FOG BLOG BREAKING NEWS LOG: LISA LAFLAMME OUSTED AS ANCHOR OF CTV NEWS, LISA SHOCKED AT DECISION!

THIS FRIDAY I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT DECISIONS THAT MEDIA MAKES FOR GOOD EMPLOYEES SUCH AS THIS ONE TO LISA LAFLAMME, THE FOLLOWING DECISION MENTIONED IN MY REGARD IS B. S. HERE IS THE REPORT ON THE DECISION REGARDING LISA LAFLAMME........Veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she was "blindsided" as Bell Media ended her contract at CTV National News after more than 30 years, a "business decision" it says will move the chief news anchor role in "a different direction."

In a subsequent press release, CTV said the decision to end LaFlamme's contract was due to "changing viewer habits" and that national affairs correspondent Omar Sachedina, who joined the network in 2009, will take LaFlamme's place as chief anchor.

"I am honoured to follow exemplary journalists, such as Lisa LaFlamme and Lloyd Robertson," Sachedina was quoted as saying in the release.

"The daily connections we make with Canadians over the past six decades are built on a foundation of trusted journalism, fairness, balance and integrity. I look forward to upholding this, and continue delivering news that Canadians rely on."

LaFlamme began her journalism career in her hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., in the late 1980s at the television station CKCO, which later changed its name to CTV Kitchener. She would eventually go on to spend nearly a decade as CTV News' national affairs correspondent, before becoming chief news anchor of CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme in 2011. There, she won "best national news anchor" at the Canadian Screen Awards five times, including in 2021 and 2022.