'Better home than mine': How Vancouver's condo king is making great art accessible to all Canadians

Bob Rennie’s father drove a beer truck in Vancouver for a living, which may or may not have been a coincidence, given “Robo,” as he was known, loved to drink.

The Rennie family home on the city’s east side was a chaotic place for a child, with an alcoholic under the roof and parents who fought and made up and fought some more. To escape, Rennie sought refuge at his aunt and uncle’s place. They had money and their ...