Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press september 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 by Carol Sanders a Man burning dead dogs in his Back Yard prompted horrified Neighbours to Call the fire humane society and City All of whom descended on his Point Douglas View executive director of the humane said the Grove Street Man was embarrassed when confronted about his she said the two Pup pies were sick with distemper or parvo virus and so the Man incinerated it want done he was concerned about disease said he Felt that was the Best Way of handling Nina who lives across the said she had no idea of what her Neighbour was up to yesterday after noon there was quite a bit of she adding she was puzzled by the presence of a pumper police and animal City officials say its against the pub Lic health act to incinerate animals but its of to dispose of them in the Tim chief operating officer of the cites animal services said if youre going to put a dead animal costly Gas blows budgets school businesses squeezed by Kevin Rollason High gasoline prices Are causing havoc for municipal school divisions and businesses across Many of whom Are threat ening to pass the higher costs on to the general the biggest Impact May be Felt at Winnipeg City where escalating gasoline costs May add As much As million to the annual fuel Tab for hundreds of civic including police fire trucks and transit Keith the cites director of corporate said the City budgeted million for gasoline this but that was before prices hit cents a litre for unleaded regular at the weve asked the departments to absorb that within their Dowdall but the City just cant absorb unexpected costs like that for we cant say How much could be passed on to the Dowdall said if gasoline prices remain departments that Are including Winnipeg Hydro and Winnipeg might have to raise their prices and taxes would go up to cover the Beautiful Plains school division is looking at a 20 per cent increase in gasoline or about Manitoba association of school trustees president key Toews said yesterday from Mast directors will discuss fuel prices when they meet Toews but school divisions need help in so Many areas that the province May not be willing to come through for Seine River school division Secre tar treasurer Shirley Rathwell said Ken Al Lioni Winnipeg free press transit worker Jim Goritsas fills bus with some increasingly costly from Anne that she budgeted last March for gasoline at cents a my fuel budget is roughly its about extra were looking at Rathwell said increases in Telephone and natural Gas rates Are also hitting school budgets Lakeshore school division is roughly the size of Prince Edward Island and spends one Dollar out of every in its budget on fuel to operate its 37 bus Secretary treasurer mar Lene Michno said from we travel about million Kilometres a she Winnipeg Consumers Are beginning to see other goods and services go up in Price due to higher gasoline Harold owner of Bones said his customers Are now eat ing a 50cent Price hike every time a pizza is ordered because of gasoline Price increases in the last Brazil said High Gas prices forced him to switch to paying his Drivers an hourly wage and cover gasoline costs instead paying on a per delivery i had to i was losing top Many Dri heed Vic president of finance for Reimer express lines said his company and others have been forced to add a gasoline sur charge to customer Bills because of the higher fuel Dave spokesman for the freight carriers association of Cana said the association is recommending its 100 member trucking companies add a per cent fuel sur charge for orders under pounds and an per cent surcharge on orders weighing More than in the you should double bag he recommended that peo ple Call an cremation ser or veterinarian to dispose of their family Moulins exterminators charges to remove a dead there is no Cere Mony or urn for cremated remains they dispose of the carcass in the a company spokesman noted that the City has a free removal service for dead Ani Mals found on Public a spokeswoman for Birchwood Ani Mal Hospital said there is a Domestic cremation service that charges for a bar Bones that Doest include the Cost of euthanizing an Ani Mal or having the ashes she said the ashes Are interred at a pet Ceme Burns said the humane society will also dispose of dead names such As Mayer pop up As signs Point toward november vote parties Don Armour for fall election by Paul Samyn Ottawa Manitoba politicians Are scrambling to ready them selves for a Federal election Campaign which May begin As Early As this weekend and could include such High profile candidates As native Leader Phil Fontaine and former agriculture min ister Charlie As rumours continue to grow that prime minister Jean Chretien is seriously considering a snap the various party machines Are being readied for a Battle that Many were betting occur until the we have a hurry up offence that we will automatically move to if there is a snap said Cyril the Canadian alliances election readiness manager who again wants to Challenge Winnipeg grit my John while the Alliance and tories dont have All their candidates in All have identified people for rid Ings in which they Are Liberal sources say former National chief of the Assembly of first is still a possible catch for the who have been running a poll with his name to test voter weighing options who insists he Doest want to be typecast As an aboriginal Candi is said to be eyeing Winnipeg South which will be vacated by for eign affairs minister Lloyd instead of Ridings with higher native populations such As he is weighing his options careful one Liberal insider a key player in the Mulroney is considering a return to the tories but not necessarily in his old Riding of which he lost to reformer Jake Hoeppner in other possible Star candidates include former Filmon Cabinet minister Jim Downey for the Norway House chief Ron Evans for the liberals in and Brandon police chief Dick who will announce today he is seeking the grit nomination in bran Chretien did nothing yesterday to Dis Pel talks of a fall election As he toyed with today we Are one Day closer to an Chretien there will be an election when i announce an election and i will Tell you what the reasons caucus favours Spring voting dates under consideration apparently include 20 and As the minimum Campaign period by Law is 36 a 6 vote would require Chretien to pull the on parliament by while Chretien is apparently pushing for a fall his caucus continues to favour waiting until Spring when the government would be closer to its fourth if the prime minister were to Call an election we Are ready to said Harvard the chairman of the Manitoba Liberal Cau but Are we As ready As we would be in a utopian situation there is no great danger in terms of waiting until april and that is the View of most of my Winnipeg nip my Bill Blaikie also said his party fortunes in Manitoba would improve in the Blaikie Winnipeg Transcona said Chretien risks appearing too opportunistic if he runs this fall after Little More than three years into his second you have to take it talk of a fall elec Tion but i still believe it will be the Brandon Sotiris my Rick Boro Tsik said Manitoba tories will also be but admits the race wont be easy for his troubled i wish we could say we Are going into this election in Manitoba with All sorts of but i said the sole tory my in Western possibility raised of second vote on heading Ley Casino by Kim Guttormson the Rural municipality of heading Ley is readying itself to hold a second Public vote on a controversial aboriginal Casino despite a Strong message from the province the development May be Wilf Tallieu said if Swan Lake first nation can demonstrate a shift in sup port for the proposed red Sands which would include a a second vote could be Council feels the first vote was not informed Tallieu in a vote earlier this 85 per cent in heading Ley were against a Casino in their when that first vote was Swan Lake was under restrictions about How much of its plans they could release to the they have since launched a Glossy Campaign to change Community they have since become one of five native communities Given the Okay by the provincial government to explore building casinos outside of a provincial selection committee reported the with 120 a Pool and entertain ment and conference facility and Casi was the most promising proposal the province has said it wont approve a Casino if the Community Doest support in a letter sent to the heading Ley coun cil Steve the minis Ter responsible for acknowledged the results of the april our government understands and respects citizens concerns with regard to the Casino development Accord our government intends to respect the viewpoint and will expressed by the majority of voters in heading Ley earlier this the letter i appreciate 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