Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Turning or shop across Canada for higher paying Grifs and Call for Down Tori vital lop rates kill Donna 7884040 9257423 92s7420 Winnipeg free press local july John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email a3 three Eaton stores get reprieve by David Kuxhaus staff reporter three of four Eaton outlets in Manitoba including win Nipges flagship downtown store have been spared but the future of the retailer in the cites Core is far from a revised business plan still needs approval from the and the province has yet to pass a bailout pack age for Eaton never the yesterdays announcement by the Eaton was cause for Cele bration among employees at the land Mark landmark downtown outlet among those spared axe people have been under tremendous pressure for the last half a said the stores general Debra last the debt Ridden com Pany sought bankruptcy shortly it announced it was considering closing 31 of its 85 stores across including Winnipeg downtown the Garden City out its warehouse store on Wellington Avenue and a Brandon Jonas Sonyoung said the Garden City outlet is still to be but the warehouse will stay Only 17 outlets across the country will be tax Breaks and special deals from landlords helped to keep the number the company is expected to emerge from its restructuring with 66 traditional department two warehouse stores in Toronto and one specially store in West in a Deal was hatched in which ownership of Eaton downtown would be transferred to the dutch owned Eaton place the Rescue involves million in Public the City has agreed to put up for each of the next three the province would match the contribution and Eaton place would contribute Jonas Sonyoung said she could not say what Impact the bailout played in the decision to keep the store i can suggest to you that it was probably but i was not privy to the decision making Eaton president George Kosich said the decision to keep More stores open had much to do with Canadas sizzling for the first time in six the Economy is going to help the retail Industry in he said during a Telephone news Harry executive director of the downtown business improve ment said he was ecstatic when he heard yesterdays he said it sends a message to other Busi Nesses that the Core area is not decay were very pleased that Eaton is making a corporate commitment to the he Ken free press Eye on the Ball at Roy Solinger can still hit he takes a mighty swing during a Manitoba 60plus Al stars game at Kildonan Park the six team league of some in their plays Ball at the Park twice a experts say most folks Safe in homicide capital High murder rate blamed on few people living dangerously by Doug Nairne police reporter t 7nnipeg can be dangerous if you live in the inner w abuse drugs or alcohol or belong to a Street but despite the dubious distinction of being 1996s murder capital of Cana experts say the City and province remain Safe for the average statistics Canada reported yester Day that of nine major cities in Winnipeg had the highest numbers of murders per and Manitoba led the provinces in but police and criminologists maintained the chances of being murdered Are virtually Zero for most at higher risk Are those who live in the inner Are victims of Domestic Vio or Are involved in dangerous for the most part these homicides unplanned and fuelled by said University of Winnipeg criminologist Doug there were 28 homicides recorded in Winnipeg last including a Case that took place in 1991 but was solved in when compared on a per capita Winnipeg had the highest rate of homicides at per peo ple in the nine largest Canadian the rate is As much As twice what it was in other cities of comparable size such As Edmonton Calgary Hamilton or Ottawa in Canada most provinces reported an increase in their homicide rate in 1996 notably Quebec and number rate Canada 633 Newfoundland 7 1 Prince Edward Island 1 Nova Scotia 18 new Brunswick 9 Quebec 153 Ontario 187 Manitoba 45 Saskatchewan 31 Alberta 53 British Columbia 125 Yukon 0 Northwest territories 4 the 1996 rate of homicides per people was still Well below the Peak of in 0 rate per population source stats Canada even larger centres such As Toronto and Montreal had lower per capita the average rate in Large Canadian cities was the homicide rates in All major cities fell in 1996 compared to with the exception of Winnipeg and which both in 1995 there were 16 homicides in or per one of safest despite the Public relations Black Eye the designation May City police maintain Winnipeg is one of Canadas safest most of the homicides in 1996 occurred in the inner and Virtu ally All of those involved alcohol or gang Domestic Vio Lence and child abuse also accounted Tammy Hoy up for a Large number of the Leav ing Only a few of the 28 homicides As acts of random in there have been 11 Homi putting the City on track for a significant decrease As compared to police say the Type of homicides in Winnipeg also sets the City while about 30 per cent of murders in Canada involve a Only one Mur Der in Winnipeg this year was committed with a knives were used 36 per cent of the time compared to 31 per cent in the rest of people were beaten to death in 54 per cent of the versus 22 per cent National on third of the murders in Winnipeg this year involve a woman sus compared with on tenth of murders angry at Flett halts Regina Casino Tours by Nona Pelletier for the free press few Manitoban Are expected to miss out on a gambling hol iday following Canadas touring network decision to Stop sending Tours to Regina according to network president Wayne the decision to pull out late last week came in the Wake of a dispute with three Regina Flett said All but a couple dozen of the several Hundred Manitoban affected by the cancellation have been contacted with an offer of a refund or alternative gambling holi he said he has received about 50 complaints about the the cancellation of the program has also upset opposition members of the Saskatchewan As the provincial government has been pay ing the tour company an incentive of for each tourist it brings to the government owned Flett estimates he has brought tourists to Regina since the program began Flett blames operators of three Regina hotels for the the hotels Are in the process of suing the tour alleging the com Pany Hast paid for rooms according to court documents filed earlier this owners of Howard Johnsons claim they Are owed More than Sands hotel resort claims Canada owes while the operators of the Imperial 400 Are seeking Flett said the dispute Over Money was a As the monies owing will be paid in the Normal course of he said he had advised the hotels a few months ago he would begin paying them every 30to60 Days for room rather than every seven Days As he had been Flett said he needed to change his payment schedule in order to Reserve capital for promotions during the traditionally slower summer he said it was Ordinary business practice to make rental payments every month or rather than so they hotels didst like Flett so i said youre not getting it All at when the hotels began Legal action against him Flett said it was the Straw that broke the camels adding no was already at Odds with the hoi because of customer Rick general manager of the Sands hotel and said he was unaware of any problems with the Quality of the in my opinion that is not he roman declined to comment further and referred All fur ther questions to the hotels Parent Sheung on investments a spokesman for Sheung on was unavailable for Flett said his Alberta customers would be most affected by the cancellation of the Regina bound pro since Between 60 to 70 per cent of them were from there was 18 months left to run in Canadas Regina bound involving a total of bus Flett said it will take at least two weeks before All customers Are provided with refunds or rebooted on alternative with files from up Gate West Coin one of Canadas largest Coin 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