Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, is stepping down as the public broadcaster reorganizes. McGuire had been in the role since 2009 and oversaw the integration of the broadcaster’s television, radio and digital news operations, among other major initiatives. McGuire started her career with CBC Radio Ottawa as an associate producer, holding other producer roles over the years with CBC Newsworld, and serving as executive producer of CBC Radio, leading the creation of shows like The Current.
Fred Mattocks has parted ways with the CBC. Mattocks has held roles with the public broadcaster from Regional Director for English TV in the Maritimes to Head of Technology, dating back to the mid-1990s. Most recently, he’d been General Manager, Local Services, CBC English Services, based in Toronto.
Simi Sara is the new host of the 980 CKNW Vancouver morning show. Mornings with Simi will officially debut Mar. 30, featuring contributor Niki Reitmayer, anchor Gord Macdonald, Global BC Chief Meteorologist Mark Madryga, and commentary from Bruce Allen, Charles Adler, Vaughn Palmer and Global BC Sports Director Squire Barnes. The show is produced by Victor Young and Greg Schott. Sara had been the station’s midday host since 2010. Read more here.
Cami Kepke is Global Calgary’s new weekend sports anchor, joining the Global News Hour at 6 Weekend and Global News at 11 Weekend teams of Jayme Doll and Jodi Hughes. Kepke has been with Global Calgary since April 2019 and previously worked at Global Regina as a digital broadcast journalist and anchor.
Kerry Powell, who had been managing editor at Global Edmonton for the last six years, has left the station. Prior to joining Global, Powell had been in various roles with the Edmonton Journal, starting in 2001.
Moira Wyton has left the Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun to join independent news site The Tyee as its new health reporter, with support from the Local Journalism Initiative. Wyton had been a multimedia journalist with the Journal for the last 10 months. She was previously features editor at University of British Columbia student newspaper, The Ubyssey.
Jessie Anton has left the CJME Regina newsroom to join CBC Saskatchewan as an associate producer and reporter. Anton had been with Rawlco Radio since 2017.
Britt Prendergast has left 660 News (CFFR-AM) Calgary to join Western Hockey League franchise the Calgary Hitmen as associate digital producer. Prendergast had been a weekend and evening anchor at 660 for the last seven months. She previously was an on-air personality at EZ Rock (CFTK-AM) and Pure Country (CJFW-FM) Terrace, BC.
Alana Pickrell will be filling in for Lyndsay Aelick at CTV Northern Ontario while she’s on maternity leave. PIckrell was previously a reporter with Global Thunder Bay.
Leslie (Stein), Scooter & Jaclyn (Tatay) are no longer with Stingray’s Z95.3 (CKZZ-FM) morning show in Vancouver. A series of posts from the station Twitter account Wednesday, suggest details of a new morning show will be revealed in the coming weeks. Stein had been with the station since 2015 through various incarnations of the show, including being teamed up with Ruby Carr until her departure for 102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) in late 2018.
Leah Hextall, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, and Christine Simpson will make history Sunday, Mar. 8 when they form the first-ever all-female broadcast team for a nationally televised NHL broadcast. The Rogers Sportsnet “Hometown Hockey” broadcast is airing in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Behind the scenes, the broadcast will also be produced by a female production team live from Calgary, Toronto and Salmon Arm, BC including Hometown Hockey executive producer Alison Redmond, game producer Maria Skinner, and director Dawn Landis.
Jozy Altidore, Toronto FC forward and member of the U.S. national men’s soccer team, moonlighted as co-host for a day on TSN’s SPORTSCENTRE on Mar. 4. Altidore appeared as a co-host alongside anchor Rod Smith, reading highlight packs and interviewing guests.
Corus Entertainment has appointed three new independent members to its Board of Directors, bringing its total membership to 12. Alex Carloss is a Principal at mobile gaming, media and tech company N3TWORK Inc., and previously helped launch ViacomCBS’ Paramount Pictures digital distribution division, in addition to a stint with Google/YouTube. Stephanie Coyles is a corporate director, serving as a director of Sun Life Financial Inc., as well as Metro Inc., bringing more than 25 years of experience in advanced analytics, digital transformation and marketing across retail and consumer-facing companies. Sameer Deen is Chief Digital Officer at Univision Communications Inc. with extensive experience in digital content and corporate strategy, including nine years working with Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI).
James Durie has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of scripted for Cineflix Rights, Cineflix Media’s UK-based distribution division. Durie joins Cineflix from Miramax, where he was vice-president of sales for the EMEA region. In his new role, he’ll lead the distributor’s global strategy for sales, pre-sales, acquisitions and co-productions of scripted content.
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