Nancy Wilson (born c. 1955) is a

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. She was an anchor for CBC News Now before her retirement. She joined CBC Newsworld in 1991 as the host of ''This Country''. Prior to joining, Wilson worked on CBC Television's newsmagazine ''The Journal''. For the CBC, she has hosted various programmes including '' Newsworld Today'', '' CBC News: Morning'', ''

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'' and '' The Money Show''. She was also a reporter, host and anchor for CTV's '' Canada AM'',"It all started in Terrace, B.C. for Canada AM's new cohost". ''

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'', March 12, 1987. as well as the

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bureau representative for the

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. For several years in the late 1980s she co-anchored evening newscasts on

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in Ottawa with

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. An

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native, she graduated from Queen's University in

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. On May 8, 2014, Wilson announced that she would be retiring from CBC.

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CBC biography of Nancy Wilson
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