Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba Flyer in today paper Winnipeg Subj criers Only the weather evening High Low details on Page d10 inside Transfer Date set Gary doer and Defeated conserva Tive Premier Gary Filmon met privately yesterday before doer emerged alone to say the reins of Power will be turned Over to his help wanted the new Agency charged with reinvigorating Down town says it needs significant support from the Federal Jand provincial governments to do its Job fewer kids in hotels the number of troubled kids living in hotels is dropping after spiking to record highs this and child and family services officials Are counting on the return to a centralized system to continue the trend City crime rate drops crime was Down four per cent Overall in Winnipeg in police chief Jack Swatski reported yes crediting aging curfew Laws and prevention Initia Tives for the drop dam does her Justice the ramp says Dan evidence allowed them to Lay a charge in connection with the brutal rape of a 14yearold girl More than a year ago in Garden Hill celebrities in order film director atom Egoyan and opera Singer Ben Heppner were among 54 canadians invested with the order of Canada the last such ceremony for Romeo Leblanc before he retires space tourism eyed travel and lodging companies Are taking their first serious look at space including Hilton hotels which is considering putting a hotel in orbit within 15 to 20 years George Scott dead actor George who won an Oscar in the role of George has died at age 71 today in your City Andy Sochansky West end Cul Tural 8 at the sounds of the 20th Century Festi Val sos Celebration of the greatest music of the past 100 including Orff s Carmina Gershwin rhapsody in and croplands fan fare for the common Centennial concert 8 festival passes at symbiosis fusion of african and modern Gas station 8 Index local Canada world in life net Reader and Ann sports to vanishes on Mars bombers the riders your game Day package Winnipeg free press garbage Day 1 school Day 1 september fire hydrant Art a Hazard Marc free press Toni Toews with daughter Georgee and Eeyore cartoon masterpieces no laughing says City fire official by Patricia Zytnick for the free press a City woman efforts to Spruce up her Neighbour Hood by painting Assini Boine Avenue fire hydrants with colourful cartoon characters has the fire department crying Haz Bill Deputy fire says he appreciates the desire to dress up a but tampering with the hydrants could put peo ple at City hydrants Are Colour coded Blue or red firefighters know How much water they can draw on in a he i cartoon characters look great for the but our people count on the Colour to Tell them the size of the water because a larger fire needs a larger water Burton now if there painted in whatever fashion away from it reduces our ability to know what we can expect from a hydrant and could be a safety since Toni Toews has painted about a dozen fire hydrants to look like cartoon she has permission from the City and says Shes doing it on her own time As a contribution to the continued please see id like Exa Irman giving up vaccine fight Kipling to plead guilty to avoid Strain of a court martial by Paul Samyn National reporter Ottawa a former Winnipeg airman is set to plead guilty to disobeying an order to receive an anthrax Hes doing it to avoid the Cost and mental anguish of a court the Only reason i am preparing to plead guilty is because i cannot afford it and i dont want to put my family through said Mike a 26 year air Force Veteran who retired this the a sergeant is facing a court martial at the end of november for refusing an anthrax vaccine while on duty in the persian Gulf in the 45yearold father of two faces a maximum two year sentence in a Mil itary jail for disobeying an order that required All military personnel stationed in the Gulf to receive the vac Hopes for a Legal defence fund ended with Only about for who worked at a Waterside to earn Money this Legal fees for the court martial could easily hit Money Kipling said he possibly who admits the ordeal has taken a toll on him and his said he rejected the offer of a free lawyer the military would have provided because the hearing would then amount to Little More than a Kanga Roo he said he is banking on a guilty plea leading to a Fine instead of a prison i dont think they would throw me in Del the military prosecutor in the said that because file photo i dont want to put my family through this Mike Kipling of a cloak of confidentiality Over the she say whether there have been any discussions about a plea what i can say is that if he pleads not guilty on the morning of the court then there will be a Fullerton Kipling has been charged under 126 of the National defence act with wilfully and without reasonable excuse refusing to submit to an order for a vaccination in March continued please see real estate company buying Portage place shopping Centre by Martin Cash business reporter Portage place shopping Cen tre is about to be sold to a Large real estate company whose presence in Winnipeg is seen As a significant vote of Confidence for the future vitality of the downtown Portage Avenue Industry sources confirmed that the potential buyer is the Ellman Compa Nies of a private company that has been a successful real estate investor in Canada and the buy ing near empty shopping centres in the late 80s and making them prof Ellman is currently working on the million us development of a new Arena for the Phoenix coyotes among other it owns the Mil lion Square foot atrium on Bay in downtown Toronto where a unique Square foot electronic Adver Tising Tower has just been the Price tag on the downtown built in the late 80s after a series of controversial is rumoured to be Between million and the mall currently has a mortgage of about continued please see Alcock say City would be Hurt if proposed airline merger goes ahead Onex bid alarms Winnipeg maps by Paul Samyn National reporter Ottawa political alarm Bells Are being sounded about the eco nomic hit Winnipeg might take if the proposed Onex takeover of air Canada takes Winnipeg Liberal maps John Harvard and Reg Alcock yesterday attacked the billion proposal to merge the coun try two major airlines As a huge blow for the City and Canadas ability to control its and Alcock went one questioning the role Federal transport min ister David Collenette is playing in the think David Collenette has badly miscalculated this Winnipeg South Liberal my Reg criticizing the Federal transport ministers role in the Onex bid to take Over air Canada air i think Collenette has badly miscalculated this said Alcock Winnipeg at the heart of Harvard and Alcocks concerns is air Canadas Siz Able role in Winnipeg through its maintenance facility at the Airport As Well As computer and Call Cen tre operations the coun try largest airline has nearly employees in Winnipeg earning a pay Roll Worth their warnings had added weight with reports that the Onex bid would Likely mean the end of the jobs of people who look after air Canadas reservation Winnipeg is Home to about 200 of those which could instead be handled by the Texas based com Puter reservation system controlled by american which backs the Onex continued please see ;