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RIDDELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-04 published
HEFFERON,
Margaret
Jane
Died suddenly on Monday, November 3, 2003 in her 72nd year, at
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Survived by her husband
Dennis, sons Michael (wife Kathleen) and Thomas (wife Patricia),
her daughter Kathleen (husband Jed
LIPPERT) and her 2 loving
grandchildren Colin and Rory. She is also survived by 3 sisters,
Maureen (husband Ted
LORIMER,)
Patricia (husband Robert
RIDDELL)
and Linda (husband Mario
MASTROMARTINO) and 2 brothers, Jim
KERNAGHAN
(wife Carol) and John
KERNAGHAN (wife Michelle.) Her life was
devoted to the care of people in her career as a nurse (Toronto
East General Hospital) and as a public health nurse (Durham Region).
Since her retirement she helped found the Caring Alliance to
help the homeless and was a dedicated visitor to and supporter
of housing for disadvantaged families living in motels. She will
be sorely missed by her family, her Friends and the many whose
lives she touched. Visitation will be held at the ''Scarborough
Chapel'' of McDougall and Brown, 2900 Kingston Road (east of St.
Clair Avenue East), on Wednesday, November 5th from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 6th at
11 a.m. from Washington United Church. Interment will be private.
As expressions of sympathy, donations made to St. Michael's Hospital
Foundation would be appreciated.
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RIDDLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-13 published
Weekend plane crashes kill four
Canadian Press, Monday, October 13, 2003 - Page A7
Airplane crashes claimed four lives in Quebec and Ontario over
the weekend, including two people killed yesterday after an ultralight
plane crashed in fog.
The ultralight-crash victims, a man and a woman, were taken to
hospital with serious injuries after the aircraft plunged into
a field yesterday morning in St-Felix-De-Valois, a town 60 kilometres
northeast of Montreal, Quebec provincial police said. The victims
died later in the day.
"There was thick fog," police spokeswoman Manon
GAIGNARD said.
"A witness heard a noise around 10 a.m. but couldn't tell where
the noise came from because of the fog."
The witness called police later in the morning after she saw
the aircraft's wing poking through the fog, Ms.
GAIGNARD said.
The victims' identities were not released.
Investigators will try to discover whether the fog contributed
to the crash, Ms.
GAIGNARD said.
Nearly 23,000 Hydro-Quebec customers lost power on Saturday after
a single-engine Cessna aircraft crashed into a power line in
Repentigny, east of Montreal.
The passenger suffered broken arms and legs when the aircraft
plunged into a ditch next to a highway. The pilot was slightly
injured. The aircraft, on a night training flight, reported a
loss of power before it lost altitude in smog. As of Sunday afternoon,
service had not been restored to about 6,800 Hydro-Quebec customers.
In Ontario, Gerard
RIDDLE, 66, and his wife, Patricia, 61, of
Brantford, Ontario, died Saturday after crashing shortly after
taking off in a single-engine Piper Comanche from a small airport
near the town of Delhi.
About 10 minutes after takeoff, the plane was returning to the
airport, flying low. It made a turn but crashed into a field
short of the runway. The two were the only ones in the plane.
Ontario Provincial Police and an official from the Transportation
Safety Board investigated the crash.
"The aircraft has been examined and we do have the data that
we need," said Transportation Safety Board spokesman John
COTTREAU
on Saturday. He said it is too early to know whether a more detailed
investigation is necessary.
On Thursday, two small airplanes crashed in Toronto. All on board
each aircraft were relatively unscathed. The engine of a Piper
Cherokee 140 sputtered as the pilot flew toward Toronto's City
Centre airport, but the pilot brought the craft down onto the
water. Two hours later, on the city's northern limits, a Cessna
172 crashed shortly after taking off from Buttonvile Airport.
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RIDEAU o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-01-10 published
Civil servant moonlighted as a master of municipal politics
From global matters to local logjams, he excelled at finding
common ground
By Randy RAY
Special to The Globe and Mail Friday, January 10,
2003, Page R11
David BARTLETT wasn't comfortable in front of a stove, and couldn't
carry a tune or run a hockey practice. But he excelled at most
other pursuits, whether he was drafting memos to cabinet ministers,
mediating disputes between neighbours at township council, or
square dancing at a local community centre.
Of local politics, he once told his wife, Betty, "I can't coach
sports teams, bake cakes or sing in a choir, but I can do this."
Mr. BARTLETT, a career civil servant in the federal government
and also a long-serving municipal politician, died of cancer
at his home in Manotick, Ontario, on November 8, aged 76.
