Boal Takes Over Local CTV News Anchor Spot

CTV Ottawa news with have a new anchor. Patricia Boal will take over 6 p.m. newscast with the departure of Graham Richardson.

The edited CTV Ottawa press release is below:

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CTV News Ottawa announced today the appointment of Patricia Boal as Anchor of CTV NEWS AT SIX, beginning Monday, July 8.

Boal takes the helm after last month’s announcement that longtime anchor Graham Richardson has decided to step down from the role. Boal previously anchored the station’s CTV NEWS AT FIVE, and also hosts the weekday radio program OTTAWA AT WORK WITH PATRICIA BOAL on NEWSTALK 580 CFRA. With this move, CTV News Ottawa’s Matt Skube steps into the anchor role for CTV NEWS AT FIVE, in addition to anchoring CTV NEWS AT 11:30.  A seasoned veteran of the media industry,

Boal was on the desk for live coverage of the tornadoes that hit the Ottawa area in 2018, and was in the flood zone in 2017 and 2019 to share the stories of local homeowners. Boal has also reported from multiple Olympic Games, including Rio 2016, London 2012, and Vancouver 2010. Additional major stories Boal has covered include reporting on the Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia in 1999, the federal referendum vote in Montréal in 1995, and the Paul Bernardo murder trial in Toronto that same year.

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