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  CBC.ca Arts - Mary Lou Finlay to retire from CBC
Mary Lou Finlay, host of As It Happens and one of Canada's best-known journalists, is retiring from the CBC.
Finlay began hosting a CBC Ottawa television magazine in 1970, three years after she graduated from the University of Ottawa.
Finlay says she has hundreds of cherished memories of her career, from doing her first interviews to travelling on the job to joining the As It Happens crew.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2005/10/20/finlay_051020.html   (1456 words)

  
 Campus News:
Former Alberta MP David Kilgour and broadcast journalists Pamela Wallin and Mary Lou Finlay have recently joined the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) in the School of Policy Studies as fellows.
Mary Lou Finlay is co-chairing a conference on Communications during Crisis scheduled this spring and Pamela Wallin will be a keynote; Ms.
Finlay is also representing CSD on a study tour of Taiwan in early December and has delivered a lecture as has David Kilgour in our Canadian Values and Democracy Lecture Series.
qnc.queensu.ca /campusnews_article_loader.php?id=4578871fbe663   (194 words)

  
 TV-Finlay-Retires, 1st Writethru Bgt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TORONTO (CP) - Mary Lou Finlay, the host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens for the past eight years, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of next month.
Finlay, 58, had nothing but praise for As It Happens but added that at this stage in her life hosting the show demanded huge amounts of energy.
Finlay said her successor has yet to be chosen.
www.cp.org /premium/ONLINE/member/media/051020/X102055AU.html   (505 words)

  
 Mary Lou Finlay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Lou Finlay (born 1944) is a Canadian journalist who hosted the CBC Radio One news program As It Happens from September 1, 1997 until November 30, 2005.
Finlay graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1967 with a BA in English and French literature.
Finlay became co-host with Barbara Budd of As It Happens on 1 September 1997, having to cover the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on her first day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Lou_Finlay   (282 words)

  
 Mary Lou Finlay — Adventures of an Argentinian Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I would be able to live the rest of my life accomplishing nothing, but the glory of Mary Lou’s interview would make me shine forever.
My dad was never a talkative man, but with Mary Lou there was something to listen to and comment on.
I am going to be on Mary Lou’s last program on November 30th.
juan.users.geeky.net /2005/11/10/mary-lou-finlay   (1160 words)

  
 Daily Planet News - The Daily Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mary Lou Finlay to Moderate Sept. 23 Ontario
Mary Lou Finlay, the host of CBC Radio's As-It-Happens, will be the moderator of the Ontario election leaders' debate that is to air
Arnold Amber of the CBC is chairman of the broadcast consortium.
www.thedailyplanet.com /debate.htm   (175 words)

  
 Brigadier-General Stu Beare - As It Happens - Remembrance Day 2004
And I also had seven mules in the back of my truck, and a Gurkha beside me, and we went up in the mountains in Italy and there was snow up there, and these Gurkhas done their job up there, and that was very… quite interesting.
FINLAY: These men who survived the bad wars, the First War and the Second War, have much to be proud of, I think, their own courage in enlisting and surviving what they went through, and you do too, today, but I'm wondering how the rest of the forces feel today.
FINLAY: I understand that part of the ceremony today at Shilo was quite special because the base could have been closed down when the Germans stopped training there.
www.army.dnd.ca /lfwa_HQ/transcript_As_It_Happens_BGen_Beare_nov_11_04.htm   (1345 words)

  
 The University of Ottawa honours national leaders | News Releases & Announcements | Media Room
In addition, award-winning journalist Mary Lou Finlay was honoured with the University’s highest alumni award.
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster, Mary Lou Finlay, received the Meritas Tabaret Award, the University’s highest award to alumni.
Mary Lou Finlay has joined Queen’s University’s Centre for Democracy as a visiting fellow.
www.media.uottawa.ca /mediaroom/news_details-e.php?nid=1013   (516 words)

  
 » Mary Lou Finlay to retire from CBC Radio (I Love Radio .org)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mary Lou Finlay to retire from CBC Radio
Mary Lou Finlay, the host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens for the past eight years, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of next month.(Full story.)
This entry was posted by Tod Maffin on Thursday, October 20th, 2005 at 10:45 pm and is filed under Personalities, Canada, Public Radio.
todmaffin.com /blogs/radio/2005/10/20/mary-lou-finlay-to-retire-from-cbc-radio   (159 words)

  
 Honorary_Degrees - Convocation 2006
Finlay hosted the CBC public affairs show, Four for the Road.
Finlay retired from CBC Radio several months ago.
She continues to work on her own projects, and to contribute to CBC on a freelance basis.
www.dal.ca /convocation/Honorary_Degrees   (1463 words)