During a career that began in Ottawa in 1948, the Toronto native
was secretary-general at the Canadian Commission for the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which
advises the government on its relations with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and coordinates
its activities in Canada.
He was also secretary of the Canada Council for the Arts, the
arm's-length funding agency, and was acting commercial secretary
in the office of the High Commissioner for Canada in Pakistan.
He was active in municipal politics for two decades, including
eights years as a member of the board of trustees of the Police
Village of Manotick, and six years as mayor of Rideau Township,
both south of Ottawa. During and after his mayoralty, Mr.
BARTLETT
was easy to locate in the community: His licence plates read
"RIDEAU."
"One of the most striking things about David was that he could
turn his hand to almost anything and do it well," said close
friend Douglas
SMALL.
Friends, family and colleagues said another of Mr.
BARTLETT's
strong suits was an ability to understand complicated issues
and then come up with solutions satisfactory to all sides.
Bill TUPPER, a former Ottawa-area Member of Parliament and also
a past mayor of Rideau Township, remembers how Mr.
BARTLETT once
settled a dispute between two farm families over drainage.
"The issue was who would keep the drain clear. Both parties were
almost foaming with venom but David, who was mayor at the time,
listened to both sides and said, 'I think I see a solution and
with a little luck, it might work.' He told them his plan and
the farmers looked at one another and asked, 'Is it that simple?'
"They shook hands on the way out of the meeting."
Mr. BARTLETT graduated from the University of Toronto with a
degree in political science and economics. He worked with the
federal Civil Service Commission for two years before winning
a scholarship at the London School of Economics, where he earned
a master's degree. He married Betty
PEARCE in 1950.
Prior to working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization and the Canada Council, he was chief
of the Technical Co-operation Service, Colombo Plan Administration,
in Canada, precursor to the Canadian International Development
Agency; and he was executive officer to the federal deputy minister
of Northern Affairs and National Resources. He retired in 1986
after seven years as assistant director and secretary at the
Canada Council, but continued to do contract work.
His government jobs were administrative in nature, says Mrs.
BARTLETT, "but not in a routine sense. He had a variety of interesting
projects," including the task of helping Governor-General Georges
VANIER and his wife, Pauline, tour northern Canada.
In the early 1990s, he conceived a plan to rescue the World University
Service of Canada from receivership. At the time, he was interim
executive director of the organization, which is a network of
individuals and institutions that foster human development and
global understanding through education and training. From 1991
to 1998, he sat on World University Service of Canada's board
of directors.
Mr. BARTLETT entered municipal politics in 1965 while still working
for the government, which meant he often came home from work
after 6 p.m., grabbed a bite to eat, and was off to a meeting
that could last until after midnight. He bowed out of politics
in 1985 after losing an election.
"His motivation was that he loved the work," said Mrs.
BARTLETT.
"He never fretted about things, there was never any tossing and
turning at night. He had this talent for dealing with all things
in a balanced way and coming up with a fair solution."
Mr. BARTLETT also contributed his time to a local Scout troop,
and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and wrote columns
for a local newspaper. After retiring, he was appointed to a
number of task forces that studied taxi services at Pearson International
Airport in Toronto, the ward boundaries in Ottawa and the workings
of regional governments.
In retirement, he and his wife spent part of each year on Grand
Manan
Island,
New Brunswick. Mr.
BARTLETT leaves his wife, Betty,
and sons Michael and Peter.
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RIDER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-12 published
A trailblazer in women's hockey
As a coach, he saw people first, athletes second and so took
Canadian women's hockey to the pinnacle of the sport
By Ron CSILLAG
Special to The Globe and Mail Wednesday, March
12, 2003 - Page R7
Toronto -- Think "hockey coach, " and you may be forgiven for
conjuring images of a bug-eyed, borderline rage-oholic working
a small wad of gum while berating his bench and screaming instructions
to the ice.
That wasn't Dave
McMASTER.
A fixture in Canadian women's hockey for 35 years, Mr.
McMASTER
was the polar opposite: A calm and calming influence who taught
his players respect for their abilities and those of their opponents
who saw people first and athletes second; who radiated a sheer
love of the game; who hugged his players and meant it.
A trailblazer who boosted woman's hockey in this country before
it was popular, or even seemly, Mr.
McMASTER guided the Canadian
women's team to a gold medal at the first women's world hockey
championship in 1990 in Ottawa. Over one-million television viewers
watched as Canada beat the U.S. 5-2 in the final. He also coached
Team Canada at the first unofficial women's world tournament
in 1987.
Through 22 seasons coaching the University of Toronto's Varsity
(Lady)
Blues,
Mr.
McMASTER won 12 Ontario university titles and
compiled a record of 212-38-22.
