Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 17, 1988
• Invested on: April 12, 1989

British Columbia's best-known journalist, radio and television personality, he has been involved as a reporter and commentator in every major event in the province in the past thirty-five years. His use of his position in the media to resolve, publicly or privately, the problems of a large number of people has earned him the title of "unofficial ombudsman of the man on the street".