Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 9, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 province Winnipeg free press Friday july 9, 2004 Hunting showdown May head to court Metis Challenge province Over Harvester cards by Helen falling a showdown Over Hunting rights Between Manitoba a Metis and the province could be heading for court after conservation minister Stan Struthers refused to agree not to charge Metis who Hunt out of season. Manitoba Metis federation president David Chartrand met with Struthers this week ? just As the Ontario government was agreeing to recognize Harvester cards issued by the Metis nation of Ontario. The Ontario decision is a response to a supreme court ruling last september that about 900 Metis ? of mixed native and european descent ? from around Sault Ste. Marie ont., can Hunt for food without licences and out of season. Chartrand believes the courts would Rule the same Way for Manitoba Metis with a direct link to a Community like his Home town of Duck Bay where peo ple continue to Hunt and fish for food. The provinces lawyers disagree in Light of Manitoba a different history with respect to Laws about natural resources. Chartrand said he gave Struthers until the end of july to agree not to charge Metis issued Harvester cards by the emf. Cardholders would have to follow conservation rules set by the federation rather than those the province applies to non native residents. Status indians already have the right to Hunt on Crown land out of season. After the meeting Struthers told the free press the province has jurisdiction Over Hunting and fishing and will continue to enforce those Laws. The Harvester cards that Are being talked about do not entitle any Manito ban to Hunt or fish. That is clearly the authority of the provincial Chartrand said Metis people will have to prove their lineage to get a Harvester card. The first cardholder charged for Hunting without a provincial licence could end up in court As a test Case with the full backing of emf lawyers. Chartrand said Struthers will have to justify to the Public Why he is willing to spend tax dollars fighting the Metis in court. When we re Short mris and All these other things in health you a rather spend millions of dollars fighting us in court the Metis Leader asked Struthers. Chartrand said he would be prepared to take out full Page ads in local newspapers to explain his position to the Public. The Metis nation of Ontario has agreed not to Issue More than 1,250 har vesting cards to Metis people across Ontario during their harvesting season that lasts september to december. There is the possibility for More to be Given out in the future. ? with files from Canadian press. female scam artist going door to door police Are warning of a door to door scam artist who talked two people out of Cash yesterday. The approximately 25-year-old woman knocked on doors at the 500 Block of Bronx Avenue and the 400 Block of Hazel Dell Avenue. In one incident the woman claimed her child was having breathing problems and she could to afford a breathing mask. The other time she asked to borrow Money for a Neighbour. She is described As a caucasian female 5-0 in height with a slim build Long Blondis hair who was wearing a Green Halter top and Jean shorts. Opp search for missing american tourist the Opp Are searching for an american tourist who had gone missing while boating in the Lake of the Woods area. Const. Sue Cain of the Opp Kenora detachment said the Marine unit was searching in the Wiley Point area after the american Man was reported missing Early wednesday evening. Cain said a boat from a nearby Lodge was found running in circles but there was no sign of its operator a 41-year-old american Man. Cain said a search of the area including the surrounding shorelines was conducted but the Man was not found. Members of the Opp underwater search and recovery unit were brought to the area last night she said. School division will add portables the province has Given Louis Riel school division the go ahead to build one portable classroom each at the crammed Island lakes Community school and Highbury school superintendent Terry Borys said yesterday. I am very Happy. Parents Are going to be very very Happy Borys said. Its really Good Borys emphasized that the portables will not affect enrolment and will not allow either school to add students. But they will make everyone More comfortable. This allows us to spread the students out so we have a Little breathing room he said. Borys was Uncertain when the portables would be ready. They will be freestanding with a link to the school rather than an addition built onto the main school. We build it on site ? its not being dragged in from somewhere else he said. The division received official approval wednesday from the Public schools finance Board. Kitchen fire sends two to Hospital two men were treated for smoke inhalation Early yester Day following a Kitchen fire at 173 Magnus ave. A pot of food left cooking on the stove is being blamed for the Blaze which caused $15,000 in damage. Firefighters were called to the fire at about 3 . Paramedics took the two victims to seven Oaks general Hospital for treatment. Palestinian Here to make Case for peace a prominent palestinian educator will bring his plea for lasting peace in the Middle East to a conference on democracy in the City this weekend. Or. Sami Adwan has a simple but urgent plea find a peaceful Resolution to the palestinian conflict that works for both sides. I want to explain the situation Back Home and Tell people about the need for peace Justice and reconciliation to take place and most importantly Why peace has not been achieved to this Point said the Dean of the faculty of Educa Tion at Bethlehem University in Palestine. Adwan 50, is a guest speaker along with fellow israeli and Canadian academics at the University of Manitoba a sum Mer Institute in education and democracy in a global con text being held until july 16. Adwan and israeli peace activist Nurit Peled Elhanan who lost her daughter to a suicide bomber several years ago Are also the featured speakers at a free Public talk called challenges of peace building in open conflict perspectives of israeli and palestinian educators. Its being held on sunday july 11 from 7 . To 9 . At the Canad an mennonite University Chapel 600 Shaftesbury blvd ;