Brenda Irving is a

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employed by

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. She was the first female ''

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'' rinkside reporter between 2001 and 2006, and previously served for seven years as a

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. She has also reported on

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, the

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, and major league

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. She graduated from

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's radio and television broadcasting programme. She was born in

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, where she attended Preston High School. She called

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for CBC.

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