Originally published in the May 1, 2025 edition of The Weekly Briefing
Stefan Keyes is CTV Ottawa’s new weekday anchor for CTV News at Five and CTV News at 11:30. Keyes’ appointment was announced during Tuesday night’s newscast by departing anchor Matt Skube, who is moving on from the station after 11 years. Born and raised in Ottawa, Keyes has most recently been co-hosting the local edition of CTV Morning Live, alongside Rosey Edeh and Melissa Lamb. Read more here.
Evan Solomon has been elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament in Toronto Centre, capturing more than 64% of the vote. The former iHeartRadio talk network, CTV and CBC host, has been the publisher of global affairs news site GZERO Media since 2022 and based in New York City.
Anthony Germain has been elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova – The Peninsulas. The retired CBC journalist and foreign correspondent defeated Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe by just 12 votes – the closest outcome of any race in the country.
MILESTONE: Chantal Hébert is celebrating 50 years of contributing to CBC/Radio-Canada. Hébert, 71, first joined the public broadcaster in April 1975. She continues to appear frequently on The National and as a member of the At Issue political panel hosted by Rosemary Barton, in addition to contributing to other French and English-language current affairs programming.
Jill Macyshon has joined First Nations not-for-profit political advocacy organization, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), as a Communications Officer. The former CTV News national news correspondent, who was most recently in the role of Winnipeg Bureau Chief, had been with CTV for 25 years, up until February 2024 when she was caught up in a round of layoffs at Bell Media.
Jonathan Roiter will join Spin Master as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Roiter’s appointment follows the previously announced retirement of Mark Segal. Roiter joins the children’s entertainment company having most recently served as CFO for software and cloud-focused IT solutions provider, Softchoice.
