Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free Quot a press bup aay i need a solution for math problems All grades a 3 locations evenings amp saturdays december 10, sports hoop de do the free press Community classic basketball tournament at the University of Winnipeg this week has a lot of Young players excited / i world going to the people israelis beleaguered prime minister Ehud Barak says hell resign and there will be a new vote for prime minister a a a referendum on peace / a8 the weather 08 o mainly sunny skies. High -26 Low -31 7&Quot 76639 05026 5 Gores Hopes fade after High court halts recount by Robert Russo Washington a a sharply divided . Supreme court dealt a sudden and devastating blow to Al Gores presidential Hopes halting the Florida recount and signalling it could effectively declare George w. Bush president after a hearing tomorrow. A one paragraph statement accompanying the High court order stopped just Short of saying Gores candidacy is doomed. A the issuance of the stay suggests that a majority of the court while not deciding the issues presented believe that the Petitioner has a substantial probability of Success a wrote Justice Scalia after the court voted 5-4 in favour of Bush a injunction. Gores formidable Challenge now is to persuade a single Justice in the majority to change his or her vote. If his lawyers fail the recounts that began yesterday will be annulled Bush will be declared the Winner of Florida a 25 electoral College votes and the next . President. Even if the supreme court eventually rules in Gores favour the Victory could come too late. With the clock ticking toward a dec. 12 deadline for certifying electors each passing hour represents a lost Opportunity for Gore. Continued please see recount a2 a passion for Christmas lights makes a country Yard Bright glowing snowmen Welcome visitors to the by Aleksy place which student Matthew Bialek loves to Light up each Christmas. He strings along with season students obsession grows to 25,000 bulbs and a site on the web by Paul Mckie Beausejour a the competitive spirit More than the Christmas spirit has motivated Matthew Bialek to step into the spotlight a the Glare of 25,000 Christmas lights. While the rest of us May be Content to string up a few icicle lights or maybe not even take Down the faded bulbs from Many years ago Bialek a quest to be Best has thrust him to the forefront of the festive Light season. Continued please see Bright a4 _ where to see the lights a4 Phil Hossack i Winnipeg free press Bialek with Girlfriend Erin Winnicki and brother Ryan has Christmas lights web site. Retailers forced to absorb flood hit 1999 panel urged for s. W. Man. Merchants by Bradley Bird and Helen falling Melita a merchants across the Southwest have not seen a cent of the $8.5 million in disaster Aid recommended by a tory task Force in the Wake of record rainfall in 1999. And it seems unlikely they Ever will. Melita mayor Ken Carels blames the nip government noting that a month after the report was forwarded to the province in August of 1999, the nip won Power. A there was a change in government and i think it just got lost in the but agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk said the reason is not provincial politics its Federal. She said Ottawa has refused to Cost share any program for Rural businesses that suffered when Farmers unable to seed their Fields ran out of Money to buy local goods. Unless the Federal government puts up 50 per cent a As it did in 1997 for businesses affected by the red River Valley flood she said the province will not release any funds. Wowchuk blames Ottawa a the Federal government has refused to recognize this As a disaster Quot she said adding that the province handed out More than $70 million to Farmers hit by the Rains. Some of the Federal governments share of that Money is still outstanding she said. Last May Federal Cost sharing was ruled out by a committee that included Liberal my Ron Duhamel St. Boniface. At the time the reason Given was that new farm Aid programs should be sufficient. Continued please see disaster Relief a2 29th makes a great gift older today 3362000 in Winnipeg or tall free at 18002199547 or #4444 on its mobility City seeks Federal tax credit to preserve historic Exchange by Kevin Rollason a j \ _ c la i. A the City of Winnipeg is seeking a Federal tax credit to preserve its historic Exchange District a proposed world heritage site. Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray said the City has been lobbying for the tax credit which has proved a a huge assets in some cities in the . A it allows people to write off a portion of their investments in heritage or historic properties a a Murray explained. A it would bring us up to the kind of investment programs that Many other countries Giles Bugaliskis the City a historical buildings officer said the City is also hoping the Federal government agrees to a Cost sharing program to help renovate the buildings. A a we re looking at the Federal government to make a major investment in the Exchange District a Bugaliskis said. The City created its own heritage tax credit in 1998 to encourage revitalizing downtown buildings. That program pro Vides up to a 50 per cent property tax credit for renovation work to bring older buildings Back into use. Tax credits May prove the salvation of the area even More than the More High profile Campaign to get a in world heritage site designation experts say. That a simply because such a designation does no to guarantee bags of Money from the Federal government. Lawrence Mawhinney the mayor of Lunenburg n.s., said his towns 1995 world heritage designation by Enesco garnered some Money to hire a heritage project manager and a Quarter of the Cost of erecting a Monument commemorating the designation but Little else. A there Are no magic wands to wave. The Enesco designation comes with a lot of prestige but no Cash a he said. Mawhinney said if Winnipeg can persuade Ottawa to give tax credits to help preserve heritage buildings in the Exchange such credits would also be Welcome in his 200-year-old fishing port. Winnipeg a proposal to Enesco is still in the Early stages. City Council passed a motion last year to have the Exchange already listed As a National historic site by Ottawa designated a world heritage site. Currently there Are Ionesco designated Sites in Canada including the historic District of Quebec City and la Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland site of the first Viking settlement in the Western hemisphere. Ust ones standing by ;