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
BY ZOSIA BIELSKI
Gifted storyteller wrote of his life of crime
After a string of bank heists and a long jail term, Stephen Reid 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
BY IAN BAILEY
Toronto’s own Director X flies high with Superfly
Julien Christian Lutz offers remake of 1972 blaxploitation film, mixing grindhouse and martial arts with the glitz of Atlanta rap
BY MELISSA VINCENT
The velvet voice of Vancouver hockey
John Ashbridge was the public-address announcer for the Canucks for more than three decades
BY TOM HAWTHORN
A master of magical yet accessible verse
When David McFadden 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
BY DIANE PETERS
Historian examined slavery in North America
Ira Berlin’s 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
BY NEIL GENZLINGER
Conservative commentator won a Pulitzer
An independent thinker, Charles Krauthammer would criticize fellow Republicans just as fiercely as he skewered liberal Democrats, delivering his arguments with polished prose
BY SAM ROBERTS
