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A local TV pioneer was remembered Tuesday as entertaining, kind and talented. Former CFQC weatherman Greg Barnsley died Monday at age 83 after a short illness.

Barnsley, one of the station’s first staff members, was in the control room the first time local TV aired in Saskatoon in 1954.

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Long-time CTV News anchor Rob MacDonald said he considered Barnsley a mentor and a good friend. He and Barnsley worked together for 16 years until the latter’s retirement in 1992.

“He was, in my opinion, one of the best broadcasters ever. He was so natural on the air and he was the same in person. He was so inviting and he always had a smile on his face,” MacDonald said.

He always looked forward to listening to Barnsley’s weather because he was so entertaining, whether it was throwing felt markers onto the weather board or doing a dance to kill time, he said.

“He was Mr. Entertainment in my eyes. He made viewers feel good even when it was -40 C.”