When it comes to news, Toronto is a hotbed of information and ideas. There are tons of different newspapers and websites churning out all kinds of information every day. From politics to sports, there are tons of topics to cover. This article focuses on a couple of them.
Thalia Assuras
Thalia Assuras has been a seasoned Canadian television journalist for more than 30 years. Born in London, Ontario, she has worked for both CTV and Global CanWest networks. After her departure from ABC in 1997, she joined CBS and began anchoring the morning news for the network.
She has also served as the host of CBS’s Eye on People cable channel and the ABC network’s World News This Morning. Her reporting includes interviews with Presidents, scientists, and celebrities. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Assuras is an accomplished media consultant, consultant, and strategist. Currently, she is a member of the advisory boards of the Center for National Policy and the Next Generation Initiative.
In addition to her work at the global news in Toronto, she is a founding member of the Next Generation Initiative. Through her consulting practice, she provides media training, strategic planning, and media relations services to executives and companies.
Richard Brown
Richard Brown has been a global news reporter in Toronto for over three years. He is a multimedia reporter with a focus on grassroots activism, economic development and international relations. His current assignment is reporting on the criminalization of indigenous land rights organizations in Guatemala.
Before joining Global, Brown was a news anchor for CTV News in Toronto. He also worked for the WCBS-TV in New York. As well as his broadcast career, he has been an English and history teacher and has served as a speech writer for the Canadian Liberal Party.
While at Global, Brown’s most notable projects included covering migration to the United States, war-torn Beirut and genocide-ridden Rwanda. He has also reported from Los Angeles during the riots and from North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Sean O’Shea
O’Shea is a Global News consumer reporter with a passion for consumer protection. He has a knack for the altruistic and has helped consumers snare hundreds of thousands of dollars in over-priced services.
On a practical note, O’Shea is the go-to guy for consumer news, consumer trends and consumer missteps. Aside from reporting on major consumer scandals and consumer protection, he also has been involved in a number of consumer-focused research projects. For instance, he has contributed to Global News magazine’s 16:9 program, a collection of news, entertainment, sports and lifestyle articles.
O’Shea’s most notable contributions include covering the space shuttle in orbit and the latest and greatest in consumer technology. In fact, he’s even reported from the other side of the planet, in Ghana.
Ahmar Khan
Ahmar Khan, global news in Toronto, is a journalist who covers stories for everyday Canadians. He has worked for several media outlets, including CTV News, CTV News Ottawa, Yahoo News, and Politico. But he recently was fired from CBC after a homophobic slur on WhatsApp was brought to their attention.
While Khan was working for CBC, the union representing its employees, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG), said CBC had violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canada Human Rights Act, and its collective agreement with the union. The union was also alleging that the CBC had breached the privacy of Khan, who is an Asian Canadian.
In its complaint, the CMG said that the CBC breached its employees’ privacy and had violated the rights of its reporters under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a Canadian law that guarantees the right of an individual to be free from discrimination. CBC management had been sent copies of the messages, but the union says it was not contacted by management until a reporter found the information on the CBC laptop.
