Asha Tomlinson is a Canadian television journalist, currently one of the hosts of

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's consumer affairs newsmagazine series ''

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''. She is a two-time

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winner for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series for her work on ''Marketplace'', winning the award at the

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in 2021.Naman Ramachandran
"‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"
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'', May 21, 2021. Originally from the

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suburb of

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, and of Jamaican descent, Tomlinson studied journalism at the

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.Craig Pearson, "CBC Windsor has new anchor". ''

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'', August 10, 2013. She has worked as a reporter for various television stations across Canada, and as an anchor for

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, before being named anchor of the 6 p.m. newscast on

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, Windsor's CBC station, in 2013. She joined the staff of ''Marketplace'' in 2015. In 2020 she was the host of '' Being Black in Canada'', a one-hour special devoted to news and documentary reporting on

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political and cultural issues.Pahull Bains
"Visit This Website to Learn More About the Stories and Experiences of Black Canadians"
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'', August 3, 2020. Since summer 2021, she has been regularly featured as a guest anchor of CBC's main nightly newscast '' The National''.

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