Nahlah Ayed named new host of CBC Radio One’s ‘Ideas’

TORONTO – CBC News foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed is returning to Canada where she will take over as the new host of CBC Radio One show Ideas beginning in September.Current host Paul Kennedy, who succeeded the legendary Lister Sinclair as host in 1999, announced earlier this year that he would step down at the end of the current season. This will mark the last week of his original episodes before he retires from the show.Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ayed has been based in London for seven years. A veteran of foreign reportage, she's covered major world events over nearly...