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Every Monday and Thursday
By Jennifer Stone
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Comments by Ca-
nadian Justice Minister Vic Toews
earlier this week that younger chil-
dren perhaps should be brought in
front of a judge are drawing mixed
reviews.
Earlier this week, the justice min-
ister told members of the Canadian
Bar Association he’s considering
changing legislation, to give judges
authority over children aged 10-12.
Currently, only those 12-17 are cov-
ered by the Youth Criminal Justice
Act. Lowering the age would allow
judges to order earlier treatment
or other intervention, said Minister
To ews.
While Durham Regional Police
Chief Vernon White said he can see
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following collision
By Keith Gilligan
Staff Writer
AJAX — A 12-year-old Whitby
boy is dead after the car he was a
passenger in was rear-ended by a
tractor-trailer on Hwy. 401 yester-
day.
William Gordon was sitting in
the back seat of a Pontiac Sunfire
being driven by his mother when
it was struck by the truck. William
was pronounced dead at the scene
by the coroner.
The incident occurred around
10:15 a.m. Thursday in the west-
bound lanes at Salem Road in
Ajax.
OPP Sergeant Cam Woolley said
“traffic was slowing and coming
to a stop for road maintenance
ahead.
“A 42-year-old Whitby woman
was travelling with her 13-year-old
son beside her and her 12-year-
old behind her,” he said in a press
conference. “A truck travelling at
highway speed apparently failed to
stop and struck the Sunfire.”
The woman and her 13-year-old
son were taken to hospital with
unspecified “serious injuries,” Sgt.
Wo olley stated.
The transport was being driven
by a 44-year-old Montreal man,
who wasn’t injured in the acci-
dent.
Cheddie Wiltshire of Ajax was
at home when he heard “a truck’s
brakes lock up. By the time I got to
the front (of the house), the truck
was on top of the car. I heard steel
crumpling.
“I didn’t hear a big bang,” said
Mr. Wiltshire, whose Angus Drive
home faces the 401.
“A nother truck driver said this
(truck driver involved in the acci-
dent) was going in and out of traf-
fic all the way,” he stated. “I can’t
understand how this happened.
Traffic wasn’t that bad.”
Members of the Skinner family,
who also live on Angus, heard the
accident.
Leah Skinner, 16, said she looked
out her window and thought it
“o dd traffic was slow at 10.”
She closed her curtains and
“heard vehicles screech,” Leah
added. By the time she looked
again, Leah saw “a blue cloud. I
couldn’t see the vehicles. I came
A.J. Groen / News Advertiser photo
Ajax firefighters pull a tarp over a car containing the body of 12-year-old William Gordon of Whitby, who died in a crash on the west bound lanes of Hwy. 401
near Salem Road in Ajax.
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out and could see the Sunfire.”
“People were crowded around the
car until emergency vehicles got there,”
Naomi Skinner, 21, stated.
Ms. Skinner said the truck, with flames
coming out of it’s wheels, “got my atten-
tion.”
She added the driver got out of the
truck, but “nobody got out of the car.”
Sgt. Woolley said witnesses are still
being interviewed and the OPP’s ac-
cident reconstruction team was piecing
together evidence.
“It’s too early to speculate on charges.
We’re still in the early stages. We won’t
speculate until we’ve looked at all the
evidence,” Sgt. Woolley stated.
The truck had left Montreal this
morning and was bound for Toronto, he
added.
The westbound lanes of the 401 were
closed for about four hours between
Salem and Westney roads in Ajax while
OPP officers investigated.
“This is a death investigation. We don’t
look at these as simply an accident,” Sgt.
Woolley stated.
The 401 through the GTA is “the busi-
est (highway) in North America. The
amount of traffic has doubled. The mar-
gin for error is almost gone out there,”
Sgt. Woolley stated. “There’s a huge dif-
ference in mass between a compact and
tractor trailer. The car occupants almost
always end up in a poorer position. Un-
fortunately, this is what happens when
they collide.”
Anyone with information on the ac-
cident is asked to call the Whitby detach-
ment of the OPP at 905-668-3388.
