For thirty-two years McCarron worked for the Hallifax Herald Limited, publishers of The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail Star, which are distributed throughout the province of Nova Scotia.
A productive storyteller and historian, McCarron was spotted just days before his death at his local library, hard at work on his next project.
[2] The walls of McCarron's home were festooned with countless gifts he'd received of signed original artwork, including some by Charles Schulz, Alex Raymond, and many others.
There were also signed letters from President Ronald and Nancy Reagan as well as Bill Clinton, thanking Owen McCarron for his lifetime of comic art.
Among his numerous honours was a Nova Scotia Environment Award for advancing environmental concerns through perspective written stories from his various characters.