Bill Cunningham (born 1932)"Still passionate after all these years: Bill Cunningham is as full of contradictions and opinions as television itself, the medium he has worked in since 1954". ''

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'', October 12, 1993. is a former

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television journalist, who was associated at different times in his career with the CTV, CBC and

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networks."Laid-off W5 reporter Cunningham wins praise as TV news 'sparkplug'". ''

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'', April 6, 1991. Originally from Yarmouth,

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, he began his journalism career in 1954, working for the ''

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'', local radio stations in

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, and Broadcast News before joining the CBC. He was executive producer of '' The National'' in the 1960s, and spearheaded the change in CBC's policies which saw the position of anchor transferred from a voice announcer to an actual professional journalist, resulting in Stanley Burke succeeding

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as anchor of the program in 1965. He was CBC Television's

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correspondent in the late 1960s,"Shooting Wars"
. ''

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'', Spring 1984. and was promoted to head of network news by 1972. After just a year in that job, however, he left to head the news department at the fledgling Global network, holding that role until 1980. He then moved to CTV as executive producer of '' W5'', and moved back into an on-air role with that series in 1983. In 1991, he was laid off from CTV as part of a decision to refocus ''W5'' more squarely on journalist

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. He then returned to the CBC as a foreign correspondent and host of documentary programming for CBC Newsworld and

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. He is currently a media spokesperson for Dying with Dignity, a Canadian assisted suicide advocacy organization.

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