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Royal Orr is a
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former radio host, best known as the host of
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's ''
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'' from 1992 to 1994. Originally a reporter for the network's bureau in
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"Orr leaving CJAD to be Checkup host". ''
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'', November 17, 1992.
and an activist with the anglophone Quebecer lobby group
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, he became the organization's president in 1987. In 1988, he sued ''
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'' and
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for
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, when both organizations falsely reported that he was the "prime suspect" after the organization's offices were destroyed by
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. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court. He left Alliance Quebec in 1989 to become a host for
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commercial radio station
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, remaining with that station until joining public broadcaster CBC's ''Cross Country Checkup'' in 1992. He transitioned from ''Checkup'' in 1994 to become host of ''Daybreak'', the local morning program on the network's Montreal station CBM. He left the show in 1996, attributing his decision to the fact that as a resident of Hatley, the job required him to either get up at 2:30 a.m. or stay in Montreal away from his family for most of the week. He then became host of ''Spirit Connection'', a documentary series about faith and spirituality produced by the
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for
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. At WorldFest-Houston in 2004, he won awards for two ''Spirit Connection'' documentaries, "All My Friends Just Fade" and "God's People, Among All God's People"."United Church's Real "Reality" Television Show Wins Major Awards at WorldFest-Houston". ''
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'', April 27, 2004.
He received the Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award from the Quebec Community Groups Network in 2015.Irwin Block
"Activist, broadcaster Royal Orr wins Goldbloom Award"
''The Senior Times'', November 12, 2015.


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