“Journalist, author, pundit, personality — for more than 50 years Pierre Berton dominated print and broadcast media in Canada.” The author of 50 books and countless newspaper and magazine columns died yesterday at age 84, and his legacy as author, commentator, and benefactor to other writers is being celebrated across the country. How important was Berton to Canadians? The CBC’s flagship evening newscast devoted the first ten minutes of its program to him last night, relegating a major visit by the American president to page 2 status.