Revolving Door

Dr. Tim Berube has been named the new President & CEO of Westman Communications Group (WCG), effective March 28. Berube succeeds the retiring Dave Baxter, who has been with the Brandon, MB-based telecommunications and internet service provider since 1995, starting as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, before assuming the President & CEO role in 1997. Berube had a career with the Canadian Forces, before moving on to roles with Cisco and Arris International. He’s also been consulting under the banner of Ben Berube Holdings International for the past 20 years.

Steve Armitage has announced his retirement after a broadcast career spanning six decades. Closing out his announcing career calling long track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics for CBC, the 78-year-old started out at CBC Halifax in 1965 writing the late night newscast. He moved to CBC Vancouver in 1973 and joined the sports department, going on to host Vancouver Canucks’ Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts and CFL games for 30 years, among many other sporting events. In 1982, Armitage was awarded ACTRA’s Foster Hewitt Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting. He was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Basem Boshra is the incoming Managing Editor at CBC Quebec. Currently Deputy Editor at the Montreal Gazette, Boshra has been with the paper since 2007, with the exception of a year-long stint at CTV Montreal as Supervising Producer, Digital Content.

Roberto Rocha has left CBC News as he moves to join not-for-profit news startup, the Investigative Journalism Foundation, as an investigative reporter. Rocha had been with CBC since 2015 as a Montreal-based web journalist, focused on investigative data journalism for the past four years.

Derek Taylor, who has announced his pending departure from 620 CKRM Regina as the play-by-play voice of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, is joining 680 CJOB Winnipeg as the new voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Taylor succeeds Bob Irving, who retired in December after five decades calling CFL games.

Sarah McCarthy is joining 680 CJOB Winnipeg as afternoon anchor. McCarthy has been with CKDR News in Dryden, ON for the last six years. She previously interned with CJOB as a Fanshawe College student in 2019.

Adam Greenberg is leaving Virgin Mornings with Vinny, Shannon and Adam on Virgin Radio 95.9 (CJFM-FM) Montreal. In a social media post, Greenberg says he plans to focus on his ONE BONE big-and-tall fashion brand where he’s the Chief Marketing Officer and oversees the brand direction. Greenberg had been with Virgin since 2017.

Matt Guité is leaving Bell Media where he’s been a producer since 2013. Guite, who has worked at both CJAD 800 Montreal and 580 CFRA Ottawa, is pursuing an opportunity outside media. 

Ashleigh Darrach is now being heard middays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on CJAY 92 Calgary. Darrach also handles middays for Bell Media’s 97.7 HTZ FM (CHTZ-FM) St. Catharines.

Kristy Kilburn is moving on from CityNews Calgary. A 2021 Seneca College Journalism grad, Kilburn had been a videojournalist and host with the station for the last eight months. She has yet to reveal her next move.