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GIVING UNITY A SPIN - The Spanish flu and the end of a war can’t dampen spirits in a scene from Unity (1918), which opens at the Uxbridge Music Hall this weekend.OnStage Uxbridge presents this award-winning Canadian play. From left: Amy Atkinson, Liam Elliott, Joseph Elliot, Greg Landry, Christine Scott, and Marlo Alcock. For showtimes and tickets, see page 3 for details, or visit onstageuxbridge.com Photo by Spring Riley
by Roger Varley
A number of people taking part in theUxbridge Poverty Coalition's "poverty maze"at St. Paul's Anglican Church last Wednesdayfound themselves frustrated at the end of theexercise - and that's just what the organizerswanted.As one of the organizers said: "It was made to
make them feel frustrated and angry."The exercise did not involve a traditional
maze. The "maze" referred to the number ofagencies people in need have to navigate inorder to resolve their crises and how it can takea lot of dead ends and wrong turns before find-ing one's way out.Every participant was given a character with a
number of urgent problems and told to resolvethose issues the best way they could. Aroundthe church hall were a number of tablesmanned by people from such organizations asNorth House, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Cam'sKids Foundation, Canadian Mental Health As-
sociation, Community Care and others.One participant's character was a mother of
two girls aged 13 and five. The father had left,the mother was pregnant and confined to bedfor the last two months of her pregnancy andher 13-year-old was missing a lot of school. Thefive-year-old felt lonely. And on top of that, thehydro had been shut off and the mother had tochoose between paying hydro or paying therent.
With all the tables around the room, it wasnot too difficult to zero in on the services thatneeded to be approached. In the real world,however, the character would have to start byfinding out what help was available and fromwhere. They would also have to physicallytravel from location to location, not just hopfrom table to table.
As for frustration, it was fairly easy to seewhere that came from. At the end of the ses-sion, there was still a long lineup at the socialservices table and many did not get to that tableat all.
But participants also learned that some agen-cies offer more help than they might havethought. For instance, North House could helpthe mother pay her hydro bill up to $500. BigBrothers/Big Sisters does more than just matchchildren with mentors. Sunrise Pregnancy Cen-tre offers assistance to all pregnant women, notjust unwed teenagers. Cam's Kids could helpthe 13-year old with its programs for youth.
Among those taking part were a couple ofDurham Region police and two members ofthe library staff. The police were there to un-derstand some of the problems facing those liv-ing in poverty and the library was there to learnabout inclusiveness.
One outcome of the maze exercise was Rev.Mark Kinghan's announcement that thechurch will start a Café 59 program in January,a drop-in centre where lonely people can so-cialize with others. Café 59 will start at thechurch on Jan. 13 and will run every Mondayfrom 10 a.m. to noon.
Maze proves that navigating poverty is no easy task
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Sun., Nov. 17: 1:30 p.m. Ladies of the Foster Ladies of the Foster will perform a reading ofCharles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with asing-along with Jane Loewen.
www.uxbridgeyouthcentre.comMe Uxbridge Youth Centre is looking for aCPA/Bookkeeper to join our Board of Directors.Mis position is voluntary and requiresapproximately 10 volunteer hours a month to helpus ensure our day to day Knances of the not-for-proKt organization, records and Knancialtransactions are accurately captured and the booksare kept in compliance with governing accountingprinciples.Please send your resume to Molly [email protected] to submit yourapplication today!
Council & Committee MeetingsMonday, November 1810:00 a.m. COMMITTEE MEETINGSPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING(IMMEDIATLEY FOLLOWING THECOMMITTEE MEETING)
6:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. BUDGET OPEN HOUSEMEETING
Wednesday, November 20 7:00 p.m. COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENTMEETING
Monday, November 25 7:00 p.m. COUNCIL MEETING
Winter Parking ReminderAs winter approaches, the Township of Uxbridge isasking for your cooperation to help the snowclearing operations go as smoothly and eLciently aspossible.Parking on Township streets is not permittedbetween 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 1to April 1.Parking in a manner that interferes with snowremoval is not permitted, i.e. parked cars extendinginto roadway.Overnight parking is available in Township lots witha permit - please visit the Township oLces topurchase yours.
