Chris Glover (journalist)
Chris Glover is a Canadian television and radio journalist, who was named as the new host of Metro Morning, CBC Radio's local morning program in Toronto, Ontario, in 2026.[1]
Born and raised in Whitby, Ontario, he studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.[2] He began his career as a journalist in Halifax, and later worked in Winnipeg and Washington, D.C. before transferring to Toronto in the 2010s.
During his time as a television reporter in Toronto, he briefly became a national news story when, while he was doing a live spot from Comedy Bar's emergency meeting responding to SiriusXM Canada's controversial plan to rebrand its Canada Laughs channel, actor Boyd Banks began licking Glover's ear on the air.[3] Banks apologized for his behaviour the following day,[4] and Glover wrote a first-person essay about the incident and its ramifications a few days later, in which he noted that as embarrassed and humiliated as he was, women in journalism regularly face much more persistent and aggressive harassment.[5]
In 2025 he joined the national consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace.
He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Local Reporter at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021,[1] and won a Radio Television Digital News Association award in 2023 for his coverage of the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Connie Thiessen, "Chris Glover named new host of CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning". Broadcast Dialogue, May 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Chris Glover taking over as new host of CBC Radio's Metro Morning". CBC News, May 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Live on-air licking of Toronto TV reporter sparks Twitter outrage". Toronto Star, February 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Actor Boyd Banks sorry for licking CBC reporter on live TV, says there's 'no excuse' for his actions". CBC News Toronto, February 27, 2019.
- ↑ Chris Glover, "Unpacking the moment a total stranger licked and kissed me on live TV". CBC News, February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Mariah Cooper, "Gay reporter files police report after being licked on live TV". Washington Blade, March 1, 2019.
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