Volume 14 No. 15 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, April 12, 2018 Inside Your Cosmos New sign for accessibility ...... page 2 Food bank robbers photos released . . . . page 3 Clean up for the dogs Raking, barking and pole pounding sounds will fill the air this Saturday morning as spring cleanup at the off leash dog park takes place, starting at 9:30 a.m. Located beside the Uxbridge Historical Cen - tre, at the corner of Brock Street and Conces - sion 6, the park has been quite busy since its unofficial opening last November. Eager dogs and owners used it continuously during the winter months despite the snow and cold winds, and now it’s time to clear away any de - bris. Volunteers are being sought to help with a general tidy up, as well as set up protection of the initial area to be seeded in late April. Fu - ture planned enhancements include adding more benches and seeking donations towards the construction of a shelter. “A formal opening is planned for later in the spring, but the first step is to prepare for Spring” says Tony Lauria, chair of the council’s dog park committee. Those attending the clean-up should bring work gloves and rakes.

A PHOTO FINISH - Cubs from the 1st Uxbridge Scouts cheer on their Kub Kars as they race towards the finish line during the Kub Kar Runoff 2018, held last Saturday in Claremont. Cubs pictured are: Brayden Westall, Chase Pope, Lucas Volkmann, Owen Shaw, Bennett Sewell, and judge Regis Arseneau. Photo by John Cavers Uxbridge Bruins end year searching for new head coach by Roger Varley about 25 possible candidates and have nar - morial Award as defensive player of the year. rowed the search down to two, "one fairly The Coaches Award went to defenceman and A search is underway for a new head coach for local." He said a final decision on the new head team captain Adam Bartholomew. Keiran the Uxbridge Bruins of the PJHL's Junior C coach will be made in a couple of weeks. Beaudoin was handed the rookie of the year Orr Division. The Bruins' annual banquet Monday started trophy and Carson Bell was named most im - Rob Acton, who took over the reins of the on a sombre note, with past president Cam proved player. Noah Donaghy took the Ron team at the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Stewart offering the team's support for the Cordingley Memorial Trophy as the most is leaving the Bruins to become the new head families of the young Humboldt, Sask., hockey sportsmanlike player and goalie Ryan Mc - coach of the Stouffville Spirit Junior A team, players killed in a horrific bus-truck collision Conkey drew the biggest cheer of the night replacing Jeff Perrin, who has been suspended last weekend. Stewart said the club has donated when he was named the team's most valuable for 68 games following an incident in Febru - $500 go the GoFundMe campaign launched player. ary. to aid the families of the victims. At press time, A new award was added to the proceedings, For Acton, it is a return to his roots. He the fund has already garnered over $6 million. the Uxbridge Bruins Media Award, presented played for Stouffville, was a Spirit assistant He then called for a minute's silence, followed to the player who most epitomized the "spirit coach for two seasons and head coach of the by a prayer from team director Brian Evans. of the Bruins." Sponsored by the Uxbridge Cos - club’s summer development league team. "It's a tragedy we never want to see again," mos and Vince's Market, the winner, selected Acton said his year at the Bruins was his "most Evans said. by hockey writers Darryl Knight and Roger enjoyable year as a coach and a player." Then the club got down to the main event, Varley, was Michael Rennie. Mark Savory, the Bruins general manager, said the handing out of awards. Monday that the club has already gone through Matthew Hunter received the Ivan Cox Me - ...continued on page 3

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Uxbridge adopts new accessibility e old version, adopted by the for accessibility changes and is an im - parties don't always work together." TOWN HALL symbol : Following a live video feed United Nations in 1974 as the uni - provement over the old symbol," he In an accompanying report, deputy with Dylan Hzikowitz, a member of versal symbol of access, depicts a said. clerk Catalina Blumenberg said the by Roger Varley the Forward Movement, council de - stick figure sitting in a wheelchair. He said the symbol currently in new DSA is already being used in a Notes from the April 9 cided Monday to adopt an updated e new version - called the Dy - place is legislated by the provincial number of jurisdictions in North version of the familiar wheelchair namic