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DEATHSANDRÉLACROIXIt is with heavy hearts that the family announces his passing onMarch
16, 2020 at the age of 88 years.Andréis survivedby his wife of 58 years,
Maureen Lacroix(née Laberge); six children,Andrée(Serge), Pierre,
Claude(Julie), Jeanie(Paul),Mathieu(Leona) andJacques, as well as ten
grandchildren, Simon, Claudie,Margo, Éile,Meallá,Maxim, Eve, Tomas,
Molly andChristian(Katie) as well as a great-grandchildon the way.André
was raisedin La Sarre in northwestQuebecby hisparentsAlbertLacroixand
Alma Lacroix(née Breton), both predeceased.He is survivedby his brothers
Fernand(Henriette),Roger(Anne), andhis sister Pierrette(Garnet).
Asanadolescent he travelledto Sudbury to attendSacredHeart College
(subsequentlyUniversity of Sudbury) where he obtaineda classical
education from the Jesuites, learnedtodevelop critical thinking, a strong
work ethic andwas challengedto use the skills he hadlearnedtodo good
onto others.His time at SacredHeart College markedthe beginning of his
life long affinity to the Jesuites, their commitment to higher education and
the values they exalt. From SacredHeart CollegeAndréwent on to study
law in Toronto where he graduatedfrom OsgoodeHall Law School in 19 5 7.
His love of the North brought him back to Sudbury where he embarked
on a law career in private practice that spannedover 5 0 years.He was a
founding partner
of the law firm Lacroix Forest Labrosse andDelFrate andhe hadvery
fondmemories of his partners, associates, staff, colleagues andthe legal
community with whom he hadthe privilege of working throughout his
legal career.
He lovedpeople andhe valuedupholding what was just andfair. The
practiseof law gave him the meanstodowhat he enjoyedthe most,helping
people.Hecouldnot turnaway the vulnerableor powerless.Anyone who
knew him knewhe was not mechanicallyinclinedbut therewere very
few legalproblemshe couldnot fix.He was a reasonableandgentle man
with a sharp mindandhe usedthese skills to sort out effective solutions to
legal problems.He was a man of integrity who was trustedandrespected
because he was never motivatedby self interest.Aperson’s appearance,
age, gender, sexual orientation,race and/ or religious beliefsdidnot matter
to him.He treatedeveryone with thesame respect.
In keeping with his values, he was an engagedcommunity member
who spent tireless hoursvolunteeringhis time to various Boardsand
organizationsthroughouttheyears including the School Board, Laurentian
University,Universityof Sudbury, CambrianCollege, CambrianFoundation,
Sudbury Community Foundation, Science North, Baxter andAlma Ricard
Foundation, The Sudbury Regional DevelopmentCorporationandtheUnited
Way.He was the first non cleric Chancellorof theUniversityof Sudbury and
was also the recipientof many awards including anHonorary Doctorateof
Laws from LaurentianUniversity andaFredSheridanAwardfrom Cambrian
College.He was truly movedwhen he receivedthese awards but was not
at all comfortable with the attentiondirectedtowards him.He wasa patient
andtolerant man although he hadno tolerancefor intolerance andviolence.
Hewas very independent,a progressivethinker who was always curious
andopen to new ideas.
He embracednew technology although he hadno idea how to use it.
He playedhockey, lovedmusic,dancing, shoveling snowandburning
cardboardin his fire pit.He alwaysdrov e the speedlimit andspent allof
his weekends outdoorswith hisdogs.He was thrilledto be anAdmiralof
the Ramsey Lake Navy.His sense of humour was verydry, like his favorite
martinis.He fell in love andmarriedMaureen in 1962andtogether they lived
a full life even having made a short movie together. Dinner tablediscussions
were never boring.Hehadtremendous respect andadmirationforMaureen
andhermany accomplishments.His greatest prideandjoy were his family.
He was easy to be with, fun andentertaining. During his later years he faced
one of his greatest life challenges when he wasdiagnosedwithAlzheimer’s
disease, a reality he acceptedstoically.The family wouldlike to extend
sincere thanks andappreciationto theAlzheimer’sSociety of Sudbury-
Manitoulin for their invaluable programmingandcare as well as St Joseph’s
Villa andHSN for the excellent care they providedtoAndrémore recently.
We will miss himdearly although his example willcontinue to guideusin
his absence.In lieu of flowers,donationsmay be madetotheAlzheimer’s
Society of Sudbury -Manitoulin, St Joseph’sVilla, or a charity of your choice.
We wouldalso ask you to consider a charity or fundthat will assist students
affectedby COVID-19.
In keeping with current circumstances,a celebration of life will be held
ata laterdate to be announced. Funeral arrangementsentrustedto the
Cooperative FuneralHome, Sudbury. http://www.cooperativefuneralhome.caDEATHSROBIN JOHANNEGRAY
(nee Orr)
February 9, 1930
March 23, 2020Robin passedaway peacefully
with two of her children by her
sideonMonday,March 23, 2020.
Born in Seattle, Washington
but living most of her life in
Vancouver, she was the only child
of Ray andThora Orr. She was the
belovedwife of the late Gilbert
C.P. Gray andthe lateArchie St.
