Bernard St-Laurent is a Canadian retired journalist and radio personality, best known as a longtime host of programming on

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."Bernard St-Laurent, veteran reporter, retiring from CBC"

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, 8 June 2015. In 2012, he was given the

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by the Commissioner of official languages

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for having "dedicated his life to keeping English-speaking Canadians informed of what's happening in the other official language".

Background

Originally from Compton,

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,Brendan Kelly
"Bernard St-Laurent to retire from CBC"
''

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'', 8 June 2015. he began his career as a journalist with the ''

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'' before joining

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in Montreal in 1976 as a political reporter covering the

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, a former prime minister of Canada, is his great uncle."Bernard St-Laurent, broadcaster and journalist extraordinaire"
''The Montrealer'', 1 May 2008. He has attributed his passion for politics and journalism to the childhood exposure he had to that world, particularly when Louis St. Laurent visited his family with media always in tow.

CBC

He joined the CBC in 1981, initially continuing as a national reporter on Quebec politics. He left CBC between 1987 and 1991 for various jobs at the ''

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'' (columnist, city editor, 1988–1989), MétéoMedia (executive producer, 1989–1990) and the ''

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'' in Montreal (columnist, 1990–1991). After rejoining the CBC in 1991, he continued to work as a political analyst for both the English and French services, and served as host of various programs, including the Quebec edition of ''

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'', Montreal's local afternoon program ''Homerun'' and '' C'est la vie'', a national radio program which he created in 1998. He was also a guest host of numerous other programs on the network, including '' The Current'', ''

Sounds Like Canada ''Sounds Like Canada'' was a Canadian radio program, which aired weekday mornings on CBC Radio One from 2002 to 2008. Until the end of May 2008, the program was hosted by the award-winning broadcaster Shelagh Rogers, and in the summers by a rot ...

'', ''

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'', '' The House'' and ''

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''. He retired from the CBC in 2015.

References

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