Anita Bathe is a Canadian television journalist, currently the anchor of CBC News Vancouver at Six on CBUT-DT in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, she is a graduate of MEI[2] and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1] She began her career as a community channel reporter for Shaw TV in the Vancouver area, later working for various commercial radio stations in the Vancouver and Victoria markets before joining the CBC as a reporter in 2016.[1] She became coanchor with Mike Killeen of the 6 p.m. news in 2018,[3] and continued as sole anchor of the program after Killeen retired in 2021.[4]

In 2022, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Anchor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]

She is of South Asian background.[6]

Awards

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2022 - Canadian Screen Awards - Best local news anchor[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Abbotsford journalist named co-host of CBC Vancouver News". Abbotsford News, November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "MEI Alum Named Co-Host of CBC Vancouver News". November 6, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Mike Killeen hired to anchor CBC's 6 p.m. news". Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Scott Brown, "CBC Vancouver news anchor Mike Killeen calls it a career". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "Mainstream Media Takeover: South Asian Women Making Reigns". desitoday.ca. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "CBC Vancouver takes home 2 Canadian Screen Awards". April 4, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.