Meg Banks
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Senior Producer, CBC News Elections. Things that make me happy: TV Specials. Results Graphics. The Decision Desk. meg.banks @cbc .ca
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Tonight’s
@CBCTheNational
, brought to you by this all-women control room team!
cc
@Madeline_McNair
(wo-)manning the desk!
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Now that the 2020 election season is behind us, a little behind-the-scenes note. All 4 election night specials at CBC News (NB, BC, Sask & USA) were produced by women. And as of this summer, the CBC News Election Team is helmed by women. Feeling proud and grateful.
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Glued to
#cbcnn
since before nine this morning. Incredible work by the CBC News journalists in front of and behind the camera, and in tricky and fluid situations. Dynamic, contextual, analytical and only the facts, as a historic moment unfolds in the nation’s capital.
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Join us bright and early for our special coverage of
#RoyalWedding2018
next Saturday! We’re on at 4 am ET 🎉 How to watch:
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The CBC News Decision Desk projects that Liberal candidate Jean Yip will win the byelection in
#ScarboroughAgincourt
tonight.
#onpoli
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Heading to Ottawa for our interview with
@GGDavidJohnston
! Do you have questions for our Facebook Live at 2:15? Ask away!
@cbchh
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Probably not what my number neighbour was expecting when they sent a text. Missed my calling as a guidance counsellor 😂
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It’s election night in Nunavut! Catch the
@CBCNorth
special on local CBC television, or on or streaming on GEM! Joanna Awa and
@oleepeeka
have a wonderful program lined up featuring Nunavummiut from across the territory. The fun starts at 9 pm ET!
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Even though we’re still WFH, I superstitiously maintain my new-notebook ritual. Like, if my dog finds it, I guess?
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Just a quiet, dignified, reserved celebration of one of the most hardworking, lovely, and inspirational people in the building.
@adriearsenault
celebrates 25 years with
@CBCNews
@CBCTheNational
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Every day we have a team conversation about The Moment. Some days you go to bat for a really sweet story and some days that conversation makes it on the air 😂💖
Determined to see each other, two best friends and neighbours found a creative way to connect.
#TheMoment
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In the heated moments just before air tonight, as the clock ticked down to the opening of the show... I delivered crucial information to a host of the National*. "THAT'S GANDALF YOU'RE QUOTING, NOT DUMBLEDORE JEEEEEEZ"
*(
@AndrewChangCBC
)
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The CBC Decision Desk projects Liberal candidate
@ChurenceRogers
will win the byelection in
#BonavistaBurinTrinity
#nlpoli
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What we do during the commercial breaks -- Happy Friday!
#CBCNN
@HannahThibedeau
@CBCMorningShow
http://t.co/i3RPVi1dyw
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Take a few minutes today, from unending news, alerts, demands — and watch this incredible piece by
@adriearsenault
on Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa. Hope and heartbreak in the fight to open doors for those who need them opened most. You won’t regret it.
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My own
@davewelbourn
gets the Steve Armitage treatment!
Thank you
@megbanks
for the sport moment. We added some Steve Armitage play-by-play. What do you think?
#RioTrials
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How did it turn out? Tonight, on the National, 10 pm local on CBC TV / 9&11 ET on CBCNN.
“Emergency” home haircut three hours before airtime. My wife has many talents but hair? What could possibly go wrong. Details at 10.
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Using my
@CBCMorningLive
training to get a few hours sleep before the big event: black-out curtains. Ear plugs. Sheer force of will. See you at 4 am eastern!
#RoyalWedding
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My lyft this morning is playing a Best of Whitney Houston mix and it is a VERY good start to the day
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The
@CBCNews
Decision Desk Projects Liberal Richard Hébert will win the byelection in
#LacSaintJean
.
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The CBC News Decision Desk projects Liberal Dougald Lamont will win the byelection in
#StBoniface
Manitoba.
