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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local Winniw Jim 2001 panel gives crowns a 7 raise the provinces Crown attorneys have received a seven percent pay hike from an arbitration panel far from the 20 per cent they been asking the increase is equal to what the province had been offering during a spokesman for the Manitoba association of Crown attorneys said they will comment on the ruling the 140 members had been pre pared to go on strike in which would have crippled the Crim Inal Justice they then accepted the provinces offer of binding the Case was heard by a three person chaired by lawyer Martin Manitoba lacking a con tract for More than a Are among the lowest paid in the they Are also paid anywhere from 14 to 25 per cent less than lawyers employed by the Federal Justice department in though both do similar Bob director of labour relations for said when the con tract ends in crowns at the top level will make a he added that the contract will Cost the 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Santin a rundown boarding House in West Broad Way is Westminster housings latest renovation in going to like living Here because the Neighbour Hood is safer and living in a House is a lot More said one of the first new tenants for the the project involved converting an abandoned three Storey Rooming House into three apartments for individuals with special our commitment is to pro vide Quality housing at affordable rental said Charles past presi Dent of the Westminster housing Jeanine and the other ten ants Are clients of new direct a Multi service Agency that will lease the House from the Westminster housing Linda ceo of new said the project is the first time the Agency is providing accommodations to adult clients that also has a staff office on the this is for people who will need supports for their life time but who want some degree of Trigg were hoping this is the first of Many most of the financing was provided through the Trievel Winnipeg housing and homelessness a concept that helps Community groups Access a variety of govern ment Grants and Loans from a single Bridge financing was also provided by cambrian credit the House is one of 70 across the inner City that have been targeted for Reno vation this part of a major push by several Community groups to revitalize housing in the Huband said the House was the first project financed by the Winnipeg housing Initia Tive for the a 10year old registered Charity that buys and renovates rundown accommodations in the West Minster area and makes them available to Low income Resi dents at affordable Jeff Boot free press tenants Jeanine outside Home with thug 4 great Coupon defers Krevic the water professionals for sparkling Clear with Purchase of water noodles with Purchase of 4l bottle of 1 must present limit one Coupon per cannot be combined with any other Sargent at Berry 7866957 Lagimodiere at Grassie 6543847 Winnipeg transit summer schedule change beginning june 17 transit will begin its summer schedule with seasonal adjustments on the following routes to better meet passenger needs at this time of year 21 Portage express 22 Assiniboia express 24 Ness 27 Loga notre Dame 28 Brookside express 41 Henderson express 53 60 Pembina 62 Richmond express 78 Crosstown West service improvements in addition to the seasonal schedule were also introducing a number of service improvements on the following routes to make taking transit even easier and More convenient for 018north main Leila service Templeton Mcphillips during weekday Rush hours is replaced by route 32 North main express Leila service see please note that off Rush hour service remains a new combined 18 Corydon North main timetable is being introduced for easier trip non express portion express portion Olcutt express but stops Park o 32 North main express introducing new weekday Rush hour service Leila see replacing route 18 North main to provide faster service Leila or Riverbend area and downtown the express bus j stops on main Street Inkster and Selkirk Are o 44 Grey All trips will operate Brunswick red Oak seven Days a o route 56 starting monday june Winnipeg transit is introducing the new Dart 1107 route 56 to provide improved service in route 56 will continue to operate during weekday Rush hour periods Only and the new Dart 110 will operate weekdays during non Rush hours and on what is Dart 110 Dart is a new demand responsive Way of delivering transit service in you Call the bus and it comes to your door the Dart service is provided Only when requested by watch for timetables and brochures being distributed in the Boniface transit information 9865700 clinic owner weighs suit against nip Chomiak unwilling to provide contract for doctor by Mia Rabson Mark Godley says he May have to launch Legal action to Force the province to stand up and play fair with the doctor owner of the new Maples surgical clinic feels he has been unfairly ignored and including an ant private hospitals Bill currently before the have been directed at his we have been blocked and stalled every step of the Godley if they dont treat us fairly there will be Legal this latest news comes a Day after the free press reported on godless offer to sell his clinic to the province for Mil the offer comes As Godley tries to sort out How his clinic could be part of the Dps broader health care sixteen doctors and nine dentists have asked for privileges to operate at the Maples and several of them wrote let ters to Godley in support of the clinics ability to reduce their waiting ophthalmologist Robert Beldavs told Godley in april he had a waiting list of As Many As 800 patients waiting for Cataract obviously i feel this waiting time is unacceptable and i Wel come the Opportunity of decreasing that waiting time by operating at your surgery Cen tre in the near Beldavs wrote to Godley at the Beldavs and the other physicians cant operate at godless clinic right because a Pri vate clinic cant provide insured services to Manitoban unless they Are funded through a con tract with the thus far health minister David Chomiak has been unwilling to pro vide a contract for the Western surgery Centre in Winnipeg and Midland surgical and laser Centre in bran Don both have contracts with the government going Back to when the tories were in the government did have a con tract with the pan am clinic but recently purchased it for Chomiak has said he Doest want More for profit clinics in one of the reasons we negotiated with pan am clinic was because there was a trend across the country for private for profit clinics to pop up Godley feels that Chomiak is unfairly ignoring him and Points to a free press Story from Early june which said the government is investing another to do 700 More Cataract surgeries this year As proof he is being left out of the the Cataract funding was directed at Misericordia Hospi Western surgery Centre and pan am we Are Able to do Cataract so Why didst they include us Godley the Maples surgical Centre is also equipped to perform Eye and orthopaedic plastic dentistry and pain Godley also feels he has been unfairly prohibited from treat ing workers compensation Board who Are the bread and butter of his clinic in British in Pat ceo of the sent Godley a letter telling him that in our discussions with the government they clearly do not want the introduction of private hospitals in you should not include any web clients As part of your Jacobsen but a doctor who Godley wont arranged to oper ate on nine workers compensation patients at the Maples clinic about three weeks and the records of those clients Are currently being compensation Board spokesman Don Macdonald said All surgery cases Are automatically reviewed prior to but Godley believes this process is taking a suspiciously Long we have reason to believe the review process was very different for us than it is for other Godley adding the physician involved told him he had never had such a Long wait for a review Macdonald said he comment on specific we have been blocked and stalled every step of the Way Mark Godley editorial Chomiak de rfcs car a12 ;