Leblanc, John

John Leblanc was a journalist with the Canadian Press. Born in Cape Breton in 1911, he began working for the Sydney Post in 1929. Sometime before 1943, he accepted a post with the Canadian Press, which took him to Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. In 1967, he was transferred to CP's London Bureau, and returned to Toronto in 1972. He retired in 1976, returning to Sydney and writing editorials and columns in the Cape Breton Post. He passed away in 1986 in Cape Breton.