Jim Button Calgary

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'He believed in community': Jim Button leaves behind legacy of ... (Calgary Herald)

Jim Button's eight-year fight with cancer ended exactly how he desired — with love, grace and humility.

In an interview, Mayor Jyoti Gondek called him a “relentless believer in the importance of the arts” and creative industries sector. At the Evans Hunt group, where Jim was a key player, they wrote: “Today, our hearts are broken. On the front page of his blog he describes himself as a collector of friends. In 2018, with Tracey, the family launched a charity with the goal to raise $5 million for Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology and Survivorship through the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. In 2016, he was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and given perhaps another year to live. So I’ve never been afraid of this day, nor should you of yours.

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Jim Button, Village Brewery co-founder, dies from cancer at 59 (CTV Toronto)

Jim Button, the co-founder of Village Brewery, passed away Thursday from cancer.

[Ottawa](https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/) ['Swapping the fobs' thieves steal vehicle from Rockland, Ont. She arrived at the pole after a little over 34 days of pushing through brutal conditions. The school board found no evidence of fraud in that case. Here is a summary of what we know about the new guidelines. A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. "At one point, he said 'I don't want to sound selfish,' and he's choking and I'm choking, 'I don't want to sound selfish, but I've gotten so much love. He wasn't sad that she didn't know he was dying, he was sad that he won't be able to help people anymore. "Right up to the end, he loved helping," said Kelly. Button's only condition for making the videos was that his wife approved and their antics made her laugh. I'm lucky enough to have a supportive family and great friends. "I'd be the guy in front and he'd be the guy beside, just saying dumb things," recounted Kelly. He set the tone and the standard, and for that we will be forever grateful.

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Jim Button, co-founder of Calgary's Village Brewery, dead at 59 ... (CBC.ca)

Condolences are pouring in following the death of Jim Button, who co-founded Village Brewery, one of Calgary's most well-known and beloved craft brewers.

"I think it's going to be an imperative for all businesses in the future," he told the CBC News four years ago. In response, Button continued to focus his energies on building community. [he told the CBC News in 2019. ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-button-cancer-diagnosis-fundraising-1.5336402) Diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2014, Button underwent treatment to remove one of his kidneys. "So I've never been afraid of this day, nor should you of yours."

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Village Brewery founder Jim Button passes away (Eat North)

Photos via Facebook. A sad week in the Alberta hospitality community, as well as the Canadian craft brewing scene, as Village Brewery founder Jim ...

[https://t.co/u57D0Y3J2Y] [January 20, 2023] Build community." "Live. [https://t.co/ArxAFZOlFM] [January 20, 2023] Jim Button had a lot of friends and I’m blessed to have been one of them. A friend of mine passed away yesterday. [https://t.co/UZ5QiWaJWY] [January 20, 2023] [https://t.co/r8lRRRtOXQ] [January 20, 2023] [Village Brewery](https://villagebrewery.com/) in 2011, Button is noted as one of the key individuals who has helped grow the Calgary micro-brewery scene into what it is today. [a beautiful, emotive final blog post](https://www.gatherwithjim.com/blog/2023-1-19-i-died-today) on his site [gatherwithjim.com](https://www.gatherwithjim.com/blog/2023-1-19-i-died-today). Cause a raucous wherever you are my dear friend. And that’s what counts," wrote Button in

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