OTTAWA — Bell Media’s CTV News today announced award-winning journalist Vassy Kapelos (above) is joining the news organization as chief political correspondent and will host CTV News Channel’s daily political program Power Play and CTV’s weekly show Question Period, effective Dec. 1.
Kapelos’ hiring follows the departure of Evan Solomon, the former host of the two programs, in October.
Most recently, Kapelos was host of CBC News Network’s daily program Power and Politics, a role she took on in March 2018. Prior to that, she was Global News’ Ottawa bureau chief and host of The West Block. Before working in Ottawa, she covered provincial politics in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
As part of her new role at CTV News, Kapelos will also host the new weekday radio program The Vassy Kapelos Show, airing from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET across iHeartRadio Canada Talk Network stations, including CJAD 800 Montreal, 580 CFRA Ottawa, Newstalk 1010 Toronto, 610 CKTB St. Catharines, 1290 CJBK London, AM800 CKLW Windsor, AM1150 Kelowna and CFAX 1070 Victoria.
“I am so excited to join CTV and host iconic political programs I have grown up watching my entire life,” said Kapelos, in a press release. “I look forward to continuing to do what I love — report on politics and how it affects Canadians’ lives — with the team at CTV News, and I’m honoured to step into the shoes of my friends and mentors who have hosted these programs before me.”
“Vassy Kapelos is one of the country’s most esteemed and trusted political journalists and we are thrilled to welcome her to the CTV News team,” said Karine Moses, senior vice-president of content development and news for Bell Media and vice-chair, Quebec for Bell. “The perfect choice to lead political coverage for CTV News, Vassy’s skill in reporting major stories and contextualizing them for Canadians is unparalleled across the industry.”
Kapelos is a two-time Canadian Screen Award winner “for Best Live Production, Social Media (2020), for CBC’s coverage of the B.C. by-election that saw Jagmeet Singh win his seat in Parliament, and Best Talk Program or Series (2021), for Power and Politics,” the press release says.
She also received the 2021 Leitch Lecture Award from the University of Alberta and University of Calgary’s faculties of law for a lecture she gave on the political effect of the Covid-19 health crisis in Canada, according to the release.
Born in Toronto, Kapelos has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western University and a Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University.
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