Anne Mroczkowski (born July 16, 1953) is a

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TV reporter and news anchor. She is the former co-anchor of '' Global News Hour'', along with

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, a job she started on June 1, 2010. Roberts announced Mroczkowski's departure on-air on August 13, 2013. Previously, she was the longtime co-anchor of ''CityPulse'' on

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in Toronto.

Biography

Born in

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, Canada to a Polish and Slovak immigrant family, Mroczkowski was raised in Toronto.I brought the light back in
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'', April 19, 2008 Divorced from her husband in 2006, she lives in

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. She began her career at the

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, then moving on to

's City''News'' (formerly City''Pulse'') newscast in

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, Ontario. She was the senior co-

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of City''News'' ''at Six'', with Gord Martineau, from 1987 until she was let go on January 18, 2010 in a round of staff cutbacks."Anne Mroczkowski to co-host Global News Hour"
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'', April 27, 2010. On August 13, 2013, co-anchor Leslie Roberts announced on air that Anne would not be returning to the anchor desk after her vacation, and wished her the best in her future endeavours. Since leaving the news business, Mroczkowski is now a media consultant and occasional actor.

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* http://www.globaltoronto.com/personalities/Anne+Mroczkowski/3097379/story.html * 1953 births Canadian people of Polish descent Canadian people of Slovak descent Canadian television news anchors Journalists from Toronto Living people Mass media people from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian women television journalists Citytv people {{canada-journalist-stub