Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weve got local news saturday free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 the Pas Mill shuts Down 600 jobless Tolko closes Sawmill logging operations but company officials say its temporary Phil Hossack free press Wendy Cheng and Nick Kowalyk hang on As Matthew Boivin pushes them and their Concrete sled off the lip of the f Goodway at Dugald lifes All downhill for students piloting their Concrete toboggans by Nick Martin Sean Mahood was pretty sure hed survive his first downhill trip in Green Tangerine As sure As you can be when taking a Concrete Toboggan for its first but Mahood and Crew mates Brit Tany Joyce and Calvin Bilsky were still intact after navigating the Hill at the Flop Dway on Dugald Road yesterday with a dozen other intrepid Crews from grades 7 and 8 at John Gunn Middle they were All Riding contraptions that featured Concrete skis and an open dog sled made of i thought i was going to i screamed my head laughed we were going to have but we didst have admitted said coming Back up was worse than going the Concrete Toboggan weighs about 55 the skis Are most of the said fifteen seconds to go three minutes to come said Good id do it though next time around he might emulate some classmates who had the foresight to install padding on the teacher Colleen Nick Johnson said about 40 students have been working on the project a couple of times a week since its a Grade 8 science Currick Structure and she that also incorporates shop class and language students made their own toboggans they prepared Concrete and poured it into Metal for the language arts they named their devised chants and made an Oral presenta Tion to red River College students whole taken part in similar con Crete Toboggan new radiation therapy unit promises to shorten Waits for official says machine May fix cancer logjam by Kim Guttormson a new radiation therapy machine should be up and running at cancer care Mani Toba by Early which will reduce the wait for cancer Brent president of can Carcare said if there Able to maintain current staffing wait ing lists will continue to with a relatively stable staff Over the past eight months and some efficiency the wait for treatments has dropped by two to three he the new machine will be Able to treat Between 30 and 35 More patients a considering we Are its amazing what the group has been Able to Schacter there is some Light at the end of the but the staffing situation is a House of and Schacter concedes while there in the strongest position Treyve been in for the loss of one or two people can make a huge because the numbers Are so Small in any one each person is critically Schacter there is a severe shortage of Radia Tion therapy professionals including physicists and therapists across the right cancer care Manitoba has two vacant radiation oncologist four openings for physicists and five or six for radiation across the country there is a 17 per cent vacancy rate for 21 per cent for physicists and 24 per cent for Schacter says the Good news is that they expect to fill the two oncologist positions by the end of the year with physicians from South they have a promising Lead on three new phys plus two people interested in Resi Dency the bad news May be in the radiation therapist while a bitter contract dispute was settled last giving therapists the salary boost they were look ing some Are still leaving the Schacter said one therapist left this week for but they have hired a for Mer Manitoban who is moving the oneyear guarantees of six South african therapists expires this Spring and Schacter Doest know officially whether any Are sources say at least two Are considering moving there Are three people graduating from the local program this All of whom have accepted jobs at cancer care Schacter As eight More will graduate next year and six in the Lon term Schacter is a comprehensive plan across the country that addresses the needs of All the 2000 Malibu Auto overdrive Power i cd split folding rear Bench and More 5 to choose from by Martin Cash 2000 Camaro Auto pal Power stereo Power Drivers rear window aluminium rear keyless entry and Only Ems Tolko the largest employer in the is shutting its Sawmill and logging operations this throwing some 600 people out of company officials said the shutdown is but would not speculate on How Long it will slumping softwood lumber now at a 10year and poor economics for the Northern Mani Toba located about 620 kilo metres Northwest of Are at the Root of the Tolko will continue to operate its Kraft paper which employs about 350 logging operations were halted yesterday and the Sawmill will take about two weeks to wind the shutdowns will represent a loss of about million in payroll a month in the town of where its estimated the Tolko Complex accounts for about 20 per cent of the municipal tax we dont take such a decision said Bill Zolkos Man Ager of policy and Community our objective is to have operations resume As soon As rumours of a shut Down or curtailment of operations have been circulating in the Pas since the Start of the Sev eral residents expressed but Many believe the shut Down wont be i dont believe they wanted to shut the Mill said Doug business agent for the Indus trial Wood Allied workers about 280 members of his Union and their families will be affected by the Lay As will another 300 Independent log Ging the company has told us they will be reviewing the situation on a weekly Northcott the Pas mayor Gary Hopper said you have to be we Hope its a Short term Tolko has invested about million in the Plant Over the last few years and we Hope this is just a bump in the the town and the adjacent Opas kayak Cree with its population of about have enjoyed relative Prosperity Over the last few on chief Frank Whitehead said plans to go ahead with a Casino develop ment on the Reserve will its the shutdowns a very disturbing piece of Whitehead this will have a significant Impact on the local Guy general manager of Dean Cooley the general motors Dealership in the said he want cer Tain How the layoffs would affect Busi Tolko has been open with their workers about the situation and the company is taking this seriously Industry minister Maryann Mihaychuk i moved Here from Dauphin because we thought it was a More stable econ he noting that sales at the Dealership Are up about 20 per we certainly have sympathy for the workers and their families and Well All have to just see this thing Manitoba Industry minister Maryann Mihaychuk said her officials have been aware of the problems for some time and provincial authorities Are in negotiations on some conservation Tolko has been open with their work ers about the situation and the company is taking this she our understanding is the company will be Able to rebound from the Mill operations in the Pas have had a fairly tumultuous built in the operation almost immediately fell into financial difficulty and was taken Over by the province in hundreds of millions of dollars were pumped into the operation until Recap enterprises bought it in Recap struggled and the Plant has easily enjoyed its most prosperous Era since Tolko bought it in the kind of softwood lumber boards Tolko produces in the Pas Are sell ing this week for around us per Board that is off from historic highs of about Manitoba is exempt from the controversial Trade quotas currently under but the Tolko Plant in the Pas has probably been Hurt by oversupply in the North american mar a problem for which the quota is said to be partly Lawrence publisher of the weekly Madison Canadian lumber said production curtailments Are occurring throughout the Canadian especially in the the current Market conditions have been below the breakeven Point for most Western Canadian Mills for some months Cater said from his office in its really a question of How Long a Mill chooses to continue operating and losing Tolko industries is a privately owned company based in with annual sales of about it has owned the integrated Mill operation in the Pas since Al the company said the Sawmill Clos ing was a result of poor economic conditions in the the hardships in the Industry have been distributed across North Ameri he said yesterday from his Vernon but the plants with poor economics take the Brunt of the he said the Low Quality and widely Dis Persed Timber resources available near the plus the Cost of getting those logs to the have left the Pas Sawmill among the most costly to oper ate in the 2000 grand prix be 4 l Auto overdrive Power Drivers seat and 2000 Bonneville be Auto overdrive cd aluminium rear window Power Drivers rear keyless entry and w Power Drivers 1999 venture Van 4 Auto t rear window rear roof k tinted Glass s and More one Only i Regina i electrolysis Institute nmn dymm toll free 18004614321 open every Nite til 9 All Day saturday Steinbach the automobile City Chevrolet penned uni Rall spinal thigh direct 4524113 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