Heather Hiscox

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Heather Hiscox
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Hiscox in 2013
Born (1965-11-18) 18 November 1965 (age 59)
Owen Sound, Ontario [1]
Alma mater University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario
Occupation News presenter
Employer Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
SpouseDr. Martin Goldbach

Heather Hiscox (born 18 November 1965) is a Canadian news anchor, who is the current host of CBC Morning Live with Heather Hiscox from 6 to 10 a.m. during weekdays on CBC News Network. She has also hosted CBC's former flagship morning television program CBC News: Morning which became part of CBC News Now when the network re-branded itself in 2009.

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In June 2025, Hiscox announced that she will retire from the CBC In the fall, following a special edition of Morning Live in November on the occasion of her 20th anniversary hosting the show. [2]

Biography

Hiscox was born in Owen Sound, Ontario and grew up in a medical family. She graduated in 1986 from the University of Toronto, with a B.A. in French language and literature and from the University of Western Ontario in 1987 with a master's degree in journalism. [3] She has previously worked for CFPL-TV, CBC Montreal, the Global Television Network, ASN and CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, before returning to the CBC at the network level. She also co-hosted a morning show on 1290 CJBK in London, Ontario with Steve Garrison from 1990–1991. In 1988–89, she did a variety of radio shifts at London's Rock FM96 CFPL-FM including afternoon drive and evenings. She began her broadcasting career in her hometown of Owen Sound at radio station CFOS/CFPS. In 1997, she appeared on the CIQC AM 600 Montreal program Travel World as part of a feature headlined as "The Hidden Holiday Hide-away Haunts of Heather Hiscox".

Hiscox won the Miss Teen Canada pageant in 1981 when she was 16 years old. [1] She is married to a heart surgeon, Martin Goldbach. [4]

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Clara Jean Howard
 Miss Teen Canada 1981 Succeeded by
Emily Sertic

References

  1. 1 2 Lennon, Frank. "Miss Teen Canada: Heather Hiscox, 16, of Owen Sound, won title and scholastic award with beauty, brains and bunions". Toronto Library.
  2. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "CBC Morning Live host Heather Hiscox announces retirement". Broadcast Dialogue, June 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "CBC Media Centre - Heather Hiscox". CBC.ca.
  4. ↑ Martin, Chip (September 23, 2010). "The inductees". London Free Press. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017.
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