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Mutsumi Takahashi is a Canadian journalist. Since 1986, she is one of the lead news presenters of CFCF-TV.
Career
After emigrating to Canada from Shiroishi, Japan, Takahashi graduated from Concordia University in 1979. She joined radio as Lisa Takahashi and then CFCF in Montreal in 1982 as a news reporter. After four years, she was appointed as news presenter for Pulse (now known as CTV News) alongside veteran Bill Haugland until his retirement in 2006. She also portrayed news presenters in some minor roles for made-for-TV movies.
She currently anchors CTV News with Todd van der Heyden at noon and weeknights. Takahashi frequently earns accolades on the Montreal Mirror's Best of Montreal polls as "Best Local Newscaster".
Mutsumi's first entry to television, while still a student at Concordia and a journalist for the University paper 'THE GEORGIAN', was in 1980. A pilot project with CFCF. A collaboration with CUTV (Concordia University television) Mutsumi was the new hostess, replacing Mary-Lou Bassaraba, for the half hour show called 'OUR CITY', which aired Sunday mornings on channel 12 at 10:30 AM. Our crew: Creator and Executive Producer - Rick Grunberg, Lucy Saba - Producer, Terry Newcomen - Director, Ross Hillenbrand - Director.
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- Canadian television actors
- Concordia University alumni
- Canadian people of Japanese descent
- People from Montreal
- Living people
- Japanese emigrants to Canada
- Canadian women journalists
- Quebec journalists
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