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www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A Metroland Publication Vol. 44 No. 155 THE OAKVILLE England team in hockey tourney SPORTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2006 AVAILABLE Real Estate & Business Brokerage FREE Market Evaluation · Sale · Lease · Sublease 905-842-8690 John Vail JohnVail.com Broker of Record "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Teen's sudden death shocks hockey community By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Alex Corrance Inside Opinion.......................................6 Real Estate................................19 Artscene....................................33 Worship.....................................40 Sports........................................43 Classified ..................................45 Full Delivery: Food Basics, Superstore, MDG Computers, Zellers, Canadian Tire Partial Delivery: Trent Pharmacy, The Brick, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Future Shop, Ho Lee Chow, Vanaik Furniture, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Fortino's, Sears, Michaels, The Barn, Shoppers Drug Mart, Dominion DELIVERY For home delivery & customer service call 905-845-9742 Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wed. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For new subscriptions, call 905-845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Funeral services are being held today at Glen Oaks Memorial Gardens for the 17-year-old Oakville Trafalgar High School student who died Tuesday while playing in a Christmas hockey tournament. Alex Corrance, a defenceman for the Mississauga Rebels Midget AAA team, died of an apparent heart attack during his team's first game of the 2006 Showcase Major Midget Prospect Tournament in Scarborough. At the request of his family, the results of an autopsy done Wednesday have not been made public, said Ontario's deputy chief coroner, Dr. Jim Cairns. Drugs and alcohol have been ruled out as the cause of death, Cairns said yesterday, adding the autopsy results might be made public "once the family has had time to grieve." Described as "a great hockey player, a very outgoing kid and an absolute delight to have around" by coach Victor Criscuolo, Corrance was killing a penalty early in the game against the Rebels' archrivals, The Mississauga Ice Dogs, when he suddenly collapsed. "I had just finished talking to him 30 seconds before he went on for his last shift. He was coherent. He wasn't breathing heavily. He looked at me, understood what I was saying," said Criscuolo. "Then he just collapsed on the ice." HENRY LACH / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER SNOW FUN: Denise, Mara and Evan Lach enjoy a toboggan slide down the snow-covered ramp neighbours built on the family's front yard on Christmas Day. The Kanas family built the ramp and delivered snow, so fouryear-old Evan could use the new toboggan he received for Christmas. Neighbours deliver white Christmas By Sabrina Byrnes OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF See Coach page 3 Dreams of a white Christmas came true for four-year-old Evan Lach and his family as they awoke Christmas morning to find the front lawn of their Owen Court home covered with snow. The white windfall was provided by the Lach's neighbours, the Kanas family, in response to young Evan's two Christmas wishes for a toboggan and snow. While Santa took care of the toboggan, the Kanas family delivered the snow. On Christmas morning, Evan and his eightyear-old sister Mara were greeted by a large snow-covered ramp on their front lawn -- perfect for tobogganing. "We had such a great surprise on Christmas, that was just really neat," chuckled the children's mother, Denise Lach. "We've been tobogganing when very few others have this winter." Evan's mother said Evan had told everybody he was asking Santa for a sled this Christmas, See Neighbours page 4 Buy Any Family Size 3 Topping Pizza and Receive a Medium Cheese Pizza for only $ Mamma's Pizza 2335 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville Just south of Dundas off of Postridge Purchase Any Party Size House Specialty Pizza 399 PICK-UP ONLY. LIMITED TIME OFFER. See menu at www.mammaspizza.com 905-257-3114 6 FREE Cans of Pop PICK-UP ONLY. LIMITED TIME OFFER. and Receive