Larysa Harapyn (born c. 1973) is a Canadian media personality, who was a news anchor at the now-defunct Sun News Network. She was an entertainment reporter on

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and was an anchor on the ''

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'' program seen throughout

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on the Star! specialty channel. In 2007, she was one of a number of staffers who worked both at Citytv and at CTV, but later left CTV. In December 2008, Rogers (the new owners of Citytv) eliminated the City''News'' entertainment unit, including Harapyn. She then worked as a journalist with the

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. Harapyn started in the CHUM family at all-news station

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and quickly became an entertainment reporter on the regular news broadcasts. She has interviewed notable personalities including

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, Lois Bromfield, David F. Boone,

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and Ryan Hamilton. She has also hosted some entertainment specials including ''Everything Hef'' (about ''

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'' magazine founder

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) and a pre-game show to the

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s. Harapyn also showed her comedic side by appearing in a number of Citytv commercials, promoting upcoming movies on the station. Harapyn is of

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descent. She was briefly a model before she came to Citytv and has two brothers, Roman and Ihor. She is a former student at

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. In 2002, Harapyn posed for ''

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'', a Canadian fitness magazine. Mid-2014 Harapyn began working at the Sun News Network as a "Hard News anchor". She gives news updates on the half-hour. The channel ceased operations in February 2015. Harapyn is now with the

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as print and media journalist.

References

External links

Pop Journalism: Larysa Harapyn interview
accessed 16 July 2006 1973 births Living people Canadian television hosts Canadian women television hosts Canadian people of Ukrainian descent York University alumni {{Canada-tv-bio-stub