with central Canadian unions (Calgary Herald, 8 December 1988). In the 1997 campaign, he argued that federal MPs should be put on a civil service pension rather than being allowed to determine their own pension plans (Edmonton Journal, 29 May 1997). He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, including the positions of the president of its Halifax and Edmonton Chapters. After he retired from teaching in the late 2000s, he moved to Halifax, NS to be closer to family. He died from cancer in Halifax on July 27, 2012. References