Tyrone Edwards is a Canadian television broadcaster and entrepreneur, currently the cohost of CTV's entertainment magazine show '' eTalk''."Tyrone Edwards Takes the Reins as New Co-Anchor of CTV's ETALK". ''

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'', September 14, 2020. He first became locally prominent in

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in the 2000s as a partner in 1LoveTO, a Toronto community and entertainment blog which expanded by 2011 into a clothing line. In 2011 he was hired by

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as the new host of ''

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'', and served as an entertainment reporter and host for sister station E!. He joined ''eTalk'' as a reporter in 2018. In June 2020 he was cohost with CTV's

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and

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of ''Change & Action: Racism in Canada'', a public affairs special created by the network in response to the global anti-racism protests that followed the

murder of George Floyd On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's n ...

and the concurrent Canadian controversy around the

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. He was announced as the new cohost of '' eTalk'', replacing

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, on September 14; the following day, he was cohost with his ''eTalk'' colleague Chloe Wilde of the

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telecast for the

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. In addition to his television work, he is a partner in Miss Likklemore's, a Caribbean food restaurant on

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. During the

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, Edwards and his original 1LoveTO partners also launched See You Soon Toronto, a special clothing line whose profits were donated entirely to charities assisting workers impacted by the pandemic shutdowns.Caitlin Agnew, "Style news: sustainable accessories, and apparel that supports frontline workers". ''

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'', July 2, 2020.

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