JAMES GORDO N IN SPORTS, C1 ARTS & LIFE, D1 Dispute pits...
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013 ESTABLISHED IN 1845 MAINLY SUNNY, HIGH -18 WINNER OF THE MICHENER AWARD Give young Swede stretch of games as Sens’ No. 1 goalie JAMES GORDON IN SPORTS, C1 LET LEHNER RUN WITH IT Legendary British actor Peter O’Toole dead at 81 ARTS & LIFE, D1 HE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST Published by the proprietor Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc., 1101 Baxter Rd. Box 5020 Ottawa, ON, K2C 3M4 $1.43 plus taxes at retail $1.67 in outlying areas AROUND TOWN B4 ARTS&LIFE D1 ASTROLOGY D4 BIRTHS, DEATHS C9 BRIDGE D4 CITY B` CLASSIFIED C7 COMICS D5 EGAN B1 LETTERS A8 MOVIES D3 PETS B5 PUZZLES D4 SCOREBOARD C4 SPORTS C1 TELEVISION D6 Today’s weather, D6 Mainly sunny. High -18, low -23. 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The internecine battle is unfolding in the upper ech- elons of a prestigious 88-year- old firm that has arranged state funerals involving for- mer prime ministers, govern- ors general and other high officials, including those of Pierre Trudeau and, most re- cently, the 2011 state funer- al of former NDP leader Jack Layton. Brian McGarry, 70, who stepped down as CEO and sold or gave away his major- ity stake in Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Inc. about five years ago, told the Citizen that he filed a complaint in August with the Board of Funeral Services, the body that regu- lates Ontario’s 2,500 licensed funeral directors. In it, he named Hulse, Play- fair & McGarry’s chief operat- ing officer, Patrick McGarry, a second cousin. “I have monetary concerns and I have labour relations concerns,” Brian McGarry said. “That’s about all I can say. My concerns are under review and we’ll know better when the Ontario Board of Funeral Services renders a decision.” In a written statement to the Citizen, Brett McGarry — Brian’s son — acknowledged that his father has stated that he made a complaint. But speaking on behalf of himself and his mother, Sharon McGarry — the two directors of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Inc.— he said they have not been notified of any complaint by the board, “nor are we aware of any investigation.” The allegations underlying the dispute have not been proven or verified, but the Citizen has chosen to report the positions of both sides in the public interest. The dispute escalated Friday as Brett McGarry sent a letter to his father, informing him that he has been suspended with pay, effective immedi- ately, from his employment with the firm for repeatedly breaching “specific directions and prohibitions” outlined in a Nov. 26 letter from the firm. Dispute pits patriarch against relatives AP PHOTO/FELIX DLANGAMANDLA, POOL Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s casket is led by military pallbearers following the service at his state funeral Sunday in Qunu, South Africa. More than 4,500 mourners, including royalty, political leaders and celebrities, turned out to pay their final respects. QUNU, South Africa T he Thembu tribe look to their ancestors for advice in times good and bad. Now, they have the best adviser of all. Nelson Mandela was buried Sun- day in a ceremony that was not really like him, a thing full of pomp and martial display, the first state funeral of the new South Africa, in- evitably stocked full of people en- dowed with that rarely accurate abbreviation, VIP. Mandela was truly a very im- portant person, but he also made a point of not showing it, wearing jazzy shirts instead of suits, thank- ing kitchen staff personally after official dinners and exchanging gossip with ordinary people in the village of Qunu, the scattering of huts and kraals in which he grew up. He often retreated to Qunu in later years, finding peace among his people, the Thembu, of whose royal house he was a member. The settlement is not that pic- turesque, squalid in part, and there are much grander vistas to be had in the Transkei, the re- gion in which it sits, but for Man- dela it was home, a haven from a world that devoured his time and privacy. It is also where some of his loved ones lie, his mother, sister, two