed until yesterday to hear whether Developer Yuan i agricultural and livestock Enterprise of Taiwan would get councils the Plant would be a glowing accomplishment for City officials who have eagerly courted investors from the Pacific it could mean million annually to the areas econ omy and eventually employ up to 800 giving Lethbridge a firm foothold in the expanding hog processing record pig prices and soaring exports have Prairie pork producers planning expansions Worth hundreds of millions of Dol Alberta producers Are predicting the province could Market another Mil lion hogs on top of the million it already produces per the Lethbridge Plant still must get environmental at the Many peo ple voiced concerns Over the odour and environmental Impact of such a Large Plant and Felt it would encourage More hog pro a provincial government representative estimated Only about 15 per cent of the two million hogs needed by Yuan i per year could be supplied by Farmers in the Lethbridge Yuan i wants to open the massive Plant next Spring with regular pork exports to Japan to begin that the Plant has sparked passionate Community debate Over economic advantage versus Environ mental Bill of the South Ern Alberta environmental urged Council to delay its decision to allow More time for research ;