Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 2001 1 festival Toshiba notebook with did for a Complete list of week 2 please see Page d5 Alberta wins the Brier be Manitoban out curls another in the championship final c1 the weather 08 mainly 30 Chance of High 0low6 garbage Day 1 school Day 2 inside an imperfect food you might rights retail recycling t big store should be forced to put recycling bips on their John Angus insists a3 out with the old Medicine dont Cabinet drugs and pharmacists warn d8 i business they mean business Sisters Lapis deft and Karen Payjack Ere Dittke Junior achievement program with making them want to study business b4 tax suit splits veterans by Aldo Santon veterans associations across Manitoba have gone to court to recover up to million in school property taxes from the City of Winnipeg and More than a dozen Rural in statements of claim filed with the court of Queens 31 legions and veterans associations stated that munic rms on Hook for million if court buys assessment argument i parities improperly assessed school taxes on their the groups claim provincial assessment legislation should have exempted them from paying the but the move has split with some refusing to participate because of the potential financial consequence for their if the lawsuits could leave other taxpayers footing the Bill if municipalities Are forced to pay Back hefty school tax Bills to the it was Money that was wrongfully collected and there entitled to get it said John a Winnipeg based property tax consultant who organized the veterans groups and persuaded them to participate in the Legal continued please see refund a2 a Kodiak moment the jubilant River East who beat Crosstown rivals Oak Park raiders 52 yesterday to win the Manitoba High school hockey celebrate their Victory yester Day at James civic the game was a rematch from last weeks City which the Kodiaks also see Story on Page Joe by visa Winnipeg free press unnamed squad May breathe new life into old Arena who team willing to relocate to Winnipeg Winnipeg can have a Western hockey league the team is out its current owner has already discussed a partnership with a local ownership group led by businessmen Syd and Jeff Thomp son the latter was marketing chairman of the 1999 world Junior championship and they Are ready to move the team to the the fans Are some hockey fans say they would sooner see the who in Winnipeg than the International hockey they say they rather see players fighting to reach the nil than players who have already been there and failed to when you con Sider the likes of former Moose Nehlers Bobby Scott Fred Brath Rich Manny Legace and Philippe then the failed to make it tag Doest one supposes these we boosters Are committed to the Junior and from the emails and Telephone Calls Ive there a group made up of nil Young players and those few jets fans who still feel estranged from the game since their beloved nil team left it does not appear that its a group Likely to Ever threaten the existing Market of the Mani Toba needless to there Are hockey fans who would like to give the Western league a and when who com missioner Ron Robison said last thurs Day that his league is moving into Vancouver and is eyeing peo ple took continued please see who a2 school division Hopes course for pilots flies by Nick Martin school trustees in Jame Assiniboia Are expected to approve a proposal tomorrow to Cre ate the provinces first High school based com Mercial pilots its a move aimed at attracting students from As far away As the United and the program could be offered at Sturgeon Creek collegiate As Early As the division already offers the course through its evening continuing education but this proposal Aims to entrench it in the High school its very definitely the first of its kind in the said Brian principal of continuing education for Jame Assiniboia school the divisions education committee gave its approval last the Board is expected to rub be stamp the plan tomorrow and Send it on to the continued please see pilots a2 making winners out of Manitoban i Call now nearly 4ffjram Tollfree anywhere in Manitoba 18oo2199547 24 hours a Day 7 Cloys a week ;