Pierre Berton was the historian who shaped Canadian identity more than any other – and taught the nation how to roll up a joint on TV. If it weren’t for Pierre Berton, far fewer Canadians ...

Berton, our first celebrity. Photo by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward. Pierre Berton: A Biography Brian McKillop McClelland & Stewart (2008) Probably the most famous line Pierre Berton never wrote was the ...

Military historian J. L. Granatstein, who won the $10,000 Pierre Berton Award for popular history from the National History Society last week, acknowledged he had been critical of Mr. Berton.

Pierre Berton, 84, the prolific writer, historian and broadcaster known as "a great Canadian voice," died, as he put it, "after a long battle with life." Mr. Berton, who died Nov. 30 in Toronto ...

With piercing eyes glancing outward and a trademark bow tie undone around his loosened collar, Pierre Berton's image towered formidably in a giant black-and-white portrait over hundreds of friends ...

Pierre Berton, the prolific writer, historian and broadcaster known as “a great Canadian voice,” has died, as he put it, “after a long battle with life.” He was 84.

Pierre Berton was the historian who shaped Canadian identity more than any other – and taught the nation how to roll up a joint on TV. If it weren’t for Pierre Berton, far fewer Canadians ...