Wendy Mesley (born January 8, 1957) is a Canadian television host and reporter. She hosted CBC Television's consumer investigation series Marketplace, and is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program The National. She also co-hosts Test the Nation with Brent Bambury. In 2001 and 2002 she co-hosted the investigative newsmagazine CBC News: Disclosure with Diana Swain, and previously hosted the media and technology series Undercurrents from 1994 until 2001.Mesley was born in Montreal, Quebec. On January 6, 1989, Mesley married CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge, but the marriage ended in 1992. She remarried on April 17, 1998 to marketing executive Liam McQuade and has one daughter with him, Kate Rae McQuade.In January 2005, Mesley announced that she had found a lump in her left breast and had been diagnosed with breast cancer. After undergoing treatment, including two lumpectomies, chemotherapy and radiation, Mesley's prognosis is excellent. As of March 2006, Mesley had returned to the CBC full-time, but was under the care of an oncologist and had been taking the intravenous, anti-cancer drug Herceptin. That same month her documentary "Chasing the Cancer Answer" was aired. Though generally well-received, it did engender negative comment from Margaret Wente of The Globe and Mail.As of October 26, 2009, Mesley began a greater presence on CBC's nightly newscast The National and in 2010 she became the program's regular Sunday anchor.
Gemini Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Talk/General Information Program or Series, Gemini Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
Nominations
Canadian Screen Award for Best News Information Segment, Gemini Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series, Gemini Award for Best News Information Segment, Gordon Sinclair Award For Broadcast Journalism
TV Shows
Undercurrents, The National, Marketplace, Underdogs
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Fact
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Announced in January 2005 that she was receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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Has one daughter, Kate, with husband Liam McQuade.
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Won 2 Gemini Awards for her work on Undercurrents.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The National
2013
TV Series
Herself / Weekend Anchor
The Hour
2013
TV Series
Herself
Marketplace
2002-2009
TV Series
Herself
Test the Nation: Watch Your Language
2007
TV Movie
Herself - Host
Test the Nation
2007
TV Movie
Herself - Host
The Greatest Canadian
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Host
Disclosure
2001
TV Series
Herself
The Frank Truth
2001
Documentary
Herself - CBC Host
The Passionate Eye
2000
TV Series documentary
Host
Undercurrents
1996
TV Series
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2005
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
Marketplace (1972)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Canadian Screen Award
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
Best News or Information Segment
The National (1994)
2008
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
Marketplace (1972)
2006
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
Marketplace (1972)
2004
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series