He seldom – if ever – fails to hit the proverbial nail on the head. The Globe and Mail’s editorial cartoonist BRIAN GABLE was born in Saskatoon, studied fine art at the University of Saskatchewan, then education at the University of Toronto. After teaching for a while, he freelanced as a cartoonist in Brockville and Regina, then became the editorial cartoonist for the Globe – Canada’s national and most prestigious newspaper – in 1987.

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Mr. Gable won National Newspaper Awards in 1986, 1995, 2001 and 2005.

This year he was named a Member of the Order of Canada for his “outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.” Thanks Brian Gable for putting a smile on Canadian faces from coast-to-coast-to-coast.