#mbpoli
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I couldn’t love this more ❤️❤️
Did any reporters call for backup? Two brothers in Newfoundland and Labrador made their own blizzard broadcast.
#TheMoment
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A new phrase in Hansard today.
.
@HoCSpeaker
: “The Honourable Minister of Health Ms. Hajdu. Please unclick your mute.”
...
@PattyHajdu
: “Oh got it, sorry.”
Follow along with the virtual meeting of the House of Commons as MPs debate the government's response to COVID-19
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The CBC News Decision Desk projects that Liberal candidate Gordie Hogg will win the
#SouthSurreyWhiteRock
byelection tonight. This is a gain for the Liberals.
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I spent much of last night's lineup meeting here at
@CBCTheNational
doing my best Bercow imitation.
How to maintain order during a Brexit vote in the House of Commons like Speaker John Bercow.
#TheMoment
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26 of the 37 ballot boxes have been counted in the Athabasca byelection. Of the 1013 votes counted so far, 551 are for ND Georgina Jolibois. 310 are for SaskParty's Jim Lemaigre, 138 for Independent Darwin Roy, 7 for Buffalo party's Clint Arnason. (7 rejected.)
#skpoli
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CBC NEWS DECISION DESK PROJECTS: NDP candidate Vicki Mowat will win
#SaskatoonFairview
byelection.
#skpoli
@CBCSaskatoon
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I am familiar with shoeless show producing (although I have serious screen envy!)
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🚨🚨 THE DEBATE STARTS IN 40 MINUTES 🚨🚨
Watch live on CBC TV and stick around afterwards for special post-debate coverage on
@cbcthenational
!
@RosieBarton
The English debate will run 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET tonight (Monday) — here’s how to watch with CBC:
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I first learned about this word when a boy scrawled it on a wall about me. I was seven and my mom had to explain what it meant. It’s disheartening to know that mothers are still having to explain it to their daughters.
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Happy Saturday from the CBC Decision Desk -- where rehearsals are underway for
#NSElection2017
!
#nspoli
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Hello Winnipeg! Here
@CBCManitoba
getting set ahead of Tuesday’s Election Day. I love all provincial elections, but for those on my feed not from Manitoba: Let
#mbpoli
scratch your
#cdnpoli
itch until the
#elxn43
writs are dropped 😂
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🚨 POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN ALBERTA 🚨 Live results and election special here 🚨
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Spending my night RTing chirps at
@AndrewChangCBC
over this insanity
OKAY PEOPLE IT IS NOT WEIRD THAT I DON'T SLEEP WITH A PILLOW STOP BOTHERING ME
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And for the first time in my career, I got to tune out a conversation about Captain and Tennille.
I just want to say that for the first time in a long career, I had a conversation with a work colleague about Captain and Tennille.
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Congratulations to this incredibly talented and compassionate team of storytellers!
#CdnAcreenAwards
. Thank you for the award for best news or information segment. Kudos to the amazing team effort! (photo is pre-pandemic!)
@ousamafarag
@manciniCBC
@brendawitmer
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More than SEVEN HOURS of live broadcasting — huge round of applause for
@RosieBarton
@bobweiers
@CBCQueensPark
@EricGrenierCBC
@fitzpatrick_m
@SarBridge
and the whole
@CBCNews
team. Until more news comes!
#PCPOLdr
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So proud of the teams behind our
@CBCTheNational
specials nominated for
#CdnScreenAwards
this morning. I'll never forget either of these nights:
Jan 8, 2020: Flight 752: A Canadian Tragedy
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From the “I’m married to an old man trapped in a 35 year old’s body” files: we’re watching Mean Girls and in Lindsay Lohan’s first scene
@davewelbourn
says “is that, like, Hannah Montana or something?”
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Byelection roundup: Liberal Churence Rogers wins in
#BonavistaBurinTrinity
, Liberal Jean Yip wins in
#ScarboroughAgincourt
, Conservative Rosemarie Falk wins in
#BattlefordsLloydminster
and Liberal Geordie Hogg projected to pick up the Conservative seat in
#SouthSurreyWhiteRock
.
