Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press Streetcar on move Walter Winters removes bricks from beneath a replica of an 1897 Model Streetcar in the old Spaghetti factory building the built by Winnipeg Ger Gordon Woli Grocki 30 years is to be moved to the Canada Hast met rebate promises customers slap tour operator with 11 charges by Kevin Rollason tour operator Wayne Flett and his Canadas transportation network Are facing 11 charges of violating the business practices and local travel agents Are working with the provincial government to enact Laws to regulate the travel Winnipeg Ger Jeannine Paradis is one of 14 people on court documents who allegedly left empty handed earlier this year after Canada promised hundreds of dollars in rebates for trips they booked through the tour its the principle of the Par Adis we did get our moneys Worth on the but that not the wed still like to get our Money Paradis said she paid for a bus trip to in and expected to receive just like the company advertisement and company officials told i made the reservations and said i wanted to be on the trip with the rebate or were not Paradis said she has since seen cheaper packages advertised to the same Loca Tion via Jet instead of she said at least two people on the trip were counting on getting the Money Back in time to pay for their property in an Flett said Hes still hop ing to reimburse everyone who wants its just taking him longer than he it was a bad summer and things were very Flett if they dont want to go on a get the but Flett said these people want everything for noting they still received a trip for Only Flett denied he has been charged per but when he was told his name is on charges filed in he said his lawyer will be arguing to have the charges against him under the business practices which regulates against Consumers being misled or both Corpora As Well As company directors and can be found guilty and subject to court Aurele a spokesman for the provinces consumer said that if convicted under the business practices a firs time penalty is a maximum Fine of up to one year in Flett taking longer than Max president of the Canadian association of travel sai3 the association has received Many complaints about Canada from All Over Western we Tell them Hes not a member of the association and we cant intervene on their Johnson Johnson said the association has been working for several months with the provincial government to set up Laws to govern the travel this province is totally unregulated for Johnson were working with the provincial government to bring in within the next six to 12 months regulations that will with some were going to be Able to look at things like bonding of tour Manitoba Hydro pledges to keep rates stable Manitoba Hydro pledged yesterday to keep rates stable with no increase in electricity rates next a statement from the Utility said this Marks the fifth year in a Row of holding the line on making the rates among the lowest in Canada and among the Low est in the at the same rates for some Manitoba Hydro customers will actually dip in the coming year in keep ing with the doer government throne speech this which promised uni form rates for residential and Commer Cial customers number crunchers at the Utility say the new Standard rate will Likely mean householders in towns and villages outside Winnipeg will see a a month drop in customers on farms and in other Rural areas will see a month drop in their Bills once the Mea sure takes Small and medium sized commercial customers can also expect reductions to a smaller degree As rates move to Winnipeg the Utility is saddled with a High debt but the Utility statement credits a robust Market for electricity exports for its Good exports resulted in record revenues of million in the fiscal year that ended March families May launch lawsuit in baby deaths parents meeting with lawyer today by Alexandra Paul eleven of the 12 families whose babies died in an ill fated Pec i Atric cardiac surgery unit at health sciences Centre Are meeting with a lawyer today to discuss a Poten tial multimillion Dollar lawsuit against the province and the the babies deaths in 1994 led to the longest inquest in Canadian lawyer Paul Walsh confirmed yester Day a preliminary meeting is set this morning to discuss possible Legal the Legal action is the latest to be raised in an Arena quickly becoming crowded with compensation bids for the parents of the babies who there Are definitely 11 families interested in going in to talk with Paul said Margaret the grandmother of Ashton Feakes who was among the 12 babies who died after botched the Only Parent not involved is Lau Rie who lost her she could not be reached for a separate compensation request has been filed directly with the in a recommendation last month in a report on the deaths by associate provincial court judge Murray sin who led the inquest through 30 months of called for compensation for the parents in his 516page and separate civil lawsuits have also been filed on behalf of five of the 12 fam Walsh has said he believes the parents and pursue collective Legal action As a group and exact punitive and exemplary damages of million per Ashton Feakes grandmother mar Garet interested in meeting lawyer Walsh offered to handle the group Case on a contingency fee saying he would waive whatever the parents receive in their separate Solace that Means he would take a yet to be of any award he wins in punitive damages for the officials with the Winnipeg regional health authority and the health sciences Centre have extended apologies to the saying they expect the authority and the doer government will consider a financial compensation pack Manitoba Law Reform commission issued a recent report that called for compensation to Rise from the current limit of to each for Par spouses and Chil it argued the lower set by the Manitoba court of had been blamed for dissuading parents from launching expensive lawsuits Over Chil Drens of the 12 children who died after heart surgery at Hsc performed by Jonah Odim in Only one death has been acceptably Sinclair evidence at the hearings painted an alarming portrait of the surgery pro Replete with institutional wage dispute drives attorneys to strike vote by Mike Mclntyre Manitoba Crown attorneys were expected to take a strike vote late yesterday in response to a contract if a strike is it will be the first of its kind in Manitoba and threat ens to cripple the criminal Justice sys nearly 140 members of the Manitoba association of Crown attorneys including 78 Crown prosecutors have been working without a Deal since despite 17 separate bargaining ses they remain Miles apart with the provincial government Over the key Issue of crowns Are seeking a pay hike in the Range of 20 to 35 per while the government is offering an annual increase of just Over two per along with a onetime bump three per the raise being sought by the Crown would put them on the same level As fed eral Crown crowns say anger and resentment have been growing As their workloads increase but their pay remains a scathing external report was released last month which showed numerous problems in the prosecutions mainly dealing with a Lack of Justice minister Gord Mackintosh announced a action plan to address some of the major including the addition of eight support staff and two new who will be hired an office manager has also been brought in to restore some order to the Maca figures show Manitoba crowns Are paid in the Range of to they Are asking for starting salaries to be increased to while top wages would maximize at just Over huge savings on a great selection of Low mileage pm cars 1999 Cavalier 4 Auto rear window defrost and 5 to choose from 8000 grand prix 4 Auto overdrive Power aluminium wheels and mb523 1999 Jimmy 4 4x4 Auto overdrive roof tinted aluminium rear 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