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Effect June: Fellow Humans and Colin Ross

effect june: It's named for the late U.S. diplomat who brokered the 1995 Bosnia peace accords reached in Ohio.article continues below Trending Stories Compact discs whither Not so fast, say Vancouver indie record stores Meet Colin Ross, a survivor of the opioid crisis Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy Sharon Rab, founder and chairwoman of the peace prize foundation, said Irving's books often show the tragedy of a lack of empathy and sympathy for our fellow humans ... through books especially Irving's books readers learn to understand and identify with people different from themselves, according to Vancouver Courier. Irving's all-time bestselling novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, examines faith, fate and social justice through the intertwined lives of two boyhood friends. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials chose John Irving, whose first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published 50 years ago when he was 26, for the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Often using humour to illuminate deep topics, Irving's works have included bisexual, homosexual and transgender people. Irving said in a statement that if a prize helps bring attention to his subject matter, he welcomes it. The National Book Award-winning The World According to Garp was made into a movie starring the late Robin Williams, and Irving won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the movie version of The Cider House Rules, which deals with issues including abortion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.