Me Township of Uxbridge would like to adviseresidents that construction will be occurring onSaturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17. BrennanConstruction has applied for a noise-exemption toenable them to work over the weekend. Work willinvolve the use of saws and hammers, and there willbe some vehicle traLc at the site. Construction isexpected to be completed by 5:00 p.m.
When: Sat., Nov. 16 and Sun., Nov. 17 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Where: North of Brock St. in the construction area behind CoJee Time.
Why: To continue construction work eLciently.
If you have any concerns about the project please contact Mike Wilson at 416-788-7576.
Do you own or lease commercial or industrialproperty in the Uxbridge Business ImprovementArea and want to help make a diJerence?Me Board has put a call out for submissions for one(1) director to sit on the board of management forthe Uxbridge Business Improvement Area.Mose interested in a position are encouraged tosubmit an application to the Township Clerk on theprescribed form, available athttp://town.uxbridge.on.ca/committees_and_initiatives Submissions will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. onFriday, November 15, 2019. Mey can be deliveredin person to the Clerks Department at Me
Township of Uxbridge Municipal Building, locatedat 51 Toronto Street South, or by email [email protected] For further information, please direct questionsabout the process to [email protected] or call289-314-2550.A meeting will be held to consider and recommendthe appointment to the board of management.Members of the BIA, being those who own or leasecommercial or industrial property in the BIA (orthose acting on behalf of a corporation that is anowner or tenant of commercial or industrial land inthe BIA), may attend the meeting to vote on eachnominee presented. BIA members are entitled toone vote for each nominee regardless of the numberof properties they own or lease.Me meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 3,2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Scribes Room in MeTownship OLce, 51 Toronto Street South,Uxbridge. Me regularly scheduled Board meetingwill follow.
Detectives Assemble! Museum PA Day Camps Friday, November 15, 2019
Uxbridge Historical Centre, 7239 Conc. 6Aspiring detectives assemble! Me UxbridgeHistorical Centre's PA Day Camp will train younginvestigators in the art of hunting for clues, code-breaking, and how to make secret messages. Kids willsearch the museum grounds through themed gamesand participate in detective skill-building crafts. Afull day of activities, adventure, and crafts is plannedfor ages 7-13 for the November 15 PA Day. Pleaseregister through ActiveNet, or call the museum: 905-852-5854. Cost is $35.
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Road ClosurePlease be advised that Brock St. W. from Centre Rd. to Nelkydd St. will be closed for theSanta Claus Parade on Saturday, November 16 from 10 a.m. for approximately 2 hours.
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Spare Crossing GuardsMe Township of Uxbridge is currently seekingSpare Crossing Guards to cover various locations inthe Town of Uxbridge. If you are interested in aposition, please contact Jo Ann Merrick at 905-852-9181 ext 202 or email: [email protected]
Recreation Coordinator - Full time positionReporting to the Director of Community Services,this position is responsible for overseeing allrecreation, camp programs and Age Friendlyinitiatives. Mis includes but is not limited totraining, hiring, programming, promotion, riskmanagement and grant reporting. Me successfulcandidate must have strong administrative skillsand promote healthy lifestyle opportunitiesthrough inclusive recreational experiences for ourcommunity.Providing leadership to a team of recreational staJ,you will develop and manage a diverse range ofprograms, services, facilities, events, partnershipsand volunteer development opportunities thatpromote a healthy, active and balanced lifestyle forall age groups and social and cultural segmentsacross the Township. Mis position is full time, 35 hours per week, whichmay include evenings and weekend shifts. Interested and qualiKed candidates are encouragedto submit a detailed resumé and cover letter toAmanda Ferraro; Director of Community Services,Township of Uxbridge via email [email protected] or mail or drop oJ to 51Toronto Street South, P.O. Box 190, Uxbridge ON,L9P 1T1.All resumes and covering letters must be receivedby 4:30 p.m. on November 25, 2019.If needed and upon request, this document can bemade available in an alternative format.
We thank all those who apply, however, only thosecandidates selected for an interview will be contacted. /e Township of Uxbridge is an equal opportunityemployer in accordance with the Accessibility forOntarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and theOntario Human Rights Code (OHRC). /e Townshipof Uxbridge will provide accommodations throughoutthe recruitment and selection and/or assessment processto applicants with disabilities and/or needs related tothe OHRC. Personal information provided is collectedunder the authority of /e Municipal Freedom ofInformation and Protection of Privacy Act.
