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  leadership convention (1983), 187

  and the media, 185–86, 190

  and Meech Lake, 183, 193–94

  PC leadership ambitions, 96–97

  personality and image, 189–90, 195, 198

  resignation, 196–97

  and Schreiber, 188, 197–98

  U.S. interest in, 143, 145

  Mulroney, Mila, 143, 190

  Munson, Jim, 188–89

  Munsinger, Gerda, 84

  Murrow, Edward R., 165

  N

  Nash, Knowlton, 55–56, 67

  New Democratic Party, 39, 45, 297–99, 303

  Newman, Don, 191

  Newman, Kevin, 184

  news coverage, changes in, 288–89

  Newsworld, 289

  Nicaragua, 169–73

  Noriega, Manuel, 179, 180

  O

  Obama, Barack, 287

  Oliver, Anne-Marie, 209, 318

  Oliver, Annie Claire, 321

  Oliver, Craig

  appointment to Ottawa bureau, 81

  canoe trips, 105–26, 214–35, 304–16, 317

  CBC employment, 26–38, 41, 43–49, 52–58, 59–67

  Centennial Medal award, 54

  as chief political correspondent, 277

  CTV hiring, 67

  early years, 4–19

  fascination with radio, 18, 26

  glaucoma, 130–31 (See also Oliver, Craig: vision problems)

