Bro Jake Edwards’ last day on the TSN 1040 (CKST-AM) Vancouver morning show is June 29. Edwards, who joined the station in 2013, will continue to host a four-hour show on Saturdays. Prior to 1040, Edwards hosted the highly-rated Rock 101 (CFMI-FM) Vancouver morning show for 17 years. Originally from Moncton, Edwards has been in radio since the 1970s and was part of the original lineup at Q104 (CFRQ-FM) Halifax, with stops at CILQ-FM Toronto and CKIS-FM Winnipeg, along the way.
Julie Miville-Dechêne, former Radio-Canada broadcaster, has been named to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Miville-Dechêne will sit as an Independent representing Quebec. Miville-Dechêne spent 25 years as a news and public affairs reporter with Radio-Canada in Washington, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal and in 2007, became Radio-Canada’s first female ombudsman. She went on to chair the Quebec government’s Conseil du statut de la femme and represent the province as part of Canada’s delegation to UNESCO.
Geoff Hastings has anchored his last newscast for Global BC. Hastings had been with Global BC and round-the-clock news channel BC1 since 2013.
Dave Hanni is transitioning out of his role as station manager at 102.1 CJCY-FM Medicine Hat, as Rogers moves to acquire the station from Clear Sky Radio, pending CRTC approval. Hanni, who had been with the station since 2010, will take on GM/GSM duties at new Golden West Broadcasting/Clear Sky Radio venture CKOV-FM in Strathmore, AB. The station is set to launch this fall.
Cam Maitland will join Hollywood Suite full-time in July as a film and content specialist. Maitland has been on a short term contract since January helping various teams internally and covering the film awards season from the red carpet at the Independent Spirit Awards and BAFTAs. His focus will be on heightening the channels’ brand personality on social and leading original content plans for 2018/19. Anthony Pereira has been promoted to brand manager and will manage content strategy across platforms.
Glenn Payette has signed off from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Payette is retiring after reporting for CBC for more than 34 years.
Emmanuelle Latraverse is no longer with Radio-Canada. In an internal memo, news director Michel Cormier announced that she was leaving “for personal reasons.” Latraverse was the first female head of Radio-Canada Ottawa, up until last fall when she started reporting for Téléjournal with Céline Galipeau. After a career at TVA, Latraverse joined Radio-Canada in 2005.
Luc Bellemare will become the primary host of Antichambre when the show returns for an 11th season on RDS this fall. Bellemare takes over from Stéphane Langdeau and will host Monday to Thursday, while Pierre Houde and Chantal Machabée take turns in the host’s chair Friday and Saturday.
Brad Schlachter has joined Canadian/U.S. cannabis media lifestyle brand Civilized as director of Audience Acquisition. Schlachter has served as the marketing lead for Motor Trend OnDemand, was vice-president of marketing at Hallmark Labs, and has consulted for Jukin Media and Valorous TV. He’ll be based in Civilized’s Venice, CA office.
Jane Gerster, former health reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, is the new Global News national features reporter. Gerster will be based in Toronto.
Mercedes Stephenson is joining Global News as the network’s Ottawa bureau chief and permanent host of The West Block. Stephenson has been reporting from Parliament Hill for CTV News since 2011, in addition to acting as the Friday host of Power Play.
Christa Dickenson is Telefilm’s new executive director. Dickenson is currently president and CEO of Interactive Ontario, and former managing director of International Client Relations for Rogers. Her five-year term will start on July 30.
Darren Frearson has been named head of Strategic International Business for Nova Scotia-based AM/FM broadcast transmitter manufacturer Nautel. Based in Dubai, Frearson was most recently at GatesAir, where he served as VP International Sales. His experience also includes senior roles at Gencom and The Bridge Networks.
Mary Cranston is joining the Breakfast Television Vancouver morning show, presenting news alongside Greg Harper. Cranston has been reporting for CTV in Saint John, NB and Kitchener the last few years. Cranston replaces Kyle Donaldson, who is wrapping up a 12-year run with the show to help lead the local launch of CityNews at Six this fall.