While the First World War ragesoverseas, life in the small town ofUnity, Saskatchewan, continues asnormal - siblings squabble, couplesfall in love, farmers complain aboutthe weather, and the local telephoneoperators gossip about.When the Spanish flu strikes, how-
ever, suddenly the war is on every-one’s doorstep, and this time, theenemy is invisible and unstoppable.Soon residents are falling down deadas a doornail - or have a screw loose.
Written by Kevin Kerr, Unity(1918) mixes elements of drama,gothic romance, pandemic horror,and a dose of dark humour, handlingboth the enormity of the Spanish fluand the trivial details of small-townlife.Unity (1918) has won the Governor
General’s Literary Award, and isplaying at the Uxbridge Music Hallon Nov. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 16, 17, and23 at 2 p.m. Tickets available
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The Rotary Club of Uxbridge would like to express our sincere thanks to those who contributed to the success of our 2019 Uxbridge Rotary Christmas Home Tour! First, thank you to our gracious homeowners for opening their lovely homes in support of this fundraising event. To our corporate sponsors: BDO, Canadian Tire Uxbridge, Douglas Crossing, Jones Pools, Lawson Home Improvements, Ron Noble Insurance, Rutledge Jewelers. To our realtor sponsors: Kelsey Geer. Stacy Kearley, Ian Morrison, Marie Persaud, Fran Taylor, Graham Wilson, Cindy Wood. To our oral sponsors: Greg Eickmeier (CIBC Wood Gundy), The Gorgons, The Roxy Theatre, Uxbridge Family Dentistry, Wilson Associates, Dr Vi Tu Banh, York Durham Heritage Railway. To our talented designers & decorators: Belle Maison Staging, Diana Calderwood, Design Your Space, Linda Desmarais, A.L. Designs, Serendipitous Surroundings, Jill Watson, Shirley Freek and members of the Trinity United Church congregation. To the talented musicians who bring life to the tour through their beautiful music. To our dedicated volunteers, many who have donated their time year after year. To the orists: Branching Out, Designs by Tracy, Keith’s Flowers. To the local businesses who advertise in our passport ticket.To the staff at Canadian Tire Uxbridge, Blue Heron Books & Presents, Presents for selling tickets and to Wooden Sticks for providing space for ticket pick up on the day of the tour. Lastly, thank you to our home tour guests for their continued support. We truly hope you enjoyed our 2019 tour featuring eight incredible properties including the historic Trinity United Church. We look forward to seeing you next year at our 2020 Uxbridge Rotary Christmas Home Tour.
Happy Holidays! Note: If you’re interested in more information on how your home may be considered for upcoming tours please contact [email protected]
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Uxbridge Music HallNovember 14,15,16, 21, 22 & 23 at 7:30 pm
November 16, 17, & 23 at 2:00 pm
Directed by Kate Hargrave
Produced by Krystyne Elliott & Joanna Thornton
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e snow has arrived, and with it,the annual community ChristmasToy Drive. e Township is allowingthe old fire hall on Bascomb St. to beused as the sortation and distributioncentre, and as in the past, the ToyDrive will support many local usergroups, including local churches, theschools, the Salvation Army and thelocal food hamper committee, toname a few.
Visit the Toy Drive website to ei-ther request a donation or make adonation. e website iswww.uxbridgetoydrive.comere is always a need for donations
for teenagers and infants. A full wishlist has been posted on the Toy Drivewebsite. Cash and gift cards are alsowelcome, as they can help fill anyvoids the Toy Drive may have.
Organizers would like to have alldonations in by Dec. 22, in order toallow time for sorting and distribu-tion in time for Christmas. Drop points for the Toy Drive areBodyFit, Canadian Tire Uxbridge,McDonald’s, Zehrs and Bruins homegames.
‘Tis the season forannual Toy Drive
e Jennifer Ashleigh Children’sCharity (JACC), located here inUxbridge, is one of 10 Canadianrespite charities qualified to receive adonation of $125,000 as part of anationwide philanthropic contest.
Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Char-ity’s mission is to improve the qualityof life for seriously and chronically illchildren and their families by provid-ing financial support. A donationfrom iA Financial Group would helpJACC double the number of respiteservices available to Ontario familiesfor 2020.
iA Financial Group is calling onCanadians to vote for one of the tencharities that have qualified as final-ists to receive the grand prize dona-tion of $125,000 in the third editionof the company’s philanthropic con-test.
e public has until November 29to go to donations-contest.ia.ca andvote for the charities and the projectsthey consider the most inspiring.