‘Too early
to speculate
on charges’
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instances where getting younger chil-
dren into court so orders for treatment
can be made, Kinark’s executive director
said that’s often unnecessary.
“We have a secure treatment facility
in Oakville,” said Peter Moore, of Kinark,
which provides programs and services to
youth with mental health issues. “There
are very few severely disturbed kids
under 12 who have criminal behaviour
who need forced interventions.”
Instead, he said in most cases family
intervention plays a major role. There
are some treatments in place, but both
Mr. Moore and Chief White agreed there
is a need to ensure they’re universally
available to Canadian youth.
Chief White said he believes in an 80-
10-10 formula. Under his formula, 10 per
cent of kids are on the right path, 10 per
cent are “in dire need of dramatic inter-
vention,” and “if we’re really good with
the 80 per cent, we’ll push more toward
that top 10.”
Getting services in place is key, said
Mr. Moore.
“I think that the justice minister’s con-
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criminal activities is laudable ... but we
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Chief has formula
Proposal would
have the fall
formal evaluation
eliminated
By Crystal Crimi
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Ontario’s
public elementary teach-
ers’ union wants to elimi-
nate one of three annual
student report cards to
give teachers less work
and more evaluation time.
Brought forth by Ge-
rard O’Neill, a Pickering
teacher at Sir John A. Mac-
donald Public School and
the second vice-president
of the Durham Local, the
report card reduction pro-
posal was approved by the
Elementary Teachers’ Fed-
eration of Ontario on Aug.
16, giving the go-ahead to
lobby the Ministry of Edu-
cation.
But, a reduction of re-
port cards is not desired by
all. Parent Heather Hume,
co-chairwoman of Ajax’s
Eagle Ridge Public School
community council, said
her son suffered a head
injury and report cards are
a good way to ensure he’s
doing OK.
“I have a biased opinion
for it - I think it should
stay the same it is now. I
value the grade. I under-
stand and appreciate it’s
a lot of work for teachers
to do,” Ms. Hume noted,
but added the frequent re-
port cards are important
and help parents partner
with teachers to ensure
their child is successful in
school.
Rachel Gencey, presi-
dent of the Durham ETFO
Te acher Local, said report
cards are not the only way
parents and students com-
municate. She said there
are parent-teacher meet-
ings in September and if
report cards were reduced,
the follow-up interviews
with teachers could still
occur, as well as other less
formal evaluation pro-
cesses. She added in many
schools, daily commu-
nication occurs through
agendas sent home with
students.
“(Report cards are) a sig-
nificant issue for stress...
and there’s other ways that
one can communicate
with parents other than
the formal report card,”
said Ms. Gencey.
She said the concept of
reducing report cards is
not new and the ETFO has
been lobbying the Minis-
try of Education for some
time. Ms. Gencey said her
understanding is that pilot
programs were approved
a couple of years ago, but
were pushed back because
of other initiatives.
Currently, Ontario el-
ementary teachers are
mandated by the Province
to release three reports a
year: one at the end of No-
vember or early Decem-
ber, another prior to March
Break, and a final one at
the end of the school year.
“It’s a significant work-
load issue,” said Ms. Genc-
ey.
She said prior to writ-
ing reports, there is lots of
pressure to do assessments
and tests to evaluate stu-
dents for the report card,
as well as report prepara-
tion which teachers have
to do in addition to their
regular classes.
She added a lot of par-
ents don’t understand the
report cards and come
into parent-teacher meet-
ings with the report card
in their hand and ask how
their child is really doing.
“I’m not adverse to
change, but as it stands for
me, the grades are appreci-
ated,” said Ms. Hume and
added grades can serve as
a motivator for students.
She said she’d also like
to see class averages in-
cluded in report cards and
less formalized comments,
with more actually coming
from the teachers.
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AJAX — Shane Kindree had the Ajax Skate Park at the McLean Community Centre to
himself on a recent muggy Thursday afternoon.
Lace ’em up for Durham’s AIDS Walk for Life
DURHAM — The AIDS Committee of Durham is
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up on Sept. 24.
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