Who said finding work in Brandon’s television industry wasn’t an option? Actually, many people said that, but that was after CKX closed. CTV has given hope to at least one lucky person who snags the job as a photojournalist in Brandon. The station posted the position this week on Workopolis and states the successful candidate [...]

We’ve learned who will take over the coveted weekend anchor chair at CTV Winnipeg, and it turns out to be a Global Regina personality. Nancy Carlson will replace Caroline Barghout behind the desk on Saturdays and Sundays as Caroline moves to a weekend reporter role. As we reported first, it was Caroline’s decision to switch [...]

Television’s favourite newsdesk duo — CTV Winnipeg’s Caroline Barghout and Leah Hextall — joined Andrea Collins Tuesday morning on CURVE 94.3. The ladies chatted about many topics, including what it’s like living together and pet peeves about being roommates. As we first reported, Caroline will be leaving the weekend anchor desk to move to reporting [...]

After surprising television audiences everywhere on Thursday, CTV’s Lloyd Robertson announced his retirement from the anchor desk. On Friday morning, Lisa LaFlamme was named as his successor. LaFlamme comes to the big CTV News desk with years of reporting and anchoring experience and is already a familiar face to viewers as the network’s national affairs [...]

And that’s the kind of career it’s been. Lloyd Robertson is stepping down from the CTV anchor desk in 2011, the legendary news anchor announced Thursday. The host of “CTV National News” will end his lengthy hosting career toward the latter half of next year, a statement from CTV read. Robertson will move into other [...]

CTV Winnipeg’s Sylvia Kuzyk was honoured Thursday night in Edmonton with the RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented to Sylvia by RTNDA president Cal Johnstone (left) at the Prairie Regional Awards Banquet. Having joined the industry in 1974, Manitoba’s most recognized weathercaster has over 35 years experience. Also picking up an award was [...]

Television crime reporting has a new face, as CTV Winnipeg’s Stacey Ashley takes over from long-time CrimeWatch reporter Kelly Dehn. Regular viewers will have noticed Stacey has been covering the crime beat for quite a while already. CTV made the announcement on Tuesday, noting Dehn — who joined the broadcaster in 1990 — will remain [...]

CTV cameras aren’t the only lenses Susan Tymofichuk is in front of these days. As mentioned earlier, the late night news anchor was recently cast as an extra in the upcoming horror flick “Faces in the Crowd” starring Milla Jovovich. The movie is currently being shot at various locations throughout Winnipeg, and if her scene [...]

This flew under the radar for us last week, and we forgot to mention CTV Winnipeg’s Sylvia Kuzyk will be honoured with the 2010 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Along with fellow broadcaster Bob Layton, Sylvia will receive her award June 17 in Edmonton at the RTNDA National Conference. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to [...]

Legendary “CTV National News” anchor Lloyd Robertson was rumoured to be retiring after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics wrap up in a few weeks. According to a blog post on Macleans.ca Tuesday morning — that sourced former CTV reporter David Akin — Robertson was to meet with CTV brass on March 3 to resign. But Tuesday [...]

Did Global TV and CBC wait for the storm to pass Monday before doing their stand ups? Lightweights. Who had the best storm coverage? It’s negligible, but CTV’s Jill Macyshon pulled a CNN and faced the elements head on. If it counts, Waub Rice picked up a shovel at one point, but we didn’t see him [...]