sons and infant daughter. Yet, the first black president of South Africa, hailed Sunday as the country’s greatest son, would hard- ly have recognized the place. A vast marquee, cathedral-like in scale, had been imported to house more than 4,500 mourners, among them princes, chiefs, actors and communists, together with a host of smaller tents and stands. MANDELA FUNERAL Display of pomp unlike the man they came to bury Military firepower, a host of VIPs and, finally, former South African president Nelson Mandela has peace. NEIL TWEEDIE, AISLINN LAING and COLE MORETON report. See FUNERAL on page A2 GARY DIMMOCK AND RACHEL AIELLO OTTAWA CITIZEN They called one another sis- ters because they were more than just roommates. Some had gone to high school together in Perth and later to college together in Ottawa, not far from where they lived at 1396 Claymor Ave., where on Saturday morning at 2:48, their world collapsed. A fire that broke out in the basement gutted the two- storey duplex in minutes and left Jasmine Gregory, 21, and Charmaine Collins, 23, dead. Five others, all suffering from smoke inhalation and hypothermia on the bitter- ly cold morning, either es- caped or were rescued by firefighters. They told the rescuers that two of their friends were still inside. Some 11 firefighters pushed themselves to find them, but were forced out after 11 min- utes because of the intense heat and thick smoke and the floor starting to give way. Meaghan Patterson, 22, recently moved out of the house. She grew up with Jas- mine Gregory in Perth and both had moved to Ottawa for school. She said Gregory, a former University of Ot- tawa student, always stayed positive. Fire victims ‘a family’: friend See FIRE on page A2 Brian McGarry files complaint against chief operating officer of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry funeral firm See DISPUTE on page A3 Early morning blaze leaves two women dead PLUS 15% GOVT. 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(10) Ottawa Citizen NamplateDesign Department File
February 10, 1997
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013
ESTABLISHED IN 1845
MAINLY SUNNY, HIGH -18WINNER OF THE MICHENER AWARD
Give young Swede stretch of games as Sens’ No. 1 goalieJAMES GORDON IN SPORTS, C1
LET LEHNER RUN WITH IT
Legendary British actor Peter O’Toole dead at 81ARTS & LIFE, D1
HE LIVED LIFE TO THE FULLEST
Published by the proprietorOttawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc., 1101 Baxter Rd. Box 5020 Ottawa, ON, K2C 3M4 $1.43 plus taxes at retail
$1.67 in outlying areas
AROUND TOWN B4
ARTS&LIFE D1
ASTROLOGY D4
BIRTHS, DEATHS C9
BRIDGE D4
CITY B`
CLASSIFIED C7
COMICS D5
EGAN B1
LETTERS A8
MOVIES D3
PETS B5
PUZZLES D4
SCOREBOARD C4
SPORTS C1
TELEVISION D6
Today’s weather, D6Mainly sunny. High -18, low -23.Sunrise: 7:36 a.m.Sunset: 4:20 p.m.
Newspaper sales, delivery: 613-596-1950 Classified ads: 613-829-9321 Switchboard: 613-829-9100Toll free: 1-800-267-6100
Canada’s critical-care doctors are confronting controversial issue, A4
Debating ‘right way’ to withdraw life support
CANADA
A weekend blast of snow made travel messy and left residents digging out, B1
No record storm, but still trouble
CITY
Programs for at-risk groups can prevent more hospital stays, writes Jack Kitts, A9
More cost-effective health care needed
OPINION
DON BUTLER
OTTAWA CITIZEN
The iconic Ottawa funer-al firm Hulse, Playfair & Mc-Garry is in turmoil, wracked by an escalating dispute pit-ting former chief executive Brian McGarry against his former wife, his son and an-other relative.
The internecine battle is unfolding in the upper ech-
elons of a prestigious 88-year-old firm that has arranged state funerals involving for-mer prime ministers, govern-ors general and other high officials, including those of Pierre Trudeau and, most re-cently, the 2011 state funer-al of former NDP leader Jack Layton.
Brian McGarry, 70, who stepped down as CEO and sold or gave away his major-
ity stake in Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Inc. about five years ago, told the Citizen that he filed a complaint in August with the Board of Funeral Services, the body that regu-lates Ontario’s 2,500 licensed funeral directors.
