Citytv broadcaster, Greenpeace co-founder Bob Hunter dies

TORONTO - CHUM Limited today issued a statement of its “profound sadness” at the death of Greenpeace co-founder and broadcaster Bob Hunter. He was 63.Born in 1941 in Manitoba, Hunter was a driving force in altering “an entire generation's thinking about the earth, its endangered creatures and the responsibility we all share for preserving the environment he dedicated his life to protecting,” said the CHUM release.With the launch of Greenpeace in 1971, Hunter became Canada's first eco-warrior, facing down the whalers and their harpoons and the seal hunters and their clubs. His years with Greenpeace also saw Hunter campaign world-wide...