Former Lt-Gov. David Onley undergoes brain surgery to remove tumour
Posted November 5, 2019 12:30 pm.
Last Updated November 5, 2019 12:38 pm.
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Former Ontario Lieutenant-Governor David Onley has undergone brain surgery to remove a tumour.
The surgery to remove a benign tumour was reportedly successful but Onley has a long road to recovery.
Onley became Ontario’s 28th lieutenant-governor in September 2007 after a long career in broadcasting that included 22 years with City.
Several people have expressed their support for Onley on social media including Toronto Mayor John Tory.
“David Onley served our city for years as a dedicated reporter and tireless advocate for persons with different abilities before serving our entire province as Lieutenant Governor,” read Tory’s tweet. “We all wish him well as he recovers from emergency surgery.”
Premier Doug Ford and Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath both tweeted their thoughts were with Onley’s family and wished him a swift recovery.
Onley spent more than two decades at Citytv, where he shared his vast knowledge with viewers as a science and technology specialist.
A survivor of childhood polio, he was also the first newscaster in Canada with a visible disability.
He received the Order of Canada in 2017.
