The Globe and Mail
I was an editor on the print desk for The Globe and Mail at Pagemasters North America (PMNA), a division of The Canadian Press. We worked closely with the staff at The Globe to bring Canada’s newspaper of record to life.
There, I copy-edited original pieces and edited wire stories—The New York Times, CP, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg—for clarity and length. I particularly enjoyed working on the Life section.
Stephen Reid
1950-2018
Gifted storyteller Stephen Reid wrote of his life of crime. After a string of bank heists and a long jail term, he settled down and became a husband, father, author and law-abiding member of his community, but he found it impossible to leave his past behind him.
John Ashbridge
1947-2018
Broadcaster John Ashbridge, 71, was the velvet voice of Vancouver hockey. He was the public-address announcer for the Canucks for more than three decades.
David McFadden
1940-2018
Poet David McFadden, 77, was a master of magical yet accessible verse. When he won the Griffin Prize in 2013, Alzheimer’s disease had already begun to rob him of his words, making it difficult to speak and understand complex ideas.
Life & Arts
This Father’s Day, it’s time to rethink the daddy-daughter relationship. Instead of being petrified by their daughters’ inevitable dating years, fathers should invest more energy into the everyday of their child’s life.
Ira Berlin
1941-2018
Historian Ira Berlin examined slavery in North America. His efforts to preserve and disseminate source material included publishing a book of first-person accounts from former slaves, which were transcribed from recordings made in the 1930s.
Charles Krauthhammer
1950-2018
Conserative commentator and former psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer won a Pulitzer. An independent thinker, he would criticize fellow Republicans just as fiercly as he skewered liberal Democrats, delivering his arguments with polished prose.