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Born in Montreal, Quebec, he graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) in Montreal.
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Harvey Oberfeld
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Now retired, he maintains a personal blog featuring personal anecdotes and opinion pieces about current events. While attending university he was a reporter for The Georgian campus newspaper. His stories on the possible cancellation of the scheduled Youth Pavilion at Expo 67 for lack of adequate capital/operational funding led to wider media coverage and substantial new corporate contributions that saved the Pavilion.
Oberfeld was appointed to the Youth Advisory Committee for Expo 67.
Print After graduating, Oberfeld took his first daily newspaper job at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, covering, among other stories, the early court appearances of David Milgaard who was wrongfully convicted for the 1969 murder of Saskatoon nursing student Gail Miller. After moving to the Regina Leader-Post for two years, Oberfeld joined The Vancouver Sun in 1971, initially covering the Burnaby and then Vancouver city halls, and then becoming Sun"s first regional affairs reporter, inaugurating full-time coverage of the Greater Vancouver Regional District as it assumed a larger role in regional services.
Oberfeld was promoted to the Sun"s Victoria Bureau in 1974, covering the British Columbia Legislature under the NDP government of Premier Dave Barrett and then the Social Cr government of Premier Bill Bennett. Television.
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During his career, Oberfeld won several regional and national journalism awards including: Canadian Association of Journalists" Award (1990) for Outstanding Investigative Reporting in Canada by a Regional Television station Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year (1991-Television) Webster Award for Excellence In Legal Journalism (2004) Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award (1991) for a News Series Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada Dan MacArthur (1991- Regional and National) British Columbia Association of Broadcasters Award (1996) for Best Reporting-Television.
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During his career, Oberfeld won several regional and national journalism awards including: Canadian Association of Journalists' Award (1990) for Outstanding Investigative Reporting in Canada by a Regional Television station Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year (1991-Television) Webster Award for Excellence In Legal Journalism (2004) Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award (1991) for a News Series Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada Dan MacArthur (1991- Regional and National) BC Association of Broadcasters Award (1996) for Best Reporting-TelevisionDuring his career, Oberfeld won several regional and national journalism awards including: Canadian Association of Journalists' Award (1990) for Outstanding Investigative Reporting in Canada by a Regional Television station Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year (1991-Television) Webster Award for Excellence In Legal Journalism (2004) Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award (1991) for a News Series Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada Dan MacArthur (1991- Regional and National) BC Association of Broadcasters Award (1996) for Best Reporting-Television