Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 local Shaw drops axe one last time on redundant a Videon staff by Al to Santin other shoe has dropped for the for Mer employees of Julenn Shaw Cable ended the Job duplication that had existed Between the two Cable companies when it let employees to last week we had in place and we could run both systems with one Orga said Ron Shaws vice pres ident of operations these were shanties where duplications had this last round of layoffs follows a larger dismissal in february involving 87 mostly those from videos head the two Cable companies had win monopolies in the City Shaw controlled East of the red while Vic Leon had the larger West the red Shaw communications purchased Moffat communications in picking up Gideon and the women television the crts approved the Sale in Shaw now employs about kid people on both sides of the red hell in every department were affected by the latent round of Lay where before there were two regional two sales managers and i to Cal Centre we Only needed one of those he adding original Shaw employees were among Hose who lost jobs along with those from hell said the Gideon name will slowly disappear from the Civ but it will take much longer before the Channel lineups Are identical on both sides of the Shaw is consolidating its operations into the former Gideon facility on scr Field he adding that should be completed by mid in the new Telephone the listing for Gideon refers callers to Shaw hell said Shaw is investigating How Best to create identical Channel that it May require crts see the latest in transportation technology 2001 Canadian truck show truck fuel and Fleet enforcement recruiting opportunities and More if it Lias to do with trucking you ii find it at the show May 31 pm to pm june 112 noon to pm june 2 am to pm red River exhibition Park m Winnipeg Manitoba Canada presented by the Manitoba trucking association Jeff in Booy Winnipeg free press Smith and Twoy Earold son Mathew blow dandelion seeds into wind in overgrown Garden City grass is tempers Short mosquitoes swarm in City playgrounds by Paul Mckie Glen Smith walked through the Shin High grass at Colish playground yesterday with his Twoy Earold and watched the dandelion seeds and the the grass in the Garden City play ground Hast been the weeds have the grass is the mosquitoes i was thinking of cutting part of the grass its getting pretty Smith Hes not the Only one who has grass in medians and boulevards around the City is Long and Choc full of and Winnipeg Gers complaints Are growing like the crop of Mark Lugosch North Kildo Nan said Hes been swamped by More than 100 even last Winters garbage debate didst generate As Many he Don of the cites Parks and open told City councillors at the Public works committee yesterday that this has been the wettest and latest Spring for grass cutting in 10 the problem has been the big mowers we rent Able to get out on the when the mowers finally got on the grass the cutting schedule was Way the big Parks like Assiniboine and Kildonan have been Cut a few said but smaller Parks have been left Budinsky also said the department is smaller than it used to seven or eight years ago Budinsky had 155 More staff at the department just received 25 new mowers on monday that will help with the he in the past week or so employees have worked 10hour Days trying to catch up with the Jim director of Public said 30 students were just hired to help with trimming and Weed and that should help with the John Angus Norbert thought the department should be Able to Man age the problem with the current 1 be suggested to Thomson that private companies might be Able to help out with the Lubosch was concerned that Resi dents angry with Weed seeds blowing in from City Parks and property will use More he said the City should be concerned with such increased use considering Winnipeg is trying to be a Greener Harry Lazarenko Mynarski had some cutting remarks and wanted to put More Money Back into the but Budinsky and Thomson said More Money have helped out this it rained so much that staff could not get out to Cut even when the grass was said the More it the More the grass grew and the More the weeds Angus had More wait until a Mosquito carries some body then Well get he d guaranteed Price Bonus peace of mind peace of mind from municipal Gas Call 7569431 j municipal Gas offers you the peace of mind that comes with a 5 year guaranteed Price for your natural no Price no no matter what the Cost of Gas does you know what youll be paying month after municipal Gas ;