Curt Petrovich is a Canadian

Canada

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 journalist. He has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 since 1986.

Petrovich is currently based in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. He has also worked for the CBC in Iqaluit, Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

 and Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

.

In 1999, Petrovich was awarded the Michener Award

Michener Award

The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism. The award was founded in 1970 by Roland Michener, who was Governor General of Canada at the time, and his wife Norah...

 by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson

Adrienne Clarkson

Adrienne Louise Clarkson is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation....

 for his coverage of a vote-splitting scandal in the 1995 Manitoba provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1995

The Manitoba general election of April 25,1995 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which won 31 seats out of 57...

. Following interviews with Darryl Sutherland, Petrovich discovered that organizers of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

 had funded Independent Native Voice

Independent Native Voice

Independent Native Voice, also known as Native Voice, was a short-lived political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1995 to address aboriginal issues, and ran three candidates in the 1995 provincial election. Native Voice was not registered with Elections Manitoba, and its candidates...

 candidates to split the left-of-centre vote with the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

 in three constituencies.

He made the following comment about CBC management in 2005, following the Corporation's lockout of its workers:

"Why isn't someone trying to take back the controls from a bunch of box cutter-wielding ideologues who are ready to smash this organization into the pillars of public trust that took decades to build?"

In 2008, Petrovich's stories on the sale of MacDonald Dettwiler

MacDonald Dettwiler

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. is a Richmond, British Columbia-based Canadian aerospace, information services and products company, employing over 3000 people throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, under the MDA brand name....

 were named the best in radio reporting in British Columbia at the Jack Webster Awards.

In 2009, Petrovich was presented the Canadian Association of Journalists

Canadian Association of Journalists

The Canadian Association of Journalists or L'Association Canadienne des Journalistes in French is one of several Canadian organizations of journalists. It was created to promote excellence in journalism and encourage investigative journalism...

 award for faith and spirituality along with fellow CBC journalists including Frank Koller

Frank Koller

Frank Koller is a Canadian journalist. He has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since 1982 and is currently based in Ottawa. He was a Foreign Correspondent for CBC Radio News in...

 and Vik Adhopia

Vik Adhopia

Vik Adhopia is a Canadian journalist who reports from Newfoundland and Labrador for CBC Radio.He attended Port Credit Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario...

for their work on CBC Radio's Where is God Today?. In the same year, Petrovich was awarded another Jack Webster Award for Best Feature Story in radio for his feature on the Canadian Men's Eight Rowing Team.

External links

• cbc.ca profile