Veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she's been "blindsided" by Bell Media ending her contract as the company takes CTV National News in "a different direction," with a new anchor at the helm.
The company described the move as a "business decision" heading "in a different direction," recognizing "changing viewer habits."
Never watching CTV news again.
lol u guys are the same company
Just shows how CTV in Bell don’t like older women. They want younger women only
What a shame to lose such an important news anchor
Diversity firings help us all. It's racist not to support CTVNews IStandWithCTV
i wasn't a big fan of CTV for a long time now but after this - i will definitely be tuning in elsewhere
While you’re announcing exits, where are Courtney Heels and Jackie Crandles?
Only watched cuz I love her so much
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Bell Media /CP24 is on a Trudeau agenda. You guys make me sick. Lisa LaFlamme was the best anchor yet. Sorry Omar, you lack the experience for the top seat.
Crazy you dismiss your top award winning anchor. Must be more to the story
Lisa LaFlamme is the best anchor I know.I stopped watching CTV News and switched to Global. This is the worst move on CTV News part.Shame on you!!!
Ya not gonna be watching CTV. Sorry Omar. I like you but….
What if she dressed up as a minority and changed her name to Omar? Would she still have a job? It’s ok for Trudeau too do.
I will not be watching CTV news anymore. Bell media needs to think about all the people they have let go. It will not be the same!!!!!Lisa LAFLAMME did such a good job bringing us the news!
I am so sorry to see this happen after the yeqrs of dedication and compassion you have given us. After your departure, I will be resorting to radio news only. Why must companies continue to disrupt a good thing You will be missed
Recent events have made me such a sceptic, as soon as I heard Omar had travelled to International Summits with Trudeau it became very clear why the sudden switch was made.
Hey CTVNationalNews …
No more Bell Media run journalistic output, including CP24, until Michael Melling is fired and Lisa LaFlamme is reinstated.
I’m sure Omar will do a great job- but he isn’t Lisa. Time to switch news channel!
Shame on you Bell Media. Your message is clear and leaves a bad taste in your viewers’ mouth. You lost this viewer.
Probably didn’t poll well with the “younger demographic” advertisers wanted. Salary was also likely too high to justify with most people just not watching traditional news. It’s show business.
Bell Media are like Terrorists, Not an Employer to trust. Decay of Canadian Broadcasting, Shame, Shame, Shame.
BELL = poor decisions, no thought about the consumer.
What a PR disaster for CTVNews and BellMediaPR
What's wrong, too afraid to tell Lisa's side of the story?
How do you spell wrongful dismissal? Go get em Lisa. What they did to you is horrible
I guess being the best in your trade just isn’t good enough for Bell Media?
Wonder what happened? You don’t just fire someone for no reason?
Isnt he trudeaus personal reporter ?
Men are drawn to younger, more attractive women, therefore, they get more views. Cry about it to nature.
I just do not care.
We want to know why you had to go It was not your choice So why ?.
I forgot to unfollow CP24, as it's an arm of CTVNews.
the NDP is behind her leaving. rasics people don't want a woman. to dam fffffffffffing bad. women in this country can get great jobs. it's men who have issues
Another white person bites the dust!!!
I heard this a couple months ago a secret not so much
Of course she did we all know what is happening to Canada. It's not who you are it's well we all know the way this country is going. You just have to turn on your TV.
Hug mistake! CTV NEWS AND BELL MEDIA will watch their ratings drop!
Clearly she had something on the liberal_party and their hitler 2.0 pm and was ordered fired.
Might as well watch Fox News. They have more morals than Bell. This is absolutely disgusting!!!! This is exactly the reason I will burn down my house before ever having anything to do with Bell!!!!!
Chief of fake news anchor!
Not woke enough maybe
What a big mistake they’ve made… their ratings are going to plummet
Why don't you people at CP 24 have the balls to ask Doug Ford where he put that 4 billion dollar's at or you SCARED
I really want to hear from people close to her specially in her team just to make sure she is not another John Derringer. I think the next few months are going to see more terminations, anyone with HR complaints is out.
God🙄. People will turn anything into a conspiracy 🤦🏼♀️
Big time severance pay for her- but still very disappointed by Bell Media.
What do you wanna bet, Sandy Rinaldo is next to get the boot
Not watching THE NATIONAL (my favourite) anymore. Bell Media is horrible and callous. As a 30 year Bell customer and longer before internet) I may finally leave all their services too. Shame on you classless bunch. Disgusting. Lisa was class.
Guess after Ginella Massi, they needed another Muslim to front the channel. Very soon CTV will resemble the Taliban channels in Afghanistan!
White people gonna be pissed
Who cares
CTV sucks
the great replacement
Does it really matter? CTV and CP24 are just fake news who's job it is to make people vote liberal so that they can continue to push the CRTC around and screw us all on wireless and internet services. They're just crooked corporate gangsters.
Woke reaaona
I guess she wasn't spreading enough propaganda for corrupt Bell Media.
Disgusting the way she was treated CTVNews wry disappointed changing the channel.
Another reason notvto do business with bell
Worst decision. Lisa LaFlamme cannot be replaced.
Huge mistake CTV!! You just lost a long time viewer!
