Dennis Trudeau, familiar to generations of Montrealers as a longtime CBC Television news anchor and across Canada as the voice of the nationally broadcast As it Happens radio show, has died.

Trudeau was 77. He died in Montreal after a years-long battle with cancer.

He served as the head news anchor on CBC Newswatch (later known as Canada Now) from 1987 to 2005, delivering the headlines of the day during the suppertime broadcasts. Prior to that, he worked as a CBC radio host for the Montreal morning Daybreak program, and As It Happens.

“He was someone who always strove for accuracy and fairness, and he was a wonderful storyteller who continued to tell stories after he retired from the CBC for many years,” said Dave Kaufman, a family friend and former radio host on CJAD. Well known to the

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