#486 Edith Iglauer obituary
LITERARY LOCATION: 5192 Claydon Road, Garden Bay, Sunshine Coast Having lived for many decades in a waterfront cottage that was… FULL STORY
Obits
Jim Taylor (1937-2019)
Born on March 16, 1937 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Jim Taylor died on January 7, 2019, at the age of 82…. FULL STORY
Eldon Lee (1923 – 2018)
The endurance of B.C.’s pioneer doctors was only surpassed by that of their wives according to Eldon Lee, when he… FULL STORY
Dave Perrin
Dave Perrin has died on August 6th, 2018, in Calgary, Alberta at the Foothills Medical Center at age 70. A… FULL STORY
Stephen Reid (1950-2018)
Stephen Reid has died at age 68 of pulmonary edema and third-degree heart block in the hospital at Masset, B.C.,… FULL STORY
#304 Nancy Richler (1957-2018)
“In all my writing, I explore the slipperiness of morality and identity in the face of extreme loss and threat,… FULL STORY
Unity Bainbridge (1916-2017)
“Never paint from anything but real life whether it is a person or flower.” — Unity Bainbridge [We have only… FULL STORY
#276 How a whistleblower dies
Alan Fry (1931-2018) “I have said more than once in frustration that if I had the power of God, I… FULL STORY
Arthur Black (1943-2018)
Arthur Black was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in early January of 2018 and died at Lady Minto Hospital… FULL STORY
Rob Morris (1949-2018)
Marine journalist and editor Rob Morris (1949-2018) was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. He moved to British Columbia… FULL STORY
Jack Boudreau (1933-2018)
Born on February 4, 1933 in the small community of Penny in the central B.C., located between the McGregor and… FULL STORY
Jerome Gordon Howell (1930 – 2017)
Jerry Howell, minister, bookseller and connoisseur of West Coast Island life, who thought of himself as the “luckiest fellow in… FULL STORY
Rafe Mair’s last kick (1931-2017)
Born in Vancouver on December 31, 1931, former CKNW talk show radio host, Social Credit cabinet minister and lawyer Rafe… FULL STORY
#202 Al Neil (1924-2017)
“New York has William Burroughs, Los Angeles has Charles Bukowski and Vancouver has Al Neil.” — John Armstrong “Whatever I’m… FULL STORY
#201 Peter Trower (1930-2017)
A GATHERING TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR PETER TROWER WILL BE HELD FROM 3 – 6 PM AT THE FORMER LOCATION… FULL STORY
#159 Joan Skogan was one of a kind
Born in Comox on September 29, 1945, Joan Skogan knew joy and sorrow. An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer,… FULL STORY
#155 S.C. Heal obituary (1925-2017)
“In my opinion there is no finer interpreter of the marine scene in British Columbia.” — John M. MacFarlane, nautical… FULL STORY
#154 Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017)
Chinese Canadians weren’t granted the federal vote in Canada until 1947 and they first voted provincially in 1949–the year Jim… FULL STORY
#153 David Watmough (1926-2017)
“I hope my work is myopically ‘westcoast’ and persistently graceful in language.” — David Watmough “That rarest of birds on… FULL STORY
Karlene Faith obituary
by Beverly Cramp and Starla Anderson* Born in 1938 in Aylsham, Saskatchewan, Karlene Faith co-founded the revolutionary Santa Cruz Women’s… FULL STORY
