Lucy van oldenbarneveld biography of williams

Lucy van Oldenbarneveld has been a familiar face – and an engaging personality – on CBC television news programs for more than three years now.

First, she served as host of the flagship daily newscast at 6 p.m., and since November , she has been co-host of additional newcasts at 5 and p.m..

Lucy was also well-known to radio listeners, from to , as a field reporter and Friday host of CBC’s popular Ottawa Morning show, where she was an empathetic interviewer with a sense of humour and with what one fan described as “her sass and her wit.”

Lucy is so comfortable as a broadcaster that you might be  surprised to learn she only got into broadcasting by chance in It happened in the Yukon, where she lived and worked for eight years.

After graduating from Queen’s in with a BA in Political Studies, Lucy had some difficulty deciding on a career.

Her frustration level grew as months went by, working as a bartender in Kings