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Newshound Oliver pens his own story in page-turning, juicy new book

Illustrious CTV reporter Craig Oliver, 72, has been a reporter for 50 years, is legally blind, and has a few stories to tell. There’s no stopping this newshound.

Photograph by Bea Vongdouangchanh, The Hill Times
It’s my life: CTV reporter Craig Oliver. ‘My view on life is this. There are no benefits to being pessimistic. You have to deal with the cards you’re dealt.’

Fifteen years ago, Craig Oliver heard an interview with someone who had just written a memoir on the radio which was non-descript and “so boring” that he thought, “if this person, who’s done nothing with his life can write a memoir, I can do it too.” So he went home and started writing the first chapter of his autobiography, Oliver’s Twist: The Life and Times of an Unapologetic Newshound

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Newshound Oliver pens his own story in page-turning, juicy new book

Illustrious CTV reporter Craig Oliver, 72, has been a reporter for 50 years, is legally blind, and has a few stories to tell. There’s no stopping this newshound.

Photograph by Bea Vongdouangchanh, The Hill Times
It’s my life: CTV reporter Craig Oliver. ‘My view on life is this. There are no benefits to being pessimistic. You have to deal with the cards you’re dealt.’

Fifteen years ago, Craig Oliver heard an interview with someone who had just written a memoir on the radio which was non-descript and “so boring” that he thought, “if this person, who’s done nothing with his life can write a memoir, I can do it too.” So he went home and started writing the first chapter of his autobiography, Oliver’s Twist: The Life and Times of an Unapologetic Newshound

  

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