Symbol of Access (DSA) - government to be used on signs indi - America, including Toronto, Council Meeting symbol used to denote accessibility. being pushed by the Forward Move - cating handicapped parking spots, Kingston, Stratford, Mississauga and ment and various other disability or - but the legislation doesn't cover the Guelph. Blumenberg said if ganizations, shows a more rounded symbol that is painted on the pave - Uxbridge adopted the new symbol it stick figure in an active position atop ment. would be the first municipality in a complete wheel, which also denotes Hzikowitz said the Forward Move - Durham Region to do so. She added movement. ment is lobbying the provincial gov - that it could be implemented in time Hzikowitz told council the new ernment to allow use of the new to mark National Access Awareness symbol places emphasis on the per - symbol. Week at the end of May. son, not the wheelchair. "We have the support of all three "It creates a dialogue about the need parties," he said. "However, the three ...continued on page 4

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The editorial of a newspaper is where the paper has an opportunity to take a stand on something, to really say how it, as a whole, feels on a subject. This week, we know for a fact that some of our contributors don’t agree with us on what we’re about to say. However, we’ve agreed to disagree, and have been told “Good luck” by the parties involved! You see, we (small “w” we) don’t quite get or understand the level of sup - posed empathy that has been pouring out of Canadian hearts since the fatal bus/truck crash in Humboldt, Sask., on Friday night. Take, for example, the following, posted on Facebook: “Today I am very proud to be Canadian. In the tragedy that happened in Saskatchewan, we were able to our true colours. We saw a GoFundMe page hit $3 million [now almost $7 million], an airline offer seats so families could be to - gether, hotels and restaurants providing free food and shelter, medical personnel dropping what they were doing just to show up and offer their knowledge and abilities, and every sports program honouring the lives lost and making sure they will never be forgotten. This is what Canada is! It is the second largest country in the world yet when it comes down to it we are all from the same small town willing to help our neighbour. Today we are all from Humboldt.” Really? It took something like this to make someone feel like he/she was Canadian? Doing good things for other people always makes one feel good, it doesn’t qualify your nationality for you. The GoFundMe page - a great idea, and hopefully all that money is going to go directly where it’s needed most and serve the people it is meant to serve. Just a question, though - where’s the GoFundMe page for the people in Humboldt who may be home - Letters to the Editor less, or rely on the food bank there, or are in dire circumstances for long after In the March 26 issue of the Cosmos (until November 30, 2018). The derstanding. the funerals and memorials are over? there was an article titled “Region of Municipal Act specifically outlines Gerri Lynn O’Connor Does the airline that offered seats and the hospitality industry give freebies Durham mourns passing of Roger who is considered to be eligible. Mayor to every family that loses a loved one? Wouldn’t that be more magnanimous Anderson.” In this particular case, many con - than showing off while the whole country is watching? I appreciate that the majority of this sider it best for the Region to appoint Done to Death is another crown for “Honouring lives lost and making sure they will never be forgotten.” That piece focused on the passing of one a sitting member of Regional Coun - the jewel that is Uxbridge commu - is rich. Rich because we both know that, by this time next week, the hockey of Durham Region’s greatest champi - cil; a person who would have the un - nity theatre. This production is a sticks will all have been put away. Tim Hortons will likely no longer be selling ons. However, there was an incorrect derstanding, knowledge and spoof on the mystery genre. The dia - the Humboldt Broncos Strong doughnuts. Jerseys from today’s “Jersey Day” quote related to the appointment of experience required to fill the posi - logue and the production effects are will be shoved back into a dark drawer. We’ll no longer notice the half-staff a current Durham Regional Council tion for the remainder of the term. spot on and bring lots of laughs. flags at the arena. Most of the country will have forgotten. member to the role of Regional Personally, I am of the view, a view There is also the bonus of a blood- We cannot emphasize enough that