Foreign correspondent Bill Cunningham helped define Canadian TV news


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Open this photo in gallery: Foreign correspondent Bill Cunningham was a pioneer of television news in Canada as his eye for a good story, his distinctive voice and hard work made him a natural.Handout Bill Cunningham was the classic foreign correspondent in a trench coat reporting from London or a bush jacket from Vietnam, where he once told viewers, “You can take a taxi from here to the war.” A great writer and a true pioneer of television news in Canada, Mr. Cunningham was also involved in the theory of news and putting it into practice; he was the head...