Anita Bathe
Anita Bathe is a Canadian television journalist, best known as an anchor of CBC News Vancouver at Six on CBUT-DT in Vancouver, British Columbia from 2018 to 2024.[1]
A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, she is a graduate of MEI and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1] She began her career as a community channel reporter for Shaw TV in the Vancouver area, later working for various commercial radio stations in the Vancouver and Victoria markets before joining the CBC as a reporter in 2016.[1] She became coanchor with Mike Killeen of the 6 p.m. news in 2018,[2] and continued as sole anchor of the program after Killeen retired in 2021.[3]
In 2022, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Anchor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]
In March 2025, after being away from the anchor desk on maternity leave, she announced her retirement from the CBC to take another job outside of journalism.[5]
She is of South Asian background.[6]
Awards
2022 - Canadian Screen Awards - Best local news anchor[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Abbotsford journalist named co-host of CBC Vancouver News". Abbotsford News, November 5, 2018.
- ^ "Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Mike Killeen hired to anchor CBC's 6 p.m. news". Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2018.
- ^ Scott Brown, "CBC Vancouver news anchor Mike Killeen calls it a career". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
- ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "CBC Vancouver anchor Anita Bathe announces she’s leaving journalism". Broadcast Dialogue, March 27, 2025.
- ^ "Mainstream Media Takeover: South Asian Women Making Reigns". desitoday.ca. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "CBC Vancouver takes home 2 Canadian Screen Awards". April 4, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.