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Cont’dfromP.3 Chapleau Electric Light and Power Company andservedasreeveoftheTownshipofChapleau from1938to1942.

His father served in the Royal Canadian AirForceduringWorldWarII,andIrecalltothis day,ClydetellingmethestoryofmyparentsJim and Muriel being at the ceremony in Toronto when he got his wings, and my father tried to makehimlaughwhileonparade.Clyde,whowas myfather'sbestmanattheweddingofmyparents in 1940 also claimed that he "looked after" my fatherafterIwasborninHamilton.

Our grandmothers were the best of friends and enjoyed playing golf on "Ladies' Day" at the golf course in Chapleau. Bob and I also got a chuckle over the time that his grandmother went to visit mine on Elgin Street when the snowbanks were really high. Bob's father dropped his mother off and she assured him she could get to my grandmother's house. Somehow Mrs. Fife got stuck in the snowbank. My grandmother, Lil Morris, was watching and immediatelycalledClydetocomeandrescuehis mother.Allwentwellandtheyhadtheirvisit.

AftergraduatingfromCHSBobattended the University of Toronto where he earned the BachelorofArtsdegree.

In1978,Bobstartedhisjournalismcareer in the parliamentary bureau of NewsRadio and thenheworkedforUnitedPressInternational.It washiscontactwith UPI thatgotmeoneofmy mostinterestingreportingassignments,covering a test of the nuclear winter theory in 1985 at Chapleau.Bobgotmetheassignment.

Hethenbecameaseniorpoliticalreporter fortheCanadianPressandlaterspent10yearsas OttawaBureauChiefandpoliticalcolumnistfor the Sun Media chain.At one point in the 1980s Maclean's magazine called Bob the best investigativereporterinCanada.

After the National Post was founded, he joineditin1998,andhebecameOttawaBureau Chief for CanWest News Services and the NationalPostin2002.

In 1991, Bob's first book, 'A Capital Scandal'whichhewrotewithJohnWarrencame out, and I recall going to a bookstore in Cranbrook to see if I could get a copy. There it was prominently displayed in the new book section, and as I thumbed through it and noted that he dedicated it to his mother Margaret, I becameabitemotionalwhichcausedtheladyin thestoretoaskifIwasallright.

"Iamfine,"Itoldher."IknowRobertFife andIamsoproudofhim."IwentontotellBob's backgroundandleftwiththebook.AsIwrite,itis beside me on my desk -- and the story it tells about politics in Canada and the need for the reform of Parliament it calls for is as relevant, perhapsmoresotoday,thanitwas20yearsago.

In the acknowledgments Bob mentions Derik Hodgson who was an incredibly good reporter of my generation with whom I had worked at the Kingston Whig-Standard and Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. It so happened that by

Vancouver,discussingabookbyaChapleauboy, whowebothkn ew,albeitcomingtoknow Bob in diverse ways. We were agreed on the messageofthebook.

In 1993, Bob's second book, 'Kim Campbell: The Making of a Politician' was published. She became the first female prime ministerofCanada.Again,itremainsamustread forabetterunderstandingofpoliticsinCanada.

He has won the Edward Dunlop Award for Spot News and two National Newspaper CitationofMeritforpoliticalreporting.

However, it has been the past six years afterBobbecameOttawaBureauChiefof CTV News that he has become a household name in Canada. Especially since I have been on Facebook,manyofhisoldfriendshavemessaged me, "Did you see Bob on the news last night?", "Bob is interviewing the prime minister", "Did youteachhim?"andsoon,butIamguiltytoo.

While I was scanning photos of Bob for this piece at Walmart, I was getting help from a ladythere,andpointedtophotoofBobwithTom Corston,andaskedher,"DoyoueverwatchCTV News?"towhichsherepliedshedid.

"Do you know Bob Fife?" and again the answer was yes. Pointing to Bob holding an umbrellaoverTom,whoisnowAnglicanbishop ofMoosonee,Isaid,"That'shimwhenhewasin Grade 9", adding, "Bob is from Chapleau." My emailismj.morris@live.ca

THE CHS STUDENT COUNCIL OF 1972-73

Chapleau High School Student Council of 1972-73 when Bob Fife was president. Front row from left Jamie Doyle, Eileen McRea,Tom Tangie,Bob,PattyDesbois.Middlerowfromleft Rusty Deluce, Joan Lapointe, Walter Sonego, DanPlouffe,MichaelDillon,MaryAnnMorris, Doris Delaney. Back row Robert Doyle, Gary Legros, Leslie Doig, Maurice Blais, Pat Connelly,KeithMarsh

1991 Derik had become communications director of the Canadian Labour Congress and hadorganizedaconferenceforeditorsoflabour unionpublications.IwastheeditorofInsider,the faculty magazine at College of the Rockies and attendedtheconferenceinVancouver, Smallworldthatitis,thereIwaswithmy old friend Derik drinking coffee in the Hotel

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