Tragedy in La Loche Takes Life of Uxbridge Man Ignated Truck Routes
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Volume 12 No. 4 YOUR UNIVERSE Thursday, January 28, 2016 Gravel pit expansion approved by Roger Varley Uxbridge council adopted the rec - ommendations of planning con - sultant Elizabeth Howson on Monday night and approved an application to amend the township Official Plan and zoning bylaw to allow SASE Aggregates to expand operations at its pit on Wagg Road near Old Hwy. 47. However, in unanimously ap - proving the application, council tagged on a page and a half of con - ditions over and above conditions that Ms. Howson had recom - mended. Among those conditions is the establishment of an advisory committee - made up of council members, local residents and the owner/operator of the pit - which will review the operation of the pit and any issues arising from imple - mentation of the conditions. Also, FINALLY OUT ON THE POND - A game of shinny was just the thing for a P.A. day last Friday. These boys took to the ice on the pond by Barton Farms. For trucks going to and from the pit more outdoor photos, visit www.thecosmos.ca. Photo by John Cavers will be banned from all township roads except Old Hwy. 47 and des - Tragedy in La Loche takes life of Uxbridge man ignated truck routes. The council chambers were by Shelagh Damus At around 1 p.m. last Friday, a 17- through the scouting movement. a tent,” says Allison. packed with area residents, who year old male entered the school and Many neighbours, friends and ac - Adam recently finished teachers col - were given the opportunity to talk Breaking news banners regarding began a shooting spree that left four quaintances are “devastated by the lege at Lakehead University. He to members of council after the ap - school shootings in the United States dead and another seven injured. In news.” Local minister Andrew Alli - moved to La Loche in September, plication was approved. During are an almost regular occurrence, so response to multiple 911 calls from son remembers Adam for his “under - 2015, to commence his teaching ca - it came as a quite a shock last week students and teachers, police arrived stated humour” and as a “genuine reer. The remoteness of the town and those informal talks, Mayor Gerri to learn the latest attack had taken on the scene and were able to arrest and authentic, guy, who wasn’t trying its reputation for being home to a Lynn O'Connor, responding to place in Canada – at the La Loche the suspect without further incident. to be something he wasn’t.” significant population of at risk queries why the application was Community School in the small Adam, seriously injured, was rushed “Adam was quite an adventurer, had youth would no doubt have been not turned down, said: "We have northern Saskatchewan town of La to hospital, where he succumbed to a passion for life, and would often seen as a challenge. But one that no tools to turn it down." Loche. The vastness of Canada and his injuries. A teachers’ aid, Marie make you laugh until your stomach Adam seemingly embraced. In an - As for traffic problems that might the Saskatchewan town’s remoteness Janvier, was pronounced dead at the hurt,” said Adam’s father, Ted, in a other statement, the Wood family re - arise - (a total of 25 trucks per means the tragedy, while closer to scene. Soon after the police were statement released by the family. calls that “On Christmas day, [they] hour would be allowed to enter home, still seemed so far away. The called to a nearby home where broth - One former neighbour remembers sat around the kitchen table….and and leave the pit) - Councillor illusion of these things happening to ers Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, a “young Adam dressed in his Indi - [they] spoke about La Loche. Adam Dave Barton said a turning lane other people in other places was shat - were found shot to death. ana Jones gear” setting off down the shared the joys and struggles of being could be constructed at Old Hwy. tered when news came that one of Adam was raised along with his two street in search an adventure. As he a teacher, his passion for his work, 47 and Hwy. 47 if the need arises, the four fatally wounded victims was siblings in Uxbridge, and the family grew, he continued to seek out op - and the potential of his students.” with SASE on the hook for the former Uxbridge resident, Adam has always been active in the com - portunities to challenge himself. costs. Wood. munity through their church and “You know he spent a year living in ...continued on page 2 SOLD! I have qualified buyers looking for waterfront properties. If you have waterfront on Dale O’Neill Marie Persaud Salesperson Sales Representative Wagners Lake, Lake Scugog Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Coldwell Banker R.M.R. 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Submitted by Annette Forkun rounding community and the made online via this Goget - on “how happy he seemed with his “Rather than looking for someone town of Uxbridge. funding link: http://goget - work and where he was in life at that to blame, or coming up with outsider Adam Wood was one of the Funds are being raised to help funding.com/in-memory-of-ad moment.” four victims who died tragically the Wood family during this am-wood in the La Loche school shoot - difficult time. Any funds Cash donations can be made ing on Friday, January 22. His procurred will help them with at any TD Canada Trust bank parents, Ted and Nancy Wood, any travel expenses, the return branch - the following account his sister Caitlin and his of Adam’s remains to Ontario, information will be required: brother Eric are all devastated and with funeral expenses, Branch #3776, Account by the news, as is their sur - along with any unforeseen ex - #6344679. e account is set penses that may be incurred. up at the branch at 1 Brock It is our way of standing with Street West, Uxbridge, On - them and supporting them as tario, L9P 1P6. best we can. ank you so much for your Donations either through support! PayPal or by credit card can be Uxbridge resident Adam Wood Submitted photo opinions of reasons why this oc - It is clear from the statement re - curred,” we are asked to “stop and lis - leased by the family that Adam’s abil - ten to the voices of La Loche” who ity to see potential where others saw “know what types of support and none was his gift, and that this ability changes are needed. Our responsibil - is family trait. ity as a nation is to listen and respond “We find ourselves in moments of to create lasting systemic change.” despair thinking, “Why did it have For details on how the community to be Adam?” But really, the question can help Adam Wood’s family finan - is, “Why did this have to happen? It cially, please see article on this page. is in these moments, when tragedy strikes, that we are able to stop and The Uxbridge Cosmos 3 Thursday, January 28, 2016 - and one from a town in Massa - mayor. Health study seeks regional participants TOWN HALL chusetts - about the program and In the letter, Olivia quite politely has produced a booklet which tells but forcefully requests that the e Durham Region Health Depart - strategies and treatments. ment is working with the Ontario Following their visit, each partici - by Roger Varley them how to start their own pro - town install more litter bins around Health Study (OHS) to help pro - pant will receive a comprehensive gram. town, particularly at the Fields of Notes from the January 25 mote the study’s upcoming visit to blood analysis report of where their Mayor O'Connor said she had Uxbridge. Council Meeting the region. personal health falls within reference never seen a program become so "There are not a lot of garbage e Ontario Health Study (OHS) ranges. successful in such a short time and cans around the soccer fields in recently announced it will open four Participants who have already com - Banner program coming back: asked council to agree to $1,500 to Uxbridge," she wrote. "All of the Study Centres located in Bow - pleted the Ontario Health Study cover the cost of new lampposts cans are near the parking lot. Play - manville, Oshawa, Ajax and Picker - questionnaire online will receive an Tish MacDonald, co-ordinator of and hanging the banners. ers then leave empty water bottles ing, which will run from February 1 email invitation to take part. last year's highly successful veterans She also announced that a bas-re - and snack garbage around the fields through to February 12.