Harry Forestell is a Canadian television

Television

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 journalist

Journalist

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 and news anchor. He was the host of CBC Newsworld

CBC Newsworld

CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...

's Around the World and the 4 p.m. hour of CBC News Today from Toronto. On February 15, 2010, he became the anchor of CBAT-TV

CBAT-TV

CBAT-TV is the CBC's television station in New Brunswick. The station's main studios are located in Fredericton. It broadcasts terrestrially on VHF channel 4 from its main transmitter on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and serves the province via a network of relay...

's evening newscasts. He was previously based in London, England for CBC News: Morning

CBC News: Morning

CBC News: Morning was a Canadian breakfast television show which aired live on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld from 6-10 a.m. ET . It was not available over-the-air in the Atlantic and Newfoundland Time Zones...

 delivering international

International

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 news. He has extensively covered business

Business

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 news and graduated from St. Thomas University

St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)

St. Thomas University is jointly a public and Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It offers degrees exclusively at the undergraduate level for approximately 3,000 students in the liberal arts, humanities, journalism, education, and social work....

 in Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

. While at St. Thomas University, he was the editor of the student newspaper and was involved in numerous student activities. He also attended Carleton University

Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

 in 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...

. He has won numerous awards.

External links

• CBC.ca biography
• Around the World website