  
 Hominid Views » Blog Archive » We’ll Miss You Mary Lou
The program is hosted by two wonderful women: Mary Lou Finlay and Barbara Budd.
In any case, after eight years of hosting the program, and 35 years in journalism, Mary Lou Finlay is retiring.
As a parting gift, Mary Lou is conducting a series of interviews of people she has always wanted to interview.
hominidviews.com /?p=139   (442 words)

  
 Y-File
CBC Radio’s "As It Happens" host Mary Lou Finlay interviewed two York University student politicians Jan. 13 about the lack of agreement over who won the student council elections.
Finlay talked to Nick Freedman, a member of the old student council who does not wish to ratify the Nov. 27 election results, and Paul Cooper, who won the vote for student council president but whose win has not been ratified.
Theo Peridis, policy professor at York’s Schulich School of Business, discussed a report that detailed the long list of charges which now have to be detailed on airline ticket purchases, on Global TV’s "Moneywise" Jan. 13.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=2265   (452 words)

  
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And I'm hoping in the same vein we might be able to do that same thing in the future with some of Asia's species.
With our partners we will have these offspring produced, and then through the design of the turtle survival lines, as conservation organizations have protected areas, we will have stock of turtles that are appropriate for those areas to put back in those areas.
FINLAY: (...) BUHLMANN: And right now we have been generously provided with three cargo shipments of turtles by United Airlines, which was 227 turtles, 245 turtles, and tonight we are expecting 672 turtles.
www.turtlesurvival.org /JupiterCourier01032002.doc   (1813 words)

  
 Finlay and Company [TV Series] | MTV MOVIES
Telecast on Thursday evenings, the Canadian interview series Finlay and Company was a vehicle for popular CBC news correspondent Mary Lou Finlay.
In the course of the series' six-week run, Finlay spoke with Canada's top politicians, journalists, and industrialists.
Finlay and Company aired from June 1 to July 6, 1976.
www.mtv.com /movies/movie/221086/moviemain.jhtml   (140 words)

  
 Mary Lou Finlay to Retire
The CBC is reporting that Mary Lou Finlay is retiring as of November 30.
Currently the host of the radio program As It Happens on CBC Radio One, Finlay is perhaps least well remembered for co-hosting The Journal with Barbara Frum starting in 1982.
The CBC Archives page on The Journal says that Finlay left the show after two years because producer Mark Starowicz “believed a 38-minute show was too short to justify two hosts.” I always thought she was the better of the two hosts, and I’ve always enjoyed her on As It Happens.
ruk.ca /article/3225   (105 words)

  
 wamu.org : Programming Announcements
Mary Lou Finlay, co-host of the CBC's As It Happens to retire
WAMU has learned that Mary Lou Finlay, co-host of the CBC's As It Happens for the past eight years, will retire on November 30, 2005.
"Mary Lou is a solid journalist and a wonderful broadcaster, and has always set the bar high in bringing quality journalism to As It Happens
www.wamu.org /programs/programming_announcements.php   (334 words)

  
 Nov 2005
Mary Lou Finlay co-hosted her very last episode of As It Happens on CBC's Radio One.
I may be a newcomer to listening to the CBC, but in the last five years or so, I have been a great admirer of Mary Lou, and her co-host Barbara Budd.
As It Happens is that rare thing--a thoughtful, provocative current affairs show that is not opposed to looking at the lighter sides of things, and having a laugh at itself.
homepage.mac.com /jadigioia/files/archive-3.html   (1559 words)

  
 Professional Breakfast - Canadian Women's Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mary Lou Finlay has been hosting CBC Radio One’s program As It Happens since 1997.
Mary Lou won a prestigious Martin Goodman Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.
Canadian Women's Foundation is grateful to Mary Lou Finlay for her continuing participation in the foundation's annual Professional Breakfast event.
www.cdnwomen.org /eng/Professional_Breakfast_2004/PBhosts.htm   (226 words)

  
 December 01, 2003 - Reporters: Prick up your ears by William Thorsell
Mary Lou Finlay's curiosity remains keen six years into hosting As It Happens, and 28 years after joining CBC Toronto itself.
Finlay and her snazzy sidekick Barbara Budd will call to find out what, why and how.
And if something wonderful is promised for tomorrow -- a breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's -- they will be there too.
www.friends.ca /News/Friends_News/archives/articles12010302.asp   (625 words)

