Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Mefi mayor lets Curtis face responsibility1 on own Michael Curtis smiled As he was led away in Haa duffs yesterday following a Brief court appearance on charges that he stabbed h s Neighbour during a Home invasion last week the former Foster son of mayor men Murray will remain in custody until at least when he will have an Opportunity to make an application for bail def enee lawyer Tim Preston said he needs time to review the ease against his client before commenting on their next weve full particulars and Well be discussing the ease with the crowns he several charges Curtis is facing a number of charges after Don find Jennifer Beall were fronted in their vital Home last thursday Don Beall nearly died after being stabbed three times by the but family members said yesterday that his condition has improved enough for him to be Able to get up and briefly walk on his a clearcut Curtis appeared tired As he wiped his eyes during his appear Ance Murray didst appear in say ing Curtis will have to Deal with the t 1 never go to court with the reasons for have a lot to do with he has to take responsibility himself for his Murray said Ruth Bonneviv Winnipeg free press Law school is on hold for University of Manitoba who headed for Rhodes scholar bound for Oxford by Nick Martin education reporter Heads Tony Blair Sara Kreindler will soon be coming your toting a Rhodes scholarship and a whole lot of the Well educated opinions she delights in the fourth year psychology Stu Dent at University of Manitoba got the word this weekend that Shell be going to Oxford next fall for two years of As Manitoba Only Rhodes scholar this that will delay her plans for Law plans which also include the possibility of said president of the Campus new Shes spent the past four years at u of m challenging professors and writing the editor denouncing Federal government policy and the International Mone tary i guess in willing to take the professors its always with she shed Welcome the Opportunity to Tell the British prime minister Kreudl Essaid with a laugh i think its ultimate till she Only Kreindler graduated from Vincent Massey collegiate at 15 after starting school a year Early and taking grades 8 and 9 in one born in she grew up in the North Kreindler will be studying eng Lish and history at Kreindler has been a member of the editorial collective at Canadian co wrote and per formed in phantom of the deficit at the fringe and fed Sipeo Bitteti piano she Alsoph cows Jazzah tap for her name has in prominent As an award winning Solo vocalist at music Road Library funds in jeopardy councillors to Cut from next budget by Keith Mcarthur City politicians met privately yesterday to try to Cut at least million from funds already earmarked for computer upgrades and the millennium Library Council had previously approved the spending in a five year capital budget mayor Glen Murray said the cuts Are necessary to get a handle on the cites it gets us out of having to borrow right which is something i think would be a really Good he the Rookie mayor had been pushing for a More substantial Cut of Mil lion from next years but most councillors opposed such a massive reduction because of the effect it would have on the heavy construction Industry and on overdue repairs to City after yesterdays unofficial meeting of most councillors had settled on a Compromise proposal a More relaxed Cut of million from next years the rest of the pro posed reduction would be spread the next several v councillors received a list of cuts proposed by councils standing com some Likely targets in the quest for cuts the following Are some of the big ticket items that could be deleted or deferred if City Hall cuts million from the 1999 capital Bud get million to Widen Mcphillips Street Between Jefferson and Swailes million to the millennium Library million to the cites share of the Winnipeg development agree million to a financial management million to upgrade computers at City million to the special projects fund to pay for future development million to streets Caping for Annes and marys million to the idea Bank Reserve a self financing pot used for innovative projects that would help reduce the Cost of govern tuberculosis lab in the City cant find expert to Lead it three chief scientist jobs still vacant in microbiology Bureau by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter Canadas top tuberculosis lab cannot find an expert to Lead it at a time when the disease is gaining ground the position is one of three chief scientist jobs still vacant at the Labora tory Centre for disease controls microbiology which moved Thea year from Ottawa to the new build ing it shares on Arlington Street with Federal animal disease the move was disruptive Only a handful of the top scientists in both health and animal diseases relocated and triggered expensive hiring com petitions to fill the in addition to people have not been found yet to Lead the sexually transmitted diseases lab or the Section of bacteriology which oversees to and Hospital Wendy director of the microbiology said she has already done one search which combined a National and International Call for applications for a head of the to the 20 respondents people just finishing their degrees or with no More the Foeldi Johnson there were no senior people that while the labs problems wont be Felt immediately by Street level tuberculosis Earl Hershfield said a lengthy lag in getting the Feder Al program on its feet does have future director of to control in said health sciences Cen tres microbiology lab serves the provincial program but provinces rely on the Federal lab for expertise when solving Tough cases or As Well As for research into the disease and new tests that come of private the problem will be three to five years from now if the Federal lab is not functioning Hershfield the microbiology bureaus move to Winnipeg was ordered by the mul Roney government in 1987 when health minister Jake Epp delivered the new building to boost Manitoba health sciences and technology the National Centre for foreign animal an Arm of the Dian food inspection was added As a tenant after the original it Cost the government million to build the state theart Structure and move people and equipment about 200 scientists and lab staff Are employed at the two disease control Johnson said the move has been rough on the health centres which she described As the supreme court of the diagnostic Field in Micro biology in this the labs help provinces identify one of the key cuts would defer million that Winnipeg has pledged to spend on the millennium Centre of knowledge in Dee co chairwoman of the Winnipeg Library said a deferral of the cites contribution kill the but could make it difficult to raise Money from private donors and other Levels of it would be a very big disappoint ment if this didst go Buch Wald until we have full promises from the especially from the it would be very difficult to move the millennium Library would be a Complete makeover of the existing downtown Centennial Library with the construction of an additional Square feet of new personal computers with internet Access for Public use and additional read ing the City had planned on donating million a year in both 1999 and it is unclear when the cites Money would materialize if Council goes Forward with the million in cuts ovei1 the next several int Harry Lazarenko said he vote against any cuts to infrastructure these Are projects that Council has already Lazarenko Mynarski to Cut these now just wont Lazarenko said he would rather see Small tax increases than cuts to Infra Structure projects that the City desperately but John Angus said getting the cites borrowing under control should be the primary the Norbert councillor argued for a More severe Cut councillors will meet again this morning to continue deliberations on the 1999 capital Murray is hop ing to have the budget passed at next weeks Council Murray who has Long been a Strong proponent of open government Media to leave the meeting before Council began its he said he had to retract an earlier invitation to the Media because some councillors told him they would rather meet in to assess and contain scientists also carry on surveillance pro Grams of some selected examining Over the Long term How they live within certain populations or regions in the a disease that a decade ago was thought to have been almost did not attract a lot of new people to the Field until Johnson there is not a Large Pool of Canadian to experts to choose from with the expertise the National chiefs Job the pay Cheque is no the Federal ment pays Between and for chief it the pay is part of the Johnson i dont think its very by an equivalent Posi Tion in the United states probably pays closer to to she Lii Din Tutti clinic Smith Portten it Orlum a nut pts Flat so few to the Public Slit ims we acpt All Mimi inuit it 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