Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg pres local s o i 2 co cd o in in u o v i i Penitentiary protest Low pay with information picket Stony Mountain pro Steffi pads held m Ira Tim mgt at toe yesterday to bring Tiff i the what to key say Are loft wages and Pear working Gorree Clotial off leers Haven had a false since 1991 and Are paid Between to lower than an ramp Union spokeswoman Linda cards cannot strike demonstrating i i the u n i v r b top Minn Anthony Prokopchuk Anthony Prokopchuk is As committed outside the classroom As in the fits Fryear University of Winnipeg student received this years Walter Leatherdale Entrance in his senior year at Edward Schreyer school he was a member of student coached three Junior High sports teams and chaired the have a heart Campaign to raise funds for aids research and also a dedicated Prokopchuk plays in the Zion lutheran Church band and the Winnipeg youth whether striking up the band or hitting the Hie University of Winnipeg applauds the ments of Anthony another demonstration of aboriginal youth take set in in skating shelter programs target teen kids at Ofak by Mike Maunder and Virginia Maracle Winnipeg aboriginal youth with initiative is Well named the group showed enough initiative this week to creak free from their parents and Start out on their the group opened new quarters monday in a tiny skating shelter in Lizzie at the Corner of Lizs sle Street and its a big step Down from the palatial offices Treyve shared for the last year with their Parent Nal Council of Winnipeg on Higgins we wanted to be Independent and operate in a Community explained coordinator Clay Thomas the Gro ii arranged the skating shelter through the and arranged for their funding to a year from Federal and provincial governments to run programs for a risk youth and prevention of teen Leeanne a Young Mother of is a pregnancy prevention worker in the this is a Good she its kids can drop two Tamara and Sabrina have already dropped in and enlisted themselves to help in the pregnancy prevention program by designing Kent believes that girls Are getting pregnant at younger Ages because there searching for give them unconditional love and because they dont really understand whats involved in having and caring for a Shes working with Public health nurses and Community groups like Mossbrook House to reach both boys and Shes one of seven workers at aboriginal youth with initiative reaching out to a political Justice worker visits the Manitoba youth Cen a cultural education worker arranges sweats and traditional outings like a Midwin society ceremony planned for the group is working with the secretariat of the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs to develop a youth Council for that the groups new location also enables new out their three offices adjoin the change room of the local we plan to put a carpet and a table in the Cen tre for workshops but keep the benches on the Wall for kids to change said weve got skates for kids who dont have Well have hot chocolate and cookies and a to in were going to organize a con test to paint murals on the Muller wants to maintain ties with their Parent group on Higgins theres a lot of Good programs he we want to continue volunteering at their conferences and working with especially on the plans for the Multi purpose youth Centre at Nee Ginan is part of the program redeveloping main Ibri tackling human rights staff Ore than 100 representatives of social service civil rights organizations will participate in a today human rights conference today and the conference will observe the 50th anniversary of the United nations Universal declaration of human rights and is sponsored by the Community Legal education a nonprofit Legal education and information group financed by the Law society of the Manitoba Law foundation and the provincial and fed eral Justice conference organizer Leo Aniceto said the opening of the conference will feature the 10th annual Manitoba human rights achievement the honour is being bestowed posthumously on the late Evan a disabled Community worker who was instrumental in bringing about Mas Sive changes in the provincial health departments Home care bail hearing delayed once 30 alleged Manitoba warriors appeared in court and once again nothing and court of Queens Bench chief Justice Benjamin Hewak has had Hewak presided Over another frustrating morning where bail applications for the accused could not be heard because of a Lack of information from the Hewak told Federal Crown attorney Clyde Bond and Crown attorney Bob Morrison he wanted the issues cleared i want the two of you to do what Ever you can to organize this said Phillips said there were some con Cerns about Hewak being the judge hearing the bail it is still not known which judge or judges approved the secret police station videotaping of the accused when they were arrested last defence lawyers dont want one of those judges hearing bail gut Hewak gestured Over to the shackled accused in the prisoners Box and said something had to be done about the bail i want you to get on with these Fellows Are sitting in they have a right to said there was also a shuffling of defence lawyers with some withdrawing from the motions tossed out Winnipeg lawyer Donald was denied his motion to quash an indictment for income tax perjury and fabricating evidence Mclver has been in custody since court of Queens Bench Justice Man Macinnes said defence arguments haunt convinced him there was a need to throw out the the judge also denied two other motions fued by Mae overs lawyer Jay had sought to sever the income tax charges from the perjury and fabricating evidence charge but mannes said his look at the evidence presented in Brief indicated there was no need to sever the he told Prober that he could apply to sever the Gage during trial if Mare information came to Prober said he May apply to sever based of avid Jcj ;