Sheldon Turcott
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Sheldon Turcott was a reporter and host on the Canadian
television
channel CBC
for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to The National working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program
He was also host of the quiz series TimeChase
and was also seen in the feature film, Murder at 1600
.
From 1984 until his retirement in 1995 he was the regular newsreader on CBC's Midday program. For a brief period prior to that, Turcott commuted to Regina
each week to anchor CBKT's 6pm newscast, an effort to boost the station's nearly non-existent ratings.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television
Television
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channel CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to The National working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program
He was also host of the quiz series TimeChase
TimeChase
TimeChase was a history-based quiz show series created by Sidney M. Cohen and Jay R. Cohen originally telecast on Canada's History Television channel....
and was also seen in the feature film, Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600 is a 1997 thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, Daniel Benzali, and Alan Alda. The 1600 in the title refers to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the address of the White House. The film is based on the novel Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman,...
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From 1984 until his retirement in 1995 he was the regular newsreader on CBC's Midday program. For a brief period prior to that, Turcott commuted to Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
each week to anchor CBKT's 6pm newscast, an effort to boost the station's nearly non-existent ratings.