Boss was sent to Busan, South Korea with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and immediately wanted to diminish his reliance on military authorities so that he could get to the places we wanted to report from, without censorship. When the war in Korea broke out in 1950 Boss became the leading Canadian journalist and largely shaped the Canadian perception of the war, as many Canadian newspapers at the time relied heavily on the Canadian Press for their coverage. After the war Boss continued to work with the Canadian Press as a foreign correspondent, mostly stationed in London and Amsterdam as well as a brief stint in Edmonton in 1948. In early 1945 Boss left Italy to cover the liberation in the Netherlands. In 1944 chief Gil Purcell of the Canadian Press had lieutenant Boss drafted out of the Canadian Corps and hired him as a war correspondent for the Allied advance through Italy and Northwest Europe. In 1943 Boss was shipping overseas to Italy with the Canadian Corps as a Public Relations Officer, in charge of escorting journalists to the front lines. In 1937 Boss moved to Toronto, where we worked as a correspondent for the Times of London and in 1938 worked for them in London for several months, after which Boss returned to Ottawa and obtained a bachelor of arts at the University of Ottawa in 1941. Boss obtained a philosophy degree at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, where he also founded the Ottawa Concert Orchestra and worked part-time as a journalist for the Ottawa Citizen. He was also a musician who played the piano and organ, as well as composed music and conducted numerous symphony orchestras in Ottawa, as well as in Italy and the Netherlands later. He ate censors for breakfast." īoss was born in Kingston, Ontario on and died of pneumonia at the age of 90 on Octoin Ottawa.Įducation, music and early reporting īoss spoke many languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian, as well as a little Korean and Japanese. Colleagues described him as the toughest war correspondent they have ever known, and Pierre Berton is quoted saying that Bill "was as fiery as his red beard. He was known for his work in World War II and the Korean War, and for his famous ginger beard. Refer to the page, Independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or Employee? or Publication 15-A, Employer's Supplement Tax Guide, for more information.William Boss (– October 17, 2007) was a Canadian war correspondent and reporter for the Canadian Press, commonly known as Bill Boss or "bb" (his wire initials). However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (social security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding. If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), then you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to self-employment tax.
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