Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 20, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba As local regional Winnipeg Swik Makr 2000 health Centre in Laurent put on hold assisted living units on former Convent site no longer a priority for officials say by Carol Sanders Laurent is praying the province has a change of heart and keeps its Promise to Resur rect the towns old Convent As a Community health the Interlake regional health authority Irha told the pm yester Day the department of health has deferred the when the last of the nuns left the roman Catholic Convent in the town several years they sold their build ing and land appraised at to the the municipality bought the property in 1999 for just Complete with an Arbour that Home to stations of the a shrine to the Virgin Mary and a Pagoda shaped it was to become the new Home of the Laurent Community health with assisted living units on the main floor and medical offices on the lower weve been working on it for about two said Bernice trea surer of Laurents Community development which has been driving the about has been spent on the renovation so she but now the project is no longer a priority for the health officials our understanding is we have to re prioritize said Doreen vice president of planning for the funding for the project was initially approved by the former tory govern with another major chunk of Cash coming from Ottawa to support the bilingual Community in the feds pledged and the province in july the nip govern ment announced that funds for main Taining existing healthcare services will take priority Over funds for new buildings and health minis Ter Dave Chomiak was out of the City and unavailable for comment yester Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Laurent needs assisted living units for the elderly As Well As proper medical office Johnson Fay said they will submit it with their funding requests for next she said the Community will be reimbursed for design costs it has paid out so its the first assisted living project of its kind in our the Community development Centre had plans to set up four assisted living suites plus one respite care unit for seniors and others in town who need some they May Only need Assis Tance with a Bath or she the basement of the foot building would House medical offices that now share space with the pm we dont have a proper said for a doctor visits the town three times a along with a Home care coordinator three morn Ings a and they both hang their shingles at the town there Are people living in the pm 80 Kilometres Northwest of Winnipeg on the shores of Lake said there is a growing need for the kind of assisted living project the cd was she we have a lot of Home care housing a number of people under one roof would save the Interlake regional health authority Irha Money in the Long said Fay said Laurent took the Initia Tive and put a lot of planning into the Home to get it where it is today wide open and ready for without provincial capital funding to renovate the basement and from leasing that space to health pro Johnson said she Doest think the cd will have the Money to renovate and operate the upstairs assisted living labour safety and Auto workers on Agenda for Mil convention by Paul Mckie More than 500 labour activists will gather in bran Don tonight to discuss labour workplace safety and what to do about Buzz delegates to the 36th convention of the Manitoba federation of labour arrive in Brandon tonight for debates and the Odd raised voice at the Keystone Given that Canadian labour Congress president Ken Georgetti is the first guest speaker one of the Pivotal debates at the convention will Centre on the future of the Canadian Auto work Lead by on july 1 the Csc issued sanctions against the Caw for breaking Csc rules on or Union members from other its probably the greatest event in the congresses history since the Early 70s when the building trades split said mfrs John Doyle of the Caw Doyle confirmed that because of Csc the Caw cannot attend the Mil what wont be discussed at the convention is an Mil proposal issued during the heated debate Over the nip governments Bill affiliated locals have sent in 150 resolutions to be debated Over the biennial Doyle anticipates much of the discussion will revolve around the nip and labour legislation in the with a labour Friendly government in Power the Mil delegates will hear from Premier Gary doer and labour minister Becky during the progressive conservative years the Premier Gary Filmon never attended and Darren Praznik attended once when he was labour the Mil will also release a workplace safety report on the effectiveness of joint workplace com awareness of safety issues is heightened in the Wake of the flin flon smelter Accident this sum said the convention ends at noon on Westwood collegiate reunion celebrating 40 years of memories october 2000 for tickets information 204 8850941 he boy Ardee Spaghetti sauce City Rye bread 450 g Swanson meat pies 0 Post sugar Crisp Cereal 400 g 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