Episode 1: IAN HANOMANSING [ born 1961 ]

The Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C.

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Beyond the Bar: Adventures in Law with Jeff Rose, KC Episode 1: Ian Hanomansing May 24, 2022 - CLEBC Studio, Vancouver News anchor, Ian Hanomansing currently hosts THE NATIONAL from CBC in Vancouver. Born in Trinidad and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, veteran host and reporter Ian Hanomansing began his broadcasting career at CKDH Radio in Amherst, Nova Scotia, working at radio stations in Moncton and Halifax before joining CBC in Halifax in 1986. His assignments took him to Toronto the following year and eventually to Vancouver, where he was a national reporter for 14 years. Among his major assignments: the Exxon Valdez oil spill and San Francisco earthquake (both in 1989), the Los Angeles riot (1992), Vancouver's two Stanley Cup riots (1994 and 2011), the Hong Kong handover (1997), the Slave Lake Alberta wildfire (2011), the Humboldt bus crash (2018), and seven Olympic Games, the most recent in Sochi in 2014. He graduated with an honours BA in political science and sociology from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick where he was valedictorian; he also has a law degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. While in university, Hanomansing won six national university debating and public speaking championships. For more episodes, visit: cle.bc.ca/btb