Bruce Alfred ROGERS Obituary .... from today's Toronto Star
ROGERS, Bruce Alfred Broadcast Journalist Born in Toronto, August 14, 1933 Passed away suddenly July 20, 2026 at Sturgeon Hospital, St. Albert, Alberta Survived and deeply missed by Diana his wife and best friend of 45 years, daughters Kathryn (Dai Evans) Vanessa (Patrick Collins), their children Patrick Jr., Danielle, Sebastian (Rose), Seamus (Sophia), Step-son John Baillie (granddaughter Samantha), brother Doug (Patricia predeceased), nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Predeceased by sister Patricia, brother Ross and his wife Nancy, and parents Harry and Eileen. Bruce was a graduate of both Radio and Television Arts and Journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic (now Toronto Metropolitan University) and went on to have a wide and varied career. His voice and face were widely recognized as was his national reputation for authoritative radio and TV news. More than 35 years in broadcasting - CBC (The World At Six), current affairs radio and TV with CBC Toronto and Ottawa. Host of TVO Money$worth, Prime Time News at CFRB Toronto, Host-Radio Noon CBC Ontario. Involved in coverage of elections, conventions, Constitutional & Commonwealth Conferences and other major stories in Canada, UK and USA. Producer, writer and anchor The World This Week (Standard Broadcast News), 7 ACTRA nominations. Bruce was a writer, reporter, interviewer, moderator, instructor, author, politician, musician, cartoonist, pilot, canoeist, birder, wine maker, wood carver, gentleman farmer, curler and lawn bowler. His ashes are back in Ontario where they will be scattered at a private family service in Beaverton, Ontario. Best remembered as a husband, father and brother.

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