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The Prince George poet is being remembered as a teacher and friend, who helped create a northern B.C. literary scene that brought internationally acclaimed poets to town, and who mentored generations of new writers.
Article content “Newspapers are very valuable things,” he once told a Social Credit convention. “I’ve been through a lot of them — in the outhouse.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or This Week in History: 1956: 'Flying Phil' Gaglardi shows off his highway program Back to video But with a provincial election in the offing in the summer of 1956, the long-time Socred highways minister invited the media along on an eight-day tour of provincial roads. The tour was largely by plane, which was fitting, given that the media had dubbed Gagla...