Rick MacInnes-Rae is a Canadian radio journalist, known as a longtime reporter and host on

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. An investigative journalist and

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for the network, he was the host of the documentary series '' Dispatches'' from 2001 to 2012. Beginning his career with the

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in 1976,"Rick MacInnes-Rae says goodbye"

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, July 18, 2014. he worked as a local reporter in various Canadian cities before becoming an international

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in the 1980s, including reports from

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, Gaza,

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, the

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and

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."Dispatches from the edge of retirement: A look back at the career of CBC's Rick MacInnes-Rae"
''

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'', July 18, 2014. In 1993, he won an award from the

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for his five-part series on the rise of the radical right. In 1996, he won the Citation for Excellence Under Fire award from the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents for his coverage of Operation Grapes of Wrath in

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. He has won three

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Media Awards, in 1997 for his series of news reports "Exodus from Zaire","Amnesty Media Award - Past Winners"
.

Canada. in 1999 for "Kosovo Reports" and in 2007 for his ''Dispatches'' documentary "The Paradox of Democracy". ''Dispatches'' was launched on CBC Radio in 2001. The program was cancelled in 2012,"Connect, Dispatches cancelled: TV, radio shows among casualties as news bureaus closed, sports budget chopped as details announced". ''

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'', April 11, 2012. although MacInnes-Rae remained with the network in other roles, including continued international affairs reporting and stints as a guest host on '' The Current'' and ''

''. MacInnes-Rae announced his retirement from the network in July 2014. His future plans include writing a book about a distant ancestor.

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