Sylvie Bissonnette, the Canadian Association of Broadcaster’s (CAB) Vice-President, Finance & Administration and CFO, is set to retire in November. Bissonnette has been with the organization for 29 years, starting in 1991.
Bob McKenzie has announced he’s reducing his appearances on TSN. In a post to Twitter, McKenzie, who celebrates his 64th birthday on Aug. 16, said he’ll be sitting out the balance of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. While he has a new five-year contract with the network, it involves a handful of Toronto Maple Leafs regional games, covering the World Junior Hockey Championships, and draft rankings three times a year. McKenzie will also continue to appear on NBC Sports. He’s been covering hockey for TSN since 1986.
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— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) August 10, 2020
Terry Schintz, news manager and anchor at CKNW Vancouver, has been released as part of ongoing restructuring at Corus Entertainment. Schintz had been with Corus Radio for two decades and was part of the launch team for short-lived 24-hour news station, NW2, which was shuttered in 2002. He’d been news manager since 2011. Following his departure, the news radio team will report to Global BC Managing Editor of Digital, Laura Baziuk.
Jawn Jang is joining CKNW Vancouver as an on-air contributor. Jang formerly co-hosted Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM) midday show The Playbook, alongside Satiar Shah and Bik Nizzar. He was part of layoffs at the network last fall.
David Cruise and Britt Jones are no longer in mornings on Virgin Radio (CFMG-FM) Edmonton, while show producer Katie Stanners remains listed on the station website. Bell Media has announced that it will start airing syndicated American morning show Brooke & Jeffrey in mornings, starting Aug. 17. Up until this past Spring, Brooke & Jeffrey (formerly known as Brooke & Jubal prior to the departure of co-host Jubal Fresh) had a brief run in mornings on Corus Radio’s Chuck @ 92.5 (CKNG-FM) in the Edmonton market.
Tara Thorne, a longtime freelance arts contributor to CBC Information Morning in Halifax, has been released from further appearances after an off-colour tweet following Nova Scotia Premier Stephen MacNeil’s announcement he’ll be stepping down. A champion of the city’s emerging arts scene, Thorne’s supporters have been denouncing the mothercorp’s move with hashtag #ImwithThorney.
Kier Junos has joined Citytv Vancouver as a videojournalist. Junos was previously a VJ and assistant producer with Zoomer Media’s Joytv, based in Surrey, BC.
Jason Roberts is rejoining up! 99.3 (CIUP-FM) Edmonton as afternoon drive host, with his new show set to launch Aug. 17. Roberts was previously an up! morning show co-host from 2011-15. He was most recently doing weekends and fill-in on 100.3 The Bear (CHBR-FM).
Evan Baran and “The Baran Wasteland” have returned to Regina’s 104.9 The Wolf (CFWF-FM). After a six-year absence from radio, Baran returns as midday host. He’ll also be assisting in the music department.
Iain Sherriff-Scott is joining iPolitics.ca as a reporter covering Queen’s Park. Sheriff-Scott is former managing editor of the Queen’s Journal and a former intern at The Logic.
Annie Bradley has been elected as the first female chair of DGC Ontario. The veteran film and TV writer/producer/director, whose credits include The Good Witch and Dino Dana, succeeds Alan Goluboff, who had held the role since 2010.
Adaptiv Networks, the Gatineau-based cloud-native SD-WAN-as-a-Service vendor, has appointed Frederick Parent as Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the company’s strategic roadmap for product innovation. Parent has over 20 years of experience in networking and design and co-founded Victrix and ELFIQ Networks, which are now part of Adaptiv Networks. He’s also held network and software development roles with IBM and Bell Canada.