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“I don’t want to drive to the Target in Buffalo *and* listen to Taylor Swift, so, please pick one.” -
@davewelbourn
Marriage is a compromise. 🤷♀️
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Final poll counted in
#StBoniface
.
Lib Dougald Lamont - 2,625 votes.
ND Blandine Tona - 1,770 votes.
Green Françoise Therrien Vrignon - 1,017 votes.
PC Mamadou Ka - 834 votes.
Turnout: 48%.
Goodnight from the CBC News Decision Desk.
#mbpoli
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They are an EXCELLENT bunch!!
Managed to connect with our talented London bureau in a rare moment when they weren’t filing. Thanks very much for the hospitality.
#cbc
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It feels strange to be done covering 2020... a year that felt long by January 3rd. Many late nights with my remarkable colleagues I will never forget. So many of those stories captured in this beautiful and surprising Rewind by
@GPHobbs73
& Janna McGinn
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Many of us will eulogize our parents. Not many will do so with such grace and resiliance, and at such a horrifyingly young age. Listen to the end for Ryan’s powerful message to the other grieving families of
#Flight752
. What an incredible young man.
“If he was still alive he would tell me to be strong” — 13-year-old Ryan lost his father Mansour Pourjam on Flight 752. He spoke at a vigil Wednesday at Carleton University.
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I look forward to the return of the grody office cake knife sitting on a stack of paper plates on the filing cabinet at the end of the day
ONE DAY, GRODY OFFICE CAKE KNIFE
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ME TOOOOOOOO 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 I can go home and not study for the first time since JUNE!
Me realizing election week is now almost over for me and I can lie down.
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The CBC News Decision Desk projects Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey will win tonight's byelection in
#HumberGrosMorne
#NLPoli
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Live in seven languages at 7:30 pm MT tonight: NWT Votes! Watch on CBCTV across the North, or on CBC Gem, on our website or on YouTube! Polls close in 3 hours!
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This was one of my favourite bits of the show last night.
#doodoododoodoodoo
Protesters in Lebanon sing Baby Shark to calm a toddler frightened by the noisy rally.
#ICYMI
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I love people who go out of their way to make a little magic.
What started as a landscaping project has brought a little bit of the Shire to Saskatoon.
#TheMoment
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You absolutely have to tune in for this remarkable story.
@CBCTheNational
@OrmistonOnline
Ryan’s Story - road to recovery 5 months since
#HumboldtBroncos
crash tonight
@CBCTheNational
“look how far I’ve come”.
@CBCNews
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Three party leaders speaking at the same time. Extremely unusual on an election night (typically they organize and take turns, and usually in order of seat count.) As
@RosieBarton
said “this minority government is off to a roaring start.”
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Love this team. Grateful to work with incredibly dedicated people across the country and around the world.
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@musgravesharon
CBC DECISION DESK PROJECTS: Green Party Candidate Aislinn Clancy will win the provincial byelection in Kitchener Centre this evening.
#onpoli
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A night I’ll never forget. With a team I’m honoured to work with.
Congratulations to
@CBCTheNational
- May 31, 2020, winner of Best Live News Special.
@CBC_Publicity
#CdnScreenAwards
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Belated, but I wanted to post my gratitude for the hard work by our wonderful team on this special. Thoughtful and compassionate people who worked very hard to capture a challenging day. Thank you to the Academy for the nomination.
#CdnScreenAwards
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To the person who stole my amazon package (right off my front porch!) — I like to believe in the best of people so I will assume you needed something. I doubt it was my D&D book and eyemasks, but I hope you found some bit of whatever you were looking for.
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This is the angle I have been OBSESSED with.
Baby Archie may sound more like Joe Canada than Prince Charles if Royal Family moves here, says sociolinguist
@CanE_Lab
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This is very cool. It is a pleasure and a privilege to work with an incredibly talented and dedicated team, night after night. Whether in the field, the control room, the edit suite, the newsroom or anywhere in between — every member of this team is so committed to their craft.
