It is with great sadness that we learned of Tom Harpur's passing.

Mr. Harpur was the former religion editor and columnist for the Toronto Star, a Rhodes scholar, former Anglican priest, and dedicated professor.

This has been a very sad week indeed. So soon after losing one author, we are saddened to announce that author Patricia Bow passed away on January 7, 2017.

A writer of on science, and history for the University of Waterloo by day, her passion for fiction came out in children's fantasy and wrote such titles as The Bone Flute, which was nominated for a Silver Birch Award in 2006. She was also the author of a 2-book young adult fantasy series called Passage to Mythrin.