Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 23, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local 2001 worked up Over Job victims demand More action to ensure safety by Helen falling when Stephen Nicholson employer was fined Only in 1996 for the com pants role in an explosion that melted 80 per cent of the skin from his the Public was the then tory provincial govern ment responded by increasing the maximum penalty under the work place safety and health act tenfold to but judges Are still imposing penal ties at the Low end of the who is studying at red River College so he can get Back into the workforce after the devastating duct cleaning believes higher fines would Send a message to employers who do not bother training their he also sees plenty of room for other changes to prevent More its As horrific As the movies can make it and its happening right Here in our he Nicholson has been touched this week by the Story of Michael Skan a 19yearold who was electrocuted in the Rural mans family went Public to promote safer workplaces As they prepare for today sentencing hearing for Clearwater Jeff de free press although Stephen Nicholson was badly burned in an ont Ejob his employer was fined Only that very easily could have been said whose parents spent three months wondering whether their own 19yearold son would Nicholson was cleaning ducts for Power vac when paint fumes he fell Down the duct and crawled out a Hatch on his own after firefighters were unable to reach he thinks All businesses should have to prove certification in All relevant safety procedures before they Are Nicholson also considers the modest Lump sum settlement he received from the workers compensation Board labour minister Becky Barrett is reviewing compensation for injured Jeff who lost two fingers in 1994 on his third Day at a Job manufacturing farm volunteers with the workers of tomorrow Campaign to teach teenagers about he gets upset when he learns that Young workers like Sanderberg Are still it makes me feel like were Bariffe flour Heads against the Wall and no Whitig is Bigan said the provinces workplace safety and health Branch should shut Down entire factories until they comply with safety nip vague on safety a14 i Brief donation boosts smoke alarm plan the fire fighters Burn fund yesterday received a donation for its smoke alarms for every baby accepting a Cheque during a news conference at the Canad inns Polo Burn fund chair Man Martin Johnson said the donation from the red River exhibition association and the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce will help Send Safe baby kits to another families with new born the kits include such things As smoke detectors and Bath water its a very costly Johnson the Money was donated from proceeds from the inaugural Canad inns Winter wonderland at red River exhibition 8yearold Paige Roy from Victoria Beach received her prize of a Sony playstation 2 after submitting the winning entry in a Winter wonderland colouring poll reveals City Drivers want police to use photo radar i traffic division to deploy sensors to locate hot speeders by Leah Janzen Winnipeg police Are hoping Public opinion coupled with statistics on Speed ing and traffic safety will bolster their argument for the need for photo radar in the police released results of a Survey conducted in Winnipeg last the Survey of 440 Drivers revealed that 82 per cent of motorists had seen other Drivers travelling at unsafe speeds on residential streets in the previous and of those 87 per cent said police should continue to explore new strategies aimed at curbing Speed Shelley Hart of the Winnipeg police service traffic division said Speed was a Factor in 25 per cent of fatal Acci dents in the City in 1999 and in 24 peo pie died behind with the pads the wheel in win we can show last 21 people were killed in traffic where theres the a with in the next Cou speeding and pie of Hart relight run said police will Lay sensor pads Nna Down on streets in Shelley the which Winnipeg will provide info police service mation on How Many cars pass Over them and at what Hart said police will use that information to determine which areas of the City Are trouble the Survey shows us people feel the need for and want us to use she with the pads we can show statistically where theres a problem with speeding and relight it will help us build a Case around whether or not we need photo Hart said the pads will also guide police to Street that appear to be mag nets for the City has already Given the Green Light to cameras that Nab relight run but the police had hoped to implement photo radar and the cameras at the same the provincial government is still studying the Issue and has yet to pass the legislation needed for police to Purchase and Start using the camera police want inquiry delay the Winnipeg police service is expected to ask Peter Cory on monday to postpone the Thomas soph now inquiry until its Vestiga Tion of a new suspect is originally slated to resume in the inquiry will sit for a special Daylong session to hear the police departments police Are concerned that testimony expected to be heard when the inquiry resumes on March 12 could taint the Case against the new chief Jack Swatski had asked jus Tice minister Gord Mackintosh to step in and delay the but Mackin Tosh said last week he would sources said yesterday that Swatski May be called As a witness during the proceedings to provide Cory with Rea sons for the the first phase of the inquiry aimed at determining How much compensation soph now should receive for the nearly four years he spent wrongly imprisoned for the 1981 murder of Barbara wrapped up in Northern changes reviewed the Northern affairs act will be reviewed to determine whether North Ern communities should have Powers and responsibilities closer to those of Southern Northern affairs minister Eric Robinson announced Northern communities currently deliver Only those local services Dele gated by the i i the act was last reviewed in but changes at that time were largely a consultation Workbook is available at Northern affairs and Community Council the department plans to hold Community forums and focus groups before completing the review in the fall of about 80 per cent of the province is unorganized territory within the jurisdiction of Northern Lockport repairs set Kraft construction company of Winnipeg has been awarded a lion contract to carry out repairs to the Andrews lock dam in the work will add 15 jobs to the local workforce with a contract lasting until March the contract includes removal and replacement of the Bot Tom sections and lifting Yoke Assem Blies of All 89 dam Bear named As new head of fish marketing body explore the Woods Winnipeg the City of Winnipeg notice of meetings East Kildonan Transcona Community committee Date february 2001 place Community committee chamber 755 Henderson Highway time regular meeting meeting of the subcommittee on Parks and recreation Public hearing to consider zoning and License matters All interested persons Are invited to attend Inga clerk Telephone 9863856 Ottawa Jim a longtime Winnipeg native Leader and was yesterday named As the new chairman of the Freshwater fish marketing the appointment will see Bear serve As chairman of the Federal Crown corporation for the next four bears experience in administration and in a leadership role within the aboriginal Community will make him an excellent chairman of the fisheries minister Herb Dhali Wal said currently a political advisor with the Southeast tribal has served in a number of leadership including Vic chief of the Assembly of first Bear replaces fellow Manitoban Sam Murdock who has been chairman of the Board of directors for five Bear was travelling to a conference in Edmonton yesterday and was unavailable for the corporation suffered through a Rocky period after the liberals appointed former Manitoba grit my Ron few Chuk As its president in from the moment he was the corporations Board expressed concern about few chunks with the Board keeping on the previous president to Mentor former fisheries minister David Anderson later admitted that personality conflicts had made for a dysfunctional system at the Aspen Oak Pine Maple Cedar fir 867 a quod 6680079 invest in something Winter clearcut 30 off in Stock steam Sauna Heaters Sauna units comes Complete with rocks controls 20 plus save on All foil instructional books Kravco Sargent Berry 7866957 Lagimodiere at Grassie 6543847 toll free 1 8006651411 Canada Premium Bond Canada savings Bond i year 1 year 2 year 3 19 annual compound Ratt of for Bond if held for 3 year 1 series 70 series 19 70 available Only until March 2001 new Canada savings Bonds youre on solid 1 800 5755151 or the minister of finance May end the Sale of Bonds at any Canada extended sales office to i25rrsp or Contact your financial advisor 1800361rrsp a saturday february a monday to february 26 to a March 1 8am to Midnight Winnipeg sales room Union phone 9257777 for up 8 am to 8pm Crocus investment fund bringing your investments Home ;