this is NOT making light of what hap - Chair. I am referring to the wording that I stated during the March 26 curdling scream. It is always fun to pened. It was a senseless, preventable accident that cost too many young lives. “that whoever is appointed to finish council meeting, that the person who see familiar faces in different roles Too many lives, period. And we do genuinely empathize with those who are the term will not be allowed to run may be appointed should not run in and to see talent new to us. The qual - suffering. But now everyone seems to want to participate in a maelstrom of in the upcoming municipal election the upcoming municipal election for ity of theatre in Uxbridge is one pos - grief that, if we admit it to ourselves, no one is really, truly feeling. There is for the position of chair or for mayor the position of chair or for mayor or itive element we can all agree on. no possible way we can begin to relate. If, heaven forbid, the same thing hap - or regional councillor of any of the regional councillor of any of the re - Hope you go see Done to Death this pened to our Uxbridge Bruins, we would likely want the media out of our region’s municipalities.” gion’s municipalities, as he or she weekend. faces, to just leave us alone. We wouldn’t care about what the Facebook posts Anyone who is eligible can run for may be seen to have an advantage Saundra Reiner have to say. We would perhaps be vaguely aware of national support, if it was the office of Regional Chair, even if over others who are interested in the Uxbridge coming to us, but the pain would likely blind us to anything going on outside this person was appointed to the role position. our small town. And that pain, dear bandwagoners, is going to last a lot for the last few months of this term I trust this will clear up any misun - longer than a sprinkle doughnut. Accessibility, from page 2 She said that wherever the Interna - weekend. tional Symbol of Access is not re - Regional Councillor Jack Ballinger quired by law - "(e.g.: on the said he thought about the township's pavement in parking lots, on wash - own junior team, the Uxbridge Bru - room doors)" - Uxbridge is free to ins, when he heard the news. use the new DSA. She recommended "I can't imagine something like that the DSA be adopted at all town - that," he said. ship facilities except on parking and Council commits to Grandview : 9,500 copies of The Cosmos are published each Thursday in the Township of traffic signs. ose would have to Council committed $15,000 over Uxbridge: 8,700 delivered by mail, 800 available in stores and boxes. keep the old symbol until the new the next five years to Grandview A new accessibility symbol has been adopted by Publisher/Editor Lisha Van Nieuwenhove 905.852.1900 DSA is universally adopted by the Children's Centre's capital building the township; Uxbridge is the first in Durham to province. Council voted to adopt her program. Advertising/Sales 905.852.1900 do so. recommendations. e commitment came after a pres - Flags at half staff : Mayor Gerri entation by Grandview CEO Lor - 38 Toronto Street North, Unit One, Uxbridge Ontario L9P 1E6 Lynn O'Connor announced Monday raine Sunstrum-Mann about the new e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.thecosmos.ca that flags at the Uxbridge arena will Grandview headquarters, scheduled be flown at half-staff for the next 15 to open in 2021 or 2022. e new Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. days to mourn the deaths of 15 peo - building will be built on a five-acre EDITORIAL POLICY: Opinions expressed by columnists, contributors and in letters to the editor are not necessarily ple in the crash that took a large property donated by Ajax on Har - those of The Cosmos. Letters must be signed and the telephone number provided (number will not be pub - number of the Humboldt, Sask., wood Avenue, between Rossland lished). Requests that a name be withheld will be honoured only if there is a compelling reason. Errors brought Broncos junior hockey team on the Road and Taunton Road. to our attention will be corrected. The Cosmos reserves the right to edit and/or refuse to publish unsolicited material. ADVERTISING POLICY: Ad deadline is 12 noon Tuesday the week of publication. The Cosmos reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. The Cosmos is not liable for slight changes or typographical errors in advertisements or any other errors or omissions in advertisements. All material herein, including advertising CORRECTION design, is copyrighted, and may not be reproduced in any form without permission. On April 5, 2018, in an article entitled “Brides, babies focus of new store,” the Cosmos erroneously called the featured store Bluebird Paper and Press. It is called Bluebell Paper and Press. e Cosmos apologizes for the error. The Uxbridge Cosmos 5 Thursday, April 12, 2018 Am I Wrong? The Barris Beat column by Roger Varley column by Ted Barris Thinking of the hometown boys As safe as...a game of hockey

