Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press december 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 Jeff de body free pressed owner of Casa de shows just two of Many produce items expected to soar in Fork Over More bread to get your greens California cold snap May see lettuce hit a head by Carol Sanders Caesar lovers your salad Days May be the Price of Romaine lettuce could soar to a head by the new predicts the owner of one of win Nipges largest produce at a Romaine lettuce is up Over the it sold for 13 Days said de owner of Casa de with the wholesale Price of he has to Osato said Hes not the one getting Rich on the Price hike is due to the Normal mar Ket forces of Supply and demand with weird weather in the United states severely upping the Northern California is experienc ing unusually cold weather and freezing overnight and crops to the South Are not get Ting enough warm weather to mature As quickly As they normally Osato the bad weather and increased demand could Send prices or a head while con Sumers say no to Romaine and buy other less expensive restaurant owners must have Romaine to make the salads advertised on their it happens every but this year its a Little crazier than said Shirley owner of the Star Grill she said Shes paying a Case for com pared with she normally pays this time of we just have to absorb the we dont increase our Lassie we do have a lot of regular customers and salads Are part of their Staple Joyce Hardy of Andrews said she has to have her fresh carrots and but balks at the cauliflower she saw at one National Chain store for a and tomatoes Are a terrible but the Retiree said Shell bite the Bullet for Shell pick up the cheaper Frozen version of other veg like peas and while the prices of some veggies have shot some produce is Actu ally less expensive now than it nor Mally is at this time of says the ceo of Peak of the onions and potatoes have actually seen a 10 per cent decrease in Larry Mclntosh they Are All he said they have carrots until onions until june and potatoes year round thanks to overlapping crop for other Manito bans Are at the mercy of California the Only game in town for most fresh produce in Mclntosh said they ran out of Mani Toba rutabagas since prices for the also known As have risen 25 per Casa de Fruta said its too expensive in most cases to import from countries South of a nutritionist with Manitoba Agri culture in Neepawa says its a Good time to crack open the Leaf lettuce is Rich in vitamins a and one Carrot has 20 times the amount of Vitamin a As a single serving of lettuce or Green says Lynda depart ment of agriculture foods and nutrition cabbage is also Rich in vitamins a and c As and just 39 cents a said Lowry who lives in we should turn to cabbage and carrots and potatoes at this time of Lowry unfortunately they take a Little More its a Good time to look to Sweet potatoes and she there easily prepared in the microwave and offer a variety of Colour and Peak of the markets web site Fea Tures use vegetables that Are currently in people tend to get Hung up on one kind of said try other salads pasta that use a smaller amount of other if you have one Green you can make it go a Long use lettuce As a Carrier for other vegetables that we can add to Lowry lettuce is not As terrifically nutritious As other types of smelter Tell own sides in fatal blast some flin flon residents angry no one has been held accountable by Tracy Tjaden water should never again be used to Cool or clean the flin flon smelters main reverser Atory the site of a horrific August explosion that killed one smelter worker and left several others severely that just one of 40 recommendations to come out of a joint investigation into the fatal blast conducted by Hudson Bay mining smelting and the Union representing most of its the Union will release its version of the report into the tragedy five months after a series of explosions ripped through the killing 33 year old Steve the report was expected months but the company and Union representatives agree on the wording of certain there was a and in the the company refused to sign off on the report and the Union decided to release it unilaterally Kevin who represented the United steelworkers of America on the said the company representatives walked at the wording describing events leading up to the Acci Dent and changes needed to prevent a similar one sticking Point was whether recommendations should cover All areas of the mines operation or just the the company Felt if it didst Deal with the explosion it be in the said who works in the Union representatives also stood firm on a Call to hire a full time unionized safety representative for the smelter and All other departments that handle molten two reports one by the company and another by the Union Are expect eco to be released while the recommendations Are being the report wont satisfy smelter workers and some in the Northern Community who were looking for someone to it was never our Allen the focus was to find out what happened and make recommendations to make sure it Doest happen the fact no one has been found accountable for the Accident angers some people in flin flon and increases pressure on the provincial Justice which has yet to decide if charges will be Manitoba workplace safety and health referred the findings of its investigation into the explosion to the Justice department in the widow of a worker killed in the smelter in 1996 said if charges Arent Laid in whats been described As the worst Accident in the mines the Community will be that All we really have left said Carmelle whose husband Richard died four years she said she also Hopes the govern ment levies a heavy Fine if any wrong doing by the company is losing a worker Doest seem to affect if they got a big maybe it would make a other recommendations in the report include better training for management in charge of More education for employees on their right to refuse unsafe a Clear outline of workers duties during a shutdown and use of Remote controlled machinery when breaking apart the Allen said the report did not confirm rumours that the shift Boss in charge that Day pushed workers to Spray water before it was Safe to do the report does not come out and say the company was at Allen that was not the focus of the invest Allen said the Crew was behind sched ule in the shutdown but he said it want a main concern for the they were going to make it up the plan was to take More time tap Ping out the Furnace during the Drain ing process to save time removing crusted material it still int Clear what triggered the aside from water coming into con tact with molten it could have been Allen the Brick lined reverberate by Furnace is shut dismantled and completely rebuilt once every three Allen said water has been used in the shutdown process for but no one had Ever identified the potential risks of the practice and written it into the com pants it could be that weve been dodging bullets for Allen said tension is still High at the several younger employees have joined the smelter Crew because Many involved in the explosion asked to be City expects extra million from Home based business fees by Bruce Owen Home based business fees fees Many say Are a heavy handed tax grab Are expected to earn an extra Mil lion this year for a Cash hungry City in budget documents released last the City says the licence in lieu of business tax Revenue was million Over budget As of and should go up another by year contributing to the cites million Bud get the jump also Means City tax officials have been successful in their ongoing Campaign to get More Home based Busi Nesses in Winnipeg to pay licence fees so there on Par with people who pay the per cent business its a matter of fairness and City licence policy and procedure Ana Lyst Al Mazur in the Many Home businesses escaped City but the City began cracking Down this year to get them to pay their fair share a licence fee in lieu of business plus a onetime fee for a Home occupancy the whole system starts to disintegrate if there int a fair said Garth Steek River nobody likes to pay but this is not an undue Burden on those that follow the one local business group says the payments Are nothing but a Bla Tant tax North West commercial travellers association of Canada general manager Terry Carruthers said 300 of his Mem Bers Are grudgingly paying the the association represents manufacturers agents who work mostly out of their our lawyer advised our members pay the fee under he its going to destroy our business in the my members do not have to live in this City to do agent Leo Kelsch said Hes being dinged this year because the City found out his business phone was at his in already paying enough taxes in the he its like a licence to work in Kelsch and Carruthers said their Indus try generates a lot of Money for the City through various Trade organized mostly for the apparel i have no i have no i have no employees and i dont Deal with the Kelsch but because i have a in Carruthers said some of his members Are thinking about using cell or moving out of the so there no longer targets by City tax they could All get around it by get Ting cell phones and Post office Box num Bers and the City have a leg to stand Carruthers Carruthers also said the association has thought about taking the City to court Over the adding he believes the City acted improperly when it acquired the list of manufacturer agents names document which is not Public info lawyer Doug Forbes said it was decided the Cost of fighting the fees in court would be Mazur and City zoning and permits administrator Barry Thorgrimson said the City did nothing illegal is getting the names of the they both said getting a cell phone or Post office Box wont keep the or anyone away from the Long Arm of the City Mazur said under the Law its been on the books for 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