Keating wins posthumous humanitarian honour

HALIFAX – Almost a year after his death at 72 of cancer, The Canadian Red Cross presented its 2006 Humanitarian Award posthumously to former Canadian cable executive Charlie Keating. According to a story in the Halifax Daily News last week, 600 people gathered at the World Trade and Convention Centre to remember Keating and his philanthropic endeavours. Keating was the founder of Access Cable in Dartmouth before selling to Shaw Communications in 1999. He died on November 22, 2005."Among his biggest contributions were $5 million to his alma mater and $2 million to the QEII Health Sciences Centre," added the...