CTV News hires Vassy Kapelos away from CBC

OTTAWA — Bell Media’s CTV News today announced award-winning journalist Vassy Kapelos (above) is joining the news organization as chief political correspondent and will host CTV News Channel’s daily political program Power Play and CTV’s weekly show Question Period, effective Dec. 1. Kapelos’ hiring follows the departure of Evan Solomon, the former host of the two programs, in October. Most recently, Kapelos was host of CBC News Network’s daily program Power and Politics, a role she took on in March 2018. Prior to that, she was Global News’ Ottawa bureau chief and host of The West Block. Before working in...