IAN HANOMANSING Ian Hanomansing brings a wealth of experience to his roles as host of CBC News Vancouver at Six, a one-hour newscast with a mix of local, national and international news, he is also the substitute host of CBC's The National. This summer Ian will host CBC's Pacific Prime, which features daily Olympic coverage. In 2007 he hosted special assignments for CBC, such as the environment special Feeling the Heat, a new CBC radio program, that inspired Canadians to get serious about the environment. Prior to his current assignment, Hanomansing anchored Canada Now, the half-hour national news show. As host of CBC Newsworld's Pacific Rim Report and Foreign Assignment between 1995 and 2000, his assignments took him to Asia, including the Philippines, Japan and Viet Nam. Ian has an extensive and varied background in broadcasting. Starting out in commercial radio at CKDH Radio in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Ian continued his radio broadcasting in Moncton and Halifax before joining CBC Television in Halifax, moving to Toronto and then Vancouver, spending thirteen years as a reporter for CBC TV National News. Ian's assignments have taken him north to Iqualuit, to cover the Agreement-in-Principle for the creation of Nunavut, and south to San Diego to cover the Heaven Gate's cult suicides. Other major stories he's covered include the Olympics in Salt Lake City, Nagano and Atlanta, the 1994 Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver, the 1992 Los Angeles Riot, the 1990 Liberal Leadership Convention, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. He anchored CBC’s live coverage of the 1997 Hong Kong Handover and CBC Newsworld's groundbreaking two-hour live special from Vancouver's downtown eastside exploring the issues of drug addiction and treatment. As host of Pacific Rim Report and Foreign Assignment, he has reported from Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Hanomansing was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick. He graduated from Mount Allison University in Sackville with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology and obtained a law degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. An active member of the debate team throughout his university career, Ian won three national university debating titles. Drawing on his experience, Ian has spoken and written about many media issues, including the editorial impact of concentration of media ownership in Canada, the line between journalism and tabloid reporting, and media coverage of the legal system, especially cameras in the courts and judges' restrictions on reporting on trials. Ian Hanomansing and his wife, Nancy Trott, live in Vancouver, BC with their two sons. .