Sheldon Turcott

Sheldon Turcott

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name = Sheldon Turcott


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birth_date = 1936
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death_date = death date|2000|2|18|mf=y
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Sheldon Turcott (b. 1936 d. February 18, 2000 [cite news | first = John| last = Saunders | authorlink = | title = OBIT: Veteran journalist was a CBC union leader
publisher = Globe and Mail| page = R8 | date = February 21, 2000
] ) was a reporter and host on the Canadian television channel CBC for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to "The National" working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program

He was also host of the quiz series "TimeChase" and was also seen in the feature film, "Murder at 1600".

From 1984 until his retirement in 1995 he was the regular newsreader on CBC's "Midday" program. For a brief period prior to that, Turcott commuted to Regina each week to anchor CBKT's 6pm newscast, an effort to boost the station's nearly non-existent ratings.

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