Pioneering CEO moved on to the Hill
During her tenure as a political force in Ottawa, Conservative MP Jean Pigott had a reputation as a motherly firebrand with a penchant for using tea and cookies to get her way.
I REMEMBER / BRIAN SPARKES
Harry Stewart Ferguson of Oakville, Ont., remembers Brian Sparkes, who died on Dec. 18. Brian and the late Lister Sinclair (of CBC fame) were my friends; we had many lunches and dinners together. It was usually a three-hour lunch. The topics could be history, mythology, physics, astronomy, Darwin to Dickens and anything in between. You rose from the table with a full stomach and a richer mind. Brian Sparkes had a very catholic mind and so did Lister, therefore the conversations were bright and challenging.
Bernadette McKendy
Bernadette McKendy was an unsung hero in the battle against illiteracy. For years, she went quietly about her work in the children's section of the Nepisiguit Centennial Library in Bathurst, N.B., awakening love for the printed word in the hearts and souls of countless children.
