Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email a3 phone Bills May Rise in january by Glen Mackenize staff reporter Manitoban May see their monthly Telephone charge Rise in but there will be a Price Cap for four years after says a Manitoba telecoms services june Kirby said the Canadian radio television and telecommunications commission gave its a increase effective in 1996 and the same hike last its was now its is awaiting a ruling from the crts on its most recent application for a along with seven other phone companies across Kirby said the 1996 and 9 increases were the first hikes its has been allowed for several she noted that Lon distance rates have gone Down about 50 per cent in the past five Kirby said Lon distance still subsidizes the Basic monthly in the subsidy stands at Michael of the Public inter est advocacy said in Ottawa yesterday that increases sought by the Stentor Telephone ing its would take an extra billion from Consumers by As Canadian press reported its subscribers will pay More a month by the year 2001 if the its application wins crts Kirby said she had no idea where the figure came she said fates could go up during the Cap period if inflation but that a productivity Factor would offset the additional could be based on speculation about inflation and How the crts would react to she Mike of the National anti poverty said his group is concerned the magnitude of the pro posed increases will prevent people from having a phone in their so have no Access to services like 911 or being Able to take a Call if a potential employer Farrell said some Low income earn ers have Given up food and Money to buy clothing to keep a Kirby said she finds this hard to noting the crts held National hearings last fall and determined a month would be affordable for she noted that if the its request is the Winnipeg rate would be still one of Canadas Jeff free press lighter Side of the Law Madam Justice Deborah Mccawley and Justice Marc Monnin enjoy a lighter moment Dur ing their Swearingin ceremony As court of Queens Bench judges they were formally welcomed by senior judges and other members of the Legal showdown looms Over Ball stadium by Aldo Santon City Hall reporter northerners threaten civil disobedience Hydro raises water Levels without warning Fishers suffer by Alice Krueger legislature reporter residents of South Indian Lake Are threatening civil Dis obedience in their ongoing Battle with Manitoba Hydro Over flood com is going to blow up a warned a frustrated William president of the South Indian Lake fishermen some body going to take which operates control structures on the Churchill and Burntwood raised water Levels Iri South Indian Lake by an estimated a acc to seven feet about three weeks the 173 commercial who Only received notification from Hydro after the say about 800 nets were lost As a some boats also have damaged from logs and other of Bris now submerged or floating in Hydro refused to pay Northern fishermen any armed with video footage showing Shoreline Dysart said the High water Levels have caused Many of the docks built by Hydro to float the prom units Only Road has been washed out and continued erosion May Force relocation of the Community As he said the future of the Community fishing Industry has been thrown into doubt because of the effect of the increased water Levels on spawning Manitoba Hydro spokesman Glenn Schneider acknowledged that because of a breakdown in residents were not informed ahead of time of plans to raise water although the Utility is prepared to Dis cuss losses with he held out Little Hope that any new compensation would be noting the residents of South Indian Lake already have received More than million in compensation from Manitoba Hydro under a 1992 flood Schneider said that agreement was he said it was to pay for All outstanding obligations present and future resulting from the original Hydro development on the Churchill River system 22 years we told them already that wed talk to them about anything that haunt already been paid and this is where it gets the official our understanding of that earlier Settle ment was that by our operations in equipment is damaged that they would have funds there to pay for As for concerns about the future of the Hydro cited affidavits from biologists that spawning Doest take place until mid Tolate october when water Levels will be Back to nor Darren administrator of South Indian accused Hydro of endangering the lives of fishermen and of destroying a multimillion Dol Lar White fish and Golden caviar Indus try in order to provide cheap Power to Southern for them not to even acknowledge our concern is we cant believe he Ottaway said Community residents were originally told by Hydro the fish Ery would eventually return to Normal and that water Levels fluctuate greatly in the but in the last three weeks All of that is out the its a whole new bail game now and the Impact is going to destroy our and that was never a part of our compensation pack the administrator that was never a part of anything we agreed to As a Community to go along Veteran City councillor Harry Lazarenko is Likely to cast the deciding vote today on Sam katzes proposed baseball stadium by the red the at a special meeting of City Council this has monumental significance for the at stake is not just a baseball stadium but the relationship Between City Hall and the business City Hall is being portrayed As an entity that cant be trusted and that the absolute wrong message to Send to the business said Martin president of the downtown Busi Ness improvement a downtown lawyer specializing in business said several people have told him recently that they Are puzzled by the going son at City As a business you need to know youre going to be treated Hak to approve a project and then to be seen to be backing away from that Deputy mayor Jae Eadie called for special meetings of Council and the executive policy committee after civic administrators said they needed More time to study the last minute site plan changes Katz submitted Council voted in May to give Katz a lease and imposed an 1 deadline for him to sign an attempt to get a on month Extension on councils Agenda last week failed to get the Neces sary two thirds support of Al a Strong supporter of the said he believes the Extension is merely a ruse to jeopardize the deals if there is the construction costs will go up and they May not be Able to meet the schedule and then it might not be ready for the Panama games and then he might lose that Golden vital a vote to extend the deadline is expected to pass but then Katz plans to throw his curve Ball arguing the Extension is unnecessary and that councillors should vote again on the everyone knows that the longer this is dragged the greater the chances of it getting Katz said yester i dont want an i want to get on with that vote is expected to be so close it could end in an 88 Lazarenko Mynarski said if such a close vote is hell now support the Lazarenko said he originally opposed the project but the behind Hestenes shenanigans have permanently dam aged the cites he said that in previous councillors approved the project and a and All that should have remained is the routine Fin tuning that normally accompanies most the stadium was estimated to Cost with Katz and his investors promising to put in Mil the remainder would come from the Federal and provincial govern ments million and from the Panama games which would use the facility at no Cost Dur ing the Job cuts expected at Nav Canada staff Nav the recently privatized company in control of Canadas air traffic control is expected to announce today Job cuts and trans fers in its Winnipeg the company refused to com ment on any Job loss in Nav Cana Das Winnipeg an Ottawa spokesman said no com ment would be made until All the employees were told the spokesman said More than 500 employees worked for Nav Canada in the spokesman said today announcement would be about National corporate we feel its important to share the information with our employees before we make a Public state said the sources said that Job losses would be through and transfers to other most Likely Nav Canada was formed almost two years ago when the Federal government sold the air traffic control portion of transport Canada for billion to a corporation drawn from associations representing aircraft air traffic controllers and Manitoba minutes new Low cellular Lon distance a Droit to tin if Effir wanted 100 Homes with indoor air problems tobacco Oder cooking odor Burnt slut Cje 4 Musty basements dust mites t Pojen t new paint gases airborne viruses bacterial Salmento Stepny Toecus 6sa yet me ium1mate your prom lems we spend 90 of our Winter in saws where Are trapped 4 breathed can result in Astom Tow anew i rushes a deep Artmon it Watty i Are that Why 1 when unite of our pullers 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