Ian Hanomansing

Ian Harvey Hanomansing (born 1962/1963)<ref name=Newsgram/> is a Trinidadian-Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).<ref name=starpotential>"Hanomansing's future is anchored in star potential: Pacific Rim host could be next Mansbridge". Vancouver Sun, June 16, 1997.</ref> He formerly hosted CBC News Network Vancouver on CBC News Network, and reports for CBC Television's nightly newscast, The National.

On August 1, 2017, he was named a co-anchor of The National,<ref name="nationalanchors">Template:Cite news</ref> and currently anchors the show on Fridays and Sundays. He also served as interim host of CBC Radio One's weekly call-in show Cross Country Checkup from 2020 to 2022, while regular host Duncan McCue was on sabbatical,<ref>"Ian Hanomansing named interim host of Cross Country Checkup's 55th season". Cross Country Checkup, September 3, 2020.</ref> and was named permanent host of the program in 2022.<ref>David Friend, "CBC makes changes at ‘The National’ ahead of free streaming channel launch". Toronto Star, June 30, 2022.</ref>

In 2025, the CBC announced that Hanomansing will become host of a new nightly news program, Hanomansing Tonight, on CBC News Network beginning February 18.<ref>Cassandra Szklarski, "Ian Hanomansing to host live CBC News Network prime-time show from Vancouver". Toronto Star, February 12, 2025.</ref>

Early life

Hanomansing was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago to Indian parents. He grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick with parents Eunice and Harvey, along with his sister Ria.<ref name=starpotential/><ref name="NowOrNever" /> Hanomansing got his first job coming out of high school in 1979 at a radio station in Amherst, Nova Scotia.<ref name="NowOrNever">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He attended Mount Allison University for his undergraduate education and graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science and sociology.<ref name=goingnational>"Going national: Sackville man anchors CBC's supper-hour show starting Monday". Telegraph-Journal, September 30, 2000.</ref> Hanomansing studied law at Dalhousie Law School and graduated in 1986.<ref name=goingnational/>

Broadcasting career

Hanomansing's broadcast media career began at CKDH in Amherst, Nova Scotia in the summer after his graduation, followed by work at CKCW in Moncton, New Brunswick and at CHNS in nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia.<ref name=goingnational/> In 1986, he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He worked for CBC bureaus in the Maritimes and Toronto, Ontario before moving to Vancouver, where he was a network reporter and hosted the now-defunct programs Pacific Rim Report, Foreign Assignment, and Times 7 (a joint venture with The New York Times) and also hosted a summer series on CBC Radio One, Feeling the Heat.

From 2000 to 2007, he was the anchor of the national segment of the defunct newscast Canada Now;<ref name=goingnational/> following that program's cancellation, he was the co-anchor of CBC News: Vancouver, CBUT's supper hour newscast, from 2007 to 2010. He returned to his former role as network reporter for The National in 2010;<ref>"Parsons takes on second desk job as co-host of CBC supper-hour newscast". National Post, April 13, 2010.</ref> and from 2012 to 2017, Hanomansing hosted CBC News Now with Ian Hanomansing, which was broadcast live from CBC Vancouver on weeknights. On August 1, 2017, he was named as one of four new co-hosts of The National, CBC's flagship news broadcast alongside Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton and Andrew Chang. In 2020, he was named the Friday and Sunday anchor of the programme.<ref name="houpt2020">Template:Cite news</ref>

Hanomansing has developed and hosted a series of innovative live news specials including "Downtown Drugs", in November 1998, from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during a public health emergency declared after a high number of fatal overdoses.<ref>"CBC focuses on Eastside's Welfare Wednesday: The sad street spectacle is a voyeur's delight and makes for arresting TV, but it's not the news any more". Vancouver Sun, October 29, 1998.</ref> In March 2005, "Crime on the Streets" was broadcast, in part, from Stoney Mountain Institution in Manitoba.<ref name=lawday>"CBC journalist keynote speaker for Law Day Luncheon". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, April 10, 2014.</ref> It is believed to be the only live national news special from a Canadian federal penal institution. It won a national Justicia Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting,<ref name=lawday/> as well as a Jack Webster Award.<ref>"2005 Webster Awards honour B.C. journalism". Vancouver Sun, October 21, 2005.</ref>

In 2006, Hanomansing also designed Big League Manager, an NHL-licensed board game.<ref>"Board-game makers shoot, hope to score: New business has 'everything to prove'". The Province, November 17, 2006.</ref><ref name="NowOrNever" /> His game was voted a "Best Bet" by the Canadian Toy Testing Council.<ref>BLM Games Inc</ref>

Awards and honours

Hanomansing received an honorary degree, Doctor of Laws honoris causa (LLD), from Mount Allison University in 2003.<ref>"Speakers urge graduates of Mount Allison University to live lives with integrity". Telegraph-Journal, May 13, 2003.</ref> On November 28, 2008 Hanomansing won the Gemini Award for Best News Anchor, beating Kevin Newman and Peter Mansbridge.<ref>"Geminis given to familiar fare". Windsor Star, November 29, 2008.</ref> in 2010, Hanomansing was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In March 2016, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best National News Anchor over Peter Mansbridge, Lisa LaFlamme and Heather Hiscox.<ref>"CBC's Ian Hanomansing on the future of 'The National' post-Mansbridge". Telegraph-Journal, September 19, 2016.</ref>

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