In it, he named Hulse, Play-fair & McGarry’s chief operat-ing officer, Patrick McGarry, a second cousin.
“I have monetary concerns
and I have labour relations concerns,” Brian McGarry said. “That’s about all I can say. My concerns are under review and we’ll know better when the Ontario Board of Funeral Services renders a decision.”
In a written statement to the Citizen, Brett McGarry — Brian’s son — acknowledged that his father has stated that he made a complaint.
But speaking on behalf
of himself and his mother, Sharon McGarry — the two directors of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Inc.— he said they have not been notified of any complaint by the board, “nor are we aware of any investigation.”
The allegations underlying the dispute have not been proven or verified, but the Citizen has chosen to report the positions of both sides in
the public interest.The dispute escalated Friday
as Brett McGarry sent a letter to his father, informing him that he has been suspended with pay, effective immedi-ately, from his employment with the firm for repeatedly breaching “specific directions and prohibitions” outlined in a Nov. 26 letter from the firm.
Dispute pits patriarch against relatives
AP PHOTO/FELIX DLANGAMANDLA, POOL
Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s casket is led by military pallbearers following the service at his state funeral Sunday in Qunu, South Africa. More than 4,500 mourners, including royalty, political leaders and celebrities, turned out to pay their final respects.
QUNU, South Africa
The Thembu tribe look to their ancestors for advice in times good and bad. Now, they have
the best adviser of all.Nelson Mandela was buried Sun-
day in a ceremony that was not really like him, a thing full of pomp and martial display, the first state funeral of the new South Africa, in-evitably stocked full of people en-
dowed with that rarely accurate abbreviation, VIP.
Mandela was truly a very im-portant person, but he also made a point of not showing it, wearing jazzy shirts instead of suits, thank-ing kitchen staff personally after official dinners and exchanging gossip with ordinary people in the village of Qunu, the scattering of huts and kraals in which he grew
up. He often retreated to Qunu in later years, finding peace among his people, the Thembu, of whose royal house he was a member.
The settlement is not that pic-turesque, squalid in part, and there are much grander vistas to be had in the Transkei, the re-gion in which it sits, but for Man-dela it was home, a haven from a world that devoured his time and
privacy. It is also where some of his loved ones lie, his mother, sister, two sons and infant daughter.
Yet, the first black president of South Africa, hailed Sunday as the country’s greatest son, would hard-ly have recognized the place.
A vast marquee, cathedral-like in scale, had been imported to house more than 4,500 mourners, among them princes, chiefs, actors and communists, together with a host of smaller tents and stands.
MANDELA FUNERAL
Display of pomp unlike the man they came to buryMilitary firepower, a host of VIPs and, finally, former South African president Nelson Mandela has peace. NEIL TWEEDIE, AISLINN LAING and COLE MORETON report.
See FUNERAL on page A2
GARY DIMMOCK AND RACHEL AIELLO
OTTAWA CITIZEN
They called one another sis-ters because they were more than just roommates. Some had gone to high school together in Perth and later to college together in Ottawa, not far from where they lived at 1396 Claymor Ave., where on Saturday morning at 2:48, their world collapsed.
A fire that broke out in the basement gutted the two-storey duplex in minutes and left Jasmine Gregory, 21, and Charmaine Collins, 23, dead.
Five others, all suffering from smoke inhalation and hypothermia on the bitter-ly cold morning, either es-caped or were rescued by firefighters.
They told the rescuers that two of their friends were still inside.
Some 11 firefighters pushed themselves to find them, but were forced out after 11 min-utes because of the intense heat and thick smoke and the floor starting to give way.
Meaghan Patterson, 22, recently moved out of the house.
She grew up with Jas-mine Gregory in Perth and both had moved to Ottawa for school. She said Gregory, a former University of Ot-tawa student, always stayed positive.
Fire victims
‘a family’: friend
See FIRE on page A2
Brian McGarry files complaint against chief operating officer of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry funeral firm
See DISPUTE on page A3
Early morning blaze leaves
two women dead
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