Like many of you, I had the same visceral draw once. It didn’t matter how early on a Saturday, he still mental health specialists to arena security and reaction of shock and sorrow over the Then I thought about the name: the came with me. Even if he’d worked half the safety, one might expect something as straight - Humboldt Broncos tragedy that appeared Uxbridge Bruins. To me, that means they night getting his last newspaper column of the forward as bus travel from one community to to take hold of the entire nation, at least represent Uxbridge when they play, which week finished at the Globe and Mail , and even the next to be the least concern … to be safe. I judging from news reports and social is a heavy responsibility, because if they act if we played the first game of the day at 6 a.m., know my dad didn’t flinch when we got our my dad was always there. He helped me tie my bus ride to Ted Reeve Arena. I don’t think most media posts. Indeed, such has been the im - like goons at an away game, that tends to skates, made sure my Butch Goring helmet was Humboldt parents thought about it much be - pact that one of our advertisers this week reflect on the community. So if they're rep - in place, and sent me onto the ice to play fore Friday. has honoured the Broncos by including the resenting us, shouldn't we be showing house-league hockey. I felt secure too, seeing I don’t think Greg Gilhooly’s folks thought team's logo in the ad. them more support? I was told the average him at the end of the outdoor arena, through twice about their son’s safety either, back in And, of course, it was constantly on the attendance at Bruins home games last sea - the chain-link fence, cheering us on. 1979, when the coach of the Midget St. James minds of just about everyone at the son was about 200. Amherstburg, which is “Go, Agincourt, go,” I heard him shout be - Canadians, a team of 16- and 17-year-olds rep - Uxbridge Bruins annual banquet on Mon - basically just a large sub-division stuck in tween puffs on his cigarette. resenting Manitoba in the (then) Air Canada day. As proud parents and club executives the country approximately 20 kilometres Having a parent take me to the rink felt Cup, chose Greg to play goal. The coach and volunteers watched the young men south of Windsor, with roughly the same supremely comforting. And, as I remember, we turned out to be Graham James, a charismatic who wear the Bruins uniform enjoying the population as Uxbridge, regularly draws in had a couple of coaches – volunteers – who team manager, but also a sexual predator. On made sure we had sticks, pucks and jerseys. It the pretence of a foot-massage therapy, James bond that only comes from being part of a 500 to 600 fans for their games in the was always reassuring to have those familiar took advantage of his control and power over team, they couldn't help but think of other PJHL's West Stobbs division. Of course, people there for us. A virtual security blanket. the boy. “He rubbed my legs. He fondled me,” parents and other players who won't be given that it is just an over-sized sub-divi - And one year, when we won the house-league Gilhooly wrote in his just published book, I going to a banquet. sion in the country, maybe there's nothing for our age group in Agincourt, we actually got Am Nobody: Confronting the Sexually Abusive But this column is not about Humboldt: else for those residents to do. to ride on a bus to a regional play-off game at Coach Who Stole My Life . “He exposed himself. others have written about the event far Chatting with a couple of the Bruins di - Ted Reeve Arena in East York – an away game … I did nothing.” more eloquently than I could. This is rectors at the banquet, we briefly touched inside a covered rink. But again, any childhood Gilhooly was just 14. James had catapulted about the Bruins, who almost immediately on the possibility of doing some kind of anxiety evaporated because those volunteers him over the other Midget goaltenders to get came to my mind when I first heard about survey to find out what would increase at - provided support and encouragement just by him to the Air Canada tournament, but mostly Humboldt. The Bruins have to travel by tendance, but that has obvious drawbacks. their presence. Youth hockey in this country to take advantage of him. The abuse continued has always felt safe and secure. into the 1980s. It changed the way