One of the stranger news items that popped up earlier this year was the report that Arthur Erickson’s brother and executor had filed suit against the woman who was Arthur’s steadfast promoter and champion in his later years. The lawsuit was just the latest chapter in all kinds of messy tussling that had preceded his death in May 2009 and that continued apace afterwards.

My latest column in Vancouver magazine takes a look at all the people and organizations who were part of his world and who found themselves at odds with each other when Arthur died, leaving confusion behind him.