Louis. Robin will be greatly missed
by her children: Barb(David)
Langmuir, Susan Gray, Paul(Jane)
Gray and Georgina (Andrew)
MacDonald;her granchilddren
Christopher, Patrick, Shona,
Andrew,Scout,Jordan,David,
Schuyler,Rosie andEmory; and
her great-grandchildren:Heather,
Dylan, ÉlinoreandRowan.
Robin lovedthe arts andfor years,
in addition to attending many
symphonies, operas andtheatre
productions, she was also an
active volunteer at theVancouver
Art Gallery andon theVancouver
CommunityArts Council.While
she andGil livedin Toronto, she
also volunteeredat theArt Gallery
of Ontario. Robin was also an
active memberof the parish of
St.Mary’sKerrisdale andenjoyed
her time with friendsvolunteering
for the Chancel Guild. She loved
tennis with her friends, bridge,
Music in the Morning, and
her book clubs as well as her
summers at Qualicum Beach and
more recently,Sechelt.
The family wouldlike to thank
the staff at the Terracesfor their
support andkindness as well
as Dr.Victoria Bernstein and
Dr.Michael Negraeff for their
compassionate andextraordinary
care over the past few years.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic,
the family will make arrangements
to celebrate Robin’s life at
a laterdate.DOROTHYEVELYNPEARSON
(néeSpeers)PassedawayonMarch 25,
2020 at the age of 95.
Predeceased by her loving
husband Richard Cameron
Pearsonand by her siblings
John,Clarence,Georgeand
Mildred. Beloved mother of
JeanPearsonandKathleen
Pyper.Proud grandmother of
Madeleine (Tina), Tim (Zach)
and Donald (Laura). Much
loved great-grandmotherof
Delwyn,FinnleyandRobin.
Dorothy was born on
February 10, 1925 in
Vanguard,Saskatchewan.She
graduated from Victoria
College, Toronto,in 1947 with
FirstClass Honours in English
andPhilosophyand was for
twenty yearsChief Librarianat
North Albion Collegiate.
Dorothy and Dick were
married for over 62 yearsand
loved watching the sunset
together each nightat their
cottage onChief Island, Lake
Muskoka. A memorial service
will beannouncedatalater
date. The family is grateful to
Dr.JenniferWyma for hern
years of dedicated care. In lieu
of flowers, donations maybe
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March 27, 1927
March 18, 2020Withdeep sorrow, we announce
the peaceful passing of Patrick
Joseph Rooney with great-niece
Erin Rooney andher partner Brad
Randall by his side. Patrick was
predeceasedby his wifeAnnie
Irene(Nancy) onMarch 2, 2012
andby hisdaughter Dr.Mary
Catherine Rooney on November
17, 2019.He is survivedby many
Rooney andAgnew nieces,
nephews andfriends.
Patrick was aKoreanWar veteran
andhada long anddistinguished
career in the Canadian military(air
force).He was guidedthroughout
his life by a strong sense of faith,
family andservice to his country
andwill be forever remembered
as a supremely ethical,dignified,
humble andeasy-going soul who
made friends wherever he went.
Patrick will bedearly missed.
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pandemic, his funeral service and
interment aredelayed.Memories
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From anti-doping to coaching
education to most recently the
Canadian team’s bold move to
withdraw from the Tokyo Olym-
pics amid the COVID-19 pandem-
ic, Canada has historically been a
leader on the global sports land-
scape.
Gretchen Kerr believes Canada
could lead the way in tackling
abuse in sports – but the Universi-
ty of Toronto kinesiology and
physical education professor said
the country has a long way to go.
“We’ve done a thorough analy-
sis of what other countries are do-
ing, and each of the other coun-
tries has a piece of this puzzle, but
nobody has all of it,” Kerr said. “So
coming up with such a model
would put Canada back on the
map as a leader in this area.”
Canada has had numerous
high-profile sexual harassment
and abuse cases over the past 18
months, most recently that of
long-time track-and-field coach
Dave Scott-Thomas, who received
a lifetime coaching ban Wednes-
day from Athletics Canada.
Kerr, who specializes in re-
search in athlete maltreatment,
co-authored a paper last month
with fellow U of T professors
Bruce Kidd and Peter Donnelly ti-
tled Advancing Safe Sport in Can-
ada: A Statement of Independ-
ence.
The central debate was around
the complaint and investigative
processes, which the three argue
should be independent from
sport organizations.
There has been a groundswell
of vocal support from athletes
and others in Canada’s sports
community for an independent
body to handle abuse complaints.
“I’ve been arguing is that if we
can set up an independent body
for doping control, and an inde-
pendent agency for dispute reso-
lution, the very least we can do is
set up an independent agency to
ensure the safety of athletes,”
Donnelly said.
Donnelly believes that sport or-
ganizations are concerned about
the consequences of having a safe
place to report complaints, that
perhaps Canada has only seen the
tip of the iceberg, and an inde-
pendent place to report would
lead to a outpouring of com-
plaints.
