Canada and the CBC lost a broadcasting legend on this date in 2005 with the death of Earl Cameron.
Earl Cameron first joined the CBC in 1944 and it fell to him -- still in his first year with the broadcaster -- to announce the D-Day landings to Canadians. Later, he served as anchor of the precursor to CBC’s
The National, holding that post between 1959 and 1966. Afterwards, the veteran broadcaster remained with CBC until his retirement.
Here is a clip of Earl Cameron reporting on the Canadian dollar, on June 4, 1970.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.