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Nighttime Review
''The Current'' is a Canadian current affairs radio program which airs weekday mornings on CBC Radio One. It airs from 8:37 a.m. local time to 10 a.m., with the exception of Newfoundland, where it runs from 9:07 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The show features interview sessions and radio documentaries that typically take up a half hour each. History The program premiered in 2002, and was hosted from its inception by investigative journalist Anna Maria Tremonti. It was created as a replacement for ''This Morning'', partially in response to criticism that the prior program's prerecorded format had hamstrung the network's ability to pivot to a live breaking news broadcast on the day of the September 11 attacks."A rebel's quest to transform CBC Radio: 'We can't afford not to change'". ''National Post'', July 27, 2002. Tremonti retired from the program in June 2019. Laura Lynch served as interim host until the end of 2019, and Matt Galloway took over as the program's new permane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current Affairs (news Format)
Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner. This differs from regular News broadcasting, news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine show format in that events are discussed immediately. The UK's BBC programmes, such as ''This World (TV series), This World'', ''Panorama (TV series), Panorama'', ''Real Story'', ''BBC Scotland Investigates'', ''Spotlight (NI), Spotlight'', ''Week In Week Out'', and ''Inside Out (2002 TV programme), Inside Out'', fit the definition. In Canada, CBC Radio produces a number of current affairs shows both nationally, such as ''The Current (radio program), The Current'' and ''As It Happens'', as well as regionally with morning current affairs shows such as ''Information Morning'' — a focus the radio network developed in the 1970s as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Frum
David Jeffrey Frum (; born 30 June 1960) is a Canadian-American political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He is a senior editor at ''The Atlantic'' as well as an MSNBC contributor. In 2003, Frum authored the first book about Bush's presidency written by a former member of the administration. He has taken credit for the famous phrase " axis of evil" in Bush's 2002 State of the Union address. He is considered a voice in the neoconservative movement. Frum formerly served on the board of directors of the Republican Jewish Coalition, the British think tank Policy Exchange, the anti-drug policy group Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and as vice chairman and an associate fellow of the R Street Institute. Early life and education Born in Toronto, Ontario, to a Jewish family, Frum is the son of the late Barbara Frum (née Rosberg), a well-known, Niagara Falls, New York-born journalist and broadcaster in Canada, and the late Murray Frum, a den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wong
Jan Wong (; born August 1952) is a Canadian academic, journalist, and writer. Wong worked for ''The Globe and Mail'', serving as Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, when she returned to write from Canada. At the turn of the 21st century she was known for her ''Globe'' column ''Lunch with Jan Wong''. She covered the Dawson College shooting in 2006 and her article was attacked by the public and even the prime minister. ''The Globe'' management did not back her and this caused her to have a bout of clinical depression. She was fired by the newspaper in 2007 without cause, but she had to sign a confidentiality agreement about the terms of the settlement. In 2012 she self-published the book ''Out of the blue'' about her time at the paper. In late 2014, ''The Globe'' successfully sued her for breaching the confidentiality agreement and she was ordered by the court to repay her settlement and court costs. After 2008, she took on various jobs including being a guest host on CBC Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haroon Siddiqui
Haroon Siddiqui, is an Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and editorial page editor emeritus of the ''Toronto Star''. He has reported from more than 50 countries and shaped media coverage of Canada for fifty years through ten prime ministers. Early life and career Born in India, Siddiqui arrived in Canada in 1967 and briefly lived in Montreal and Toronto before moving to Brandon, Manitoba, to work at '' The Brandon Sun'' upon the recommendation of Clark Davey, then-managing editor of the ''Globe and Mail''. In a 2023 interview, Siddiqui stated that prior to taking the job, he knew nothing about Brandon other than the fact that "it was very, very cold." Siddiqui worked there for the next ten years, first as a reporter, then as editor, at a paper that he deemed "the Cadillac of small newspapers in Canada" in his memoir. In 1978, at the age of 36, he was offered jobs from Canada's two leading newspapers, the ''Globe and Mail'' and the ''Toronto Star''. During his 30- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Germain
