Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Valerie Pringle
Canadian journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Valerie Pringle CM (née Whittingham,[1] born 5 September 1953) is a Canadian television host and journalist, hosting the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC since 2006. Pringle was born in Windsor, Ontario.[2]
_(cropped).jpg)
Pringle began her career in broadcasting as a summer student with Toronto radio station CFRB in 1973,[3] and became a full-time reporter for the station the following year. In 1981, she hosted her own daily series on CFRB, The Pringle Program.[4]
In 1984, Pringle moved to the CBC as one of the original cohosts of Midday.[5] She stayed with Midday until 1992, when she moved to CTV to co-host Canada AM.[6]
With CTV, Pringle was also a host of special events programming such as the network's 1993 election and 1995 Quebec referendum coverage and the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[7]
Pringle remained with Canada AM until 2001.[8] Since then, she hosted a travel show with CTV, Valerie Pringle Has Left the Building, from 2002 to 2006,[9] documentary specials for Discovery Channel Canada, and the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC from 2006.[2] In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[10] She lives in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
She is married to Andy Pringle,[1] previously chairman of Upper Canada College's Board of Governors and chief of staff to then Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader John Tory, former mayor of Toronto. They have three children: a daughter named Catherine and two sons.[11]
Pringle is also an official spokesperson for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research.[12] She is a member of the board of directors of the Trans Canada Trail[13] and the Trans Canada Trail Foundation.[14]
In 2025, she announced her retirement after five decades in journalism.[15]
Remove ads
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads