Colleen Jones, 65, on Nov. 25 after a battle with cancer. Jones began her broadcasting career in radio sports with CHUM Halifax in 1982. She transitioned into television with CTV in 1984, before signing on with CBC Nova Scotia in 1986 as a sportscaster on First Edition with Jim Nunn and Susan Ormiston. Concurrently, she made history in 1982 as the youngest skip, at age 22, to win the Canadian Women’s Curling Championship. She joined Don Wittman and Don Duguid on CBC Sports curling broadcasts a few years later. She went on to win a record six Canadian Curling Championships, in addition to two World Women’s Curling Championships. In 1993, she signed on with CBC Newsworld as the early morning weather presenter and sports reporter. She covered a total of 11 Olympic Games for the public broadcaster and served as a curling commentator for NBC during the 2010 Winter Olympics. In 2012, she joined CBC Nova Scotia as a reporter, carving out a niche as a local storyteller. She retired after 37 years with CBC in April 2023. Jones was named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2016, and appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022. Read more here.
Bruce Martin, 88, on Nov. 16. Martin’s early career saw him work with CKCO-TV Kitchener in the early 1960s, before joining CFTO-TV Toronto. In 1969, Martin relocated to the West Coast, joining CHEK-TV Victoria as a producer and director. Following his television career, he worked for BC Ferries, and later ran his own appliance repair company.
Bill Brady, 93, on Nov. 16. Born in Windsor, ON, Brady established himself as a broadcast legend in London, starting at CKSL-AM, before hosting the mid-morning time slot on CFPL-AM and then an open-line format radio show in the 1970s. He was also a fixture on local TV. Brady once stayed on-air for 30 hours straight during a historic 1978 blizzard, passing along news and information. In 1993, he was named president of Blackburn Radio and later helmed operations for the Blackburn Group. As a volunteer, he served as Chair of the London Health Association Board of Directors, and on the boards of Robarts Research Institute and London Centre for Juvenile Diabetes Research. In the 1980s, he co-founded Transplant International (Canada), helping spread the word about organ donation. He received an honorary doctorate from Western University in 1990, was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1991, and received the Sovereign Medal for Volunteer Service in 2021.
