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mammmmtm ii immmmmmmss ine inbune vol 104 no 43 a metrouuul community newspaper wednesday october 21 1992 20 pases 50 cents popular teen killed in goodwood crash tracy kibble staff reporter a 19yearold stouffville man was killed and another critically injured sunday night after two cars collided just outside good wood dan mcneil was pronounced dead at the scene after the vehi cle he was a passenger in was struck by an oncoming car at about 11 pm the driver jeff cowley 19 also of stouffville minister says accord will be benefit to all bruce stapley correspondent canadians who think the charlbttetown accord gives too much to minority groups and the provinces are unjustifiably fearful that was the message deliv ered by william winegard fed eral minister of science and technology at a sparsely- attended dinner hosted by the whitchurchstouffville opti mist club thursday winegard the guest speaker at the event held at angies eatery emporium told the audience neither quebec nor the aboriginals were being given anything they didnt already have as for the aboriginals the critical point is that we are not giving them anything said winegard we are recognizing their inherent right to selfgov ernment quebec he said has retained its napoleonic civil code for 200 years and is simply asking for see page 3 was rushed by ambulance to uxbridge cottage hospital and then transferred by air ambu lance to sunnybrook health sci ence centre with critical injuries sunnybrook officials said monday morning that jeff remains in the intensive care unit in critical con dition according to opp officials the two stouffville men were heading west on hwy 47 about 150 metres west of durham rd 21 when their car began to swerve on the roadway the car continued to skid and eventually swerved out of control into the eastbound lanes the driver of a second vehicle who was not seriously injured braked but could not stop in time to avoid the car investigations show police say black ice is likely to blame for the crash and there is no evidence that the stouffville men were driving at a high rate of speed investigations are con tinuing no charges have been laid uxbridge deputy fire chief tony peck said it was a very tragic accident and a curse of any smalltown fire department because some of the emergency workers knew the young local men peck who confirmed the roads were extremely slippery that night said black ice caused his wheels to spin on the way to the crash both young men played hockey on the uxbridge bruins junior c hockey team and were on their way home from an outoftown game when the accident occured bruins general manager chuck phillips told the tribune that dan was a real team player and was well liked by everyone who knew him dan was such a classy individ ual he never made any problems for the team and he always had a smile on his face a tearful phillips said monday morning marked a sad day for students of stouffville district secondary school where both men graduated last year viceprincipal jay hooper said flags were flying at halfmast all day monday in memory of dan both students were very well respected here and both were working together is solution for gta grier tracy kibble staff reporter issues will always divide us minister responsible for the office of the greater toronto area ogta ruth grier told an audi ence of about 300 york politicians and staff that shes pleased people can rise above the very serious issues that divide us grier making a speech about gta growth and how we must all pull together to handle rapid pop ulation increases also used the opportunity to plug the yes side for the oct 26 referendum how about that what kind of an education are your children getting very few believe the educa tional services offered to area children are excellent overall just 74 per cent rated their schools as excellent in the recent readership survey by kubas consultants commis sioned by the tribune on the other side of the coin 505 per cent stated the school system was good 243 per cent of adults thought it was fair and 96 per cent stated the service provided was poor those not stating an opinion totalled 82 per cent 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 p the charlottetown accord is a foundation to continue in that direction its not the be all and end all but its an opportunity to move forward grier compared the accord to the process of the ogta which she called a framework for regional structure and a unique way to do planning she said all gta regions owe it to each other to unify its planning and infrastruc ture you have no money i know that i have no money you know that but together all regions can afford a 3 billion annual expendi ture she said we need to establish more clearly our priorities and how most wisely and strategically we will spend money grier saidyork chairman eldred king asked grier why the province has the need to interfere so drastically with yorks planning process has everything that has been done in the last 20 years so bad king asked why does the gov ernment have to bring in regula tions right in the midst of what were doing he insisted but grier said the province is reflect ing on the changing nature of our society we have to do some crys talballing a little bit and try to play catchup when trying to pro vide planning policies for the gta grier said she also said basement apart ments legislation wont cause the problems critics say it will very much involved in their school both did hot take from i their school but gave a lot to their school in return hooper said funeral services will be held at stouffville united church wed oct 21 at 130 pm visiting hours will be held at the oneill funeral home from 24 pm and from 79 pm memory donations are being requested by the mcneil family to the childrens wish foundation council to enforce bylaw tenants forced to leave the sympathy has abruptly run out for owners of an illegal home local politicians will not allow property owners of 35 baker ave to keep tenants in a second prohibited dwelling on their property any longer it was decided last week the issue came to light after officials put off making a decision on the matter in august council had decided in august to hold off making a decision on the unlawful housing use until the province came to grips with its apartments in houses legislation council stated it would not make a decision either way despite staff reports labelling the second home a flagrant violation of the ontario building code ward 6 councillor ken prentice advocated strongly against coun cils lack of action claiming that neighbors had the right to have bylaws enforced prentice also said council shouldnt be made to feel guilty about kicking out tenants of the second home instead he said the guilt should be placed on the shoulders of the property owners 1 v spw3