Trevor Clark (1955-2019)
Born in Toronto in 1955, ex-Vancouverite Trevor Clark died in Montreal on April 4, 2019. Clark, who moved to Vancouver… FULL STORY
Obits
#566 George Payerle (1945-2019)
George Thomas Payerle was a founding member of the Writers Union of Canada. His major novel Unknown Soldier was reviewed… FULL STORY
Formerly an Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dr. Greg Younging died at the… FULL STORY
Wayson Choy (1939-2019)
At age 80, Wayson Choy has died at home on April 28, 2019. Wayson Choy was born on April 20,… FULL STORY
Patrick Lane – Poet, novelist, mentor, pool shark
Patrick Lane has died of a heart attack on March 7, 2019. A free community gathering to honour and remember… FULL STORY
#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
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
