Sheila MacVicar is a

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television

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most recently with

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as the host of ''Compass With Sheila MacVicar'' and a correspondent for ''America Tonight''. A native of

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, she worked for CBS News from June 2004 until 2013 as the network's

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correspondent. She has also worked as a reporter for CBC Television (1981–1990),

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(1990–2001) and

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(2001–2004). From 1977 she worked at CBC affiliated stations in Calgary and Montreal. She graduated from

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in 1977 with a

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Awards and recognition

* Emmy Awards (3 awards) * Peabody Award (1 award) * One World Broadcasting Trust (media award; 1998)

Noted stories

MacVicar reported on a connection between Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on January 14, 1999 on ABC News.

External links

CBS News: Sheila MacVicar bio
(Spring 2002)
ABC News January 14th 1999 "Osama Bin Laden & Saddam Hussein connection"

References

Living people Carleton University alumni Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian expatriates in England Canadian expatriate journalists in the United States Journalists from Montreal Canadian women television journalists Al Jazeera people CBS News people 20th-century Canadian journalists 21st-century Canadian journalists Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-journalist-stub