Tom Harrington is a

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radio and television journalist for the

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. He is currently the anchor of

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's afternoon news program ''

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''."CBC MARKETPLACE'S TOM HARRINGTON MOVES TO RADIO"
CBC Media Centre, April 20, 2015. A graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland,"New CBC Marketplace host a good sport". ''

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'', August 27, 2010. Harrington joined the CBC as a sports reporter for CBC Calgary before moving to CBC Montreal. He later moved to the national

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division as anchor of ''National Sports'', a sports news program on CBC Newsworld,"Network cuts back on sports: Newsworld changes strategy to boost business coverage". ''

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'', June 5, 1997. and as a sports reporter for '' The National''. His work for the CBC included covering

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and

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events. He was also heard as an occasional guest host on radio news programs such as '' The Current'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is a four-time

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nominee for best sports host. He joined

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's consumer affairs newsmagazine ''

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'' as cohost in 2010, remaining with the program until joining ''The World This Hour'' in 2015.

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