Hundreds of charities working inthe health, education and social serv-ices sectors that provide respite to theloved ones of persons in need an-swered iA Financial Group’s call inSeptember and entered the contest.A jury reviewed all projects receivedfrom across the country and choseten finalists, for which you can nowvote.
Almost $300,000 will be distrib-uted among the ten finalists, includ-ing a donation of $125,000 to thecharity that receives the most votes,$50,000 each for second and thirdplace, and $10,000 each for the re-maining seven charities. e winnerswill be announced on December 12.
Local charity a finalist in national charitydonation giveaway-needs votes to win
Unity (1918) brings Spanish flu to post-warSaskatchewan
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Operation Warm Hearts, in its 20thanniversary, had an extremely suc-cessful year. We were set up in theUxbridge Arena, where our com-munity generously donated (rightup to the day of the sale) a whop-ping 770 coats by various individu-als, families and organizations. Themajority of what was donated wasmostly scarves, hats and mitts. Mostof it was brand new or gently used.
We sold 330 coats in three hours.The community raised $1,010 forthe Loaves & Fishes Food Bank.
In the last 20 years, OperationWarm Hearts has had 8,884 coatsdonated to the event and raised, todate, $11,180 to support the Loaves& Fishes Food Bank. Without thegenerous community support thiswould not be possible. I would like to, at this time, thank
the following volunteers for theirunlimited support over the last 20years, as without them we couldnot be successful in caring for othersand keeping them warm.
Michele Lindsay, who started thiscause, realized that there was a needto help others stay warm and got theball rolling to make it happen.Chances Are has helped us since thebeginning by sorting coats that weredonated to our coat drive event. AHUGE thank you to Jason Andrewsof Wash Worx Laundromat for hiscountless hours of cleaning all thedonated coats that were droppedoff, and he did that around his busyschedule. WE Uxbridge and theirwonderful volunteers have been ex-tremely helpful with helping get thedonations brought over to theArena, get everything set up andhelping with transporting the re-mainder of items back for storage.
We also want to thank CathyChristoff of the Rotary Club ofUxbridge (courtesy of Aurora Party
Rentals) for the years of helping usby supplying the 10 coat racks.Without their support we wouldnot be able to house the coats forthe event.
Eileen Foot has donated her timeover the many years by helpingtransport many loads of donationsthat were left over and take them toplaces that we can’t get to (includingvarious shelters) in the Durham Re-gion.
And finally, Viper Marketing, asthey have donated numerous brandnew coats over the years and itmakes me feel warm inside thatcompanies like them go to thelengths they do to support a greatcause. I would also like to thank Dan Pol-
lard and his team at 105.5 HitsFMUxbridge for taking the time to helppromote our event and reach out tothe community, and to WilliamsonUxbridge for helping collect coatsfor our event.
We would like to thank Caitlinand Ian Vandenhurk, who have gra-ciously stepped up to the plate tohelp take over and make sure Oper-ation Warm Hearts keeps runningand keeping our community warmfor everyone. They too were ex-tremely helpful this year by donat-ing four extra racks to ensure thatwe had enough room to organize allthe donated coats. They were onhand throughout the day and wecouldn’t thank them enough. To all the other people who helped,
a BIG thank you. We appreciateyour continued support of Opera-tion Warm Hearts.
Next year’s coat sale will be Satur-day November 7, 2020.
Maggie McCreath & Niko Pupella
Operation Warm Hearts
It’s Movember and time to take ac-tion on men’s health - prostate can-cer in particular.
This is the most common cancerfor men, and it is easily detectableand treated if you take action. Mostmen will get it at some time in theirlife. Recently you may have readthat Rod Stewart and Elton Johnhave opened up about having beendiagnosed and treated for it.
As a prostate cancer survivor, Iknow that advances in treatmenthave increased survivor rates im-mensely due to donation-funded re-search. We are lucky that we havespecialists that come to UxbridgeCottage Hospital for consultationon this. Look around your neighbourhood
and at your own friends and family,and you will be surprised how manyhave been impacted by prostate can-cer. I know that a least three of uson my street are among them.
