Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 14, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win Mph tin i 2001 local a business urged to get Down to Earth by David Kuxhaus How to measure the health of a nation it seems an easy thing to Check statistics like housing consumer con retail sales of the Al encompassing Gross Domestic prod if those economic indices Are on the Way life is or is it those argues environmentalist David do not Tell the True they do not measure the depletion of the Ozone the disappearance of top or the Earth is what makes the Economy said yet we Are undermining the very life support sys tems of our Suzuki was speaking yesterday at a conference for the Canadian Institute of Public health inspectors in he said the air and water have become a dumping ground for some of the most toxic chemicals that have one in five children now suffer from an award winning Suzuki has been a professor at the University of British Columbia since 1969 but is Best known for his Long running Csc to show the nature of he is revered by environmentalists but an anathema to the business com that not surprising Given his take that we have become super who must have More of everything at the expense of the global for Suzuki Points out that the size of the average Canadian family is 50 per cent of what it was 30 years ago but family Homes Are twice As the Energy crisis in the has dominated headlines but Doest appear to the Earth is what makes the Economy yet we Are undermining the very life sup port systems of our David Suzuki have made a Dent in the psyche of most in despite rolling blackouts and pleas from state officials to con serve the air conditioners continue to and across the the Prospect of Gas prices Topping a Gal Lon Hast kept Gas guzzling sums off the the doer government is anxious to feed the Power hungry Manitoba Hydro wants to build new the Utility is also in the process of negotiating a Deal Worth billions with the company that provides electricity to Minnesota and other Midwest Ern Manitoba Hydro president Bob Bren Nan said no consideration was Given to attaching any sort of rider to the Deal concerning conservation that not our responsibility our responsibility is to take care of Manito said that suggests is part of the what happens in the or for that matter anywhere else in the impacts our everything is connected to something nothing exists in said 2 it is like losing your Birthright prominent architect joins Battle to save Eaton by David Obrien a prominent Canadian philanthropist and architect has thrown her support behind a Las ditch Campaign to save the downtown Eaton building from the wrecking Ball to make Way for a new Arena and retail Phyllis daughter of liquor tycoon Sam said in a letter to a group fighting to preserve the Portage Avenue building she was appalled to learn Eaton May be torn i am dumbfounded to learn that Winnipeg is considering destroying part of Canadas history by permitting the demolition of the Eaton an award winning architect and founder of the Canadian Centre for architecture in said in her letter to the coalition to save the Eaton it is like losing your Birthright and severing the ties that bind you Are destroying the Cross country cultural and historical links Between Montreal and Toronto and other groups have launched rear guard actions on behalf of the build ing one individual is studying Legal action but their cause so far looks hopeless in the face of widespread Public support for the downtown redevelopment mayor Glen Murray executive pol icy committee yesterday upheld an earlier decision to ignore the advice of its own who recommended the building be designated a Grade ii heritage just one notch below the highest the Issue will be debated at Council next Only two councillors Harry Lazarenko and Mark Lubosch True North project have said they will vote in favour of saving the Premier Gary doer also ruled out a sometimes you have to preserve your history and sometimes you have to create a he a new called the twofer one is proposing an ambitious plan to protect the building by mov ing the Arena onto the site of Winnipeg Centennial Library and moving the proposed new Library into Les an architect and spokesman for the group that includes millionaire Bill Loewen and business Man Tom said the University of Manitoba could also locate some of its faculties in the but spokesmen for the Library said that scheme was studied last year and ruled out for a variety of including the fact it would be Cost pro George president of Osmington which bought the Eaton building 18 months said he spent a lot of time and Money searching for a Way to reuse the we find anything that was remotely economically Schott adding that Why he offered the site to the True North anyone who thinks the building can be used for something should have bought he Oliver a professor of architecture and founder of the coalition to save the said not enough time and Effort went into find ing an alternative use for the whats another year or so in the life of a dignified 100yearold building he Why the Rush the according to various is that time is running out for downtown Winnipeg and the City in we spend so much time protecting we forget we have to make said Hart former director of the Portage Avenue prop erty owners Murray said he deeply regretted that Eaton had to come Down he vowed it would never fall just a few months ago but he said he has accepted there is no feasible use for the building in the Short if the True North he May be the last Opportunity in a Long time to establish a new pres ence on Portage that make Christine a Community activist and Partt me lecturer in political science at the University of is forming a separate group that might take Legal action to save the common Singh said a meeting with her lawyer planned for yesterday was postponed until the weekend while the group assembles 3 editorial its accept it a14 152space parking lot for collegiate by Nick Martin James Assini Boia school Divi Sion will spend to build a 152space parking lot this summer for Stu dents at Silver Heights collegiate Many of them schools Choice Stu dents from outside the constant com plaints from Resi dents about students parking on neighbouring streets and in Back lanes led trustees to dig into their surplus fund for the new parking said finance chair Man Bruce Alexan but schools Choice was also a of the 890 Stu 133 come from other school Divi Sions to enrol in French immersion and International baccalaureate pro Grams at Silver Heights though the division has not formally surveyed them to find out How Many drive them selves to it does attract a significant number of students from other areas of the the school has to accommodate that particular its an expensive endear school Board chair Scott Johnston said in the kids were largely walking to Alexan Der its a very popular it really has an influence that goes beyond the neigh it was designed As a neighbourhood there Are kids Stu dents Are parking in the Back lanes and on residential Alexander said the parking lot be built at the East end of the with Access restricted to Lodge an n i Ersary event ends saturday interest free not a cent to pay til 2002 ;