Craig Oliver
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 85 |
| Date of birth | November 8,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Vancouver |
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| Spouse | Anne-Marie Bergeron |
| Parents | Ian Oliver |
| Children | Annie Claire Bergeron-Oliver |
| Awards | Gemini Award for Best Reportage |
| Gordon Sinclair Award For Broadcast Journalism | |
| Previous position | Downing Street Director of Communications |
| Books | Oliver's Twist: The Life And Times Of An Unapologetic Newshound |
| Education | School of Journalism, Media and Culture |
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| ID | 407986 |
Craig Oliver Life story
Craig Oliver OC is currently chief political commentator for CTV News, and is the former co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series Question Period. Oliver was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He has been a reporter since 1957.
Huw Edwards: How Sun story about BBC presenter developed
... Sir Craig Oliver, former editor of the BBC News at Ten - the programme Edwards has fronted for so long - said the corporation s journalists had mostly done a good job, but " in the desire to make sure that they look like they re covering this in a fair and impartial way, they perhaps have gone too far"...
Matt Hancock and Isabel Oakeshott: A tale of scoops, betrayal and WhatsApp
... Sir Craig Oliver, who served as director of politics and communications for David Cameron, told me that " the danger for Isabel Oakeshott is that she ends up caught up in a row about journalistic ethics which overshadows what she is trying to achieve"...
Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity: Has the controversial MP been forgiven?
... Sir Craig Oliver worked with Matt Hancock and says he wishes him well...
Rishi Sunak aims to bring factions together in cabinet reshuffle
... So, what can we read into who is staying, who is going, and what it all means? Number 10 s message is echoed by the former director of communications for David Cameron, Sir Craig Oliver, who said: " Unity is the watchword of this reshuffle...
Ruth Davidson had mental health concerns over leader role
... She told the Desperately Seeking Wisdom with Craig Oliver podcast she wanted to be able to talk about her mental health " on my own terms" so she could " own the way in which it was presented"...
George Alagiah: Cancer will probably get me in the end
... Speaking on with ex-Downing Street director of communications Craig Oliver, Alagiah said that when his cancer was first diagnosed, it took a while for him to understand what he " needed to do"...
Paul Lambert: the Tribute paid to Ex-BBC producer, known as 'Gobby'
... Craig Oliver, a former editor of the flagship BBC News bulletins and ex-Director of communications at No 10, said: The start of a thousand TV news Gobby was reported to scream, Will you give it up? Robert Peston, ITV s political editor, said Mr Lambert was a gentleman of the old school who had the best nose for a story , while Sky News presenter Sophie Ridge described him as a legend ...
Theresa May honours: Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill rewarded in resignation list
... When her predecessor David Cameron awarded a knighthood to his own head of communications, Craig Oliver, Mrs May later Gavin Barwell, left, and Olly Robbins are honoured by former PM Theresa May Gavin Barwell, the former Tory MP who Mrs May brought in as her chief of staff to replace Mr Timothy and Ms Hill, is one of eight new Conservative peers...
George Alagiah: Cancer will probably get me in the end
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has said he thinks the cancer he has had since 2014 will " probably get me in the end" but that he still feels " very lucky".
" I don't think I'm going to be able to get rid of this thing. I've got the cancer still. It's growing very slowly, " He Said on the podcast Desperately Seeking Wisdom.
Alagiah was with stage four bowel cancer in April 2014.
But He Said he was able to look back at the " great Good Fortune " in his life.
Speaking on with ex-Downing Street director of communications Craig Oliver , Alagiah said that when his cancer was first diagnosed, it took a while for him to understand what he " needed to do".
" I had to stop and say, 'Hang on a minute. If the full stop came now, would My Life have been a failure?'
" And actually, when I look back and I looked at My Journey . . The Family I had, the opportunities My Family had, The Great Good Fortune to bump into (Frances Robathan), who's now been My Wife and lover for all these years, The Kids that we brought up. . it didn't feel like a failure. "
He also spoke about his treatment, saying: " My doctor's very good at every now and again hitting me with a Big Red bus full of drugs, because the whole point about cancer is it finds a way through and it gets you in the end.
" Probably. . it will get me in the end. I'm hoping it's a long time from now, but I'm very lucky. "
Alagiah has also worked as a Bbc News Foreign Correspondent and specialist on Africa and the developing world, covering events including the Rwandan Genocide and interviewing Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu .
'Recognise the humanity'In October, The Journalist to have treatment after " a further spread of cancer" was discovered. He to his lungs, liver and lymph nodes.
When asked what piece of wisdom he would give, he spoke about the need for people to think more collectively.
" I think it would be to constantly ask the question, 'What is it we can do together?'" He Said .
" I spent a lot of my Time In Africa, and in South Africa they have a word: Ubuntu. It's the idea that I'm Only Human if I recognise the humanity in you.
" There's this collective notion of life which I think we have lost. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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