thePodcast: Mike McCardell says goodbye

theBreaker.news Podcast

Sep 08 2024 | 00:19:42

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Show Notes

For the week of Sept. 8, 2024: A reporter’s reporter. A storyteller like no other in B.C. Mike McCardell delivered his final Last Word report and retired on Aug. 30. The 80-year-old made a career of telling extraordinary stories about everyday people. It all began in his native New York with the Daily News. The late-1960s and early-1970s were the glory days of newspapers and crime reporting. It was also a dangerous time to raise a family in New York. McCardell came to Vancouver with his family in 1973 to work for the Vancouver Sun. He switched to BCTV (now […]

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