Matthew Fisher dead at 66

Long-time free-lance war correspondent Matthew Fisher has died at age 66. He died of liver failure after a short illness in Ottawa on April 10. He was the son of the late Douglas Fisher, a long-time parliamentary journalist and previously an NDP Member of Parliament. Matthew covered conflicts around the world and was published in the National Post, the Sun and other poublications.

Former CFTO-TV broadcaster Tom Gibney dead at 84

Tom Gibney, a longtime news anchor with CFTO-TV, has died. Gibney anchored CFTO New from 1973 until his retirement in 2007. He was 84. The cause of death was not immediately known.