- Avery Haines
Avery Haines (born ca. 1966 in
New Mexico ,United States ) [cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | date=22 January 2000 | page=R11 | first=Alexandra | last=Gill | title=Is this thing on? ] is a Canadiantelevision journalist and host of "Health On the Line", which airs onLife Network and Discovery Health Channel Canada.On
January 15 ,2000 , Haines, at the time a fill-in anchor forCTV Newsnet , made a mistake with a line while taping a report introduction. After regaining her composure, she joked:"I kind of like the little stuttering thing. It's like equal opportunity, right? We've got a stuttering newscaster. We've got the black, we've got the Asian, we've got the woman. I could be a lesbian, folk-dancing, black woman stutterer. What's that? In a wheelchair ... with a gimping, rubber legs. Yeah, really. I'd have a successful career, let me tell you."
However, the camera was still on. Haines retaped the segment, but later that day, a CTV technician mistakenly aired the tape which included the error and the comment.
On
January 17 , Haines was fired from CTV Newsnet after her comments sparked controversy. The unnamed technician was suspended. Haines was soon hired by Citytv Toronto, before taking her current position in fall 2001.Prior to working for CTV, Haines was a reporter for CFRB in Toronto.
Family
She is the sister of
Emily Haines , lead singer of the band Metric. Both Emily and Avery are daughters of the late Paul Haines, noted poet and librettist of "Escalator over the Hill " which was co-written withCarla Bley .Awards
Her recent television programme "Health On the Line" won
Gemini Award s in 2002 and 2005 for Best Talk Series. [ [http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20860&shownum=17&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 17th Gemini Awards (2002) nominations: Best Talk Series] ] [ [http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20860&shownum=20&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Talk Series] ] In 2005, she was personally nominated for a Gemini in a hosting/interviewer category. [ [http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20900&shownum=20&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series] ]References
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