Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg free May 2000 digest Index Tarn the trials Fth Foft cum fiem buhs deaths n Jumble Ann comics spouts record them Pabe Tut Tamiment movies Hume time to Wea theft a16 at b18 c13 c13 do c12 Landers 83 62 b24 b1 b7 c18 c18 deaths Grace widow of Stotty Haakman infant sen of Mark akm Alan 6 How to i 62 of husband of Caret n of husband of Emily of Peter Alexander Sandy Hus band of Florence lilies William i advertising classified 697f7122 Milt Mitt air husband of Vera 6977230 the president of Keystone newsroom fax 16977412 my j Tuiran producers is he photo desk 6077304 husband of Betty Mccaugh sports desk 2 j entertainment 6977234 Kenneth husband of Lillian Dan Koshowsky director of human Glenn Williams 6977048 s Vuk i v flood Protection continued from Page a1 but raising those roads would also mean raising All the sidewalks and feeder streets that connect to As about 800 Homes on the River Side of the primary dikes would need their Riverbank dikes the total Cost to the City could be another Premier Gary doer has said the province will ask the City to share some of the costs of flood mayor Glen Murray has said the City cant afford Doug the cites senior plan Ning argues Winni Eggers already pay plenty for flood prevention if the cos sharing formula for the orig Inal flood Way is the built in the 1960s for was cos shared 6040 Between Ottawa and the but Mcneil Points out at least 60 per cent of the provinces share is paid by when people ask should the City con i think we Are he the City and province also have a bar gaining Chip with the Kos group of engineers Esti mates a recurrence of the 1826 flood the largest Ever recorded Here would cause almost billion in the Federal government would have to pay 90 per cent of that similar to the 1997 under the disaster financial assistance flood prevention would offset future disaster said its Early government officials dont plan to sit Down to discuss costs until after the International joint com missions report is the inc will hold three Public meetings this month in Manitoba and North Dakota before making its final one area in which there is no dispute is that Winnipeg needs better flood the inc report said the 1997 considered a pnein100year was the upper limit of what the flood Way can thel826 flood had 40 per cent More water than the 1997 weve always known about the 1826 but it seems More real now after Mcneil other flood prone regions build flood Protection systems to much higher lev Els than needed in a onein100year for the Netherlands has built Protection to handle a year flood level along its the doer government announced in its budget wednesday million to expand the Mouth of the the expansion could increase flood Way capacity by about cubic feet per about cos flowed Down the flood Way in considered the channels upper the expansion could mean the Dis placement of 27 homeowners on marys a voluntary buyout pack age is proposed for the the province is also looking at a second a restrictive which would also expand the Inlet and allow those Home owners to Topping the province could Call for tenders by fall on reconfiguring the flood Way he City workers vote 84 in favour of three year Deal the cites largest Union voted 84 per cent in favour of a three year agreement averting a major work Stop Page that would have affected a wide variety of Paul president of local 500 of the Canadian Union of Public employ Globe sets Standard said the Deal provides the foundation for the City and Union to work together to boost i think this is the framework for three years of labour he said last seasonal workers Are concerned Avail Able work will be but moist said the majority of workers satisfied with the the unions contract expired 25 and several months of negotiations failed to reached a leading to the appointment last month of mediator Wally for Sale continued from Page a1 Winnipeg neighbourhoods Are fiercely protective of their libraries and wading and an uproar has broken out every time the City has tried to close mayor Glen Murray has declared libraries and wading pools off limits for budget but Council agreed in principle during budget deliberations in March to have a look at Murray was not available for com ment Budinsky said the City realizes the initiative1 could be so an elaborate Community consultation process is being Well be talking to the Ward coun Community groups and neighbourhood he i think people will agree that there Are smaller Parks and open spaces that Are of limited value to the neighbourhood and the Park for there May be a Tot lot at the end of one Street and another one just 100 Yards do we need both can we sell one and use the Money to fix up the other one those Are some of the things Well look Budinsky said the City could save about in annual maintenance and upgrading costs for each parcel of land it the surplus land could then be used for housing or other he no decisions will be made until when a report will be he Tom executive director of the Community education develop ment association said he hoped the City want planning on eliminating any intercity Parks or Tot Simms said the Core is Short on Green space and places for kids to you often see people in the inner City with playground sets on their front lawns because their lots Are so Simms i dont think two Tot lots on one Street is too much for those City planning guidelines normally require that 10 per cent of new developments tie set aside for Public Green space and but there Are no rules protecting space in developed according to a civic Harry Lazarenko Mynarski said he will be guided by the Community in determining which Park if should be sold and for what this will be up to the people in the As far Asim con he squid so phone at Nagala Montreal the Canadian press news Agency has won National newspaper awards for its spot news coverage of an Avalanche in Northern Quebec and for a photograph of Wayne Gretzky after his last nil the Globe and mail won the most awards of any snagging four at the Nna gala its the second year running that up has taken Home the spot news considered the most prestigious it won last year for its coverage of the Swissair disaster off the coast of Nova up provides audio and video to newspapers and broadcast ers across the its also a Lead ing internet news John Stackhouse of the Globe and mail became Only the second person in the history of the Anas to win two major prizes in the same the Winner of two Previ Ous awards on his own and also As a member of a reporting picked up awards for both feature writing and International the other multiple Winner was Paul Watson of the Tow to Star in the Montreal Gazette picked up three with two for up and Montreal la the National Edmon ton Quebec cites be the Catharines Standard and Simcoe reformer received one the National posts for Colum nist Christie is the first Ever or the launched in october the Simcoe reformers local 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