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Murray Thomson: from RCAF pilot to pacifist

Murray Thomson, who died on May 2 at the age of 96, made me proud to be a Canadian, simply because he personified so much of what is good about this country.

After training to fight in the Second World War, Murray Thomson took his responsibilities as a pacifist seriously, writes Jim Cresky. The Hill Times archive photograph

Opinion

BY JIM CRESKEY

May 8, 2019

OTTAWA—Several days ago, I spoke on the phone with Murray Thomson, who told me that the retirement home in Old Ottawa South where he lived was quarantined because of a flu outbreak. Murray delivered this somewhat disturbing news with the same cheerful spirit that rose out of him no matter what kin...

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