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Canuck Quotes: Peter Gzowski

“I’m still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can’t imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I think I wanted to be a writer, or at least to try for a while.”

1Mar2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Gordon Sinclair

“Gordon Sinclair’s death ends one of the longest and most remarkable careers in Canadian Journalism. His wit, irreverence, bluntness and off-beat views have been part of the media landscape for so long that many Canadians had come to believe he would always be there.” Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

25Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Peter Gzowski

“I’m still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can’t imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I think I wanted to be a writer, or at least to try for a while.”

24Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Ashleigh Banfield

“I grew up in Canada. I used to think America was too introspective, that somehow it was a bad thing that Americans couldn’t rattle off the name of my prime minister. But September 11 has made things different. It’s true – ask many Americans about history, and they’ll fluently recite Revolutionary War tales and Civil [...]

6Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Ashleigh Banfield

Born in Winnepeg, Manitoba Dec 29, 1967 Boyfriend ‘Drew’ proposed post 9/11 before she travelled to the middle east in November. Possibly married June 29 2002. Nominated by Cosmo as a “Fun and Fearless Female” 2002 Received an Emmy for Best News Anchor while at Dallas’ KDFW-TV (re: Cadet Killers) Received Texas Associated Press Award [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Ashleigh Banfield

2011 update: Banfield currently cohosts a 2 hour legal news program called Banfield and Ford: Courtside on a daily basis and a weekly program called Hollywood Heat. She also co-produces and created the Disorder in the Court series. She is married to Howard Gould, and has two sons, Jay Fischer and Ridley Banfield. (Published September [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Peter Gzowski

Born July 13, 1934, Toronto, Ontario. Died Jan 24, 2002 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a result of smoking related emphysema. Moved to Galt, Ontario when he was 6. Had 5 children, married and divorced from Jenny (1978). Gillian Howard, was his life partner Smoked 75 cigarettes a day for 50 years (Rothman’s) He was [...]

24Oct2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Peter Gzowski

January 2002 Canada recently lost a national legend when Peter Gzowski passed away as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease. He smoked most of his life but had quit; and then was diagnosed with emphysema. He lived in the homes of Canadians for many years and was loved by all who listened to [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Gordon Sinclair

Born June 3rd, 1900, died 1984. Was an honorary citizen of North Carolina Received the Order of Canada, which is presented to a limited number of Canadians who exemplify the highest qualities of citizenship and whose contributions enrich the lives of their contemporaries. There is a Gordon Sinclair Award given to journalists that have outspoken [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Gordon Sinclair

The horrible events of September 11, 2001 have spawned a flurry of e-mail activity that included one titled “A Tribute to the United States”. This was actually written at the end of the Viet Nam war by Gordon Sinclair. Listen to the original CFRB broadcast of The Americans by Gordon Sinclair Sinclair was initially a [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

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