Toronto – After an award-winning career with CBC spanning 50 years, Peter Mansbridge wraps his 30-year tenure as chief correspondent of CBC News and anchor of THE NATIONAL on Saturday. Following his final THE NATIONAL newscast from Ottawa tonight, Mansbridge will sign off after anchoring CBC’s sesquicentennial Canada Day coverage live from Parliament Hill on July 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET on CBC and CBC News Network.
“For 30 years, Peter has helped Canadians make sense of the changing world around us,” said Heather Conway, executive vice-president, English Services, CBC. “As much as Peter has left an indelible mark on our history, he has also shaped our future, and his influence will be felt long after Saturday’s Canada Day broadcast. Peter’s dedication to the next generation of public service journalists is a shining example to us all. Peter was not just the chief correspondent for CBC News, he was and remains an unrelenting champion for the service.”
During his time at CBC, Mansbridge has anchored CBC News coverage of major Canadian and international events, from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to 13 Olympic Games, 34 Canada Day celebrations, 12 Remembrance Day ceremonies, four D-Day anniversaries, every visit by the Queen since 1970, three Royal weddings and two Royal funerals. He has covered every federal election since 1972 and anchored all ten since 1984. He has conducted an estimated 15,000 interviews, including Canadian and global leaders.
“Peter has been the face of CBC News through triumph and achievement, tragedy and national loss,” said Jennifer McGuire, GM and editor-in-chief, CBC News, English Services. “He has been paramount to making CBC News the most trusted brand in news in this country. We can't thank him enough for that as we say goodbye, and plan for the future.”
Mansbridge began his career in 1968 in Fort Churchill, Manitoba, where he helped develop CBC Radio's news service to Northern Canada. In 1971, he moved to Winnipeg as a reporter for CBC Radio, and in 1972, joined CBC Television. He became THE NATIONAL’S reporter in Saskatchewan in 1975 and was named one of the program's parliamentary correspondents in Ottawa in 1976 before being appointed chief correspondent and anchor in 1988. Named an officer of the Order of Canada in 2008, Mansbridge was also inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame and awarded a lifetime achievement honour by the RTDNA.
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