Peter Trueman

Peter Trueman was born on December 25, 1934 in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of a Jewish immigrant father who ran a shoe shop. He started his career working as a print reporter, and covered such stories as the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy for the Montreal Star. In 1970, he moved into television and became executive producer of CBC's flagship newscast The National during the FLQ Crisis. Four years later, he became the original anchor when Global Television first signed on in 1974. Trueman was best known for his authoritative common sense approach to news and his commentaries were something Global viewers looked forward to. He would end each one by saying, "That is not news. But that, too, is reality." Trueman led a newsroom where reporters had the freedom to shine and experiment, including a young man who would later become a Global National anchor, Kevin Newman. He received the Order of Canada in 2002, and throughout his five-decade career, earned not only the respect of his peers but also of his viewing audience. After retiring from Journalism in 1988, Peter and his wife Eleanor decided to live a more peaceful life on Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, between Kingston and the St. Lawrence River. Yet still wanting to do something more, he co-founded CJAI-FM in 2006, a community radio station serving Amherst Island. He died on July 23, 2021 at the age of 86. He is remembered as a pioneer of Canadian journalism and a witness of Canada's turbulent history.