Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A b Polo Park scores ? Arena to be torn Down to demolish the Arena and sell the by Aldo Santin and Mary Agnes Welch cleared land to the owners of Polo Park shopping Centre for $3.6 million. Winnipeg Arena will be demolished the decision shuts the door on a pro to make Way for a glitzy retail project postal from a Toronto area Developer connected to the nearby Polo Park mall. Who wanted to convert the Arena build a group of City councillors met Pri ing into the worlds largest indoor water lately yesterday morning and decided Park. Carstairs links debacle to Martin Chr Tien feud by David Obrien and Dan Lett former Federal Cabinet minister Sheila Copps confirmed yesterday the govern ment had agreed to contribute $100 Mil lion to help build the Canadian museum for human rights in Winnipeg if the Pri vate sector raised the same amount. Certainly there was a Strong under standing on both sides that this project was a very unique project that was going to be supported Copps heritage minis Ter at the time of the agreement said. She said documents in several govern ment departments would Back up her claim. This is not something we decided Over a cup of Coffee said Copps who also served As Deputy Leader under former prime minister Jean Chr Tien. Winnipeg a Asper family has suggested the museum is being threatened by the Federal governments refusal to pay a total of $100 million to build it and a fur ther $120 million for the first decade of the facility a operation. It was originally scheduled to open in 2008. Ottawa has agreed to $30 million in up front funding and pledged to consider additional funding at a later Date. Gail Asper chairwoman of the group trying to build the $200-million museum and daughter of the late Israel Asper who conceived the Centre said she spoke to Chretien recently and he also confirmed a Deal existed. Continued please see Copps a4 Sheila Copps the City a profit from the Sale of the matter not to be publicly disclosed. But Arena land will be offset by the Demoli several sources including other coun Tion costs which Are expected to be Pillors confirmed the Arena decision. $1.45 million or higher. Not even the winning bidder was offi the property and development com scially told the news. Mittee members and other civic officials refused to confirm the Arenas Fate continued claiming it was a confidential property please see Arena a4 let us Spray no Way province refuses to allow City to Bend fogging rules by Helen falling t he province has refused to let the City Bend rules to Fin ish its first round of residential Mosquito fogging forcing residents of North and West Winnipeg ? a third of the City ? to wait until at least monday night for any Relief. Environmental regulations that prevented the City from resum ing its fogging program last night will be reviewed when the Mosquito problem is Over Manitoba conservation assistant Deputy minister Serge Scrafield said yesterday. We Don to believe it makes sense based on unusual Circum stances to change them mid Stream Scrafield said while acknowledging that Odd weather patterns this year mean the rules Are not working As Well As they usually do. In the meantime some residents of North Kildonan who Are under siege by mosquitoes worse than we Don to they have Ever seen Are taking Fogger believe it makes into their own hands to ensure a Comfort Able weekend. Sense based Lorraine Gauthier said her husband on unusual fogged the family a Yard near bunns Creek so she could finally get outside and circumstances pull the weeds out of her change i just could to get into my regulations the City had hoped to resume fogging tonight in parts of Winnipeg not yet mid Stream sprayed with malathion but continuous ? conservation rain thursday night dropped the mosque assistant Deputy to count in City traps below the threshold minister Serge to resume fogging. Scrafield a pesticide permit issued by the province requires counts of More than 25 three nights in a Row in traps that attract the insects with a Light bulb regardless of How thick the mosquitoes Are during the Day. Counts tuesday and wednesday nights were 70 or higher but the number dropped to 14 thursday night because mosquitoes Are not Active in the rain. Frustrated City officials who believe tonight and tomorrow night will Likely have Good conditions for fogging asked Manitoba conservation yesterday to allow them to go ahead. The insect control Branch is getting about 100 Calls a Day from frustrated residents in the third of the City that had not yet been fogged with malathion when the City program was forced to Stop tuesday after a series of cold nights. Scrafield said the fogging rules were designed after Public hearings were held by the clean environment commission in the 1980s on the controversial Issue. Continued please see fogging a2 ;