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CBC exec, Krista Harris, dies


TORONTO – Krista Harris, executive director, digital programming and business development for CBC’s English Networks, died suddenly on the weekend in her home town of Barrington, N.S. She was 42. This comes as a great shock to all of us," said a CBC memo from radio head Jane Chalmers and CBC TV chief Richard Stursberg. "Krista was a cherished colleague and a fervent supporter of CBC and of public broadcasting, one who had worked her way up through the ranks of the corporation over the last twelve years, first in the Maritimes and then at the network." Since joining CBC...