Larry Zolf (born July 19, 1934) is a Canadian journalist and commentator. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
Zolf was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America He earned a B. A. from the University of Winnipeg, and then received a Masters degree in Canadian history from the University of Toronto. The University of Winnipeg ( U of W) is a Public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that focuses primarily on Undergraduate This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus In 1962, he joined the CBC. During the 1960s he was one of the hosts of the CBC's controversial current-affairs show This Hour Has Seven Days. This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial CBC Television Newsmagazine which ran from 1964 to 1966
In 1965, Zolf's documentary on computers won the Anik Award. This documentary was later rebroadcast as one of Canada's 100 best documentaries on the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board. The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is Canada's public film producer and distributor
During the Munsinger Affair, a 1966 sex scandal involving former federal Minister of Defence Pierre Sévigny, Zolf showed up on Sévigny's doorstep in pursuit of the story, and Sévigny promptly hit Zolf over the head with his cane. The Munsinger Affair was Canada 's first national political Sex scandal. Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, PC, OC, CD, VM, ED ( September 12, 1917 &ndash March 20, 2004
In 1970, Zolf covered the October Crisis in Quebec for the CBC. The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist Kidnappings of government officials by members of the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk
Though he was raised in a socialist milieu and maintains a strong sympathy for labour, Zolf describes himself politically as "a Diefenbaker, Bill Davis, Dalton Camp Red Tory. William Grenville "Bill" Davis, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (born July 30, 1929 in Brampton Ontario) was Dalton Kingsley Camp, PC, OC, MSc, LLD ( September 11, 1920 &ndash March 18, 2002) was a Canadian Red Tory is a term given to a political philosophy tradition and disposition in Canada. "[1] He worked for Camp[1] in the late 1960s after the cancellation of This Hour Has Seven Days.
While retired from the CBC, he continues to contribute a column to the CBC's website.
Zolf has two children: a son, David, and a daughter. His daughter Rachel Zolf is a published poet, living in Toronto. Rachel Zolf is a Canadian Poet and Literary editor. Zolf is the author of three poetry collections
References
Bibliography
- Dance of the Dialectic (1973)
- Just Watch Me: Remembering Pierre Trudeau (1984)
- Survival of the Fattest: An Irreverent View of the Senate (1985)
- Scorpions for Sale (1989)
- Zolf (1999)
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