BUECKERT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-04 published
Dennis BUECKERT: 57
Reporter Pioneered Climate-Change Coverage
Canadian Press, Page S12
Ottawa -- Dennis
BUECKERT, long-time environment and science
reporter for Canadian Press whose work put such issues as stem-cell
research and climate change on the news agenda, died suddenly
this week. He was 57.
"Dennis was one of the few journalists in this country who was
dedicated full-time to the environment beat on a national basis,"
said Scott White, editor-in-chief of Canadian Press. "He wrote
about topics like climate change long before most people had
heard of the issue."
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan., Mr.
BUECKERT studied journalism
at Carleton University in Ottawa. He reported for the Saint John
Telegraph-Journal and Times-Globe in the mid-1970s, then moved
to the Gleaner in Fredericton as an editorial writer.
He quit to study French at Universite de Neuchatel in Switzerland.
On his return to Canada in 1983 he joined Canadian Press in Montreal
as a business and economics writer. But environment and science
reporting was his passion, and as early as 1986 he was reporting,
from Ukraine, on the fallout after the nuclear power accident
at Chernobyl.
In 1988 he transferred to The Canadian Press bureau in Ottawa
and soon focused on environment and health-policy issues. He
covered such major international environmental conferences as
the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1993 and the population
conference in Cairo in 1994. Mr.
BUECKERT's early work on the
subject of stem-cell research helped put the issue in the news
and on the public agenda.
In 1998 he was a finalist for the Michener Award for meritorious
public service in journalism for his persistent digging on the
plight of hepatitis-C patients who contracted the disease through
tainted blood.
He is survived by his wife, Joan, and two sons. He was predeceased
by a daughter.
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BUECKERT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-06 published
BUECKERT,
Dennis
On August 2, 2007, age 57. Reporter with Canadian Press. Sadly
missed by his wife, Joan, and sons Anton and Francis. Predeceased
by his daughter Danielle. Funeral Tuesday, August 7, 2: 30 p.m.
at Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Avenue. Private interment.
Reception to follow at 4 p.m. in the church hall. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to Mennonite Central Committee
or Sierra Club of Canada. Arrangements entrusted to the Daley
Family Funeral Home, 613-821-2120.
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BUEL o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-01-01 published
VAN
BUEL, Joanna "Jean" Paulina
(VERBRUGGE)
Surrounded by family at her side, at the Strathroy Middlesex
General Hospital on Friday, December 29, 2006. Joanna "Jean"
P. (VERBRUGGE)
VAN
BUEL of Strathroy and formerly of Parkhill
in her 82nd year. Beloved wife of the late Henricus "Harry"
VAN
BUEL (1996.) Dear mother of August and Joanne
VAN
BUEL of Freelton,
Marie-Louise and Peter
BASTIAANSEN of Strathroy, Walter
VAN
BUEL
of Parkhill, Deanna and Larry
PUSHELBERG of Seaforth, Hilda and
Al SHANNON of London. Also survived by 22 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren,
and family in Belgium. Mother-in-law of Henri
POELS and Ronald
LOW/LOWE/LOUGH.
Predeceased by daughter Clementine
POELS (2002) and daughter-in-law
Pat VAN
BUEL (2005.) Resting at the M. Box and son Funeral Home
183 Broad Street Parkhill. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday
January 2nd. Prayers 6: 30 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Mass will be
celebrated a the Sacred Heart Church Ann Street Parkhill on Wednesday,
January 3rd at 11: 00 a.m. with Reverend Father Tom
DONOHUE officiating.
Interment in St. Columba Cemetery, Bornish, Ontario. Donations
to the Canadian Diabetes Association would be appreciated. Share
a memory or send condolences to www.boxfuneralhome.ca M. Box
and son will plant a tree in memory of Mrs.
VAN
BUEL.
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BUERGER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-02 published
McBRIDE,
Kathleen "
Kaye"
Peacefully, with her family by her side on Monday, January 1,
2007 at the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga. Kaye, age 77 years,
beloved wife for 52 years of Joe. Loving mother of Michael (Kim),
Tim (Tracy), Pat, Paula
BUERGER (Geoffrey) and Suzi. Dear grandmother
of Joseph, Marie, Adam and Christopher; Mitchell and Matthew
Colin, Brendan and Ian. Survived by her sisters Gladys
DYMOND,
Rita STUTT (Garnet), Joan
SULLIVAN, and Eleanor
McLAUGHLIN and
by her brother John
McLAUGHLIN
(Barbara.)
Kaye graduated as a
registered nurse from Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto. She was
an active member of St. Clement Roman Catholic Parish from its
inception in 1967. She was a tireless worker for charities including
St. Vincent de Paul and ShareLife. President of the Catholic
Women's League. She was an avid reader and a member of Markland
Wood Country Club, and a past Captain of the ladies section.
The family wish to express their sincere thanks to caregivers
Hilda (Rosa)
GRECO and Liz
LOPATNIKOW.
Also thanks to Doctor
O'CONNOR
and nurses Anita, Laurie, Melissa, Rolanda, and Carmen at Trillium
Health Centre. Their kindness and compassion will always be appreciated
and remembered by the family. Friends may call at the Turner and
Porter Butler Chapel, 4933 Dundas Street West, Etobicoke (between
Islington and Kipling Aves.) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday,
January 2, 2007. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, January 3,
2007 at 11 a.m. at St. Clement Church, 409 Markland Doctor Etobicoke
(at Bloor St.). Cremation to follow. For those who wish, donations
made to Share Life, Trillium Health Centre Foundation or to Saint Michael's
Hospital would be appreciated by the family.
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