Anthony Germain is a Canadian retired journalist, best known for his work with CBC Radio.Tony Atherton, "Germain gets CBC morning gig: He will still host national show". ''Ottawa Citizen'', December 19, 2003. Journalism A graduate of the journalism program at the University of Western Ontario, Germain spent 32 years as a journalist and host for the CBC, including stints as host of CBC Radio One's '' The House'' and ''Ottawa Morning'' on CBO-FM, and as a Shanghai-based foreign correspondent for CBC News. He received several nominations for the Canadian Association of Journalists awards for his reportage on China. After relocating to his wife's hometown of St. John's in 2011, he hosted ''The St. John's Morning Show'' on CBC Radio One St. John's until 2017, then co-anchored CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's local newscast ''CBC Here & Now'' until 2022, finally hosting the provincial Radio One afternoon drive show ''On the Go'' until his retirement from the CBC in January 2024. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piya Chattopadhyay
Piya Chattopadhyay () is a Canadian journalist, currently host of '' The Sunday Magazine'' on CBC Radio One. She is known for her work on CBC Radio,CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay: ‘doing what I want to do’ by Constance Scrafield; at the Orangeville Citizen; published October 31, 2013; retrieved May 1, 2014 as well as on , and . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Hanomansing
Ian Harvey Hanomansing (born 1962/1963) is a Trinidadian-Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)."Hanomansing's future is anchored in star potential: Pacific Rim host could be next Mansbridge". ''Vancouver Sun'', June 16, 1997. He formerly hosted ''CBC News Network Vancouver'' on CBC News Network, and reports for CBC Television's nightly newscast, ''The National (TV program), The National''. On August 1, 2017, he was named a co-anchor of ''The National'', and currently anchors the show on Fridays and Sundays. He also served as interim host of CBC Radio One's weekly call-in show ''Cross Country Checkup'' from 2020 to 2022, while regular host Duncan McCue was on sabbatical, and was named permanent host of the program in 2022. In 2025, the CBC announced that Hanomansing will become host of a new nightly news program, ''Hanomansing Tonight'', on CBC News Network beginning February 18. Early life Hanomansing was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Johnson
Erica Johnson is a Canadian broadcast journalist who currently hosts the TV series ''Go Public'', and formerly hosted '' Marketplace'' on CBC Television. Biography Johnson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. A graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto, Johnson began her journalism career in radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ... in 1987, working at several private radio stations, including Vancouver's CKO and Toronto's CFRB. In 1990, she began her CBC career as a radio news reporter for the local Toronto affiliate CBL. Johnson moved from radio to CBC Television in 1993, creating and reporting on ''The Health Show''. She then returned to Vancouver to become a news reporter and anchor for the Vancouver af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Wilson (journalist)
Nancy Wilson (born c. 1955) is a Canadian television journalist. She was an anchor for CBC News Now before her retirement. She joined CBC Newsworld in 1991 as the host of ''This Country''. Prior to joining, Wilson worked on CBC Television's newsmagazine ''The Journal''. For the CBC, she has hosted various programmes including '' Newsworld Today'', '' CBC News: Morning'', ''Politics'' and '' The Money Show''. She was also a reporter, host and anchor for CTV's '' Canada AM'',"It all started in Terrace, B.C. for Canada AM's new cohost". ''Toronto Star'', March 12, 1987. as well as the parliamentary bureau representative for the Global Television Network. For several years in the late 1980s she co-anchored evening newscasts on CJOH-TV in Ottawa with Max Keeping. An Ottawa native, she graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario. It is at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Arsenault
Adrienne Arsenault (born 1966 or 1967) is a Canadian journalist who is the Chief Correspondent of CBC News and anchor of '' The National'' since November 2017. Early life and education Born and raised in Toronto, Arsenault is the daughter of Bette Arsenault and Ray Arsenault (1929–2006), a Canadian television director whose credits included '' King of Kensington'' and ''Hockey Night in Canada''. In 1986, Arsenault graduated from St. Clement's School as Head Girl, the University of Western Ontario with a BA in 1990 and an MA in Journalism in 1991. While at Western, Arsenault developed her interest in broadcasting at CHRW-FM. Career Arsenault joined the CBC in 1991, as an editorial assistant and night assignment editor for CBC Toronto. She has had numerous other positions with the CBC. She spent three years as the foreign correspondent in Jerusalem. In 2006, she succeeded Don Murray as the chief London correspondent. In 2008, she was part of a small group of Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Taylor
Maureen Taylor is a Canadian television and radio personality. She graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1983, with a degree in journalism. Taylor first worked for the CBC as a reporter based in Windsor, Ontario. She also worked in CBC Television and CBC Radio in Ottawa, Toronto and Regina, Saskatchewan. She has won ACTRA and Canadian Nurses Association awards. Taylor received a Gemini Award nomination for her reporting work on ''CBC News The National''. She is the former host of TVOntario's ''More to Life''. Personal life Taylor has two children, and was married to the late Dr. Donald Low, microbiologist with Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. She is currently working as a physician assistant, having gone back to school at McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
