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Joanne Levy appointed as Saskatchewan/Manitoba CRTC commissioner

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OTTAWA – Manitoba independent TV producer, former broadcaster and former Liberal candidate Joanne Levy has been hired as the CRTC’s new Saskatchewan/Manitoba regional commissioner for a five-year term, the Governor-in-Council announced last week.

She fills the slot left open since former commissioner Candice Molnar’s term expired in January of 2017.

Levy, of Balmoral, Manitoba, is the owner of Scorpio Productions, according to her LinkedIn profile – and she has held several positions in the industry as well, such as head of convergent content for Buffalo Gal pictures, director of programming for APTN and executive director of the former Craig Media’s A-Channel production fund.

She was also a Liberal candidate for the Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman riding in the 2015 federal election, coming in second behind Conservative MP James Bezan, who has held the riding and its precursor since 2004.

Photo borrowed from her On Screen Manitoba profile.