# Warner Troyer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Warner_Troyer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Warner_Troyer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Troyer > Source revision: 1353793961 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian journalist (1932–1991) Warner Troyer Born (1932-01-16)16 January 1932 Cochrane, Ontario Died 15 September 1991(1991-09-15) (aged 59) Toronto, Ontario Occupations Broadcaster, documentary producer, author Spouse(s) Margaret Graham, Martha Jennings, Glenys Moss Children Marc, Scott, Jill, Jennifer, John, Peggy, Peter and Anne Parent(s) Gordon and Ruth **Warner Troyer** (16 January 1932 – 15 September 1991) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer. ## Biography Troyer was born in [Cochrane, Ontario](/source/Cochrane%2C_Ontario), the son of Gordon Troyer, a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterianism) circuit minister. He lost his leg at a young age, and later worked with [Patrick Watson](/source/Patrick_Watson_(producer)) who also had a missing leg. Troyer began his career as an overnight radio disc jockey in [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), then became the first radio reporter in the [Manitoba legislature](/source/Manitoba_legislature) and was not even allowed in the press gallery. He then moved to the [Winnipeg Free Press](/source/Winnipeg_Free_Press) and worked as a news reporter for CKRC radio 630kc. He was later featured on the 1960s [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) current affairs program *[This Hour Has Seven Days](/source/This_Hour_Has_Seven_Days)*. In 1975, Troyer co-hosted the first season of *[the fifth estate](/source/The_Fifth_Estate_(TV))* with [Adrienne Clarkson](/source/Adrienne_Clarkson), also on CBC. He was also involved in the production of [CBWT](/source/CBWT)'s *Eye-To-Eye* program and was for a time executive producer and co-host of [W5](/source/W-FIVE) on [CTV](/source/CTV_Television_Network). In 1976, Troyer provided commentaries following episodes of *[The Prisoner](/source/The_Prisoner)* as they were broadcast on commercial-free [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario). He also interviewed [Patrick McGoohan](/source/Patrick_McGoohan) about the series for a TVOntario broadcast in 1977 and was credited as a consultant in the 1976 TVOntario publication *The Prisoner Puzzle*. *No Safe Place* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-772-01117-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-772-01117-6)), published in 1977, was a book by Troyer about [mercury poisoning](/source/Mercury_poisoning) in Northern Ontario waters. His 1980 book *200 Days: Joe Clark in Power* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-920510-05-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-920510-05-1)) was an examination of the short-lived [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) administration of Prime Minister [Joe Clark](/source/Joe_Clark), which was a 1979 minority government, defeated in a [motion of non-confidence](/source/Motion_of_non-confidence) late that year. He also wrote a book on the history of Canadian radio and television broadcasting, *The Sound & the Fury: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Broadcasting* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-471-99872-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-471-99872-9)), published in 1982. Troyer married his first wife, Margaret and had six children: Marc, Scott, Jill, Jennifer, Peggy and John. He also had two children, Peter and Anne, with his second wife. In the early 1980s, Troyer and his third wife, Glenys Moss, established a journalism school in [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). In his later years he focused on environmental issues. Troyer was listed as a consultant for *The Canadian Green Consumer Guide* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0771071620](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0771071620)), published in 1989, and wrote *Preserving Our World: A Consumer's Guide to the [Brundtland Report](/source/Brundtland_Report)* ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-969453-80-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-969453-80-9)), published in 1990. Troyer contracted [throat cancer](/source/Throat_cancer) and died in Toronto at age 59. ## References - Hasselback, Drew (16 September 1991). "OBITUARY: Warner Troyer Broadcaster's later work devoted to environment". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*. p. A14. - "OBITUARY: Warner Troyer, CBC Broadcaster". [Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star). 16 September 1991. p. A16. - [Warner Troyer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873943/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series](http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090036/http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf) 4 March 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ([*This Hour Has Seven Days* archived listing link](https://web.archive.org/web/20150114080138/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Thi.html#thishourhassevendays) via archive.org) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States Israel Other IdRef SNAC Yale LUX This biographical article related to Canadian television is a stub. 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