Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press september 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 smile for Village am police Osborne Biz to put Eye in sky by Susan Murray residents of Osborne Village will soon be under the watch of an Eye in thanks to a Community initiative for the installation of a digital video camera at River Avenue and Osborne six Trees were removed from the Corner yesterday to make room for a Street monitoring camera that will be located in the Back Lane Between the Osborne Village cultural Centre and a strip Money for the camera was raised privately by Community police offi cer Bruce who went door to door through the area with the Day worked with the local business improvement zone Biz and Community residents to implement the in the Only officer in the area and i cant do Day the camera is just a tool to help me Man Day received written permission from the Centre to remove the Trees after a City forester determined pruning be sufficient to ensure a Clear View of the fort Rouge Jenny Gerbasi said she feels the project will be the City played no role in the Deci she All crime eventually costs the City she so we were not Asher executive director of the Osborne Village supports the project and said he Hopes it will increase both the real and perceived Ken of Oliotti Winnipeg free press six Trees were removed from River Osborne Corner to make room for the new surveillance camera Security of the according to the High traffic Corner is the site of More incidents including violence and drug deals reported to police than any other in the one major problem area is at the bus shelter at the Northwest Corner of the Asher said that five Glass panes have been broken this Winnipeg transit reported that most complaints come from senior citizens upset at the behaviour of people who take permanent residence in the we receive Many Calls from people upset about the language there hear and the clothes these kids said marketing and Cus Tomer service manager Nick Michael Matczuk is an outreach worker at powerhouse a Community organization that helps transient youths at this camera is a Complete invasion of Matczuk the Comer is a major hangout for kids who Are generally not doing anything its a earlier this City Hall rejected a request from the West end Biz for additional surveillance Cam eras in the Ellice Dan Van dal explained hed rather see the Money spent on youth province considering 25cent increase hike in minimum wage studied investors plan to build new sports Complex a group of Winnipeg investors wants to build a indoor sports com Complete with retail four Arenas and a soccer spokesman and investor Rick Lowey said the Square foot planet ice would be built on 60 acres of land across from the Golf dome on Wilkes while they would like to begin construction by 1 in order to have the space ready for the 2001 hockey Lowey said All the pieces Are not yet in theres a few More things were putting in place that Are happening in the next few Over the Lowey adding that All the Money has riot yet been i feel very con everyone is very excited about the Lowey said the just off Kenas ton has already been Pur chased and the necessary City approvals have been plans for the Complex include the four ice surfaces one olympic sized and another with indoor soc cer water sports movie cab companies want fare increase by Ian Tizzard High Gas prices Are driving City cabbies to seek an per cent hike in fares next if the hike is the Cost of a 10kilometre cab ride in Winnipeg will Rise by More than from to in april the cites major cab companies Blue and uni City submitted an application for a rate increase to the taxicab the application is schedule to be heard there Only about six months late in seeing said Tom Springman of Spring fuel costs especially have made it very hard to new wheelchair accessible and big jumps in the Cost of propane have All added to cab companies said in the last 18 months or fuel costs have almost said Duffy taxi general manager Inderjit Singh last summer propane Cost about 25 cents per it now Sells for cents a the application said the inflation adjusted incomes of cab operators and Drivers has dropped per cent since 1997 a uni City cab operator who asked not to be named agreed the increase is he said fuel is the biggest but also pulled out his insurance papers to the total for the during a typical 12hour he his earn Ings can be you take in then take put for take out for take out for repairs sometimes maybe 40 or 45 dollars is sometimes i Only Clear a its not the last fare increase was in when the taxicab Board approved a 14 per cent before the Board granted a per cent increase in Winnipeg taxicab operators say their fuel costs have almost doubled Over the last 18 by Kevin Rollason hair childrens play area and Day Lowey said they have letters of intent for All the but cant formalize lease agreements until the Complex is Lowey said that area of Winnipeg could use the additional ice surfaces and the soccer but added the investors would make their Money from leasing the retail spaces and not renting their surveys estimate Between million and three million people would walk through the complexes doors each Why he 1uwmm Winnipeg free press the doer government appears to be headed Back into the ring against local business groups As it considers boosting the provinces minimum wage another 25 cents per labour minister Becky Barrett said yesterday the Issue is still being looked and she expects an announcement to be made Barrett said the previous Filmon government accepted the first recommendation made by the Tor appointed chair of the minimum wage review Board to raise the wage from to the current per hour last she said her government is now look ing at whether to follow the chairs Sec Ond recommendation to hike the minimum wage another 25 cents per were looking at a Range of Barrett refusing to be More Spe just last with the firestorm of criticism by business Over the govern ments approval of Bill 44 still pre Mier Gary doer appeared to backtrack when asked whether the government would be looking at the minimum Bill 44 makes it easier for unions to certify and introduces a binding arbitration scheme to Settle lengthy strikes or lock Strong opposition Dan of the Canadian federa Tion of Independent said his members want to see a new review by the Board before any increase is con any increase in the minimum wage without Public consultation will be met with Strong opposition from the Small business Kelly said in a let Ter sent to Barrett and Given the acrimony created by the Lack of Consul tation on Bill Hope your government will ensure implementation of a balanced and reasonable process to setting minimum wage Kelly said he understands the Board was not unanimous with its last recommendations so the province hike the minimum wage until a new he also believes the province should look at other ways to help Low income including increasing Basic per Sonal and spousal exemptions to remove thousands from the personal income tax rather than simply raising the minimum but Manitoba federation of labour president Rob Hilliard said the Provin Cial government should just act on the boards its far too Low Hilliard Hilliard said the crib is right when it says the Board want because both its labour and business appointees had differing recommend but he pointed out the Filmon government had no problem choosing to follow Only the chairman recommend Hilliard said the government should also make it Law to ensure the minimum wage is looked at annually by the carpet Vinyl clearcut 50 Archibald St 2333061 3340 Portage ave 8892276 Lee denture clinic 274 Smith Portage Graham Avenue 943404s 9437429 service to the Public since 1955 we accept All dental insurance i to Ellal a Calle available i repairs while you wait free parking at Roar Moule factory outlet store fair Len jewelry Beauty Home 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