the young - bus seven or eight times a winter up the Those who don't attend Bruins games Then, Friday’s bus crash on the road between ster saw hockey. It changed the way he looked dark and miserable Highway 28 that leads likely wouldn't respond to a survey. Then Humboldt and Nipawin, in Saskatchewan. at life, forever. I recently had the honour to to Lakefield and Apsley. there was the idea of a fan club. “You get on a bus multiple times not thinking meet and interview Greg Gilhooly in front of I've been following the Bruins for almost In this social media world, that seems like about anything like this,” Justin Buzzeo, former an audience. He candidly revealed how he hid two decades now and, biased as I might be, a pretty good idea. Just about every soccer player with the Humboldt Broncos, told CTV. from the truth, nearly took his own life, I can't remember coming across a better team in Europe has a fan club of serious “It’s sad. It’s really sad.” watched the courts convict James for assaulting sports organization. They are dedicated, numbers. Turning up for a game in num - The city of Humboldt, the province, the Sheldon Kennedy and Theo Fleury, but finally community-oriented, friendly and treat bers, all wearing some kind of fan club country, the hockey world now tries to under - broke his silence in 2010, when the National everyone with respect, especially their play - paraphernalia, be it scarves, toques or stand how this collision between a transport Parole Board pardoned James. For the sake of ers. whatever, brings with it a sense of cama - truck and the Broncos’ team bus Friday night other vulnerable youngsters, for his own sanity, could ever happen. How could it be anything Gilhooly became a lawyer, stepped out of Regularly, at the first break, they give the raderie which can become contagious. in Canada, but a safe ride to a game? Although anonymity, challenged his assailant and took small fry in Tim Bits hockey the thrill of Nothing pumps up the home team like a one statistician did note that the Broncos rou - back some of the self-esteem he’d lost. I asked playing in front of a crowd. It's great for boisterous, home-friendly crowd. Witness tinely clock 15,000 kilometres per season, and Greg if he could every play hockey again. the kids and great entertainment for the the Seattle Seahawks' "12th man." that they spend the equivalent of 16 full days “I loved hockey back then,” he said. “Still do. fans. The Bruins are the only team in the Depending on the numbers in the fan on buses travelling to and from away games. It was where I felt most comfortable … com - loop that invites numerous locals to sing club, the Bruins could offer special events, There can’t be a single parent of a daughter or pletely in control. It’s where you’re supposed to the anthem at the start of the game. They such as meet the players nights or skate son – travelling to hockey games almost every be safe.” regularly acknowledge such local groups as with the players, discounts on Bruins gear. weekend – who isn’t shaken to the core by this. At the end of the evening when Greg and I Precious Minds and the Legion and hold Maybe some of the team's sponsors could Not to mention emergency service people. spoke in front of that audience in Pickering, annual events like the teddy bear toss. be persuaded to offer discounts or specials “In 32 years, it’s the worst I’ve ever seen,” Jes - Friday night, we all learned there’d been a ter - sica Brost, a paramedic dispatched to the crash rible crash on the highway in Saskatchewan They are the only team in the division to to fan club members. scene, told the National Post. that night. Fifteen members of the Humboldt name the sponsor of each period of hockey High school football in the U.S. draws For all the time, effort and money that hockey Broncos organization had died. Another part and give a short voice ad. And they play thousands of spectators. It seems to me administrators, sporting goods manufacturers, of hockey’s safe haven had been shattered. good hockey, too. If I have one gripe about Uxbridge could at least fill the arena for the and public safety advocates have invested in the Bruins, it's that in all those 20 years, Bruins. everything from helmets to concussion proto - For more Barris Beat columns, I've only won the first prize in the 50/50 Tell me, am I wrong? cols, from visors to drug testing, and from go to www.tedbarris.com MARK YOUR CALENDARS LADIES! Our 11th Annual Ladies’ Night is Sunday, May 6th WIN! 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm ONE LUCKY LADY WILL Lots of Prizes! WIN New Products to Showcase! A 6 PIECE LAZBOY AVONDALE SET! 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