Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weve got news Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 City snubs oks gravel plan Council gives itself the inside track construction Industry vows to fight by Bruce Owen the City of Winnipeg became a major player in the gravel Busi Ness yesterday despite objections from All quarters of the business with City Union members at the the cites Birds Hill gravel pit will now go Toet Otoe with the private competing to sell gravel on an already cutthroat heavy construction Industry heavy who came out in Force yesterday to deter City Council from getting into the new say take on the City any Way they now we take them on in the mar said Inland Aggregates offi Cial Bob its not conceivable Well Roll Over and give business to the Well and that Means a Price it also Means Small and medium sized gravel Supply companies will get hit hard As they vie for business against the City and bigger the big players will dig in their heels and said Jay pres ident of the heavy equipment rental association of its the smaller companies that will feel the some might have to abandon City councillors approved the gravel pit plan in an 114 vote yesterday after a Day of debate on the merits of the City competing against private the approval Means the City can now go under the name glacial Sand and gravel special operating to fix and charge prices fates and fees for aggregate produce mined out of its Pine Ridge area gravel about 150 people working in the local Industry sat through councils and left shaking their Heads that they now Haye to fight for business against their local opponents to the plan included the Manitoba heavy construction Assoc the Winnipeg chamber of com the Canadian federation of Independent business and the Canad an taxpayers what also galled them is that glacial Sand and gravel get preferential treatment from the City Over the next three years As it gets into its appalling that the the visionaries of our City will decide what game will be played and what the rules will said bit Minex paving head Boris its totally repro councillors approved the plan Mike Oshaughnessy old Kil Donan was absent after they were told it was the Best Way the City could dispose of its pit and put badly needed Revenue into City the which has easily High Quality gravel and is close to the has a life expectancy of another 20 the City Hopes it can earn at least million from the operation Over the next five years twice As much As if the City sold it now or leased it out to a private this is All about Best managing your Dan Vandal Boniface this is a Way to diversify councillors who voted against the plan were Garth Steek River Peter de Siri Edt John Prystanski Point Douglas an Shirley Tim Rudolph Glen Murray said the gravel pit operation is designed to make City government More not drive a controversy leads tories to appoint auditor Wayne free press spectators cram gallery As Murray listens to gravel debate stake through you can have a purest ideological debate about everything or you can look at the he he also said the operation needs three years to ramp up its business and during that time will be allowed to be the sole supplier of treated traffic gravel and Road base material to the City for maintenance purposes materials supplied for capital projects such As Road will continue to be obtained through the tender by Helen falling the province is considering funding a detox Centre for teenagers More than five years after concerns were raised about throwing intoxicated youths in with drunk or stoned adults picked up by Winnipeg police Are taken to the main Street project to sleep it since the Early intoxicated kids whose parents cannot be found have been thrown in i think its very scary for particularly if they Are intoxicated and con fused at the same said Carolyn acting executive director of Manitoba youth each about 350 intoxicated youths aged 12 to 18 Are held for up to 24 hours at the Manitoba youth Centre in overcrowded detention Centre not equipped to Deal with intoxicated guards say they Are submitted to searches and heavy Security designed for Young people charged with criminal guards at the overcrowded youth Cen tre objected years ago because they Felt they were not equipped to Deal with the weekend influx of Drunken teens who might have medical Manitoba Barry tuck highlighted the problem in his Annu Al report last year after being contacted by a Young woman who was taken to the youth jail by police after being treated in Hospital for drug in this years Tuckett pointed out that the Issue Haa still not been our office did not feel that the Myc was an appropriate detoxification Cen tre for he Brock said the province asked Community groups last month for proposals on establishing a youth detox its a population that not that easy to Deal so its not every group that wants to take on that she the Only proposal submitted by last weeks deadline is currently being reviewed by health and family services the turf concerns that kept the depart ments from working together effectively have started to disappear in the last few Brock theres much More of a willingness for government agencies particularly the child serv ing agencies to come together to work at solutions to police will also be asked to participate in the no budget has been established for setting up a youth detox shelter and there is no Concrete although Brock Hopes it will be a matter of months rather than years before action is the atmosphere in a detox shelter would be designed to reassure intoxicated teens and persuade them to go to Brock under the intoxicated persons detention police can take people who Are drunk or High on drugs to a designated detoxification Young people Are released to guardians or family by Helen Falldine Drunken kids May get place to sleep it off judges go to court in fight with province parking pension plan changed provincial tory Leader Stuart Mur Ray has asked an auditor to look into How the party runs elections and reports the new Leader asked Don a former Deputy to see what can be done to make sure the party abides by election i just want to ensure that under my these things dont Murray enough is elections Manitoba is reviewing spending in several Ridings during the 1999 including possible Over spending in the Rossmere Riding where Vic Toews lost his seat in the 1999 provincial Murray Toews is now in now an Alliance my for Murray has faced frequent questions about election irregularities Over the last few in elections Manitoba reported the tories had overspent by almost in the 1995 this elections Manitoba charged two tories with defaming nip candidate Tom be Makshonoff in the Interlake during the 1999 Murray then kicked one of the accused cubby Barrett out of the party for his role in a 1995 election vote rigging the constant reminders of past prob lems have interfered with Murray attempts to present a new face for the when you we rent it has its Murray As a new i want to solve these issues and move there appears to have been some con fusion in the Rossmere which was asked to account for of Cen trial tory Campaign expenses in its Finan Cial statements to elections i have asked Don to have a look at what May have gone on if its an administration or a communication prob Murray City police wont Appeal decision to continue inquiry the Winnipeg police service will not Appeal a court decision this week to continue with a judicial inquiry into the wrongful murder conviction of Thomas while police could have taken an Appeal tothe court of Queens chief Jack Swatski said yesterday they have decided not to go that earlier this retired supreme court of Canada Justice Peter who is heading the rejected the police departments bid to postpone the second stage of the police had argued that the Public inquiry could hamper their investigation of the suspect they now believe is responsible for the 1981 murder of bar Bara a Man Treyve suggested May never be charged for soph now spent almost four years in prison for Stoppels murder before being released by the police exonerated him last and since then their investigation has focused on Terry who is in prison for murdering a teenage girl in by Mike Mclntyre Manitoba provincial court judges have taken the government to court seeking changes to their contract including reinstatement of their monthly parking free parking for All provincial employees was taken away several years ago by the former Filmon but the judges argue the legislation was passed in violation of we dont want to be in court Over these said Robb the judges lawyer who pleaded their Case last week before a court of Queens Bench arguably this was something that want done the supreme court of Canada ruled in 1997 that government cannot make such changes without first consulting an arms length body called the judicial compensation the committee makes recommendations on proposed changes to who Are still free to make their own Deci if they reject any of the committees they Are required to justify their decision with written which Are reviewable by a higher in this Justice Scott Wright is presiding Over the judges application to review the rejection of their parking which they say was done with out consultation with the the judges Are also fighting changes to their pension in the provincial government agreed judges can retire with a full pen Sion after Only 23 years on the instead of the usual 35 years of because they Are usually not appointed until an older the changes were not retroactive to include sitting if the government is forced to pay full pensions to All existing it would mean an additional million in sad government lawyers argued last week the contract decisions Are fair and should not be Wright has reserved his on a great selection of Low mileage pm cars 2000 Malibu Auto overdrive Power cd split folding 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