Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 local ses6mber 1998 r Buzz eur Rife million More to be spent on Road repairs City politicians promised Raster Day to boost their spend ing on residential Road repairs by million wast on top of the million already but the increase in Money available to fix potholes comes at the same time the City is planning to Cut million from other areas of the capital budget including the controversial defer ral of a Grant to the Millen Giuin Library were essentially doing Mere work on streets than we were said Bill Clement Charle Woodfort Garry who chairs the cites fiscal issues that die Only area weve moved Council also plans to reverse a recommendation from the standing com Mittee on Public works to defer a plan to Widen Mcphillips Clement said that As a result of con earns that were raised by councillors some of the me Phillips Street project a Fol go ahead next but mitting was the top priority of councillors Over the last two Days As they deliberated behind closed doors at a working session of councillors As prevent the City from having to Bor Row any new Money next the move gets the City out of debt faster and reduces the interest charges the City will have to pay in the the cuts include the deferral of a million pledge to the millennium Library element said the City is still fitted to giving million to the millennium Library project in coming he said deferring the 1999 por Tion of the pledge wont affect the project because none of the Money was going to be spent next but the Winnipeg Library foundation says the deferral could jeopardize the expansion plans for the Centennial in order for the other Levels of government out out damned spots health Canada approves gives parents Chance against chickenpox by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter will be Able to pro Lect their children against chickenpox following yester Days announcement that the Feder Al health department has approved the i think its a Good said Stephen Moses of the provincial communicable disease control its been approved in the United states now for a couple of Moses said while the National immunization advisory committee has not yet decided whether the new vaccine part of routine child Hood people will be Able to order it through their family they have to pay for it until it becomes official policy that its rec Vari Vax was approved for healthy individuals Over a year old who Haven had manufacturer Merck Frosst of Quebec told a briefing the vaccine will be available to doctor sin Janu Barbara Law of the University of Manitoba has been studying the health and economic Impact of chickenpox locally for Law presented a paper yesterday at an immunization conference in Calgary detailing the Case of a 19monthold otherwise healthy girl who lost the lower Bone in her leg because of a bacterial infection stemming from theres this perception that chickenpox has been around a Long tune and is not a big Law told the Canadian its not As bad As but it comes a close researchers still dont How Long Vari Vax is said the vaccine appears to protect against chickenpox for at least 10 Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press Hirt says Shes nervous about vaccinating 10 had chickenpox last years in most kids under age 12 need one shot for while adults need but Law is concerned that someone who might need another vaccination and Doest get one could develop chickenpox when its More dangerous later in another vaccine would bring to 10 the number of diseases against which children Are the vaccine was introduced in the United states in 1995 following stud ies that measured the economic costs of the considered relatively it was estimated that for every Dollar spent on a vaccination pro Between and was saved including time off from work for parents who cared for sick Moses and paediatrician William de groot said the disease can have some serious Side effects they Are rare including a viral pneumonia and a form of arthritis that can make children extremely de groot said in his 25year Hes seen about four children with arthritis from i have a slightly different perception of what chickenpox one Winnipeg Mother said she is nervous about giving her baby a new in really on the Fence about that with new said Kim Mother of 10monthold Bina and you dont know what the Side effects you can get comply Hirt said Rachel got a bad Case of chickenpox in a Day before her birthday and they Felt fortunate that about three months at the didst contract the at close to 90 per cent of children get chickenpox before they Are 12 years if Only some Are fewer will gain the immunity some will continue to contract it but the disease will be caught by More older de groot Pennell fired off a letter to Council lors yesterday urging them to put the pledge Back into the capital the letter notes that the foun Dation has received two pledges from private a final list of proposed cuts will be presented today to the executive pol icy councillors vote on the 1999 capital budget next u of w to buy nearby building to House drama department in its first major expansion in More than a the University of Winnipeg has decided to spend million to move its rapidly grow ing theatre and drama department into the nearby Citadel the approved monday evening behind closed doors by the Board of is the University most significant expenditure since the Duckworth Centre was built in shifting the theatre and drama departments to the now owned by the salvation would free up badly needed space in the main Campus for the faculty of theology and an expansion of Winnipeg Colle phases Vic president of finance Graham Lane said yesterday that the project will Likely be carried out in it will be submitted to the Council on pos secondary education for funding but will undoubtedly require a major fundraising Cam there could also be a direct above ground link built Between the Citadel building and the main Lane the Purchase is scheduled to take place this new bids to snatch kids 3lice Are investigating a pos fusible link Between several recent attempted abductions and Cious vehicle sightings in the the latest occurred monday after noon when an 11yearold girl was nearly pulled into a Van in the Are of Balmoral Street and Sargent she escaped the suspect is a native about with a scar on his left Cheek and Black hair in a he was driving a older Model Rusty a similar attack took place last week on Henderson and police say Treyve received a handful of other recent reports of a Man in a Van acting suspiciously in the Vicinity of braking problem pulls new flyer buses off the Road Bald Santin staff reporter safety concerns prompted the City of Winnipeg transit department to pull 29 of its High Low floor buses off the Road 11 Days ago and they dont know when be transit director Rick Borland said Drivers were complaining that the made in Winnipeg by new flyer were veering to the right under heavy braking new flyer spokesman Rick Sebinski said his staff spent the past week examining the vehicles and concluded the problem was caused by a faulty Brake pad design in the front Vic president of sales and said he expects the prob Lem Brake pads will be fixed this week and the 29 buses will be Back on Road by the end of the that was news to who said new flyer still haunt deter mined what was causing the problem and had no idea when the buses would be Borland said new flyer returned two of the buses but his staff said there still not they did what they thought would fix the problem but it Hast solved the Borland we dont have a we dont know when be Back on the this is the first bump in the Road for new which has grown in recent years to be North americas largest manufacturer of transit new flyer has specialized in build ing state theart including Low floor whose floor can be lowered to sidewalk level to accommodate the physically challenged articulated buses two buses connected by a flexible joint and buses powered by compressed natural Sebinski said this was the second problem with the built for new flyer by a new but limited to vehicles sold Only to Sebinski said the earlier problem had affected several orders but added none of its multimillion Dollar orders had been cancelled or Borland said the latest problem is the first the cites had with new adding Hes still confident in the manufacturers ability to make a Safe Lehi 128 Adelaide is Dakota 11530 recent Uto Lut is Xvi i Alton Slijk Ivi am lion i Loibisi 23 Shmalo Christmas Sale Audi i ii Mai i scout i ions on Ouli aliu1ady Moziy Soho picks life insurance 491 Portage 7884040 we wet or twi Rufil i Felt is wu4 wit sweaters cycled h 1040 off Ivis outerwear us in 50 off Irish Corduroy pants 45 t t h u t i j t i i in 1j 2o9o cordon 837polo 7656 ;