Please help me change the face ofmen’s health by donating generouslyat: https://mobro.co/13741883.
Mike WhistonUxbridge
We were in Uxbridge on Oct. 27 foryour wizard festival (great time washad at it).
As my daughter and myself droveinto town, the first thing we noticedwere the banners showing all thefallen soldiers. We took time to readas many as we could. Great ideawith Remembrance Day so close.
Keep up the great job. All townsshould do this to remember allthose who gave their lives while giv-ing us our freedom.
Enjoyed the time we spent inUxbridge.
Ruby Young(undisclosed location)
Letters to the Editor
Prayer: an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of wor-ship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers toan act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity, or a deified ancestor.Wikipedia
As usual, the Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Cenotaph on Mondaywas lovely. It was cold and snowy, definitely unpleasant, but people still cameout in droves to watch the parade and pay their respects to those who havegiven their lives on behalf of Canada in combat all over the world. This year,the number of spectators seemed to be larger than in the past - surprising,given the weather. We wonder if this was because Remembrance Day thisyear gave cause for people to physically come together and collectively sendout what we’re going to call a prayer to the universe, begging for the globalmadness that established itself in World Wars I and II (and all other wars) tofinally end. Perhaps all those who gathered in the centre of Uxbridge listenedto the hymns and prayers and added their own to the mix, worried that thosewe were honouring may have partially fought in vain, because people theworld over are still being persecuted, still being oppressed, still greedily lung-ing after whatever they think they can take. Every November 11 we recognizethe horror, the hate, and the need for it all to stop, but it seems that betweenNovember 12 and November 10, no one heeds the lessons that were taught.
It’s not news to anyone that the world in which we live at the moment islikely more out of control than it has ever been. Those who gathered aroundthe Cenotaph on Monday knew that, and, in their own way, sought to, aspoet John McRae asked in In Flanders’ Fields, take up the torch and hold ithigh. Heaven knows the world needs it.
**********Speaking of craziness...
There are many of you who are Don Cherry fans, and just as many whoaren’t. No matter which camp you fall into, it’s hard to deny that the Cana-dian Earth has tilted on its axis a bit, now that the legend will no longer beseated in Coach’s Corner. Some people are coming to Cherry’s defence, othersare glad to see the back of his flashy jackets. We’re a little amused by it all -this isn’t the first time that the man has said something inflammatory andoff-the-oversized-cuff. And he did choose the wrong forum to bluster; heshould have stuck to hockey? Were his comments a little rough around theedges? Yes. Was he overtly wrong in his observation that less people seemedto be wearing poppies? No, he can’t be wrong, it was his observation. Freedomof expression is the phrase being used in Cherry’s defence, and with good rea-son. And freedom of expression/speech is a mainstay Canadian value; thisdoesn’t mean that there aren’t consequences, of course, positive or negative. Ted Barris and Roger Varley have stronger views on the Cherry Affair, and
that’s okay with us! What could be more Canadian that fixating on a hockeyicon whose mouth engaged before his brain even had a chance while on na-tional television.
The more important thing at stake now - what on Earth is Ron MacLeangoing to do now? Who shall he numbly listen to?
Our two centsJust like a prayer
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Anyone who hasn't heard about DonCherry's anti-immigrant poppy rant onCoach's Corner must be living alone some-where in the northern bush.Reaction to Cherry's remarks came fast and
furious - particularly furious - on socialmedia, with the majority of commentsrightly slamming the inappropriate lan-guage. Many yearned for a return to the daysof hockey commentators such as Ward Cor-nell and Howie Meeker.People really shouldn't be surprised at what
Cherry said: his xenophobia has been on dis-play for years. He regularly dismissed Euro-pean hockey players as being unworthy ofplaying in the NHL, forgetting that home-team fans absolutely loved the Sedin broth-ers, Matts Sundin and Alex Ovechkin, justto name a few. If there is one bright spot inthe Cherry affair, it is that he has been fired.It should have happened a long time ago.But people also shouldn't be surprised that
some Canadians hold such views. Racist, re-ligious and anti-immigrant behaviour is notfar from the surface in Canadian life.However, as the heading suggests, this col-
umn isn't about discrimination: it's aboutthe poppy.To some extent, as pointed out by a num-
ber of social media commentators, thepoppy has become weaponized, politicized.The other day, I discovered to my horrorthat I had lost my poppy. I immediatelyrushed out to buy another one. Why did Ifeel it necessary to find another poppy in ahurry? It was the thought in the back of mymind that others might see the absence ofthe iconic symbol and think unkindthoughts about me. I found myself apologiz-ing to Legion members at the Bruins gameon Friday because I didn't have a poppy onmy coat.
