Phil Lind remembered as ‘class act’ by friends, competitors

By Connie Thiessen Colleagues, friends and competitors are remembering Phil Lind today. The longtime Rogers Communications executive and Vice Chair of its board passed away Sunday at age 80. Retired Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette was among those processing news of Lind’s death, which he only learned of in the wee hours of Monday morning after spending a long day on the road to Calgary to escape the ongoing wildfire situation in Kelowna. (l-r): Former Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette, Phil Lind, and Astral Media co-founder Ian Greenberg, at Lind’s induction into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2012. (CARTT.ca) Bissonnette said he had run into Lind and the rest...