Carol Anne Meehan, Date of Birth

    

Carol Anne Meehan

Canadian journalist

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1956

Profession: journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Carol Anne Meehan

  • Carol Anne Meehan (born December 17, 1956) is an Ottawa City Councillor and former news anchor at CJOH.
  • Living on the Rideau River near Manotick with her two children, she is a graduate of Ryerson University and began her career at CHRO in Pembroke, Ontario, the city where she grew up.
  • She also worked in Sudbury, Edmonton and Calgary In 1989, she began co-anchoring the CJOH evening news, then known as Newsline, alongside Max Keeping.
  • She was laid off on November 17, 2015, by station owner Bell Media.
  • Following her departure from CJOH she joined 1310 News as a talk-show host.
  • She left 1310 News in November 2017.In January 2012, her missing husband was found dead in Brudenell, Ontario.Meehan won a seat on Ottawa City Council in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward in the 2018 municipal election, defeating incumbent councillor Michael Qaqish by over 500 votes.
  • She received endorsements from prominent local conservatives including councillor Jan Harder, former councillor Steve Desroches and senator Marjory LeBreton.
  • When she was a teenager, she was a "young liberal".In October 2018, shortly after her election, Meehan received media attention for an online confrontation with a constituent.
  • The constituent was raising concerns about OC Transpo bus service in the ward.
  • Meehan responded to the constituent "I would love to have a face to face, because you certainly like to slam me here.
  • Let's see what kind of guts you have.
  • I have the guts and courage to succeed YOU will never have." Meehan also divulged the constituent's street on Facebook, reportedly responding "Give me your address, or I will go and find you on [street name], it's not that long a street.".
  • Meehan subsequently apologized and removed the Facebook posts.

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