obituary

On clear night with a full moon, "think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink,” says his family

She loved the outdoors, even taking her boys skiing as babies. At 50, she got on a bike for the first time and found a new love.

He was selfless, always helping others. As a child he never pressured his parents for toys, even when all his friends had Nintendo.

She came to Canada from Italy’s Friuli region, and her heritage, including bocce ball, remained an integral part of her life

A farmboy turned neurosurgeon, he fell in love with a craggy plot of land on the Juan de Fuca strait, and returned every year

He was meticulous, unmaterialistic and frugal, waiting until his 65th birthday to get the seniors’ rate on a fishing licence

He survived war and violence in Sri Lanka, then rebuilt his family in Montreal

He grew up by the often perilous waters of Newfoundland, and once saved a cousin from drowning