Anita Bathe

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Anita Bathe is a Canadian television journalist, best known as an anchor of CBC News Vancouver at Six on CBUT-DT in Vancouver, British Columbia from 2018 to 2024. [1]

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, she is a graduate of MEI 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, [2] and continued as sole anchor of the program after Killeen retired in 2021. [3]

In 2022, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Anchor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards. [4]

In March 2025, after being away from the anchor desk on maternity leave, she announced her retirement from the CBC to take another job outside of journalism. [5]

She is of South Asian background. [6]

Awards

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Abbotsford journalist named co-host of CBC Vancouver News". Abbotsford News , November 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Mike Killeen hired to anchor CBC's 6 p.m. news". Vancouver Sun , November 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Scott Brown, "CBC Vancouver news anchor Mike Killeen calls it a career". Vancouver Sun , May 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada , April 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "CBC Vancouver anchor Anita Bathe announces she’s leaving journalism". Broadcast Dialogue, March 27, 2025.
  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.


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