Canadian journalist\u00a0Beverly Thomson, a longtime anchor with CTV\u00a0News,\u00a0has died.<\/p>\n
Thomson, best known for her high-profile interviews with politicians and celebrities, died on Sunday morning surrounded by her family after a long battle with cancer, CTV News reported. She was 61.<\/p>\n
Thomson joined CTV News Toronto as a reporter, where she most recently worked as a CTV News Channel anchor after working on-air for the network’s morning show Canada AM.\u00a0She also worked as a news anchor for Global News from 1997 to 2003.<\/p>\n
Last October, Thomson was awarded the lifetime achievement award by the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada.<\/p>\n
When presented the award, then-RTDNA Canada president Lis Travers called Thomson “one of Canada’s most respected news personalities.”<\/p>\n
Her career spanned over 30 years and included coverage of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and featured interviews with Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Donald Trump and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.<\/p>\n
Richard Gray, vice-president of news at Bell Media,\u00a0said Thomson was a “trusted voice and a valued teammate to all of us at CTV News” in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“Bev’s natural on-air style created an immediate connection with viewers. For decades, she also made a significant impact across the country with her vocal support and advocacy for cancer charities,” Gray wrote.<\/p>\n
“Bev will be dearly missed by all of us at CTV News. We extend our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones.”<\/p>\n
In a joint statement shared to social media, former Canada AM\u00a0personalities Jeff Hutcheson, Marci Ien and Seamus O’Regan\u00a0called Thomson a “good and kind and thoughtful friend” who persevered through years of cancer treatment while on air.<\/p>\n
“The four of us spent three hours together every morning, live on air, five days a week, for years and years,” the statement said, adding that Thomson “could scrap with politicians and give as good as she got.”<\/p>\n
“She fought [cancer]\u00a0so hard, chin up. On tough mornings back then we’d always ask her what we could do, but we always knew the answer: get on with the job. So we did. We always carried each other.”<\/p>\n
Former Global News anchor Leslie Roberts paid tribute to Thomson on social media, calling her a “solid news anchor, mother and friend.”<\/p>\n
“As my first Toronto co-anchor, she always had my back. No one better to have as a ‘work wife,”‘ Roberts said.<\/p>\n
Thomson was a 2019 recipient of the Order of Canada for her contributions to the broadcasting industry and volunteer work with multiple breast cancer organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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