When is lloyd robertson retiring

Robertson, who was 77 years old at the time of his retirement from the CTV News team, also holds the record of being the oldest TV news anchor in network television and the oldest news anchor in Canada. He is a Canadian journalist and news anchor who currently works as a co-host of CTV's weekly magazine series, W5.

Robertson has covered many major events throughout his career, including the opening of Expo 67 in Montreal, the Moon landing along with Percy Saltzman , many Olympic Games, Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, the patriation of the Constitution of Canada, both the Quebec referendum and the Quebec referendum on separation from Canada, many federal elections, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the September 11 attacks in , and the power outage crisis on both sides of the border of August 14, We hope to have this fixed soon.

Thank you for your patience. After his audition was over, Robertson thought, "I'm never going to see this building again. A musical tribute. If you would like to write a letter to the editor, please forward it to [email protected] Apologies in advance to US readers. Robertson had a somewhat rough childhood; his mother suffered from mental-health problems which eventually resulted in her undergoing a prefrontal lobotomy, while his father, who was 60 at the time of Robertson's birth, frequently battled cancer and died when Robertson was Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.

And the National Post's Scott Stinson talked to the man days before his final sign-off. The error has been corrected. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. He has anchored the evening news in Canada through the terms of eight Canadian prime ministers and eight U. He's also covered three Olympic Games held in Canada, reported on the moon landing, the fall of the Berlin wall, and on the death of Princess Diana.

He has an air of trust and confidence that has won over viewers and listeners throughout his television and radio career, and at the same time he's also been a wonderful mentor for those of us who have chosen the same profession," said CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge.

Mansbridge said Robertson has been both a friend and colleague of his for more than 40 years, noting that Robertson was the anchor of The National when Mansbridge was a young correspondent for the show in the s.