Alison Smith (born August 22, 1954) is a Canadian television and radio journalist and anchor.

Biography

She graduated in 1972 from Southern Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver,

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, where her father Bruce was a guidance counsellor. She studied at the

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and

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. By 1982, Smith was working as a reporter in Toronto. From 2005 to 2009, Smith was

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correspondent, succeeding

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. Prior to her Washington assignment, she was the host of the network's morning show '' CBC News: Morning'', and was also the anchor for '' The National'' from 1992 to 1995 when the program aired only on

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during which period ''

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'' was CBC's flagship news show. Smith was also one of the first anchors for CBC Newsworld on the program ''This Day''. On September 28, 2009, Smith became anchor of

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's ''

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''. On May 8, 2014, Smith announced her retirement from CBC. Smith's last day as anchor on ''The World at Six'' was June 26, 2014. In 2016, she joined CPAC as host of a new weekly series on international affairs."CPAC Unveils New Look and Welcomes Alison Smith"
. ''Broadcaster'', November 16, 2016.

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