  grandparents, 2–3

  high school years, 19–23

  horseback riding, 211–13

  interest in politics, 36

  love life, 33, 50, 51, 81, 129, 131, 147–50

  marriage (first), 51–52

  marriage (second), 209–10

  and navy reserve, 20–22

  Ottawa post, 184–85

  parents, 1–2, 3, 6–7

  post–high school education, 37–38

  South American posts, 156–80

  television experiences, early, 44–46, 54–56

  vision problems, 222, 317–28

  Washington post, 126–27, 128–55

  Oliver, Craig (of NPR and PBS), 137

  Oliver, Elizabeth. See also Oliver, Craig: parents

  background, 2–3

  and Bing Crosby, 32

  career advice, 63, 66, 67

  and Chrétien, 239

  and CO wedding, 51

  and Dahl, 6, 16, 23, 103–4

  death, 308–9

  drinking problems, 104, 150, 209–11

  as entrepreneur, 16, 18–19, 104

  generosity of, 20

  illnesses, 16, 211, 304, 308

  leaves her marriage, 6

  and McTeer, 98

  rescues CO, 15–16, 22

  visits CO (1962), 49–50

  Oliver, Linda (first wife), 51, 52

  Oliver, Murray (father), 2. See also Oliver, Craig: parents

  bootlegging and gambling career, 13–14

  death of, 50

  support of CO, 15, 23

  Oliver, Murray (son), 52, 53, 231, 232, 233, 266, 267

  Olsen, Caroline Stewart, 271, 273, 274, 279

  O’Neill, Julie, 146

  Orchard, David, 208

  Ortega, Daniel, 171

  Ouimet, Alphonse, 59

  Outside Broadcasts Department, 36, 37, 44, 47–48, 51, 53

  P

  parliamentary press gallery, 83–84, 273–74

  Parti Québécois, 74, 302

  Patterson, R.M., 108, 109

  Pearson, Lester B., 39, 116, 249

  Pelletier, Gérard, 116, 311

  Pelletier, Jean, 116, 122, 242–43, 248, 255

  Perry, Norm, 71

  Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 56, 57

  Phillips, Bruce, 81–83, 184

  Pitfield, Michael, 259

  Power Corporation, 261

  Prentice, Jim, 208, 281

  Prince Rupert, 3–4, 5, 8–9

  Prince Rupert Daily News, 48

  Pringle, Valerie, 71

  Purchase, Bill, 204

  Q

  Quebec referendum (1995), 243–44

  Question Period, 188, 257, 264, 274, 277–79, 280, 281, 282, 285, 292

  Quiet Revolution, 48, 54

  R

  Rabin, Yitzhak, 245

  Rae, Bob, 199, 286, 294, 301, 302

  Rae, John, 261–62

  Reagan, Nancy, 133, 134, 136–37, 138

  Reagan, Ronald, 128–29, 133–34, 136–37, 138–41, 142, 150–55, 189, 190, 211

  Redman, Frank, 11

  Reform Party of Canada, 202, 203

  Reilly, Peter, 64

  Reynolds, John, 208

  Rideau Canal and Arctic Canoe Club, 110–26, 214–35

  Rinaldo, Sandie, 147, 148

  Roberts, R.H. “Herb,” 37

  Robertson, Lloyd, 59

  and Across Canada, 53

  as CBC anchor, 72

  Eye Institute fundraiser, 327

  and horseback riding, 212–13, 325

  interviews with Chrétien, 250, 251, 252

  leaders’ debate (2004), 264

  Liberal leadership convention (2003), 259

  Liberal leadership convention (2006), 286–87

  moves to CTV, 76, 77

  and Mulroney resignation, 197

  Trudeau funeral, 313

  unhappiness at CBC, 75–76

  Robinson, Michael, 262

  Robinson, Mike, 185

  Rock, Allan, 115, 230, 256, 314

  Romero, Óscar, 158

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 132

  Roy, Patrice, 268

  Royal Ottawa Golf Club, 83

  royal tours

  Elizabeth II, 1964, 48–49

  royal family, 1970, 56–57

  S

  Safire, William, 143

  Saltzman, Percy, 68, 69–71

  Saskatchewan legislature, 36, 38, 43–44

  Schaber, Wally, 310, 311

  Schlesinger, Joe, 54, 56, 57, 135

  Schreiber, Karlheinz, 188, 197

  Scott, Gail, 82

  Shamrock Summit, 190

  Shoyama, Tom, 39

  Silcox, David, 113, 116, 119, 218, 219, 222, 223, 231, 232

  Sinclair, James, 88, 89

  Sinclair, Lister, 59

  Sinclair, Margaret, 88–89. See also Trudeau, Margaret

  Skinner, “Brick,” 10–11

  Skinner, Jimmy, 11

  Skinner, Mabel, 10–11, 15

  Smith, Brian, 323

  Smith, David, 249

  Smith, Howard K., 165

  Smith, Jack, 165, 166, 167

  Solberg, Monte, 237, 280

  Somalia Inquiry, 247

  Somoza Debayle, Anastasio, 169

  Soudas, Dimitri, 283

  Speaker, Ray, 205

  sponsors, infl uence of, 79–81

  Stanfield, Robert, 47, 74, 100

  Star Wars, 151, 152, 153, 154

  Stollery, Peter, 112, 215, 222, 225, 313, 318, 320

  Strategic Defense Initiative, 151, 152

  Streisand, Barbra, 88

  Stronach, Belinda, 275

  T

  Taber, Jane, 277, 281

  Taylor, Carole, 68, 69–71, 80

  Taylor, Gordon, 99

  Teskey, Laureen, 271

  Thatcher, Margaret, 173

  Thatcher, Ross, 42–43, 54, 55

  Tobin, Brian, 287

  Today show, 66

  Todd, Clark, 65

  Tolsen, Clyde, 135

  Trudeau, Margaret, 90

  Trudeau, Michel, 311

  Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 39, 194, 236, 259

  breakup of marriage, 89–90, 92–93

  and Campagnolo, 84–85

  canoe trips, 121–26, 220–21, 231, 304–7, 309–11

  character and personality, 87–88, 93

  childhood, 88

  and Chrétien, 238

  comparisons with Ignatieff, 284, 285

  death, 312

  and Diefenbaker, 47r />
  election (1974), 74

  election campaigns, 93–94, 101

  election defeat, 94–95

  friendship with CO, 85, 86, 103, 127

  funeral, 313

  illness, 311–12

  love life, 88, 91–92

  marriage, 88–89

  and media, 189, 195

  and Meech Lake, 183

  opinion of E. Oliver, 98

  and peace tour, 142

  and the press, 271

  and Quebec referendum (1995), 243

  and Reagan, 142

  relations with Communist

  countries, 141, 142

  resignation as leader, 96, 181–83

  and Saltzman interview, 69–70

  Trueman, Peter, 57

  Turner, Garth, 275

  Turner, John, 92, 191–92, 239–40, 257

  U

  U.S.-Soviet summits, 151, 152–53, 154

  W

  W-5, 71, 72, 79–81

  Wagner, Claude, 96

  Wallin, Pamela, 71, 178, 183

  wars, reporting on, 267, 268–69

  Webster, Jack, 102

  Weir, Walter, 52

  Wells, Paul, 312

  Whittaker, Byng, 36

  Wilderness Canoe Association, 115

  Williams, Bill, 114

  Willis, Frank, 36, 59

  Wilson-Smith, Anthony, 257

  Wolf, Walter, 188

  Wright, Nigel, 296

  Y

  Yazamy, Jojo, 269

  Z

  Zsohar, Zsuzsanna, 285