Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Special Spring pricing James Audi Quality in motion 7881100 305 Madison at Ness Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Carolin Vesely 6977292 Miil euro occasions Cletuis crime rate up Early stats indicate declining police resources stretched to breaking Point by Bruce Owen Joe by visa Winnipeg free press Winnipeg police Clare Refvik talks with student Charles Veters at rotary career symposium crowds get glimpse at hottest careers More than students Are expected to pack the fourth annual rotary career symposium today and tomorrow at the Winnipeg convention at least adults Are also expected to Check out 175 exhibits from Canada and the offering information on pos secondary trades employment trends and More than 150 speakers will conduct sem Inars on specific employment and training the symposium began yesterday and runs from 9 to then continues from 6 to 9 it concludes tomorrow from 9 to 4 two special sessions will be held this one covers special needs supports at pos secondary institutions for students with while the second is entitled apprenticeship and careers whats hot whats not organizer Jonathan Strauss said a High Light this year is a Section of 23 exhibitors from government departments and pos secondary institutions representing the aboriginal the symposium is sponsored by rotary the three Levels of the Manitoba school counsellors and the Manitoba aboriginal youth career awareness City Hall inertia Milfs hotel builder three month delay for permits could stall project by David Obrien Canadian Hood services society Ca Nadienne of Sano blood Supply a Winnipeg hotel builder said Hes facing huge monetary losses because the City of Winnipeg cant get its act together and hand him the per mits he needs to do the Joe Paletta said his losses will reach a month if he cant move to the next stage of construction for his hotel project at Portage Avenue and Empress the 136room hotel and office Complex was scheduled to open this pro Viding the City eliminates the palettes problem is the latest in a series of complaints Over the last several years from the development the businessman said he submitted his design plans for the electrical and mechanical components of the development three months ago but the City has still not handed him the building permits he his work Crews will sit Idle next week if the permits Arent approved he the Cost of inactive workers is Worth at least a he adding the Price tag plants staff face lockout about 85 employees of a local leather Plant could find themselves out in the cold this after spokesman Don Keith with the United food and com Mercial workers Union says that Dominion tanners will lock its employees out at if they dont agree to a wage the leather com Pany is also demanding employees agree to a pay Rollback based on their years of experience a one per cent Rollback for employees with one year at the Compa up to a 10 per cent Rollback for those with 10 years experience and until the company was offering a two per cent and we didst think it was Keith Keith added Union members will meet to vote on this Issue this but he expects employees to be unanimously against accepting the company y Doest include lost income because of a delayed Paletta said the City told him it simply does not have enough employees in its plan examinations Branch to keep up with the that not Good he said in an inter someone has to be responsible for the problem int new developers have complained for years about the cites inability to respond to their needs in a timely resulting in lengthy and expensive delays on building but civic bureaucrats and their political masters have failed to hire More staff or reallocate existing a controversial audit of the department last year advised the City to consider hiring key personnel to handle the and Doug director of the property told a pre budget meeting last year that the cites relentless Pursuit of affordable government had weakened his department to the Point where it was losing its ability to pro vide Core Dan chairman of the property promised yesterday to expedite palettes As for the systemic problem Jeff de body Winnipeg free press hotel at Portage and Empress is stricken by City Halls infamous permit in the Vandal said a report on the Issue is expected Armin Martens is president and ceo of mar West development which transferred ownership of the Bank of Commerce building on main Street to a nonprofit group last year in Exchange for a five year lease Extension in another building occupied by the he said the company has been unable to get a letter from the City confirming the lease Winnipeg crime rate jumped nearly 40 per cent in the first two months of this stretching the resources of the Winnipeg police service almost to the breaking the increase is based on preliminary statistics released by City police yesterday and is subject to change As investigations Are resolved and other details Are factored they do show cer Tain like break and Are on the Rise after several years of the numbers also indicate How Busy police Are at a time when ranks Are being depleted through a higher than anticipated number of retirements and officers Leav ing the id like to put a Good spin on but in not going to Tell people its All Rosy because its District 3 Blair Mccorrister the statistics compare the first two months of 2001 to last they show 919 residential breaking were reported in january and february compared with 793 for the same period last com Mercial breaking jumped to 495 this year compared with 255 last the More startling number is car thefts Treyve increased to this year compared with for the first two months of last Domestic abuse Calls have also risen 726 this year com pared with 221 last police spokesman Bob Johnson said yesterday the numbers Are misleading in that they do not portray the True nature of reported for Johnson said Many of the such As those for stolen later turn out to be As do some reports of break and Johnson said a More accurate picture of crime in the City is reflected at yearned when police have a better idea of where to classify crimes and their Resolution Mccorrister said the fact remains that when crimes Are police still have to Mccorrister oversees police in the cites North end and West Kil the North end has seen 524 reported stolen autos so far this year compared to 220 last a number Mccorrister said is he added District 3 officers will take Steps Over the next two when staffing to go after car thieves and people burglar izing Well expend a lot of Energy and resources Over the next two months to see if it has any he police chief Jack Swatski said efforts Are being made to address dwindling police staff about 75 officers Are set to retire this he said a class of 32 recruits will graduate in the Spring and a second recruit class of 32 students will Start in Swatski added he comment on the firs two police statistics because he haunt seen he also said the Force is in the final stages of completing its yearlong operation review of How the department can Best manage its people to maintain essential Core ser that review is to be presented to City Hall april Jenny chair woman of the cites Protection and Community services com which oversees the police said civic politicians Are aware police resources Are stretched to the and that efforts Are being made to address blood Supply the free press its Worth knowing for Manitoba Northwestern Ontario As of March desired level adequate critically Low opos Apos pos a pos Oneg Aneg blood Supply source the Canadian blood Winnipeg Centre b neg a neg Mobile clinics March 21 Boniface Hospital open to Public 70 appointment slots available March 22 Gle Lawn collegiate open to Public 75 slots still available March 23 Winnipeg free press staff Only fully thank you free press staff March 272829 University of Manitoba open to Public 150 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