Actually, I've had a bit of a problem withpoppies most of my life. When I was aschoolboy, we bought our poppies at school.You could buy either the standard, regularpoppy or, for a few shillings more, buy apoppy that had a couple of green leaves at-tached. I could never afford the more expen-sive one and remember feeling just a little bitless than those who had the poppy withleaves.I always buy a poppy, but over recent years
there have been more and more articlesabout the right way and place to wear apoppy. You can't pin it to your hat, you can'tpin it to the right side of your coat, you can'tpin it on a bag, you can't hold it in place bypushing small Canada flag pin through themiddle, etc. To do so, it was intimated, wasto show disrespect to our veterans. Really? Ithough just the act of buying a poppy wasshowing respect. However, it now seems thatyou can push an Indigenous poppy pinthrough the middle of the traditional poppy.Also, I noticed the aforementioned Cherrywore a poppy that was not your run-of-the-mill flower. So it remains, as it was in mychildhood, that there are regular poppies forthe unwashed and more expensive poppiesfor those who can afford them.As for the poppy itself, who hasn't lost one
or two or even more in the days leading upto Remembrance Day? I know the design ofthe poppy is deliberately kept simple inorder to make it inexpensive and easy tomake, therefore leading to more money forveterans, but after all these years isn't it timefor a little innovation? I know that whenbuying a poppy the volunteers offer a tinypiece of plastic to fit on the end of the pinand hold it in place, but consider this. Giventhe hundreds of thousands of poppies soldeach year, that's a lot of little plastic beadsbeing discarded into the environment.
As I said, I always buy a poppy and I'mglad to do so. But at what point do peopleassume that it is your patriotic duty or re-sponsibility as a Canadian citizen to have tobuy a poppy? As with any worthwhilefundraising effort, participation should besomething you want to do, not somethingyou feel you have to do in order to escapecriticism or censure from others.Tell me, am I wrong?
The Cosmos apologizes for accidentally cuttingoff the last couple of words from last week’s “AmI Wrong?” column. The missing sentence shouldhave read: It seems to me that the changes an-nounced Saturday shows the government is fi-nally admitting that the responsible onesshouldn't suffer because of the irresponsibleones.Tell me, am I wrong?
This past Tuesday – the day after Remem-brance Day – I rose to speak at a Probus Clubgathering in Bradford. I was still wearing apoppy on my jacket lapel. As I was about tospeak, when someone asked if it was still OKto wear a poppy on Nov. 12. I nodded, suggest-ing that it’s still Remembrance Week and I wasoffering stories and reflections on the experi-ences of veterans, so why not still wear mypoppy?
“Besides,” I added, “this is my ‘You People’poppy.”That got a few moans and a couple of laughs
from the audience.“No laughing matter,” I added quickly. “You
see, I’m the son of immigrants to this country.And I’ve worn poppies proudly since I was ateenager in high school.”
Of course, I was alluding to the remarks ofDon Cherry, former television commentatoron Sportsnet’s “Coach’s Corner,” broadcast onCBC TV since the 1980s. In case you missedit, on last Saturday’s instalment during the firstintermission on “Hockey Night in Canada”Cherry decided to go on yet another rant. Thistime, he pointed at the camera and spewed outxenophobic nonsense about newcomers toCanada not wearing the poppy, the symbol ofremembrance and sacrifice by Canadian ser-vicewomen and men since the end of the GreatWar on Nov. 11, 1918.
“I live in Mississauga,” he began. “Nobodywears, very few people wear a poppy. Now yougo to the small cities, and you know, the rowson rows, you people love – that come here,wherever it is – you love our way of life. Youlove our milk and honey. At least you can paya couple bucks for a poppy or something likethat.”