"Everywhere there was hockey, Dave was there, said Fran
RIDER,
executive director of the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.
"He was the lifeblood of women's hockey, very dedicated, not
only to the game but to life skills. He cared about every player
on every team. His enthusiasm and love of the game was catching."
At the time of his unexpected death of a heart attack this month
in Toronto at the age of 62, he was still coaching three girls'
teams, despite being officially retired as a schoolteacher and
coach. One of them, the squad at Bishop Strachan School, had
to leave for a tournament in Newfoundland just days after Mr.
McMASTER died. Their coach's influence obviously sunk in: Despite
being distraught at the news of his death, which sent shock waves
through the world of women's hockey, the team won all seven of
its games. That was after Bishop Strachan captured the Foster
Hewitt Memorial Cup for the fifth consecutive year at the Air
Canada
Centre just three weeks before Mr.
McMASTER's death.
"He gave players a sense of responsibility for their actions.
He taught us to respect ourselves and others, but most important,
he let us have fun, recalled Team Canada head coach Karen
HUGHES,
who also took over from Mr.
McMASTER as coach at U of T, where
she had played for him. "With Dave, it wasn't about winning and
losing, but a love of the game and sharing and Friends. He encouraged
players to go beyond their limits."
Some 800 Friends, loved ones and jersey-clad players crowded
Grace Church-on-the-Hill in Toronto on Valentine's Day to celebrate
a life that touched so many others.
David Carson
McMASTER was born in Toronto to a homemaker and
a lawyer who wanted a legal career for his son. At St. Andrew's
College, the young Mr.
McMASTER played football, cricket and
hockey, and later, at Dalhousie University, "he was a born goaltender,
remembered his lifelong best friend, Douglas
ROWAN. "
Mix,
as he came to be called (as in Mixmaster), was not known as a
particularly graceful player, as his many stitches and at least
seven broken noses attested. He was an early proponent of face
masks for goalies and after donning one, he ducked out of the
way of a puck, only to be hit in the head. More stitches followed.
It was at Dalhousie that he coached his first women's team, in
1965. "He acquired a girlfriend he could yell at on the ice,
Mr. ROWAN quipped. "It didn't last." But the coaching bug did.
Armed with a history degree, Mr.
McMASTER returned to Toronto
to study law. That lasted less than a year, and he graduated
from the University of Toronto's teachers' college instead. He
joined the small staff of Toronto's Royal St. George's College
in 1969 and spent nearly 30 years teaching geography, history
and guidance.
Mr. McMASTER began coaching the women's hockey team at University
of Toronto while still a student there. In 22 seasons (1967-69
and 1975-93), he won an enviable 82 per cent of games. There,
as with Team Canada, he would don his trademark track suit and
black bike helmet to preside over practices, with cries of "Regroup!"
"Shoot your passes!" and "Two laps." Coughing up the puck in
the neutral zone was "a never."
In 1972, he married Norma
McCLURE, who'd been his waitress at
the Muskoka Golf and Country Club. The couple had a son, Scott,
and a daughter, Anne, before divorcing in 1991. Mr.
McMASTER
never remarried.
He was a focused, demanding coach, but not obsessive, said his
daughter. "I don't even have any idea how to skate. But Dad never
pushed me. That was testament to his patience and love. He never
raised his voice." At Toronto Maple Leaf games, "he was always
coaching. He would cheer a good play by the other team."
He displayed his gold medal, said Anne, but not as prominently
as a letter from a young girl saying Mr.
McMASTER had changed
her perspective on life.
He wasn't without a mischievous sense of humour. Vicki
SUNOHARA,
who played for Mr.
McMASTER for two years, recalled how Team
Canada once thrashed Japan 13-0. Ms.
SUNOHARA, who is of Japanese
extraction, scored several goals and was named player of the
game. She recalled how Mr.
McMASTER told her after the game,
in mock horror, "These Japanese girls love you and look up to
you. How could you do this to them?"
Mr. McMASTER went on to Bishop Strachan School in 1998 to coach
hockey and teach geography and history. He was inducted into
the University of Toronto's Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. He retired
in 2001, but couldn't stop a simple desire to expose young people
to Canada's game.
Asked whether it was the passion, cleaner play or some other
mysterious quality that drew Mr.
McMASTER to women's hockey as
opposed to men's, his daughter smiled. "He used to say girls
asked a lot more questions. I think he liked that."
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RIDLEY o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-04-30 published
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-In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather, Don, who passed away May 1, 1997.
However long our lives may last,
Whatever lands we view,
Whatever joy or grief be ours
We will always think of you.
-Sadly missed by Jean, Kathy and Kim.
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