Abraham Douglas Driediger (born 1930 in Molln,

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), known as Ab Douglas, was a

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and journalist. He was CTV’s Parliamentary Bureau Chief and co-anchored the first

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program with Baden Langdon (later with

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) in November 1962. In 1967, he moved to

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where he produced documentaries and was a

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based in

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until 1972, when he returned to Canada and was a national correspondent based in

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and

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. In 1980, he accepted a teaching position at the

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School of Journalism. He also helped establish the

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in what is now

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before retiring to run the family's cattle and horse ranch. In 1989, he left the ranch and moved to

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