Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email my Ca a3 West Jet ponders putting City Back on flight plan by Glen staff reporter More than a year after West Jet officially became Weston the upstart regional airline is taking another look at the Manitoba Siobhan the Western Region Al carriers Public relations said yesterday from Calgary that West Jet has purchased another Boe ing 737 aircraft and May resume flights to the discount airline cancelled ser vice into the City in May 1996 two months after it began the recent disappearance of two other discount airlines from the Manitoba Market has played a role in West jets plans but Vinish said the biggest push is coming from she said the popularity of the service in Saskatchewan and the proximity of Winnipeg to that province have prompted the firm to reconsider Winnipeg As an efficient the Winnipeg flight would be part of a larger service expansion plan that could include fort Mcmurray and Grande Prairie in Alberta and Prince George in British West Jet currently serves Abbotsford Praser Cal Saskatoon and the Calgary based known for its discount fares on Short haul flights in Western began operations in february 1996 with three the company is also negotiating to Purchase a seventh Lyn a Winnipeg airports authority said the authority was delighted to hear West Jet May come the greyhound Experiment proved there is a Market for additional Carri ers she Book said neither greyhounds departure nor the recent one by vis Tajet had anything to do with Winnipeg As a route noting Grey hound was bought by a firm that didst want to run an airline and Vista Jet closed for financial police track clues in poisoning each of the dogs says officer by Bill Redekop staff reporter Jeff free press with pet says Neighbours ought to be More tolerant of one As Well As felines to avoid Slammer Council oks right to roam by Kevin Rollason City Hall reporter t ocal cats used up another i yesterday when a move by councillors to treat them like dogs was sent Back for another Only a proposal to have the in cooperation with implement a voluntary registration of cats was approved by other issues including those designed to make it illegal for cats to roam at Large and for them to come under the same fines and prosecutions As dogs were referred Back to the executive policy you dont need a sledgehammer to kill a said Bill Clement Charle Woodfort dogs Are just a Tad More dangerous than cat owner Rosemary Kennedy said she Hopes the feline portions of the animal control bylaw never get passed by City Council a cat owner for the last two said the Issue really comes Down to neighbourhood it could come Down to that people will have to kill their animals so As not to cause others a Kennedy said her 14yearold daughter was so upset with the cites she went out into her neighbourhood and quickly collected 15 signatures on a Kennedy said she lets her three cats roam through the neighbourhood and if any were trapped and taken to the Winnipeg humane society she be it really takes the working out of situations away from the Neighbours and giving it to City Hall and the humane she but Grant president of the Manitoba veterinary medical said his group supported All of the recommendations before coun including those for controlling cats that roam at Large have an increased risk of disease and trauma and a shortened life Spearman cat owner Leon Glassco said he also supports the cat bylaw because he has been annoyed Over the years by neighbouring felines roaming free on his if we do not have a bylaw like this we will have numerous and hoc solutions to the Glassco this is the cutting Edge of the silent Council did approve changes to the dog sections of the including raising License fees from to for whole dogs and to for sterilized and allowing dog owners to buy licences at either the cites animal services division or at local Al Golden who moved a motion to allow veterinarians to sell said the City Hopes to sell More with the City recouping More than million in someone didst like dogs big dogs but Winnipeg police know Little else in their investigation of the fatal poisoning of at least five vital the five dogs that died of Poison ing tuesday were All Large a German Shepherd Rottweiler Cross a Cross Chow Chow and Springer a Border Collie a Cross Labrador retriever and a Cross a sixth poisoned dog was treated in time and maybe someone in that area did it like dogs we dont said police Ray two More dogs died of suspected poisoning the same Day on Hender son Highway near but police dont believe the cases Are Winnipeg police Carl Shier said people Are calling crime stoppers with Anonymous tips on the poisoned they Are forwarding the Calls to the Shier some body knows what is going on out seven Yards in All were targeted in vital within a few blocks of each on and Vivian in one the dog didst eat the one Yard had three dogs and two Yards had two the dominant canine in those Yards ate the Ham two of the dead dogs had been left outside this neighbourhood is full of said Kari whose pet Jake was fatally but whose smaller dog theres one dog next and two on the other Side of and one two doors its Odd to find a House around Here that Doest have a but she said the areas dog owners Are its not a constant Barking neigh if you know what i she our own dogs rarely police found hamburger in one Yard where the dog didst eat the hamburger was also found in the stomachs of at least four a chemical analysis is being per formed on contents in the stomach of four of the results Are expected by Ducharme said poisoning pet dogs is an offence under the criminal animal services said yesterday they have not had chronic complaints against any of the dogs that were killed but Are still checking records to see if there were isolated were going to go Back a few years checking Ducharme said adding police would be careful about using the which Are supposed to be Tim manager of the cites animal said people should Call his department if they have com plaints about our bylaw says a dog cannot unduly disturb a neighbourhood by Barking and he there is no set hour when disturbance by pets is if it bothers you at 9 Oclock or at three its a concern to he animal services receives complaints a year about it happens every we have at least three complaints of said Vicki executive director of the Winnipeg humane dog owner Charles Willan has offered the victimized families his two puppies for i was just i read the Story and had tears in my that just As bad As poisoning a said mayor wins by election to run Brandon by Bud Robertson staff reporter Brandon Reg Atkinson has been promoted to a much bigger the former mayor of Hartney a Small town of about 500 people just Southwest of Brandon became mayor of Manitoba second largest City last winning a close Bielec Tion Over two veterans of City Ive had a Good feeling about it for quite said a 49year old City businessman and father of two grown Atkinson who served As mayor of the tiny Community of Hartney from 1981 to 1989 narrowly Defeated his closest Dan a former City councillor by about 200 Scott who sits on Brandon City finished about 400 votes behind voter turnout was about 40 per seven candidates threw their names into the ring to replace former mayor Rick who resigned earlier this year after becoming the new progressive conservative member of parliament in the Brando Souris the new mayor has some big shoes to least until next years civic election when an entire new Council will be voted in the eight years that Boro Tsik sat in the mayors bran Don gained a reputation As a progressive Community with an Eye to economic last Atkinson said he was ready to step into Borot Siks Rick is a but i think i am he in Virginia Jamieson will return to the mayors chair after win Ning a by election to replace inky Mark who won a Federal seat for the nip in the last a former City councillor and mayor beat her closest compete Conrad Artinise by More than 550 Vicky Yak Mishin won election to Council with Atkinson said his first task As bran dons mayor will be to focus on the cites bid to woo the giant Maple Leaf meat Home to nearly bran dons Economy has been booming in the last already this year More than million is being invested in new Simplot is spending million to expand its fertilizer production capacity and a Grain terminal is being built by Cona Gra just South of the earlier this the Canadian federation of Independent business ranked Brandon when it comes to the performance of local government in establishing a healthy business in the City eliminated its Busi Ness Hydro is cheap and the Mill rate has remained Flat for the past three Brandon has also hosted numerous High profile sports events in the last including this years Canada summer ill Dituri clinic 274 Smith Portage Graham Avenue Penant Llzkt demurs service to the 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