Last night\u2019s evening CTV national newscast was Lloyd Robertson\u2019s final one of a truly illustrious career. Last evening Canadians witnessed history as Lloyd Robertson \u2013 a man embodying integrity, honesty and an earnest concern for the world around him \u2013 signed off.<\/p>\n
Lloyd\u2019s Robertson\u2019s tenure in the anchorman\u2019s chair of Canada\u2019s national news show is remarkable. Canadians entrusted Lloyd with delivering news of their world for more than four decades. When Lloyd started in media back in 1952, Louis Saint Laurent was prime minister, the Korean War was raging, George VI had recently died, and television itself was just arriving in Canada. In the span of his career, Canada celebrated its centennial year and hosted multiple Olympics and Expos, the Cold War and apartheid ended, and both space-travel and the Internet age were born. The world has changed a lot in those decades, but it was comforting to know in Canada that there was a man who could put those changes into perspective for us.<\/p>\n
Here are a few interesting facts about this wonderful man and his career.<\/p>\n
Vinay Menon wrote an excellent tribute piece that appeared in the Toronto Star earlier this month:<\/p>\n