Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. was a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wrote critiques of mainstream religion, anthologies, children's books and historical works for youth. He was a reporter and war correspondent, an editor at Maclean's Magazine and The Toronto Star and, for 39 years, a guest on Front Page Challenge. He was a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, and won many honours and awards.
Pierre Berton's childhood home in Dawson City
Pierre Berton's Star on Canada's Walk of Fame
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division.
Front page of the January 23, 2013, edition of the Toronto Star
Joseph E. Atkinson, c. 1910s. The Star became Toronto's largest newspaper under his leadership.
Front page of the Star in 1922, covering Frederick Banting's accomplishments with insulin.
A Canada Post mailbox next to an empty Toronto Star vending box.