Comments on: Mother of dead soldier objects to lake being named after Jonathan Toews

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:41:07 +0000

Jonathan is a great leader in many aspects of his life. In his short career so far he has accomplished a lot. Many look at him as a role model. Not just to grow up and play hockey but to be of his stature, a very mature young man who has worked extremely hard to accomplish his goals. It is an honor to have your name recognized whether it be on a sidewalk, billboard, community centre, or lake. Their are many soldiers who have put their lives at stake to fight for our country. For over a century there have been hundreds of services held to honor these men and women. Many soldiers have died in war and I don’t think that there are enough lakes to be named for each soldier. I think that maybe naming a lake after Jonathan was for people to look ahead into the future and not the past. There are very few people who have accomplished what Jonathan has and Manitoba should be very proud that he comes from such a great province. Manitoba is also proud of the men and women that have and are fighting for our country. Lets not argue over something like having a lake named after u. Jonathan was and is very humble. Miss Seggie, I don’t think your son would want you to be upset over something like this. I believe you are dishonouring your son by acting in this way. I commend him for his actions, but not yours.

By: stan lee

stan lee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:31:40 +0000

this lady is being selfish. i would skip over her when they name more lakes for dead soldiers

By: Me

Me — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:39:25 +0000

This was very shortsighted. Bumping Toews to the head of the queue over those who gave their lives for their country is sad. As far as Toews having given his ‘all’ – hardly. He still has his life ( and millions of dollars to go with it). At the very least his name should have gone to the end of the queue. I hope this sleight wasn’t someone making some sort of political statement.

By: Brei

Brei — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:50:55 +0000

I do not understand. In what way is this a travesty? I could understand, if a fallen solider was over looked or the tradition of honoring a soldier was abandoned in favor of honoring an athlete’s accomplishments, But that is not what happened here. Both of these men are being honored by Manitoba, because they represented Manitoba by giving their all/best in the profession they had chosen. Though it is impossible to imagine what the family of a fallen soldier is going through (unless you have gone through it yourself), I have to say, it seems that they feel as if ONLY the military is to be honored, as if no one else deserves recognition.
Manitoba chose this method to show honor, applying it across the board. . . and yes, they honor all fallen soldiers, but it does not mandate that only fallen soldier’s deserve the honor.