Barb Higgins

Barbara Joan Higgins (born September 21, 1962) is best known in Southern Alberta for her 21 year career as senior anchor, writer and producer of the 6 o'clock news for CTV Calgary. As an award-winning journalist and documentarian, Higgins brought a critical eye to the evening news. After a total of 26 years as a journalist, in July, 2010 Higgins left her post at CTV to enter the Calgary mayoral election.[2]

Barb Higgins
Born (1962-09-21) September 21, 1962
Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationJournalist
Years active1985 - 2010
Spouse(s)Bruce Covernton (former)[1]
Brad Moore
AwardsBest of festival, Canpro / Best New Series, RTNDA
Websitewww.barbhiggins.ca

Biography

Barbara Joan Higgins was born September 21, 1962, in Edmonton, Alberta. She graduated from Ross Sheppard High School in 1979 and enrolled in Business Administration at NAIT. After two years of study in Business Administration, she transferred to NAIT's Radio and Television Arts. Higgins worked with both CBC and CTV affiliates in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. She moved to Calgary in March 1989.[3]

On July 23, 2010, Higgins announced her intention to run as a candidate for mayor in the 2010 Calgary civic election to be held that October. She subsequently described herself as a fiscal conservative with a heart.[4] Her campaign rhetoric has centred on setting the tone at City Hall and empowering civic employees to develop solutions to address Calgary's $60-million budget shortfall.[5] In the election, Higgins won the votes of over 90-thousand Calgarians and placed third behind Naheed Nenshi and Ric McIver.[6]

Awards and honours
  • Winner of 'Best News Series' from the Radio and Television News Directors Association for her 3-part series on Calgary firefighter Greg McDougal's battle with the Workers Compensation Board.[7]
  • Winner of the 'Best of Festival' award at CanPro and winner of 'Most Inspirational' award at the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA) for her documentary Running on Empty.[7]
  • Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award.
  • Peter Legge Philanthropy Award.
  • UNICEF Volunteer of the Year Award.
  • City of Calgary White Hat Award.
  • Two time winner of Calgary's Top 40 Under 40

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821081645/http://www.kidscancercare.ab.ca/kccf/PDFs/KCCF_Fall_2004.pdf
  2. "CTV Calgary- Barb Higgins running for mayor - CTV News". Calgary.ctv.ca. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Calgary Herald August 6, 2010. "Higgins joins race; says she's a fiscal conservative with 'social heart'". Calgaryherald.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  5. Canada. "Veteran news anchor Barb Higgins enters race to become Calgary mayor". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  6. "City of Calgary, 2010 General Election Official Results" (PDF). City of Calgary. 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  7. "calgary.ctv.ca - Calgary news from CTV". Ctv.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
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