Ian Harvey Hanomansing (born 1962/1963) is a Trinidadian-Canadian television journalist with the

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(CBC)."Hanomansing's future is anchored in star potential: Pacific Rim host could be next Mansbridge". ''

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'', June 16, 1997. He formerly hosted ''CBC News Network Vancouver'' on

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, and reports for

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's nightly newscast, '' The National''. On August 1, 2017, he was named a co-anchor of ''The National'', and currently anchors the show on Fridays and Sundays. He also served as interim host of

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's weekly call-in show ''

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'' from 2020 to 2022, while regular host

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was on sabbatical, and was named permanent host of the program in 2022. In 2025, the CBC announced that Hanomansing will become host of a new nightly news program, ''Hanomansing Tonight'', on

beginning February 18.

Early life

Hanomansing was born in

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

, Trinidad and Tobago to Indian parents. He grew up in

Sackville, New Brunswick Sackville is a former town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Tantramar, New Brunswick, Tantramar. Sackville is home to Mount Allison University, a primarily undergraduate libe ...

with parents Eunice and Harvey, along with his sister Ria. Hanomansing got his first job coming out of high school in 1979 at a radio station in

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. He attended

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for his undergraduate education and graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science and sociology."Going national: Sackville man anchors CBC's supper-hour show starting Monday". ''

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'', September 30, 2000. Hanomansing studied law at

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and graduated in 1986.

Broadcasting career

Hanomansing's broadcast media career began at CKDH in

in the summer after his graduation, followed by work at CKCW in

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and at CHNS in nearby Halifax,

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. In 1986, he joined the

. He worked for CBC bureaus in the

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and

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before moving to

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, where he was a network reporter and hosted the now-defunct programs ''Pacific Rim Report'', ''Foreign Assignment'', and ''Times 7'' (a joint venture with ''

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'') and also hosted a summer series on

, ''Feeling the Heat''. From 2000 to 2007, he was the anchor of the national segment of the defunct newscast ''

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''; following that program's cancellation, he was the co-anchor of '' CBC News: Vancouver'',

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's supper hour newscast, from 2007 to 2010. He returned to his former role as network reporter for ''The National'' in 2010; and from 2012 to 2017, Hanomansing hosted ''CBC News Now with Ian Hanomansing'', which was broadcast live from CBC Vancouver on weeknights. On August 1, 2017, he was named as one of four new co-hosts of ''The National'', CBC's flagship news broadcast alongside

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, Rosemary Barton and

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. In 2020, he was named the Friday and Sunday anchor of the programme. Hanomansing has developed and hosted a series of innovative live news specials including "Downtown Drugs", in November 1998, from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during a public health emergency declared after a high number of fatal overdoses. In March 2005, "Crime on the Streets" was broadcast, in part, from Stoney Mountain Institution in Manitoba."CBC journalist keynote speaker for Law Day Luncheon". ''

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'', April 10, 2014. It is believed to be the only live national news special from a Canadian federal penal institution. It won a national Justicia Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting, as well as a Jack Webster Award. In 2006, Hanomansing also designed Big League Manager, an

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-licensed

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. His game was voted a "Best Bet" by the

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Awards and honours

Hanomansing received an

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, Doctor of Laws

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(LLD), from Mount Allison University in 2003. On November 28, 2008 Hanomansing won the

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for Best News Anchor, beating Kevin Newman and

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. in 2010, Hanomansing was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine. In March 2016, he won the

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for Best National News Anchor over

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and

Heather Hiscox Heather Hiscox (born 18 November 1965) is a Canadian news anchor, who is the current host of ''CBC Morning Live with Heather Hiscox'' from 6 to 10 a.m. during weekdays on CBC News Network. She has also hosted CBC's former flagship morning televi ...

."CBC's Ian Hanomansing on the future of 'The National' post-Mansbridge". ''

'', September 19, 2016.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanomansing, Ian Canadian television news anchors Canadian television reporters and correspondents People from Sackville, New Brunswick Canadian people of Indian descent 1961 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada Schulich School of Law alumni Mount Allison University alumni Board game designers CBC Television people 20th-century Canadian journalists 21st-century Canadian journalists Jack Webster award recipients Canadian Screen Award winning journalists