Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 23, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Carolin Vesely 6977292 farm Leader Calls for buyout feds told producers need More than by Helen falling Grain and oilseed Farmers deserve More than a billion dollars for retrain ing if Ottawa is unwilling to match inter National subsidies to keep Farmers on the a Rosser Farmer said yester John Morrison is one of the informal leaders who emerged from last weeks farm rally at the Manitoba he has written to Federal human resources minister Jane Stewart ask ing for for every Farmer driven off the land after years of within a few hundreds or thou Sands of Farmers mired in debt May be turned Down for credit or decide on their own to get out of farming before they lose All their Morrison what do we do put them on social assistance he government sources Tell Morrison that up to 12 per cent of Canadas Grain and oilseed producers could walk away this with up to half eventually under that a payout could Cost governments about Mil lion a year for five than the million Ottawa recently committed to keeping Grain and oilseed producers afloat this Manitoba has about farms producing mainly grains and because they Are farm ers do not qualify for employment insure some have significant but Morrison said it will be tied up while they try to sell during the last serious downturn in the agricultural Ottawa funded a Canadian Rural transition program that paid former farm families relocation expenses and training costs to get Back on their employers who hired the workers were offered wage subs Between 1986 and including 672 in received an average of under the which was discontinued when the num Ber of applicants dropped As the farm Economy responsibility for training has since been transferred to the new zealand offers quitting Farmers creditors cannot Keystone Agri cultural producers president Don Dewar Kap has steered away from discus Sions of farm exit focusing instead on ways to keep Farmers in the we dont think they should have to Dewar he support retraining efforts to help Farmers supplement their incomes with of farm a failed Farmer Federal Agri culture minister Lyle Vanclief has for years hinted that he would like to see programs to ease Farmers transition out of the 0 Ken Vigliotti Winnipeg free press of Here comes the scaffold Manitoba famous unclothed torchbearer will be getting some privacy As scaffolding on the legislative building works up to the Golden the historic building is currently undergoing a Mackintosh vows War on car thieves global positioning becomes latest tool to help catch Joy riders in the act by Bruce Owen candidate loses u of w Rob Marriott has managed to finish Sec Ond in a on candidate uncontested but not acclaimed for the position of president of the University of Winnipeg students mar Riott was approved by 277 students but rejected by official results released yesterday the position will be vacant until a by election is held in the with vice president advocate Leah Bannister Assum ing the role of acting president when the new Ursa Board takes office april students had the option of saying yes or no to Marriott an outspoken left Wing activist with the Canadian federation of Marriott said the results were there was a huge slanderous Campaign conducted by a few people on Cam pus who did not agree with my said who would not name those who is raised the ire of some u of w native students two weeks ago by criticizing the Cross Lake bands handling of flood claims against Manitoba Manitoba Law and order min ister will crack Down on car thieves when the doer govern ment recalls the legislature in two his plan Calls for More better use of police tougher punitive measures and new technology to reduce an escalation in stolen cars in the past we cant continue to Deal with Auto theft in the same Way we have in the last few Justice minister Gord Mackintosh said its an epidemic in parts of Winnipeg and More extraordinary measures Are Mackintosh said together with the Manitoba Public insurance and City Law officials will target City hotshots for car like the North initiatives include a Campaign to Tell car owners How they can better protect their vehicles and a new global positioning used by City police and funded by police received 10 Gas units last Worth about Mackintosh also said he plans to Amend legislation that would increase the licence suspension period from one year to four years for a convicted car we Are still Fin tuning the package and it will All be announced in the com ing he adding he was to meet with Mph officials yesterday to go Over the we certainly Arent going to base our approach on the licence suspension the plan comes As police and Mph put the final touches on yearned statistics on Auto theft statistics they believe will show car theft jumped by More than 10 per cent in 2000 from cars stolen in the Only time in the past four years car theft took a nosedive was in we cant continue to Deal with Auto theft in the same Way we have in the last few years Justice minister Gord Mackintosh with vehicles that the same year Law officials locked up the Manitoba warriors in an unprecedented gang prosecution Mph and police Are concerned that car theft is no longer a pastime of Street gang but More of an afterschool activity by Middle class kids who want to Joyride to impress Auto theft claims Cost about million a police say officers Are Only now in the beginning stages of being trained in using the Gas it will be ready for Street use in about one it works this Way police would Park a bait car in a High crime leave it and then wait for it to get the car is fitted with a special sensor that would Send a signal to a Central monitoring Sta such As the downtown Public safety when the bait car is police would then be Able to track the directing an available patrol car towards once the bait car is an officer at the pub would be Able to trigger a kill turning off the cars ignition and eliminating the potential of a High Speed police a tiny camera could also be put inside the which would videotape a theft in Progress and make for a speedy pros Mackintosh said he didst want to talk about the Gas crime fighting other than to say its use will Only be a Small part of a coordinated approach to reduce car police and Justice officials Hope to Trot out the Gas technology in about a month for a Media Mackintosh said the new democrats also want to go after repeat drunk Dri vers in the new which starts april we want to show National leadership when it comes to repeat drunk he proposed legislative changes include forfeiture of offenders vehicles and using an ignition device which would prevent a person from driving if they had been the nip will also table measures to increase collection of child support pay ments from Deadbeat Mackin Tosh o abuse Case against exin Spector dropped by Mike Mclntyre retired police inspector Ken Biener will testify at the soph now inquiry without a dark Cloud Over his head after the Crown agreed yesterday to drop its controversial Domestic abuse Case against but the Man who helped create the cites Zero tolerance policy on Domestic violence was not i am relieved the matter has been its unfortunate it took so i said at the Earli est that i would prevail and i he said in a i have a Host of concerns in my View legitimate concerns about How this matter was dealt with by the Winnipeg police particularly senior this has been a waste of police go into More i am preparing for my appearance at the soph now inquiry and therefore my focus and attention Are there where they should he police chief Jack Swatski was out of town yesterday and be reached for special Crown prosecutor Jannine Lemere said yesterday the Case was being dropped because wieners alleged victim his former Girlfriend was not the local businesswoman repeatedly told police and the courts that she was never assaulted and even took the unusual step of hiring her own lawyer earlier this the pair appeared in court Sev eral pleading with Justice officials to drop the there no longer exists the reasonable expectation of a conviction due to the complainant recanting her original ver bal statement to said who was assigned to the Case instead of a regular Crown attorney to avoid a conflict of who retired in was charged in december after a Friend of the woman called claiming Biener had assaulted Biener was set to stand trial in May after his lawyer pleaded for the earliest possible Colleen Suche told court wieners testimony and credibility could be questioned if the charge was still lingering when he took the stand at the soph now 3 easily rationalized 2001 Acura Al touring 127 horsepower 5 Abs Willi 4 wheel disc Power locks 15 Alloy front Side Security with keyless entry and 2001 Acura integrate litre Doc 140 horsepower 5 4 wheel disc dual Alloy air Power and much Crown Acura lease with s3150 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