- Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley (born
January 8 ,1957 inMontreal ,Quebec ) is a host and reporter forCBC Television 's consumer investigation series "Marketplace". She is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program "The National ". She also co-hosts "Test the Nation " withBrent Bambury .In 2001 and 2002 she co-hosted the investigative
newsmagazine "" withDiana Swain , and previously hosted the media and technology series "Undercurrents" from 1994 until 2001.In 1989, Mesley married CBC news anchor
Peter Mansbridge , but the marriage fell apart in 1992. She remarried onApril 17 ,1998 to marketing executive Liam McQuade and has one daughter with him, Kate Rae McQuade. [There's something about Wendy. "Chatelaine". May 1999.]In January 2005, Mesley announced that she had found a lump in her left breast and had been diagnosed with
breast cancer . [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/07/mesley050107.html Wendy Mesley diagnosed with breast cancer] CBC News. 07 Jan 2005. Retrieved 10 Nov 2006.]After undergoing treatment, including two lumpectomies,
chemotherapy and radiation, Mesley's prognosis is excellent. As of March 2006, Mesley had returned to the CBC full-time, but was under the care of an oncologist and had been taking the intravenous, anti-cancer drugHerceptin . [ [http://www.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/fasttrack/20060304/HAMPSON04?gateway=work Cancer, and the battle after] "The Globe and Mail". 04 Mar 2006. Retrieved 10 Nov 2006.] That same month her documentary "Chasing the Cancer Answer" was aired. Though generally well-received, it did engender negative comment fromMargaret Wente . [ "The Cancer Answer is no answer." Margaret Wente, "The Globe and Mail", 29 April 2006]References
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