June 19, 2009 Bishop Parke-Taylor: 1920-2009

Bishop Geoffrey Parke-Taylor, who served as suffragan bishop in the dioceses of Huron and Toronto, died on May 11 at the age of 89.

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June 1, 2009 Native activist Gladys Cook dies

Gladys Cook, who helped many native people as a counsellor and touched the lives of many more people throughout Canada by courageously being among the first to speak publicly about the abuse she and other native people suffered as children in Indian Residential Schools, died on May 9 at the age of 79 in Portage la Prairie, Man.

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May 12, 2009 Native activist Gladys Cook dies

Gladys Cook, who helped many native people as a counsellor and touched the lives of many more people throughout Canada by courageously being among the first to speak publicly about the abuse she and other native people suffered as children in Indian Residential Schools, died on May 9 at the age of 79 in Portage la Prairie, Man.

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March 1, 2009 Bruce Rathbone dies at age 76

Bruce Rathbone, who served for 20 years as business/circulation manager of the Canadian Churchman, predecessor to the Anglican Journal, and another 20 years as bursar of Wycliffe College in Toronto, died on Jan. 30. He was 76.

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February 1, 2009 Human rights advocate Fairweather dies

Gordon Fairweather, a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from New Brunswick and the first chair of Canada’s Human Rights Commission, died Dec. 24 at the age of 85.

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January 6, 2009 Human rights advocate Gordon Fairweather dies

Gordon Fairweather, a former Progressive Conservative MP from New Brunswick and the first chair of Canada’s Human Rights Commission, died Dec. 24 at the age of 85.

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January 5, 2009 Ted Rogers dies at age 75

Edward Samuel (Ted) Rogers, who died Dec. 2 at the age of 75, has been hailed as a media mogul, an industrial titan, a visionary and one of the greatest Canadians of all time.

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December 17, 2008 Vivacious volunteer in mission, June Wilson was focus of documentary

June Wilson, a former Volunteer in Mission and AIDS activist, died on Oct. 15 at the age of 81.

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November 1, 2008 Hugh McCullum, former editor, dies at age 76

Hugh McCullum, who edited the Canadian Churchman (predecessor to the Anglican Journal) from 1968 to 1975, and who was known as an activist-journalist who championed social justice, died Oct. 16. He was 76. Mr. McCullum was the...

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October 1, 2008 Obituary: Sister Philippa

Sister Philippa, a member of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and chief executive officer of St. John’s Rehab Hospital in Toronto for 27 years, died on Sept. 1. She was 85. Born Dorothy Watson in Winnipeg in 1922, she...

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