Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 27, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press february 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 feds sprout new farm Aid Vanclief expected to air package thursday producers want by Paul Samyn Ottawa Federal agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief is putting the finishing touches on a new barmaid package that producers Are hoping will be Worth million a Vanclief is expected to make the announcement thursday when he Speaks to the annual meeting of the Canadian federation of agriculture in the nations i have already made a proposal to Cabinet and we Are working on that proposal with my Cabinet Van Clief said i am not about to divulge what i have proposed to but it is a package that if will be very help Ful to both the immediate and the Long term needs of the Vanclief said prime minister Jean Chretien knows the urgency of the situation facing adding we Are moving As quickly As we possibly can on it because we know the need for some further federation president Bob Friesen said Cash strapped producers have made Clear that million is needed and that the payment should flow through exist ing Aid we have been asking for an addition Al million a year and we Are hoping that he will hit pretty close to Mil said who farms near Friesen said it is hoped the provinces would kick in an additional million to push the annual Aid to he said the funding should be directed toward Grain and oilseed who have been hardest hit by falling Manitoba agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk said some estimates have shown that million is needed to bail out the provinces we need a Short term solution to address this she the imme Diate Issue is How Are those Farmers going to put a crop in the ground this Spring Wowchuk said provincial agriculture ministers Are to meet with Vanclief in March and will want to hear details of his new proposal before they decide what role to it is the Federal government which has to come up with a Short term Solu a possible barmaid package comes As producers across the country step up pressure on Federal and provincial Politi Farmers rallied on parliament Hill last month and recently targeted the Mani Toba legislature to push for More Manitoba Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard is in Ottawa this week with Manitoba farm ers pushing for Federal Manitoba Farmers crop receipts fell to the lowest level in six years last dragged Down by Low Grain and oilseed Joe free press bar naked no strings attached Melinda Smith shows her guitar to the bar naked which is As close As the band got to an instrument with their equip ment and props delayed in Northwestern Ontario by Snow closed the pop group found itself in Winnipeg without a they spent the noon hour at the Polo Park shopping the mall declined the groups offer to perform in the Centre band members front right to Steven Jim Tyler Kevin Hearne and de superbug afflicts Victoria general patients by Paul Mckie a superbug that is immune to nearly All antibiotics has hit a Winnipeg Hospital and sent five patients into the fifth floor of the Victoria general has been stricken by Tant staphylococci or since the the infection is a minor Bug for most but its a Nightmare for hospitals because the drug resistant infection attacks people with weakened immune Ray ceo and president of Victoria said the five patients Are in isolation and going through treat which can take Days or they will remain isolated As Long As they test positive for said visitors to the which is the fam ily Medicine have to Wash and Don gowns and Jim Haslam visited his wife at the hos Pital on Friday when he had to gown Haslam said even food is brought onto the floor on disposable Racette said the mrsa outbreak is the hospitals a patient who was Dis charged two weeks ago was known to have the infection and a routine screen ing was done two weeks after that patient was that when the five newly infected patients were Dis Racette said the isolation was1 imposed he said the hos Pital will Check in another two weeks to see whether theres any Trace of the infection before the patients Are Dis As Many As a dozen patients at seven Oaks general Hospital had to be isolated because of mrsa last Boni face general Hospital closed two wards for More than two months in 1998 because of an mrsa a neomycin is the Only drug that works on but critics argue one of the reasons mrsa is Tough to fight is the growth in resistance to Racette said mrsa is More prevalent in the he said Victoria has a screen ing procedure for patients who have been in hospitals woman arrested in bizarre abduction by hike Mclntyre a woman has been arrested Fol lowing a bizarre weekend incident that police say began when two Young Ages 10 and were kidnapped by a stranger in Broad Daylight from an intercity the who Are were then forced to were held captive inside a Home and were beaten before they were let according to Winnipeg we Are very upset by this and dont know what to think about the father of the youngest girl told the free press we dont know her at he said of the alleged who also threatened to Force his daughter and her Cousin to work the Paula was arrested sunday and charged with nine including forcible robbery and the resident of Garden Hill first nation is being held in custody and is expected to appear in a Winnipeg courtroom this Gord Hudson said the two girls were standing outside a Home in the 900 Block of Sher Brook Street at about 4 Fri Day when they were approached by an unknown she initially asked the girls for a then demanded their jackets and a purse when they did it have said the woman then grabbed the girls and ordered them to come with he she took the pair to nearby Mey ers drug and allegedly forced them to steal some makeup and other personal items for the woman then took the Young girls to a Home in the 400 Block of Ross said once she showed them a variety of including brass Knuckles and an he she then began punching and kicking the who suffered bruising and swelling around her the 11yearold was also slapped in the face but suffered no physical Hudson the incident ended at about 6 when a relative of the woman returned Home and allowed the two girls to said she just ran into the Home All bloodied and said what the father of the 10yearold he immediately called following a Brief the woman was arrested Early sunday i cant say Ive seen something like this especially when they Are not known to each said police have established no motive for the incident and Are continuing to trustees want help to buy play structures by Nick Martin Winnipeg one trustees Are leaning on education minister Drew Caldwell and City Council to pay a big chunk of a potential Bill for new school trustee Mike Babinsky receiving rare support from his fellow school Board members said last night its up to the province to playground structures essential equipment and Eli Gible for the capital funding approved each year by the Public schools finance building an elementary school with out play its like building doors without the door Babin sky were talking Over the division has ordered that 17 schools have All or significant portions of their play structures removed because they fall Short of the stringent guidelines approved by the Canadian standards association in structures Cost around and can run or More to be much of the costs Are covered by parents who spend years raising funds through Doort door chocolate Hotdog Days and Community i could never understand How play structures were the responsibility of the said trustee Mario who urged the doer government to provide annual funding for maintenance and replacement of this is very costly equipment said trustee Betty she said playground structures Are Community gathering and recreational places and need significant financial support from City Audrey co chairman of the Isaac Brock school Parent said her schools families Are furious that Isaac Brock didst share in of Winnipeg development agreement Money divvied up among six schools for Structure Isaac Brock lost its Structure two years and with an average family income of a fundraising in the area is a huge Paynter it has taken us two years to raise and families Are pretty much tapped there has to be a limit to what we can expect from the parents of a a play Structure should not be a Lulu said trustee Kristine Barr said kids ability to play be based on neighbourhood affluence we have a really inequitable kids from Rich families have a place to play poor kids Are left with play structures Are important for an entire agreed Board chair woman Liz Royal from y flights daily flights w0eky it flights week Fly 9 lot with royals frequency and youll get there on time and on Book online at or Call aeroplane races quoted Are for one Way ares and Are subject to inventory add Nav fuel surcharge and applicable no Advance booking or minimum stay bookings May to changed or a Foo arid Are All lights Are to Aero pow is a 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