CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme ‘blindsided’ following lay off by Bell Media after 35 years

​Early diagnosis

​Persistent symptoms

​New study

​Vulnerable kids

In 2019 at the Canadian Screen Awards, she won the best news anchor, and later in the year, she was declared one of the Officer of the Order of Canada along with 82 other Canadians.

Now Bell Media in a news release announced Omar Sachedinaas the new Senior Editor and Chief News Anchor of CTV National News which will come into effect from September 5.

Sachedina is currently working as National Correspondent for CTV news. Back in 2009, he joined CTV National News as a correspondent in Toronto.

The senior vice president of Content Development and News at Bell Media, Karine Mosesthinks the ideal person to lead CTV National News is Sachedina. Also adding that Sachedina has played a key role in unfolding breaking news across Canada and around the world to Canadians for over a decade.

The 58-year-old LaFlamme believes that she has a lot more to offer in the Industry.

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