Liza Fromer (born March 18, 1970) is a former cohost of '' The Morning Show'' on the

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and ''

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'' at

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, Canada. She graduated from

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with a degree in Radio and Television and is a

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broadcast journalist. Previously, she worked as a

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columnist for ''

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Canada''. Her first foray into broadcasting was driving the Q107 Community Cruiser. She later launched her television career at YTV as the co-host of both the ''

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'' and ''Clips''. From 1995 to 1997, she hosted ''Good Morning Toronto'' on

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and later became the weekend anchor and reporter at

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, anchoring the station's first-ever newscast. Fromer has also had stints with

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's '' Newspath'', and has appeared in several ads. Fromer appeared on the cover of the Fall/Winter 2005 issue of '' Today's Bride'', as part of an article where she discussed her wedding. In January 2006, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child. She and her husband had a son in 2006. She subsequently announced her departure from ''Breakfast Television''. In April 2007,

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announced that Fromer would appear, in the fall of 2007, in a prime-time series on the Slice specialty channel (formerly the

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) called '' The List''. On September 23, 2009, it was announced that Fromer would be a member of the new John Moore morning show on

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beginning on October 5, 2009. On May 31, 2011, Fromer was announced as the cohost of '' The Morning Show'' on

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'', June 1, 2011. The program debuted in October 2011. On June 28, 2016, Global News announced that they would not be renewing Liza Fromer's contract after it expired at the month's end. Fromer no longer works for

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. She now is an MC and moderator with Key Note Speaker Canada as well as children's book author.http://keynotespeakerscanada.ca/speaker/liza-fromer

Filmography

* ''Magnus Opus'' (2003) * ''Sanctuary'' (1997) as an Anchorwoman

References

External links

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