Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 14, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Watch for your september brochure in today s paper delivered in selected areas Winnipeg free press local monday september 14, 1998 editor John Douglas / 697-7292 features editor Buzz Curriee mail a3 inspiration for walk comes from the heart by Kevin Rollason staff reporter m Ore than 1,300 mothers and daughters raised thousands of dollars for research and education at the second annual heart and stroke walk yesterday. Fifty thousand dollars in pledges were tallied As of yesterday afternoon said the heart and stroke foundation of Manitoba s director of communications Sally Solomon. Revenue from pledges was up 40 per cent Over last year she said. We had Well Over 1,300 walkers at the Winnipeg walk and that s a 30 per cent increase from last year. It shows we re bringing attention to the Issue of heart and stroke for she said she did t know How much was raised from registration fees and corporate donations. Free press columnist Lindor Reynolds her daughter Katie Reynolds and Mother Gloria Heuvel were the walk s honorary grand mar is Halls. Heuvel has a history of heart surgery. Csc to Anchor Diana Swain was the walk s honorary Patron for the second year. Heart disease and strokes Are the number one killer of women in Canada. Four out of 10 deaths of women Are from cardiovascular disease which includes heart disease and stroke Debbie Brown the foundation s director of health promotion said in a release. Eight times More women die from heart disease and stroke than from breast As Well while 37 per cent of Canadian men die from cardiovascular disease related illnesses 41 per cent of women die from it. For women some signs of trouble Are discomfort in the Chest which does t go away sudden crushing Chest pain and discomfort in the Chest which moves elsewhere in the body Solomon said. If you recognize any of those warning signs get emergency medical attention she said. Solomon said All of the Money raised by the walk goes to the heart and stroke foundation of Manitoba and is used for heart and stroke research and health promotion in this province. That Money stays in Manitoba and that s important for a lot of the people who participated she said. Solomon said she did t know How Many women or How much Money was raised at the inaugural walk in Brandon. The walk took place yesterday in 50 communities across the country. Solomon said walk participants began at the Forks and could choose to walk either three Kilometres six Kilometres or nine Kilometres. Fred Greenslade Winnipeg free press a Bonnie smile grammy award winning Singer Bonnie Raitt smiles As she belts out a tune at her sold out Walker theatre show last night. Please see music writer Bartley Kives review of the concert on Page d4. Mayor urges less fight More unite Thompson Calls on municipalities in City Region to form common front by Kim Guttormson City Hall reporter loner trustee won t run again staff Ionel Orlikov is retiring after 10 years As a trustee with a Winnipeg school division. But the former Deputy minister of education insists his decision not to seek re election oct. 28 has nothing to do with controversy Over his involvement with a program to help dropouts Complete High school. Winnipeg one trustees will meet with Orlikov and his lawyer sept. 22 to try to determine whether the upward bound program is competing with the division for potential students and to identify Orlikov s role in the program. Orlikov said Friday he is retiring because he is fed up with the Board constantly micromanaging the province s largest school division instead of debating larger systemic issues in education. I do not believe we Are providing leadership As a Board Orlikov said. It s a question of micromanagement. I just feel increasingly a Orlikov declined to be specific about his connection with upward bound which provides classes for adult students to Complete their High school education in several locations in and Orlikov micromanagement around Winnipeg. About 200 students Are enrolled he said. Their average age is 33, Many Are on welfare and most Are visible minority students who would otherwise be unlikely to finish High school he said. Winnipeg one chairman Mario Santos said his Board strongly supports the work of upward bound. Santos said however we Don t know what the scoop is. That s the whole Point. We Don t know who runs housing protest builds momentum on reserves staff protest movement Over housing conditions that began against one Reserve chief has spread to 11 other reserves and will hit the Steps of the Federal department of Indian affairs today. Brenda Elliott a resident of the Sag keen first nation said last night that about 100 aboriginals from at least five reserves will participate in what is being called a peaceful protest against what they see As a Lack of financial accountability of reserves. Elliott said members of 12 first nations have come together to oppose the Contention of their leaders that there Are no financial problems at reserves. There is a problem and we want to do something about it she said. It is definitely time for something like this to take place. People have had enough and Don t want it to happen any in a release the newly formed first nations accountability coalition says it has called the protest to push for accountability democracy Equality and decentralization of Federal