Robin Gill (born May 12, 1978) is a Canadian journalist who was the weekend anchor for ''

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'' and B.C. correspondent from 2008 to 2021. She has also worked for the

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(CBC) and graduated from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

with a degree in

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and from

BCIT The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in Burn ...

she earned a

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. Gill began her career as a writer and researcher for

CHAN-TV CHAN-DT (channel 8), branded on-air as Global BC (formerly British Columbia Television or BCTV), is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Global Television Network. Owned and opera ...

. Her next position required her to move to

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

for a job reporting and anchoring for

CTV Yorkton CICC-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, it is a semi-satellite of CKCK-DT in Regina. CICC-TV's studios are located on B ...

. From Saskatchewan she then began reporting for the CBC in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

. She helped launch

A-Channel A-Channel (proposed as The Alberta Channel) was a Canadian television system initially owned by Craig Media from September 1997 to 2004, then by CHUM Limited from 2004 to 2005 through A-Channel, Inc. It consisted of Craig's television stations in ...

, a new station in

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

(now

Citytv Citytv is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The licence of the original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC on November 25, 1971 to Cable Television Ass ...

), where she hosted both the morning show and reported for the evening news. She then moved to

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

in the summer of 2000, to report for Global News in Toronto (

CIII-TV CIII-DT (channel 41) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, CIII-DT maintains studios at 81 Barber Green ...

) before becoming the weekend anchor. Since moving to Toronto, Gill has worked on many stories highlighting local issues, including the SARS outbreak, the 2003 and 2007 provincial elections, the Blackout of 2003, and the

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's visit. She was also active in reporting on the 2005 " Year of the Gun" story for Global News, and hosted and reported on community events in affected areas which were aimed at reducing gun violence in troubled

neighbourhoods. In December 2008, Gill joined ''Global National'' as the new weekend anchor. Gill anchored her final ''Global National'' broadcast on December 19, 2021.Connie Thiessen
"Global National’s Robin Gill leaving network after 21 years"
''Broadcast Dialogue'', December 14, 2021.

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Living people British Columbia Institute of Technology alumni Canadian television news anchors Canadian television reporters and correspondents CBC Television people Journalists from British Columbia Journalists from Toronto University of British Columbia alumni Canadian women television journalists Global Television Network people 1978 births {{canada-journalist-stub