His “you people … that come here” epithethad nothing to do with hockey. He wasn’t evenslamming his usual non-Canadian hockey tar-gets – the Swedes, the Europeans and the Rus-sians. No. His blatant suggestion was thatMississauga’s increasingly diverse population ofSouth Asian, Asian and African people did nothold the same apparent values that he does. Imight add here that Mr. Cherry either chose toignore or didn’t notice the large numbers of hisown Anglo-Saxon brethren who for any of anumber of reasons chose not to wear poppiesthis past Remembrance Week either. No. DonCherry has just found another way to expresshis distrust of and disenchantment withCanada’s growing immigrant population. Andhis contention – that immigrants don’t under-stand our values – has finally gone a step too
far. On Monday, Remembrance Day, the very day
Mr. Cherry claims to hold most dear for itsconnection to the servicemen and women,Sportsnet announced that it had fired the starof “Coach’s Corner.” In its words, the broadcastcorporation said: “Following further discus-sions with Don Cherry after Saturday night’sbroadcast, it has been decided it is the righttime for him to immediately step down. …During the broadcast, he made divisive remarksthat do not represent our value or what westand for.”
What the heck took them so long? DonCherry has expressed views that haven’t repre-sented Canadians’ values for decades. Not onlyhas he slammed Swedish and Russian hockeyplayers for what he calls their less aggressiveplay on the ice, but he’s also slurred FrenchCanadians and Indigenous people. When“Coach’s Corner” co-host Ron MacLean at-tempted to rein him in on the issue of equalopportunity for First Nations, Cherry flew offthe handle live to air.“Fair shake?” he railed. “Why don’t you go out
and get your own fair shake in life and work forit? Don’t give me that stuff.”
He’s exploded on radio and television overwomen reporters attending post-game pressconferences in the locker rooms of male proathletes. He’s taken swings at the CBC – bitingthe hand which for many years before Sport-snet actually fed him – calling its decision-mak-ers weak and too left-wing. And, as I see it, thatmight be the real root of the problem. Formany years, CBC senior producers and execu-tives have turned a blind eye to Cherry’s rantsbecause of the advertising revenue andfavourable ratings they generate. I only offeranecdotal evidence, but I dare say that nobodyat the CBC has ordered Don Cherry to do any-thing in years, else why would his epithetsabout European players, francophones, womenand Indigenous People have gone uncheckedso long? I’m afraid it’s the same blind reverencefor stars that got the CBC into trouble over theJian Ghomeshi and Evan Solomon scandals.I’m not sorry to see Don Cherry’s “Rock ’em,
Sock ’em” style of commentary come to an end.Maybe his exit will move Sportsnet to find acommentator with something constructive tosay about the state of our beloved winter sportand leave the fate of the poppy drive each No-vember to genuine patriots.
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THIS WEEKENDFri., Nov. 15: Udora-LeaskdaleLions Club All-You-Can-EatSpaghetti Dinner. Udora Community
Centre, 5:30 p.m. Adults $15; children12-6, $5; children under 6 free.Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, dessert &beverage.Sat.,Nov. 16: Uxbridge Curling
Club’s annual Pancake Break-fast. 8 - 11a.m. Large breakfast $7,small breakfast $5.Sun., Nov. 17: Trinity UnitedChurch celebrates children withRev. Mary-Margaret Boone. Celebratechildren, their accomplishments, dreams,contributions and their goals throughsongs, prayers and Biblical stories.
NEXT WEEKTues., Nov. 19: Uxbridge SeniorCitizens’ luncheon. Seniors’ Centre,12 noon. Turkey dinner with all the trim-mings catered by Mary Evans. Cost is$20.00 for members. Tickets available atthe Community Care Centre. Entertain-ment to be announced.Thurs., Nov. 21: GoodwoodUnited Church Turkey Dinner.Goodwood Community Centre, 4:30p.m. on. Tickets at the door - $20. Takeout available. For further information, call905-640-3347.Sun., Nov. 24: J.S. Bach's Christ-mas Oratorio (in English). OrpheusSymphonietta with Cantorei sine
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About 45 minutes later, police stoppedthe vehicle at Brock Rd. and Dersan St.in Pickering and found three males in-side. ey also located a suitcase and aduffel bag full of unopened alcohol bot-tles with a value of approximately $4,000.Officers also located a small quantity ofcrack cocaine. Two of the males wereidentified as being involved in severalother LCBO thefts in Durham Region.
Maurice Antoine, 48; RicardoCharleston, 42; and Trevel Provo, 37, allface multiple charges.
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