Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october Canada Surrey fighting s by Wendy Canadian press Victoria City councils in Vancouver and Surrey Are squaring off with the government in an attempt to keep Slot machines out of their but its a Gamble Likely lose and one smaller centres Are folding the first phase of the provinces plan to expand gambling in British Colum Bia is supposed to go into effect next week when charitable casinos Are scheduled to plug in almost 200 Slot machines in the Vancouver the machines were placed in Vancou ver casinos last week almost at the same time As City councillors were voting for a bylaw that would prohibit Vancouver mayor Philip Owen said the bylaw will be despite an earlier court ruling that found the provincial government alone has Juris diction Over gaming were not going to Back if the provincial government thinks that they can impose something upon the citizens that the citizens dont i guess they the province do it at their political Owen said in an neighbouring Surrey is going about it More Surrey Council plans to ban parking on streets near the Casino and step up visits by the fire marshal and Munici pal bylaw inspectors in a bid to push the machines a fire marshal has visted the Casino to determine How much the Slot machines restrict floor space and As a whether the casinos capacity should be and City lawyers Are checking the casinos business licence to determine if the City can increase the facility annual said mayor Doug Mccal we will isolate the Casrto and do every Legal thing in our Power to drive it out of the mayor the cities maintain their residents dont want expanded the provincial government announced last March it would allow a handful of larger casinos to be built in the the province also decided against a Large scale Casino in the Vancouver area after Strong opposition from City councils and citizens the current dispute is about whether to allow existing Chari table 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for this Road to heaven just by ing Independent has to be put in a realistic Chretien adding he is optimistic Canada will remain United beyond the year go Alberta says Edmonton the country Job less should consider Albertas economic Boom As an open invitation to come says the provinces labour minis Murray Smith said the provinces enviable unemployment which is the lowest in the has already begun luring people from across Cana Job figures released by statistics Canada last week ranked Alberta As the province with the lowest jobless rate in the nation at per canadians harassed 2toronto one of the biggest Canadian investors in Russia is fac ing a Campaign of police threats and official harassment that has left its employees fearing for their the Globe and mail the intimidation tactics have escalated dramatically in the last two since the Canadian com Pany resisted a takeover attempt of its Moscow hotel by its russian the newspaper Imp group of Halifax has invested More than million in the Aerostat hotel in the canadians have endured threats by Moscow police and tax authorities and cancellation of work hockey Boss charged Saskatoon a Saskatchewan hockey official faces charges of sex Ual assault and sexual exploitation after a complaint by an Alberta Junior hockey the charges Stem from alleged incidents that occurred in mid sep when the player and another stayed overnight at the officials Saskatoon Home before catching flights Back to police Arent releasing the names of anyone involved in the nor Are they releasing the name of the players team or the new trial ordered Man convicted of murdering his Young Stepsister and Stepbrother has been granted a new trial by court of a psychiatric report that was not presented at his trial concluded that Kristian Lee was suf Fering from manic depressive Dis order when he strangled Stuart and Shannon 7 in their Home in May he then tied up his Stepmother Zebra Warsing and tortured her for five stabbing her from head to toe with a Barbecue skewer he then Spray painted every room of the Home Bright growth spurs study Edmonton Albertas expand ing hog farms and cattle ranches have prompted the provincial Ern ment to begin a wide ranging study of the Impact of agriculture on the the study comes in response to a report on farming growth in the due out later in Douwe Vanderwel of Alberta Agri culture says the report suggests the provinces cattle nerds could Dou ble and its number of bags could triple Over the next 10 Albertas study will examine Bow farming and food processing affects water and air diving for treasure North finding sunken treasure off the coast of Cuba is what Glenn castello likes to Hes planning the search for his 24th treasure ship this he will the big that As m millions of Castelo has worked with the cuban government Locking for treasure cd ships near the Island his Best find to Date was the Spanish Gate i Las Mer ee4es sunk in 1696 off ;