Christine Birak is a Canadian television journalist, currently a health and science reporter for

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. She is most noted for winning the

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for Best National News Reporter at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. An employee of the CBC since the early 2000s, her reportage for '' The National'' was especially prominent in 2020 due to the prominence of the

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."CBC health reporter among winners on Night 1 of Canadian Screen Awards"

, May 17, 2021. She has also appeared on

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as an anchor of ''

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''.

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Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian television news anchors Canadian women television journalists Canadian Screen Award winning journalists Living people Canadian people of Punjabi descent Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-journalist-stub