Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 15, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Iii 2000 local a11 Rich got door got poorer from 19801995 r wage Gap grew most in Winnipeg Sta scan the Gap Between the Rich and poor in Winnipeg widened Over a 15 year the biggest change among the country largest a new study coauthored by analysts at statistics Canada showed that Between 1980 and the employment earnings of Winnipeg poorest citizens had decreased 30 per at the same the employment earnings of its richest citizens had increased 13 per coauthor Garnett director Gen eral of stats cans analytical studies said the data does not explain Why the changes simply that they some major things Are happening in win Picot Wayne executive director of the social planning Council of said the statistical data Are Only catching up with the real weve gone through a period of dramatic Helgason corporate offices have moved weve stopped brewing weve lost living wage jobs that pay an hour and were seeing a lot of jobs that pay and an visits to the food Banks have gone through the Helgason said Hes hopeful that the next which will be done next will reveal Winnipeg has turned the he said More aboriginal people have been involved in train ing programs Over the last two to three and Hes hopeful that will Lead to jobs and higher Picot said that during the 15year Peri weve lost living wage jobs that pay an hour and were seeing a lot of jobs that pay and an hour of Sta scan employment earn Ings in Winnipeg dropped on average five per cent when adjusted for Infra in the decline should have been five per cent at All income Levels but it Picot the poorest group had the largest decline and the highest income level had the highest the study found that Winnipeg experience was shared by the seven other largest cities Montre Quebec but it Wayne Helgason Picot said Toronto was a close the smallest Gap was noted in the where the employ ment earnings of the poorest residents had declined 11 per while the employ ment earnings of its wealthiest residents had increased 14 per during that employment earnings in had increased on average one per the study used census tract data to Analyse changes in neighbourhood income Picot said the study found that Between 1980 and Highland Low income families became increasingly clustered in economically similar neigh the data didst provide explanations As to Why this had Picot adding that because its census info the data is a snapshot in time for the years 1990 and ice jams Homes sandbagged As pm fights flood by Bud Robertson municipal officials in Stuart Burn have begun sandbagging Homes while blasting ice jams with dynamite to try to ease flooding on the Roseau it has definitely Judy chief administrative officer for the pm of said of the its not ice jams Are causing rare december flooding along the Roseau just North of the Canad United states four Homes Are in immediate danger and As Many As eight others along the River could be flooded if ice jams downstream dont break up Only two Homes had been sandbagged As of yesterday after Mary Matichuk Home is one of this will at least for the time said who has been warily watching the River level Rise for she the water has spread throughout her one hectare leaving Only her House and garage it looks much right said adding she plans to stay in her Home for As Long As she Reimer said the blasting appears to have done some she said we dont know what the Rivers going to officials from the emergency measures organization were in the area surveying the the municipality declared a local state of emergency in november after heavy Rains washed out roads and caused widespread flooding on several other municipalities followed Reimer said yesterday she believes the state of emergency still holds for the flooding within its All said provincial River forecaster Alf Warkentin said the River has risen a few centimetres since the water level in the area is at least 10 feet above Normal for this time of Christmas 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