Mail to write a weekly column (and, from 1985, a monthly column for its Report on Business Magazine) which lasted until 1987, when he left after a protracted and bitter exchange with Editor-in-Chief Norman Webster. The Globe refused to print his final column, but Doug Fisher subsequently arranged to have it appear in the Toronto Sun. In it, he said: He continued to write his "Media Watch" column for Maclean's, wine pieces for Toronto Life and enRoute, and weekly political commentary for The Chronicle Herald and The Mail-Star in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1979, he became director of the School of Journalism at University of King's College. He retired in 1985, settling in Mahone Bay. Family life In 1944, he married Marion Jene Breakey. She died in 1998. They had one son, Christopher. Honours In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for having "contributed greatly to the development of journalism in Canada". He also received honorary degrees from Carleton University in 1983 and from University of King's College in 1986. Bibliography , winner of the 1966 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Notes References George Bain at The Canadian Encyclopedia 1920 births 2006 deaths Journalists from Toronto The Globe and Mail columnists Canadian people of Scottish descent Officers of the Order of Canada Stephen Leacock Award winners Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom Canadian expatriates in the United States