Keith forde barbados today

By Lincoln DePradine

Former Toronto police officer, Barbados-born Keith Forde, and Grenadian Dunstan Phillip, fashioned a friendship that lasted to the very last day of Phillip’s life.

“We forged a brotherhood second to none,’’ Forde said last Saturday, while delivering remarks at a funeral for Phillip.

A former Grenada schoolteacher, Phillip died July 26 at a Toronto hospital.

He was 70.

Phillip, also an ex-member of the Jaycees of Grenada, as well as of the cadet corps and the Grenada Police Boys’ Club, worked with the Toronto Transit Commission and in the insurance business. He also was a member and supporter of several Grenada groups in Toronto including the Grenada Association, the Boca Toronto Support Group (BTSG), the Grenada Day Cultural Association, and Grenada Disaster Preparedness Toronto.

“He was always willing and ready to assist,’’ said BTSG president Jerry Ross, who recalled Phillip’s “calm demeanour’’.

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