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Debra Arbec

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Debra Arbec
Born
🏳️ NationalityCanadian
🎓 Alma materConcordia University
💼 Occupation
journalist

Debra Arbec is an award-winning[1] Canadian journalist.

Career[edit]

Arbec began her on-air career in Montreal in 1989.[2] For 13 years, she worked at CTV Montreal, beginning in 1997 as weekend anchor and news reporter. In 2003, she stepped up to the Monday to Friday at 11:30 anchor position.[3] That same year, she began her segment called Debra Arbec’s My Montreal which ran weekly on the newscast and featured the culture and traditions of multi-ethnic Montreal.

On May 11, 2011 she announced that she was leaving CTV Montreal[4][5] and made her debut on Monday, July 4, 2011 as the main co-anchor of the supper-hour newscast at CBC Montreal with Andrew Chang,[3] replacing the departed Jennifer Hall.[6] When Chang left Montreal, Arbec became the solo host.[7]

Awards[edit]

She was nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for best local news anchor in 2018,[8] 2019,[9] and 2020.[10] She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for best News special in 2015 for the results of the 2014 Quebec general election; she also moderated the English-language debate during the 2018 Quebec general election[11]. Before joining CBC in 2011 she had previously received several journalism awards.[12]

Personal Life and Education[edit]

Arbec grew up in Rawdon, Quebec[3] where her father ran a nursing home.[1] After doing Cegep at Vanier College,[1] she got a degree in broadcast journalism from Concordia University.[1][3][13]

She has been married to CTV Montreal sportscaster Brian Wilde since 2006. She is an avid runner.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Haldane, Maeve (9 August 2019). "Changing channels from career in medicine to TV news anchor". Montreal: Concordia University. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Debra Arbec Bio". CBC. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Debra Arbec and Andrew Chang – Co-anchors for CBC News: Montreal". The Montrealer. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. Faguy, Steve (11 May 2020). "Debra Arbec leaves CTV to co-host CBC newscast". Fagstein. Montreal. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. "Debra Arbec joins CBC Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal. 12 May 2011. p. C7. ProQuest 866461122.
  6. Kelly, Brendan (26 September 2011). "Debra Arbec rises to 'bigger challenge' at CBC". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. "Andrew Chang leaving CBC Montreal anchor chair". The Gazette. Montreal. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. "CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec nominated for Canadian Screen Award". CBC News. Montreal. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. Furdyk, Brent (26 March 2019). "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". Entertainment Tonight Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. "Debra Arbec nominated for Canadian Screen Award". CBC News. Montreal. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  11. Plante, Caroline (17 September 2018). "Débat en anglais: l'éducation et l'immigration créent des flammèches" [English debate: education and immigration sparks]. L'actualité (in French). Montreal. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 15 March 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  12. "Debra Arbec". CTV News. Montreal: CTV Television Network. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  13. Anhoury, Mia (10 April 2013). "CBC's Debra Arbec visits Concordia". The Concordian. Retrieved 3 October 2018.



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