Normand Lester
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Normand Lester | |
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 Normand Lester | |
| Born | July 10, 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | Investigative journalist, columnist, author |
| Years active | 1964–present |
Normand Lester (born July 10, 1945) is an investigative journalist from Quebec.
Biography
Born to a Romanian immigrant and a French Canadian mother,
In 1986, he was posted as parliamentary correspondent in
After the publication of the first part of the trilogy that is Livre noir du Canada anglais, Radio-Canada suspended him from his work on November 18, 2001, citing a lack of impartiality.
A few days later,
In 2002, TVA hired him as a news commentator. In September 2005, he decided to quit for a similar job at TQS, with Jean-Luc Mongrain.
In 2006, he co-authored with Robin Philpot a book denouncing the actions of Option Canada, one of the organizations supporting the No side in the 1995 Quebec referendum. The actions of this group were alleged to have violated Quebec provincial laws and several key players in the organization would later be investigated for links to the sponsorship scandal. [1]
On May 25, 2013, at the age of 67, Normand Lester suffered an acute myocardial infarction while driving his car on Côte-Sainte-Catherine boulevard in Montreal, causing him to lose consciousness and rear-end another car at a red light. He was taken to the nearby Jewish General Hospital and promptly transferred to the Montreal General Hospital for open-heart surgery. He returned home on June 17 and has been feeling well since.[6]
Bibliography
- 1991: L'Affaire Gerald Bull. Les Canons de l'apocalypse, Méridien, Montreal
- ISBN 978-2-7619-1425-3
- 2000: Alerte dans l’espace (with Michèle Bisaillon), Les Intouchables, Montreal, 124 pages, ISBN 2-89549-019-8
- ISBN 978-2-7619-1591-5
- ISBN 978-2-89549-045-6
- 2002: Chimères (with Corinne De Vailly)
- ISBN 978-2-89549-065-4
- ISBN 978-2-89549-117-0
- ISBN 2-89549-184-4
- ISBN 978-2-89549-223-8
- 2006: Verglas (with Corinne De Vailly)
- 2011: Poing à la ligne, Chroniques 2010 et écrits polémiques, Les Intouchables, Montreal, 352 pages, ISBN 978-2-89549-443-0
- 2012: Contrepoing, Les Intouchables, Montreal, 344 pages, ISBN 978-2-89549-496-6
- 2013: À brûle-pourpoing, Les Intouchables, Montreal, 354 pages, ISBN 978-2-89549-603-8
References
- ^ Kate Lunau (28 May 2007). "The Macleans.ca Interview: André Pratte". Maclean's. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ "Canada Finds Itself Embroiled In Rare Spy Drama With Soviets". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. 24 June 1988. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Petrowski, Nathalie (15 January 2006). "Normand Lester: Peur de rien". La Presse. Montreal. p. 18.
- ^ "Normand Lester : épreuve des faits par le Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (CSN)" (Press release) (in French). Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada. 19 January 2006.
- ^ Sioui, Marie-Michèle; Teiscera-Lessard, Philippe (25 May 2013). "Normand Lester lutte toujours pour sa vie". La Presse (in French). Montreal. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Normand Lester récupère très bien". TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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