funding for native people. Elliott a coalition member said even she is amazed at How fast the protest i has grown. It began last month when she and others at Sage eng protested the freeze on construction of their Homes and the perceived Lack of attention on the Issue from chief Jerry Fontaine who for months has been on a leave of absence running for the provincial Liberal leadership. Earlier this month Fontaine announced he will resign As chief in october. N one of her last acts As mayor Susan Thompson is trying to unite the capital Region municipalities to create a single voice Able to stand up to the provincial government. Thompson s goal is for outlying communities to come together with the City so they can have More clout when dealing with issues such As infrastructure renewal and the education Levy being added to property tax Bills. One of the things i have Felt is the province controls the capital Region meetings and the process Thompson said. I think initially we Felt it was so important that somebody had to bring the group together and try to see what we agreed upon and not what we disagreed upon without the province Thompson who has less than two months left in her final term As mayor has spent the summer reaching out to the Reeves and mayors of the towns and municipalities surrounding Winnipeg. But there has been no formal meeting of the 16 municipal leaders. Some Reeves and Rural mayors seem to have a More vague sense than Thompson of what can be accomplished. They question Why it s being done now when Thompson won t have a role to play after the october election. But All agree it s about time area residents speak to one another directly not through the province. Rosser Reeve Alan Beachell said the fact a mayor of Winnipeg stepped beyond the perimeter is a Good Start. I think the municipalities and the City have to work together Beachell said. I think any politician will Tell you it s always easier when everyone wants the same thing. But i think it s too bad the mayor s now doing the meeting and not running while relations Between the City and Rosser have been strained in the past the City tried to prevent the Bufi Landfill from being built there they re also working co operatively on issues such As the Airport. Many agree it s time the Region banded together rather than let the province play a game of Divide and conquer. Some of the City s biggest fights in the last few years have pitted it against a neighbouring Community and the provincial government Selling water to heading Ley the placement of the Bufi Landfill in Rosser. They have to get together and talk to one another political scientist Paul Thomas said adding City Council itself does t always agree on what the right position is. If they pick easy issues they can gang up on the province through a unified stance. But there la be other instances where they la clearly be at loggerheads. It s a Little late in the game for Thompson to be the ambassador of regional Harmony Thomas said. A More astute mayor should have been doing this since the Thompson feels one of the Rural Kaufmann Kaufmann Murray agree dialogue must improve in Region Here s what the two leading mayoral candidates would do to improve relations with the capital Region Peter Kaufmann Kaufmann says he has already met with some of the capital Region Reeves and mayors and would Institute regular meetings Between All the civic leaders. We have to be partners he said. We d discuss common issues concerns. There Are Many Many issues we d be Able to agree on. Well never get anywhere pointing fingers at each Glen Murray dialogue is really really important Murray said. It s really important the City plays a leadership role in the capital Murray Murray said regular meetings with the Reeves and mayors would be a Good idea but first City Council has to agree on its position on the issues. And we have to Stop thinking of the other 15 municipalities As Reeves or mayor can pick up the Ball and run with it after the october elections. Nip Urban affairs critic Becky Barrett does t see the move As a critique on the opposition s ability to stand up for the City and surrounding municipalities in the legislature. She said the nip has done a Good Job of questioning the tories on legislation that affects the area such As land use and the City of Winnipeg act. It s a Good sign to have the City and municipalities reaching out to one another Barrett says. But that process has to be Able to talk co operatively with the province. And that seems to be where there s a Lack of willingness Uptake the leadership Thomas said the nip has chosen hotter political buttons such As health care to build its opposition on. The province should be in a place of leadership that some think they re abdicating he said. There does t seem to be a cohesive Thomas said part of the problem with the capital Region presenting one voice is that each of the 16 municipalities will still be looking out for themselves and the smaller municipalities will be wary of giving up any of the limited Powers they have. And the City As Friendly As it May appear is still like an elephant the municipalities Are sleeping next to when it Rolls Over it s the mouse that gets Hurt Thomas said. Entertainment mortal a twin. Mam to find a we we. For Ham mov. M7 7wt a sept 1998 399 per month 1998 catera 3.0l Iio engine anti theft system 4 s Al. Auto of trans. 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