Bob MacDonald
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Bob MacDonald was a conservative Toronto journalist and columnist.
MacDonald was part of the team that founded The Toronto Sun
newspaper after the demise of the The Toronto Telegram
. His scoop on government bungling was the tabloid's first front-page story on November 1, 1971.
MacDonald's and Robert Reguly
's investigations of RCMP wrongdoing in the 1970s feature prominently in the newspaper's history. Eventually, this work resulted in a police search of the Sun newsroom for leaked documents (1978) and charges against Sun editor Peter Worthington under the Official Secrets Act. These were dismissed at a preliminary hearing.
MacDonald was a vocal critic of the Trudeau government and of Liberal and NDP governments in Ontario.
He began his career with The Toronto Star
in 1953 before moving to the Telly a few years later.
MacDonald died January 2006 after a 14 year battle with prostate cancer
.
His daughter Moira MacDonald is The Toronto Suns education columnist.
MacDonald was part of the team that founded The Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
newspaper after the demise of the The Toronto Telegram
Toronto Telegram
The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at both the federal and provincial level. The paper competed with the liberal Toronto Star...
. His scoop on government bungling was the tabloid's first front-page story on November 1, 1971.
MacDonald's and Robert Reguly
Robert Reguly
Robert Joseph Reguly was a three-time National Newspaper Award-winning journalist.Robert Reguly was born in Fort William, Ontario. He was one of Canada's top news reporters in the 1950s and 1960s...
's investigations of RCMP wrongdoing in the 1970s feature prominently in the newspaper's history. Eventually, this work resulted in a police search of the Sun newsroom for leaked documents (1978) and charges against Sun editor Peter Worthington under the Official Secrets Act. These were dismissed at a preliminary hearing.
MacDonald was a vocal critic of the Trudeau government and of Liberal and NDP governments in Ontario.
He began his career with The Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
in 1953 before moving to the Telly a few years later.
MacDonald died January 2006 after a 14 year battle with prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
.
His daughter Moira MacDonald is The Toronto Suns education columnist.