Back in the ’80s, you rarely saw anybody waving around sex toys on TV. The one shining exception was Sue Johanson, who passed away Wednesday, surrounded by family, in a long-term care home in Thornhill, Ont. She was 93. Johanson was a registered nurse and sex therapist who gave advice to several generations of Canadians
If you grew up in Toronto in the ’70s, 80s and ’90s, at some point you likely got your evening news from Tom Gibney. The CFTO news anchor passed away Tuesday at 84. Gibney, a Saskatchewan native, anchored the No. 1 Toronto newscast from 1973 through 2001. He retired after 27 years and was gifted
Martineau (left) with City News VP John Hennin Gord Martineau is in no hurry to leave City-TV. “I’ve had this conversation with my wife,” says Martineau, who earlier this week celebrated 35 years as City-TV’s nightly news anchor. “You’re never going to retire,” she concluded. “Right on,” he agreed. “I wouldn’t know what to do–I’d
Over 2.1 million Canadians tuned in for Lloyd Robertson’s final newscast an anchor of CTV National News. According to the network, the overnight, estimated, BBM tally of 2,110,000 viewers Thursday was a CTV National News record excluding broadcasts during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.The one hour documentary special which preceded the newscast–Lloyd Robertson: And That’s
Just as my kids have never known life without The Simpsons, few Canadians have known life without Lloyd Robertson.Canada’s Most Trusted News anchor signs off for the last time tonight on the CTV National News. He’s been a TV newsman since before CTV was on the air, on televison since the mid-’50s.I had the pleasure