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Longtime Lethbridge lawyer & former U of L Board Chair, Phil North passes

The University of Lethbridge is mourning the loss of a former Board of Governors Chair.

Phil North passed away Thursday, Apr. 30 after a battle with cancer.

He was the founder of the North and Company law firm and chaired the U of L Board between 1978 and 84.

University President Mike Mahon says North was a driving force behind the establishment of Pronghorns hockey and continued to support the U of L as a donor, advocate, and friend.

North was also recognized with an honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge in 2004.

He was 75 years old.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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