Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnie pc Frknk 1 Las Given a message to Chew on Farmers Buffet shows How Little they receive for their trouble by Kevin Rollason Premier Gary doer and other Las feasted on a lunch Buffet including roast Beans and but All it Cost was Don president of Keystone agricultural which sponsored the said the sad thing is that represents the entire portion the Farmer gets for their hours of hard labour and their Manitoban have the cheapest food in the but local Farmers pay the he the organization Felt the most telling Way of showing provincial politicians whats happening to Farmers was to serve them a meal to Point out the Dif Ference in Price Between restaurant food and what is paid to if youre in a restaurant for this meal and you feel sorry for the underpaid waitress and you give her 15 per cent of for a youve just Given her More than the Farmer Dewar we just came to emphasize this to the Premier Gary doer carries his plate of food a Manitoba Farmer would get Only to produce that key Stone agricultural producers people often see the Price of food go up at the grocery but most of the time the producers see Manitoba Farmers work hard and take enormous risks to bring you some of the most nutritious and cheap est food in the in they receive a surprisingly Small portion of the consumer Dewar said to either Consumers should pay More for groceries or governments should subsidize agriculture minister Rosann wow Chuk said at the meal yesterday that the province will bring up the Issue with the Federal this hits Home and it has been hitting Home for several she until our National government can persuade others to reduce we have to stand up for our doer said the province recognizes there is a problem and has been helping Farmers to right now we have a real he weve eliminated our subsidies and our competing partners have tory la Jack Penner who grows said producers get paid about 17 cents per Pound for but by the time the Beans Are processed and sold to the Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Farmers share of the Bill is Only four cents for a Side Dis sized he also said a Farmer Only gets one cent for a slice of what this demonstrates is the ques Tion of equity in the food Chain and How inequitable it is to the Penner tory la Glen Cummings As he read the noted it shows the consumer is getting a bargain at the same time the producer is going out of Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard said there might be a Way of saving Money in other areas of the Foo production Chain to Benefit leather warehouse i i its saturday 10 am to 6 pm sunday noon to 5 pm magic ii sofa Loveseat from 100s of items weve collected the largest selection of leather chairs and sectionals from our warehouses across Canada and Are Clearing them Bonus manufacturers 20 off one of All custom a kind special orders purchases floor limited so hurry pieces both pieces 1725 Ellice at Century 7749939 rimmed no dealers please of iffy Jcj i Brief Lilicy ave nut tragedy traumatizes9 girl a teen charged after a Winnipeg woman was struck and killed by a stolen truck tuesday made a Brief court appearance yesterday at Manitoba youth the 17yearold will remain in Cus Tody while her lawyer attempts to get her accepted into the residential addictions treatment program at Sag keen first Jovita a 52yearold health care aide at Tuxedo Villa nursing was killed As she was leaving her Selkirk Avenue Home at about the teen faces numerous including criminal negligence causing death and driving impaired causing death in defence lawyer Mike Cook said his teenage client is in a state of she is very very scared and overwhelmed by the whole said who visited the girl at youth Centre wednesday after she has been traumatized by the whole the girls Winston George who has also been charged in the was to appear in court yesterday Legal Aid lawyers adjourned his Case until when they May apply for Sage eng Satin continues about a dozen women staged a Satin for the second straight Day at the Sag keen first nation band office to protest substandard my daughter has been on the list since 1986 for and All the band Council do is give her the said Edna one of the leaders of the the most heavily indebted first nation in is in receiver it has a deficit of about Mil a recent audit a general Assembly meeting on Sage eng first 145 Kilometres Northeast of is scheduled for 6 to mayor plans a party mayor Glen Murray will play Santa next month for the kids of Winnipeg based soldiers on peacekeeping duties in Murray said he wants the 12 evening Christmas party to be for the children who wont see their fathers until they return Home this its the least we can Murray about 900 soldiers from the second battalion Princess Patricia Canadian Light infantry Are in Bosnia Herze making up the main Canadian Battle group patrolling an area the size of Nova parking ban in effect the cites overnight parking ban on Snow routes kicked in one second past the which extends to March prohibits parking Between 2 and 6 on All streets designated As Snow if youre unsure whether you live or work on a Snow Call the cites Public works department at All routes Are marked with Snow route River walk closed the Assiniboine River walk remains barricaded and closed to pedestrians because of High River Levels and unsafe ice there is currently a very level layer of ice covering the which is very said Jack the cites superintendent of North what appears to be a solid surface suitable for walking is in fact very in a Lubinski said water lev Els under the ice have creating a void known As ice a person breaking through the ice would get wet feet and should the person be walking at or beyond the outer Edge of the they could be exposed to much deeper water and a life threatening he officer gets reprimand the senior Security officer at Canad an air Force Headquarters was found guilty yesterday on All four counts of falsifying military but received a reprimand on his file instead of prison Tony senior Security officer at Winnipeg 1 Canadian air division was charged after an incident last january when he filed travel documents to attend the funeral of a colleague in prostate therapy coming men in the Early stages of prostate cancer will no longer have to travel outside Manitoba to take advantage of a less invasive and far less form of prostate previously available in the United states and a handful of Canadian will now be available health minister Dave Chomiak announced the province is providing a year to operate the program through cancer care another is being provided to Coyer the Cost of equipment and the program is expected to get under Way Early next ;