The brother of the late Margot Kidder says he wished his famous sibling peace and love as he dispersed her cremated remains in Yellowknife, where they were born.

A year after the B次元官网网址淪upermanB次元官网网址� star , John Kidder says he returned to Frame Lake, where they used to swim as children, to spread some of her ashes in the water.

Kidder was in the Northwest Territories capital this week with his wife, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, as they campaigned for the upcoming federal election.

But Kidder B次元官网网址� who was born a year after the actress best known as Lois Lane in the B次元官网网址淪upermanB次元官网网址� films B次元官网网址� says he took advantage of the opportunity to fulfil one of his sisterB次元官网网址檚 final wishes.

He says he and May sat by the water and watched the ashes sink into the lake. At the same time, he recited a Buddhist meditation in which he wished Kidder B次元官网网址渓oving kindness,B次元官网网址� and that she be happy, peaceful and B次元官网网址渁t ease.B次元官网网址�

The elder Kidder says he taught his sister that recitation years ago as a way to cope with personal turmoil that included bipolar disorder.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 just four lines, it goes like this: B次元官网网址淢ay you be filled with loving kindness, may you be well, may you be peaceful and at ease, may you be happy,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Kidder said Thursday of his lakeside farewell.

B次元官网网址淢uch of her life was pretty tumultuous. Sometimes, that was able to help her kind of calm things a little bit.B次元官网网址�

Margot Kidder lived in Yellowknife from birth in 1948 to age three. From there, Kidder says the family moved often, spending time in Vancouver, Montreal, and Sept-Iles, Que., on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

B次元官网网址淪he was the only constant part of my life for years and I the only constant part of hers, so we had a very different brother-sister relationship than many people,B次元官网网址� he says.

B次元官网网址淎nd Margie was not all that stable, one would say, so sometimes that relationship was tough and sometimes it was very difficult. But it always came back to the cement (we shared) of life together in the NorthB次元官网网址�. Margie always thought of herself as a northern child.B次元官网网址�

The family moved to what is now Labrador City for three years when Kidder was 12, but she spent much of that time in Toronto attending Havergal College. John Kidder notes thatB次元官网网址檚 where she got her first taste of the theatre.

B次元官网网址淎nd on she went from there,B次元官网网址� he marvels of a prolific career that included horror favourites B次元官网网址淏lack ChristmasB次元官网网址� in 1974 and B次元官网网址淭he Amityville HorrorB次元官网网址� in 1979.

They were followed, of course, by her iconic take on Lois Lane in the late B次元官网网址�70s and early B次元官网网址�80s.

Kidder, who is the Green Party candidate in B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon riding, admits that fulfilling his sisterB次元官网网址檚 final requests has been an emotional task, but rewarding as well.

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The Canadian Press

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