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The final poll has reported in
#FortWhyte
. PC candidate Obby Khan wins the byelection by 197 votes.
#mbpoli
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Jan 25: Canada’s first case. Last Wednesday: Canada’s 100th case. Today: Canada’s 300th case.
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I rarely weigh in on twitter conversations but I cannot stand idly by whilst people rip on Jagged Little Pill. You Oughta Know has always been a top five song for me — if you *need* proof (you shouldn’t) this video should do the trick. 🙌🙌🙌
Seeing a lot of Jagged Little Pill slander. Was asked to post the stunning isolated vocals from “You Oughta Know.” This 20 year old woman is BELTING from her chest. We should be bowing down
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Peter is live tweeting the concerning news out of NL tonight. At this point 22 districts are scheduled to vote tomorrow.
*BREAKING*
The outbreak in the metro area is a variant of COVID-19
B117 variant, first found in the UK
#covid19nfld
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Your CBC News
#ManitobaVotes
crew is raring and ready to go! Polls close at 8 pm CT/9ET. Watch live on CBC TV in MB, or across the country on
#cbcnn
, CBC Gem, , Facebook, Twitter, etc!
#mbpoli
#cdnpoli
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“What’s remarkable here is how few people know what is going on... People are upset — they’re hitting the bar.”
@CBCQueensPark
is reporting all the crazy drama from
#pcpoldr
on
#cbcnn
right now.
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This is heroic camera work! And a brilliant standup 😂
Today I tried to film a TV standup while tobogganing. Instead I hit my poor videographer
@TysonKoschik
. Here's an outtake you didn't see tonight on
@CBCManitoba
. I haven't laughed this hard in months! 😂😂😂
#lovecbc
#cbcmb
#reporterfails
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November has been at least three years long.
Perhaps it’s just me, but there’s no way the US Presidential election feels like just three weeks ago. Just looking through my notebook from that night with this note “some PA counties say don’t expect a final count before Friday.”
#USElectionResults2020
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Final tally: 22-21-3-3. PCs win a minority government. Liberals win the popular vote. Gallant heading to the LG tomorrow to try and hold on to power. Higgs says they’ll both be there. What a night. What a week to come.
#nbpoli
Election night recap: As PCs claim victory, Liberals try to hold onto power. Read more:
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Getting ready to record our
#Eclipse2017
adventure! Cool new toy recommendations courtesy
@Brett_CBC
🌕🌞
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Pretty sure my Lyft driver was also the DJ for our middle school church dances. This was the playlist for my ride to work this morning:
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It’s matchy matchy day at the National again today. This time featuring patterns and super producers
@theanandram
and
@simibassi
!
@CBCTheNational
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My fave part - the excellent secret handshake performed immediately in celebration
Our
@NASAInSight
spacecraft stuck the
#MarsLanding
!
Its new home is Elysium Planitia, a still, flat region where it’s set to study seismic waves and heat deep below the surface of the Red Planet for a planned two-year mission. Learn more:
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Just got into if/then logic in spreadsheeting (thanks
@EricGrenierCBC
for the lesson) and honestly was I even living life before this 😍
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In
#TorontoCentre
the race is tightening slightly. Marci Ien leads Green leader Annamie Paul by 11 points now (43.9% of the vote to 32.9% of the vote). NDP candidate Brian Chang has 16% of the vote. 5/144 polls reporting.
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@CochraneCBC
@ianhanomansing
@davidcommon
FTR the only David that regularly goes north of 2:00 is the one from NL. 😉
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If anyone is confused about the voting system used in electing the
#pcpoldr
,
@EricGrenierCBC
does a terrific job of explaining it here:
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As always, the real heroes of the opening ceremony are the people who dance for more than an hour while the athletes walk in.
#PyeongChang2018
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