Chris Gailus (; born 29 October 1967) is a

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television

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who works for Global BC. Gailus graduated from the Broadcast Journalism Program at

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in 1989, where he made the Dean's List and played basketball. He began his career in

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, and stayed there for three years. He joined Calgary's

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in 1992, then moved on to

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in 1997. After marrying fellow anchor Jane Carrigan, Gailus took a post anchoring the morning news on

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in 2000. He joined

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in April 2003, and began serving as anchor on the station's morning program ''

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''. Gailus returned to Canada and joined

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(Global BC) in

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on May 1, 2006 as weekend anchor. As of September 2010, he currently anchors the Monday to Friday editions of the '' News Hour'' when longtime anchor Tony Parsons left Global TV for broadcasting in Victoria, BC. As of October 2020, he currently anchors the Monday to Friday editions with Sophie Lui of the Global News Hour at 6 weeknights at 6pm. Gailus appeared in the motion picture '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007) and the ''

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'' movie (2020), as a news anchor. Gailus became a father in August 2011, when he and Carrigan adopted their son William Alexander Gailus.

References

External links

Official Facebook pageMount Royal College Article
- press release, April 3, 2006

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