Broadcaster.
Born at St. Boniface on 10 May 1918, son of Jules Remillard and Marie Regina Desrosiers, he was educated at St. Boniface College.
His career in radio began in 1946 as one of the first radio announcers to open the new French radio station CKSB, in St. Boniface. He retired as Director of CBC Radio Canada for the Prairie Provinces in 1983. He played in many productions with le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and the Cercle Molière. He was the official “godfather” of le Cercle Molière.
He died on 8 March 2008. He is commemorated by Léo Rémillard School in Winnipeg and was inducted posthumously into the CBC Manitoba Hall of Fame (2011).
Marriage registration [Jules Remillard, Marie Regina Desrosiers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Rene Leo Joseph Remillard], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 2008.
“Manitobans’ Legacy a Better Province,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 2009, page B2.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 March 2025
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