10 Facts About Linden MacIntyre

Linden Joseph MacIntyre was born on May 29,1943 and is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist.

Linden MacIntyre has won ten Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2009 novel, The Bishop's Man.

Linden MacIntyre studied at St Mary's University and the University of King's College in Halifax.

Linden MacIntyre continued in the same role with the Financial Times of Canada from 1967 to 1970.

Linden MacIntyre was drawn back to Cape Breton after the death of his father in 1970 and for the next six years he lived there and worked as a correspondent for the Chronicle Herald.

Linden MacIntyre joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Halifax in 1976 and for three years he hosted a regional public affairs show called The MacIntyre File.

In 1980, Linden MacIntyre moved to Toronto, where he still resides, to work as a producer and journalist and in 1981 he joined CBC's new flagship news program, The Journal.

Linden MacIntyre's work took him around the world preparing documentary reports on international affairs, preparing such notable features as 1981's "Dirty Sky, Dying Water".

In 2014, Linden MacIntyre decided to retire both to help spare at least one younger colleague from the pending 657 job cuts from the CBC and to illustrate the effect of the considerable budget cuts the CBC is enduring.

Linden MacIntyre has five children including CBC New Brunswick producer Darrow MacIntyre.