Gregor Craigie has been selected as the new host of Victoria’s morning show, On The Island.

Gregor has been CBC Radio’s Nelson bureau reporter since 2005. Before taking that position, Gregor was producing for The Current in Vancouver following a stint for CBC TV as legislative reporter in Victoria.

Gregor and I bumped into each other occasionally in the Vancouver plant, and I asked him about his background with the Island:

I was only in Victoria for a year, but it left me with a lasting impression of a community I wanted to return to. Victoria feels like both a big city and a small town to me. You can walk or bike most places, and still bump into friends and neighbours fairly regularly. Yet you can also disappear in a maze of downtown city streets and alleys. And then there’s the politics. Even though I won’t be in the legislature, I look forward to paying more attention to BC’s entertaining political scene. I also loved the rest of Vancouver Island. In some ways it feels like a province in and of itself, and there are so many beautiful towns and nature spots to visit, I don’t expect to be on a ferry for a long time to come.

Gregor’s a good guy, a solid journalist, and he’ll be a great host, imho.
He has worked in CBC newsrooms in Vancouver, Ottawa and Montreal. Gregor has also worked for both BBC World service and CBS News in London, England. Gregor takes up his duties in Victoria this summer.

Gregor replaces Paul Vasey, who has chosen to retire from the CBC.

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