  
 TheStar.com - artsentertainment - Journal a high point for CBC
Barbara Frum and Mary Lou Finley in an early photo from The Journal.
The show was considered a huge gamble, and no one at network headquarters was expecting it to attract more than one million viewers a night in its first year or two on the air.
Now it seems hard to believe, but at first what made the show controversial was the fact that its two hosts, Frum and Mary Lou Finlay, were women.
www.thestar.com /artsentertainment/article/169503   (1039 words)

  
 azerbic - Antonia Zerbisias - Toronto Star Blog: October 17, 2005 - October 23, 2005
Veteran CBCer Mary Lou Finlay is hanging up her microphone at As It Happens.
In making this decision, Mary Lou said: “It’s just the right time for me, even though it will be hard to leave.
The door is open for Mary Lou to contribute to CBC Radio programming down the road, and we all hope that we will hear her familiar voice on CBC once again.
www.thestar.blogs.com /azerb/2005/week42/index.html   (9927 words)

  
 Yellow Springs Ohio, WYSO PUBLIC RADIO FM 91.3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Produced in Toronto, As It Happens covers American news from a distinctively Canadian perspective, and also excels in coverage of Europe and Central and South America.
Mary Lou Finlay is one of Canada's most highly respected broadcast journalists.
Her experience includes co-hosting CBC Television's The Journal and Take 30, and serving as host for six years on CBC Radio's Sunday Morning.
www.wyso.org /asithappens.htm   (243 words)

  
 As It Happens … part 2 — Adventures of an Argentinian Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As you may remember, a few weeks ago I wrote to CBC regarding Mary Lou Finlay.
My name is Sarah Martin and I am a producer with CBC Radio in Toronto.
We received your email request to speak with Mary Lou Finlay.
juan.users.geeky.net /2005/11/21/as-it-happens-part-2   (146 words)

  
 globeandmail.com: Entertainment
Toronto — Mary Lou Finlay, the host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens for the past eight years, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of next month.
"It's just the right time for me, even though it will be hard to leave," Finlay, a highly regarded on-air personality at the public broadcaster for three decades, said in a memo to CBC colleagues.
To continue reading this article, you will need to purchase this article.
www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20051020.wfinal20/BNStory/Entertainment   (213 words)

  
 Professional Breakfast - Canadian Women's Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Canadian Women's Foundation thanks keynote speaker Roberta Jamieson, hosts Mary Lou Finlay and Margot Franssen, and sponsors Hbc, Bell Mobility, and Garnier for making the 2004 Professional Breakfast a huge success.
Human rights advocate and Chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Roberta Jamieson is the first woman ever to head Canada’s most populous reserve.
Mary Lou Finlay is one of Canada’s most highly respected broadcast journalists and has been hosting CBC Radio One’s program As It Happens since 1997.
www.cdnwomen.org /eng/Professional_Breakfast_2004/PBindex.htm   (143 words)

  
 DUWC News
CBC Radio's "As It Happens" program with Mary Lou Finlay.
Curtis Richardson talks about recent findings on the ecological condition of the Iraqi marshes with CBC radio host Mary Lou Finlay during a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio interview.
An Arab marsh culture survived in the wetlands near the Tigris and Euphrates for over 5,000 years until Saddam Husseins's regime drained the marshes.
www.env.duke.edu /wetland/newsitems.htm   (146 words)

  
 Our Public Airwaves - Feature Articles
Supporters of Israel relentlessly criticize his work as pro-Palestinian, while MacDonald's defenders see him as a journalistic gem who tells it like it is
The popular host of CBC Radio's "As It Happens" says time has come to say goodbye: At 58, Finlay no longer wants to deal with the pressing demands of a daily radio program in order to have time for other projects.
Her departure brings to an end a radio and TV career that began 35 years ago and included stints hosting Take 30 and The Journal on CBC Television as well as Sunday Morning on CBC Radio.
www.publicairwaves.ca /index.php?page=346   (801 words)

  
 nkolo-mboka.com - NE JAMAIS TRAHIR LA PATRIE !!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On As It Happens Mary Lou Finlay talks to Liberal MP Irwin Cotler about what Canada should do in the Congo.
Mary Robinson, haut commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’Homme, a rendu un rapport au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU dans lequel elle évoque des massacres perpétrés par les miliciens du mouvement rebelle, Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie, RCD-Goma.
Due to the tragic events of September 11, the two week-long Nightline series, Heart of Darkness and Matter of Choice, have been postponed as we continue to bring you the latest on the terrorist attacks.
www.nkolo-mboka.com /radio_2.html   (1389 words)

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