Orthdox Cathedral in Edmonton. After leaving politics, Decore returned to business and became chairman of the Canada-Ukraine Business Initiative. He was admitted to the Order of Canada in 1983, and received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Alberta in 1999. Decore was a two-time cancer survivor, having survived colon cancer in 1990 and liver cancer two years later, but a third incidence killed him in 1999. In a tribute, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien called Decore "an extraordinarily gifted leader" and "a man of vision and perseverance", while Klein said that he "brought great passion and a keen intellect to all he did in public life". Laurence Decore Lookout, a viewing point overlooking the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, is named in Decore's honour, as are the Edmonton Decore electoral district and the Laurence Decore Award for Student Leadership, a provincially endowed scholarship. References Edmonton Public Library biography of Laurence Decore City of Edmonton biography of Laurence Decore Ukrainian Canadian Professional Business Federation memorial of Laurence Decore Ukrainian Weekly obituary of Laurence Decore Announcement of the Laurence Decore Awards for Student Leadership CBC account of 1993 provincial election campaign 1940 births 1999 deaths Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Deaths from cancer in Alberta Edmonton city councillors Lawyers in Alberta Leaders of the Alberta Liberal Party Mayors of Edmonton Members of the Order of Canada Multiculturalism activists in Canada People from Vegreville University of Alberta alumni 20th-century Canadian lawyers 20th-century Canadian politicians