Valerie Pringle CM (née Whittingham ,[ 1] born 5 September 1953) is a Canadian television host and journalist , hosting the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC since 2006. Pringle was born in Windsor, Ontario .[ 2]
Pringle began her career in broadcasting as a summer student with Toronto radio station CFRB in 1973,[ 3] and became a full-time reporter for the station the following year. In 1981, she hosted her own daily series on CFRB, The Pringle Program .[ 4]
In 1984, Pringle moved to the CBC as one of the original cohosts of Midday .[ 5] She stayed with Midday until 1992, when she moved to CTV to co-host Canada AM .[ 6]
With CTV, Pringle was also a host of special events programming such as the network's 1993 election and 1995 Quebec referendum coverage and the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway .[ 7]
Pringle remained with Canada AM until 2001.[ 8] Since then, she hosted a travel show with CTV, Valerie Pringle Has Left the Building , from 2002 to 2006,[ 9] documentary specials for Discovery Channel Canada , and the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC from 2006.[ 2] In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada .[ 10] She lives in Toronto, Ontario.[ 2]
She is married to Andy Pringle ,[ 1] previously chairman of Upper Canada College 's Board of Governors and chief of staff to then Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader John Tory , former mayor of Toronto . They have three children: a daughter named Catherine and two sons.[ 11]
Pringle is also an official spokesperson for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research .[ 12]
She is a member of the board of directors of the Trans Canada Trail [ 13] and the Trans Canada Trail Foundation.[ 14]
References
^ a b Wong, Jan (14 December 2011). Lunch With . Random House Digital, Inc. p. 94. ISBN 9780385673488 . Retrieved 17 July 2012 .
^ a b c Iltan, Cigdem (22 December 2008). "Valerie Pringle" . Postmedia News . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ Flynn, Andrew (7 July 2001). "After 20 years, Valerie's dying to sleep in" . Hamilton Spectator . pp. D.08. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012 . ...began in 1973 as a summer student with CFRB radio
^ Herman, Alexander; Matthews, Paul; Feindel, Andrew (25 February 2008). Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started . Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 110– 111. ISBN 9781550027839 . Retrieved 17 July 2012 .
^ Crean, Susan (1 June 1987). Newsworthy: The Lives of Media Women . Formac Publishing Company. p. 94. ISBN 9780887801501 . Retrieved 17 July 2012 .
^ "Canada AM Host Valerie Pringle Quits to Host Shows on Digital TV" . North Bay Nugget . 27 June 2001. p. A9. Retrieved 17 July 2012 .
^ "Fifteen years after Lillehammer, CTV set to tackle Vancouver Winter Games" . Cape Breton Post . 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ McTighe, Carolyn (9 May 2009). "These Canadians talk about the fun of being a mom" . The Kingston Whig-Standard . Archived from the original on 2 January 2018.
^ Knelman, Martin (21 July 2002). "Travel show puts Pringle back on air" . Toronto Star . pp. D.02. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012 .
^ Order of Canada citation
^ "A Story of Hope" . St. Joseph Health Care Foundation. Retrieved 21 September 2013 .
^ Ireland, Jessica (22 August 2009). "High Tea for Charity" . woman.ca . Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
^ "Federal Corporation Information – 2876868: Trans Canada Trail" . Corporations Canada, Industry Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2014 .
^ "Federal Corporation Information – 7672594: Trans Canada Trail Foundation" . Corporations Canada, Industry Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2014 .
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