Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 East Paul rails against Bigboy mall Valdos Aihan a largely hostile crowd of about 200 East Paul residents shouted out their objections to a proposed Bigboy shop Ping Complex last night the tue do businessman behind the project said he wont give up on the i dont know if this group tonight is representative of the whole commune said Marshall who owns the 69acre freed said he hosted the at the East Paul to inform Resi dents of his plans and to gauge their sup port but he said at its conclusion that he wanted to hold More residents said the project was Annec Given the proximity of other major shopping complexes in and out of step with the Community Rural they were also worried about the potential for increased traffic and crime the project would Many residents said the municipal Tys development plan had designated feeds which has been in his fam ily for 45 for future residential adding it should be devel area resident Warren a professional commercial property appraise said he a queved the project would drop the value of adjoining Homes Between 10 per cent and 15 per adding the consensus in the Industry is that Winnipeg cant support such a com real estate broker Marcel who is working with freed on the pro said people live within a one mile radius of the site and the shopping Complex would serve in convinced it will chartier editorial big Box pox a12 Willog Pogo films investors spurn Manitoba Ogo Pogo May not surface in Manitoba after the feature film about the mythical Lake creature was to have been filmed in the White Shell this but Kim president of original Pic which was to be in charge of the nine week said the films euro Pean investors Are having second they Are reevaluating Manitoba As a she said Todd said she could not reveal the backers but said More should be known by Early next Ogo Pogo to have been Manitoba largest film project to More than 100 local Crew members were to be hired for the As Well As trainees through film training if it goes its estimated the project will inject up to million into the Manitoba Ken Violiotti free press Ken Simpson wants fair and equitable taxes on property taxes Condo owners protest demonstrators demand equitable rates by Candice Bodnaruk about 400 angry Winnipeg Condo minium owners took their property tax protest to the legislature members of the concerned con Dominium owners of Winnipeg presented a petition demanding lower municipal and school property i which they say Are unfair to Condo Doug Madden said when he moved into a Condo in Transcona he was shocked by the property taxes he had to he said he did not do enough research when he decided to buy we hardly get any services from the he Madden said he pays in taxes annually on his foot but a relative of his in Alberta pays Only in taxes for a similar Madden said he is paying almost More in taxes than when he lived in a Harold another said condominium owners Are pay ing property taxes for municipal ser vices they do not As Snow removal and garbage Condo owners have to pay separate fees to condominium boards for those ser he no one has Ever questioned he he said the other problem is that condominiums Are often assessed at a higher level than Granke said developers attending yester Days rally cant seljuk their units because they Are dropping in Ken chairman of the protest it got the Atten Tion of politicians at the we Are requesting a fair and Equi table level of he family services and housing min ister Tim Sale said the Condo owners made a Strong Sale said if assessment rates Are reduced on con that Burden will have to be shifted to other according to the protest the average condominium owner in Winnipeg pays in property condos Are currently assessed at 43 per cent of their the pro testers want that rate to return to the 1990 level of 33 per first nations to get from Ottawa fund to help boost economic development a positive Assembly of Manitoba chiefs by Paul Samyn Ottawa Manitoba first nations communities will share in a new Federal fund to be announced today to help boost aboriginal economic Federal and native sources confirmed the announcement to be made in Winnipeg by Indian affairs minister Bob Nault that will double the amount of Money Ottawa is spending on aboriginal Job creation and other programs this economic development and employ ment is a big Issue on so this will be a chief Rod head of the Assembly of Manitoba said last Canadas aboriginal communities suf Fer from sky High unemployment rates and a dearth of economic aboriginal leaders have Long complained that while the Federal government spends about billion annually on social assistance for first Little goes toward encouraging economic develop the onetime which will be available to first nations across the is an attempt by Ottawa to turn around that funding what is beginning As a onetime pay ment could grow in subsequent years As the department evaluates How Success Ful the investment while details Are the fund will work through existing programs As Well As new it is believed Nault wants the Money to help encourage partnerships with both the Public and Pri vate the Money will not be allocated on a per capita which would have meant Manitoba 61 reserves would receive about 10 per cent of the the focus will be on Strate Gic Bushie said Hes worried the Money May be spread too thin across the coun you Are looking at 633 first nations across he the Assembly of first nations Calls the announcement a sign government is finally getting the message that More spending on economic development is the government has understood that the Way to react is to help develop opportunities for people instead of handing out social said Jean an this is recognition from the govern ments part that they need to do More in the economic development feds give boost to Hep c research in City by Paul Samyn Ottawa the Manitoba search for a cure for hepatitis will receive a boost in an announcement to be made at the health sciences the Feder al government will make the contribution towards a new chair in liver this will be a real shot in the Arm and we Are extremely pleased with the fed eral government support in this Gerald the director of the liver diseases unit at said yester the which comes from a million fund for hepatitis c prevention support and will be directed towards the establishment of a lion research chair involving the Hsc and the University of we will be in a position to select from some of the top researchers in the Minuk Hsc and the u of m have a liver research partnership that Minuk said has a National and International repute i senior Manitoba my Lloyd Axworthy said the funding for the research partnership is part of the Federal govern ments commitment to not Only fund medicare but also initiatives which improve the health of Winnipeg is an excellent location for this Axworthy we have a lot of research expertise and institutions that make it Ideal for the partnership to health minister Allan Rock said the announcement is part of a government commitment to double its investment in health hepatitis c is a blood borne disease that can seriously damage the it is estimated that up to per cent of the Canadian population carry the Gimli fish 10 Salmon steaks 20 100 Tiger shrimp 20 10 lobster tails 15 prices effective May we pack for travel 596 Dufferin 5893474 nesting tables available in 4 melamine tops and i 9 painted bases Srp our Price too it i Corey design 329 Cumberland Moule i 5070 off fashion jewelry Beauty Home factory outlet store 75 Albert Street j sur shot i Ultra 35 my camera with a 38120mm Power zoom Lens elegant durable aluminium body cover fully automatic operation with convenient 7mode Best shot dial cutting Edge technology includes 3 Point dual hybrid Ashe Cal optics and Light guide lash caption Model imprints time one of 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