“It’s coming out anyway in
trickles, in drops and drabs, but I
think they’re expecting it will be a
flood, which is what the U.S. has
found, and that’s just for sexual
abuse in the U.S.,” he said.
“They’re overwhelmed at the mo-
ment, they can’t keep up with the
case loads.
“What we were guesstimating,
it would probably take 10 years to
clear the deck and change the cul-
ture of sport, to get everybody on-
side with a new way of doing busi-
ness.”
Each national sport organiza-
tion handles complaints differ-
ently, which present different de-
grees of conflict of interest, Kerr
and Donnelly say. Some NSOs,
such as Athletics Canada in the
Scott-Thomas case, use inde-
pendent investigators. But the
triage – determining whether an
investigation is needed, etc. – is
still done by the individual sport
organizations.
“Keeping the foxes in charge ofthe hen houses,” Donnelly said.
Money is another huge con-
cern. Donnelly said a lot of the
smaller sport organizations and
even some of the bigger ones are
saying “we’re not equipped to do
this, we can’t afford to do this.”
Kerr referenced the cost of the
Dave Brubaker case. The former
Canadian Olympic women’s gym-
nastics coach was found not guilty
of two sex-related charges lev-
elled by a former athlete.
“[Gymnastics Canada] spent a
fortune on the Brubaker case,”
Kerr said. “Sports organizations
are paying a fortune for independ-
ent investigators. And you con-
trast that to having a centralized
body of trained people who can
deal with issues regardless of
sport, regardless of geographical
location across the country, it
would be a far cheaper model.”
Kerr, Kidd and Donnelly would
like to see a single, independent
body that would have trained
people to triage, gather informa-
tion and adjudicate in cases,
maintain a national, publicly ac-
cessible database of those crimi-
nally convicted or suspended and
provide referrals to independent
support for complainants and
provide education on safe sport.
Track and field has been shak-
en by several recent scandals.
Scott-Thomas, whose Guelph
Gryphons captured 37 national
university cross-country and
track titles, was accused of inap-
propriate relationships with ath-
letes. And while none of those al-
legations has been proven in
court, former middle-distance
runner Megan Brown came for-
ward in a Globe and Mail article
last month alleging Scott-Thomas
groomed her for a sexual relation-
ship when she was 17.
Last May, former Ottawa Lions
coach Andy McInnis and board
member Ken Porter received life-
time bans from Athletics Canada
for allegations of sexual harass-
ment and misconduct. The allega-
tions have not been proven in
court.
McInnis, who coached Cana-
da’s 4x100-metre relay team to
gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,
won an appeal to the Sport Dis-
pute Resolution Centre of Cana-
da, which ruled some bias among
the commissioner’s office. McIn-
nis remains provisionally sus-
pended while under investigation
from a new commissioner.
Earlier this month, Sudbury
coach David Case was convicted
of one count of sexual assault, one
count of assault causing bodily
harm and one count of assault
concerning a female athlete in the
mid-1980s to early 90s.
A week earlier, Case and one of
his former athletes, Celine Loyer,
were convicted of sexual assault
by a different judge after another
trial for an incident in 2011.
Canada has had its share of
high-profile cases. Marcel Aubut
resigned as Canadian Olympic
Committee president in 2015 after
an investigation over numerous
sexual harassment complaints.
In June of 2019, several former
members of Canada’s ski team
spoke publicly about the abuse
suffered at the hands of former
coach Bertrand Charest in the
1990s. Charest was convicted last
year of 37 offences of sexual as-
sault and exploitation.THECANADIANPRESSuoftresearchers
callforindependent
agencytohandle
abuseinsport
LORIEWINGTORONTOThe Indianapolis 500 was post-
poned Thursday until August
because of the coronavirus
pandemic and won’t run on
Memorial Day weekend for the
first time since 1946.
The race will instead be held
Aug. 23, three months later than
its May 24 scheduled date.
“The month of May at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is
my favourite time of year, and
like our fans, I am disappointed
that we have had to reschedule
the Indianapolis 500,” said mo-
torsports giant Roger Penske,
who finalized his purchase of
IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor
Speedway earlier this year.
“However, the health and
safety of our event participants
and spectators is our top priority,
and we believe that postponing
the event is the responsible
decision with the conditions and
restrictions we are facing,” he
said. “We will continue to focus
on ways we can enhance thecustomer experience in the
months ahead, and I’m confi-
dent we will welcome fans with a
transformed facility and a global
spectacle when we run the
world’s greatest race.”
The Indianapolis 500 began in
1911 but did not run in 1917, 1918
and from 1941-45 because of the
First and Second World Wars.
Tony Hulman bought the ne-
glected speedway after the sec-
ond war and the Indy 500 return-
ed on Memorial Day weekend in- It has been scheduled for
that weekend every year since.
Although weather has occasion-
ally disrupted the prestigious
race, it had never been outright
rescheduled until now.
“In times like this it is all
about leadership and communi-
cation. We have both in IndyCar
and NASCAR,” said Chip Ganassi,
who fields cars in both series.
NASCAR has not altered its plan
to resume racing May 9.
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