obituary

He would stay up all night flooding the rink for the local kids. Neighbours called him the Ice Man.

After retiring from teaching, she became a clown, entertaining patients in hospitals and nursing homes

As a child in Hitler’s Germany, he started gliding. ‘He hated marching, so he got into flying.’

He kibitzed with Fats Waller, wowed Parisians with his yo-yo, and taught Julie Christie to smoke opium

A hands-on dad with a magic touch, he was also a skier, cyclist and runner: ‘just legs and lungs’

She survived two wars, breast cancer, and suicide bombings in Baghdad. She sought safety in the U.S.

Raised as a Dene hunter in the North, he found spirituality in the Native American Church

The ‘Matriarch of Nobleton’ came from a monarchist background and presided over Victoria Day

A good Samaritan, he’d do a hundred favours and get one back, says a relative; he hated to ask for help

He loved fixing things and refinishing furniture, and was very particular about his tools