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Global BC - Personalities
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Chris Gailus
Anchor, News Hour
Emmy-winning anchor Chris Gailus is the host of Global BC’s News Hour. -
Deborra Hope
Anchor, Early News
Deborra has anchored the Early News at 5 pm and News Hour Insight since September, 2001. During her long career at Global and BCTV, she's been a reporter, a producer and an anchor. Her first love on the job is still telling a good story. -
Jill Krop
Anchor, News Hour Final
Jill Krop anchors the one hour late night newscast News Hour Final on Global BC at 11 p.m. -
Randene Neill
Anchor, Noon News Hour
Reporter
Randene Neill is proud to be a part of the Global BC news team where she anchors the Noon News Hour and reports for other newscasts. -
Robin Stickley
Anchor, News Hour Weekend
Reporter
Robin has been with Global BC since January 2004 when she moved over from sister station Global Edmonton where she co-hosted the Morning News for four years. -
Anne Drewa
Anchor, News Hour Final Weekend
Reporter
Anne Drewa is happy to be back home in B.C. after living in the East Coast for several years. -
Lynn Colliar
Anchor, Morning News
Grab a cup of coffee and join Lynn Colliar and the rest of the gang, on Global BC, weekdays at 5:30 a.m. for the latest news, weather, traffic and sports. -
Steve Darling
Anchor, Morning News
Steve Darling joins Lynn Colliar on the anchor desk of the Morning News after a long and successful stint in the sports department. -
Sophie Lui
Anchor, Weekends
Reporter
Sophie Lui has been a part of the Global BC family for a number of years - whether in Vancouver or in Victoria. In early 2008, Sophie began filling in on Global BC’s Saturday and Sunday Morning News. -
Jane Carrigan
Anchor/Reporter
Jane Carrigan is a part-time reporter and anchor for Global BC television. She began her career in 1988 after graduating from the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Journalism program. -
Mark Madryga
Senior Meteorologist
Weather is Senior Meteorologist Mark Madryga's passion. He admits to being obsessed with weather since the age of 9, when he started tape-recording his own forecasts. -
Kristi Gordon
Weekend Meteorologist
Kristi joined Global BC in October 2006 after working in Edmonton for almost 3 years and before that Toronto. Kristi is finally back to the province where she grew up. -
Wayne Cox
Weather Forecaster
Always in the hot seat, veteran broadcaster Wayne Cox is one of the station's most popular personalities, but only when his "sunny" forecasts turn out to be right that is. -
Wesla Wong
Weather/Traffic Reporter
Wesla wakes up everyday thinking how lucky she is to live in such a beautiful province. -
Squire Barnes
Sports Director
Squire Barnes continues to be one of station's most popular personalities, which can be attributed to his knowledge of sports and his twisted sense of humour. -
Barry Deley
Sports Anchor/Reporter
When Barry isn't anchoring the weekend news or presenting the sports on Newshour Final, you can find him playing golf and hockey or spending time with his wife and three children. -
Jay Janower
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Having grown up watching Ch. 11 and loving sports, Jay Janower considers himself very fortunate to work at the station and report the latest goings on in the sports world. -
Jay Durant
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Jay loves the variety that comes with his job. Everyday there's something new in the world of sports so there are never any dull moments when the storylines are always changing. -
Keith Baldrey
Legislative Bureau Chief
Legislature Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey, based in Victoria, regularly reports live on the Noon News Hour and 5 p.m. Early News, and files daily stories for the 6 p.m. News Hour. -
Linda Aylesworth
Reporter
Linda Aylesworth has made a career out of helping people. Since 1995, she has brought viewers the latest in health news from the brightest minds in medical science. -
Ted Field
Reporter
Ted’s reporting career started when he was 11 years old and he received a tape recorder as a gift. -
Mike McCardell
Reporter
Everyone has a story and Mike McCardell knows it. See the world through Mike's eyes. It's a journey well worth taking. -
Brian Coxford
Reporter
Brian Coxford has been with Global BC News in Vancouver for more than 30 years. He started his journalism career in Thunder Bay Ontario at a local radio station as a news reporter. -
John L. Daly
Reporter
New York native John Daly has a nose for news. He is always in the right place at the right time, but is most proud of helping people overcome obstacles. -
Ted Chernecki
Reporter
After nine years of anchoring the late night newscast, Ted is returning to reporting. Away from the job, he enjoys "sedate" pastimes like recreational flying, ice hockey, skiing, and sailing. -
Grace Ke
Reporter
Originally from Vancouver, Grace returned home and joined the Global BC news team in June 2006. -
Aaron McArthur
Reporter
Aaron loves being part of the Global news team since joining Global BC back in 2001. Growing up in Fernie, B.C., the television in the McArthur household was always on and tuned to Global News morning, noon and night. -
Elaine Yong
Reporter
Elaine joined the Global BC news team in 2006 as a reporter covering the consumer affairs beat. Originally from Biggar, Saskatchewan, she spent most of her childhood growing up in Regina. -
Ron Bencze
Reporter
Ron joined the talented crew at Global BC in August of 2004, first as a writer for the Morning News before becoming a full-time reporter. -
Marisa Thomas
Reporter
Marisa Thomas joined Global BC in 2001 and has reported on stories from around the province and overseas. -
Michelle Miller
Reporter
As a child, Michelle's parents would drag her out of bed to be part of the crowd watching fires destroy businesses in their small farming community in Saskatchewan. -
Rumina Daya
Reporter
Rumina Daya is an award winning journalist who has covered stories all over the world, including the war in Afghanistan and the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, for which she won an RTNDA (Radio-Television News Directors Association) award. -
Samantha Falk
Reporter
Samantha travelled through the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand before landing in Vancouver, a city that captured her heart. -
Darlene Heidemann
Reporter
Darlene Heidemann joined the Global BC news team as a full time reporter in December 1999. Her previous media experience includes three years at the Bill Good Show at CKNW radio. -
Catherine Pope
Reporter
A native of Vancouver, Catherine was recently awarded a fellowship to work in Hong Kong. The best part of Catherine's job is that it is an education every day. -
Catherine Urquhart
Reporter
Catherine Urquhart is another "born in B.C." reporter. Catherine's proudest professional achievement is her feature story on native artist "Opie." -
Jennifer Palma
Reporter
Jennifer has always loved news. As a child she would watch the news instead of cartoons.

