Career
Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929. He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper"s crime reporter by 1939.
In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB. Thomas" career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto"s suburbs, but also famous criminal stories:
Christie Pits race riots in 1933.
Stanley Buckowski on death row at California"s San Quentin prison (1951). And execution 1952. Boyd Gang
Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a long-term care facility in North York at the age of 96.
