Anne Petrie

Who is Anne Petrie?

Anne Petrie is an award-winning broadcaster and was most known as the host of Canada Live and Coast to Coast on CBC Newsworld during its early years.

Prior to that she was the primary news anchor and host of CBWT's 24Hours LateNight from October 1985 to July 1989.

Anne came to Winnipeg from Vancouver where she hosted the local CBC Radio program 3's Company.

Anne has authored four books on Vancouver:

Ethnic Vancouver

Vancouver Secrets

More Vancouver Secrets

A guidebook to ethnic Vancouver : walking, shopping, and eating tours of the ethnic neighborhoods of Vancouver

One book on single-mothers — Gone to an Aunt's: Remembering Canada's Homes for Unwed Mothers.

Anne has also hosted Anne Petrie's Talk TV and Absolutely Canadian, both on CBC Newsworld, and The Moral Divide, a co-production with VisionTV.