Jacquie Perrin
Encyclopedia
Jacquie Perrin is a Canadian journalist
. She was host of the CBC
's Saturday Report
and now current host of the Sunday 5:00 p.m. edition of CBC News: Today
on CBC Newsworld
. Her broadcast career began at CKWS radio in Kingston, Ontario
where she hosted a daily TV talk show
. She also put her geography
degree
from York University
to good use as the local weather reporter. Jacquie was selected Miss Dominion of Canada
in 1969 and represented Canada at the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific pageants. She is also an accomplished pilot.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. She was host of the CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's Saturday Report
Saturday Report
Saturday Report was the primary Saturday newscast aired on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld from 1982 to 2009. Jacquie Perrin was the program's most recent regular anchor, although that position had rotated frequently among CBC personalities in the newscast's later years...
and now current host of the Sunday 5:00 p.m. edition of CBC News: Today
CBC News: Today
CBC News Now is the daytime news program of CBC News Network. The show broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. It is also simultaneously broadcast on CBC Television from 12 to 1 p.m...
on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
. Her broadcast career began at CKWS radio in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
where she hosted a daily TV talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
. She also put her geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
to good use as the local weather reporter. Jacquie was selected Miss Dominion of Canada
Miss Dominion of Canada
Miss Dominion of Canada was a beauty pageant held in Niagara Falls for many years, primarily at the Sheraton Brock Hotel, on July 1, Canada's Dominion Day , beginning in 1959...
in 1969 and represented Canada at the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific pageants. She is also an accomplished pilot.