Lloyd Robertson at age 77 got several weeks send-off, a party and even called back for guest appearances. Lisa LaFlamme was told to behave like a woman, keep her mouth shut and walk out the door!! What a pathetic employer CTV is!! BellMedia LisaLaFlamme misogyny
Call it like it is. Bell media canceled her contract. This was not her choice
Welcome to the real world ffs
Shameful!!!
Fake news to the best
They fired Lisa Laflamme because she runs a cannabis business. How is this conflict of interest when it's legal in Canada.
It's called ratings folks! No one believes the government written scripts anymore!
Bell media . Not surprise , the destroyer there radios there own . Crave is over price piece of 💩🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Never watched Lisa - will not be watching Omar.
What demographic is still watching TV networks ?
Everyone stop watching CTV news, dying media, it's fake and woke.
Who the fuck really cares ?!!
She should sue BellMediaPR and make a human rights claim and seek to be reinstated. This feels ageist, sexist and racist.
They did her dirty still
And all because she let her hair go naturalshame Equality women
Oy vey the “Patriarchy”
Again as Bell media likes to pretend they care about people with their 🐂💩let’s talk crap, they again unceremoniously dump a senior employee who has done and is still is doing a great job!
Exact thing happened in radio stations.. chfi Rogers let them all go with no good reason..
No more ctvnews for me!!!
Omar Sachedina cannot even be in the same ball park as Lisa….what a shitty decision
He's younger and doesn't cost as much to pay, as an older more seasoned woman.
Well just deleted this newscast of my PVR, hope my changing habits got recorded for canceling the program. They did not even give her the privilege to say goodnight to Canada...sad,sad,sad.
Zero respect for this liberal propaganda talking head. I’ll never forget how ‘giddy’ she was the night Trudeau inexplicably won in 2015. I’m sure another leftist will slide right into the big chair. fakenews propaganda
I wonder how much they are paying Omar Sachedina. My wild guess is less than half almost third.
The same omarsachedina who harassed gmbutts wife by going to his house Must be the BIPOC quota. Ridiculous. lisalaflamme ctvnews
Story teller is out, making room for a new story teller.
There is no such a thing as bogus most trusted broadcaster title anymore. Ratings and diversity matter.Many private Youtuber newscasters have over million viewers daily.
Lockdowns and job losses were no big deal to anyone in the press for 2 years. Doesn't feel good, indeed.
Very misleading headline. Lisa’s contract was cancelled for no apparent reason by CTVNews . Doesn’t make sense as she was voted top news anchor the last 2 years (21’22). Much more to the story being untold.
Bell media you are pathetic. CTV news I will not be watching.
Omar who!?
Tired of spewing lies and being complicit in the most criminal human atrocity in history?
So Lisa announced that Bell Media 'didn't extend' her contract. Why was she let go? Was it because she isn't BIPOC?
A Lisa being replaced by a guy named Omar....Thanks Pierre
This is crazy
Lost me.
CP24=CNN...same shit
What a loss! Too white!?
How could they do this to the best in the business?🤦🏽♂️
Seems Bell Media is listening to the bean counters! Save money and earn more for the share holders!! Typical short sighted!
CTV you suck big time!! Lisa is the most professional, understanding,has empathy plus and you let her go You should let Samedi go as she is beginning to look haggard her blonde hair does nothing for her. If hair is the issue then your move is discriminatory!! CTV lost to me.
CTV is now off my favourites list. I won't allow them to disappoint me a third time.
Just trying to play down the fact that you fired an amazing Journalist for no good reason. She is a woman with integrity over 50 making a good salary! So she had too go! LisaLaFlamme_ was the reason I watched the evening news.
LisaLaFlamme is the only reason I watched the late CTV news! They have lost a viewer! I don’t know what “new direction” they want to take the news but turfing Lisa LaFlamme they way they did is going to cost them a lot of viewers! Wrong move CTV
So, why is she out exactly?
They’ve been doing the exact same thing in sports radio too. All the old timers kicked out the door. Notice the sudden resignations by those working in radio. Announce your retirement or you’ll be fired. Bell Media is a horrible place to work for.
Shameful! Absolutely no one watches CTV to see Omar
Good luck to the new guy, he'll need it 😂 CTV is a rough place lately. Hopefully he brings honest reporting 😊
Disgusting!! Lisa was so great! I’ve watched CTV news for most of my life. No more! Clearly not a place where you can age with dignity.
Oh my! Seems so wrong. She was a great chief news anchor. She won so many awards. Even so, I'm glad for omarsachedina
Too white for Trudeau's Canada?
See what happens when you let your hair go grey!
Lisa is the reason our family watches CTV evening news...really bad move CTV....My God.Lisa could deliver the news like no one else...
Yeah bellmedia cowering to the race word bringing somebody of a Pakistani background in so that they don't get called racist Network
We’ll Bell…..another very bad decision.
Who?
Ageism
Happy retirement.
Who cares!
Congrats Omar take care of anchor seat until retirement. Happy retirement Lisa....
35 years was a good run. Time to let someone fresh take the lead.
Pretty sure I knew they wouldn’t replace her with any White person. Anything related to Bell Media is far left and Woke. You don’t have to look any further then CFRB 1010. They have totally destroyed that station. You have to be either liberal or Gay to work there. 😎😎😎
Looks like a salary dump. Employees over 55 being replaced by someone younger and with a lower paycheque. Happens all the time.
Bell’s toxic culture and gaslighting truth continues
Starting to get old white people off air And bring in non-white people
Good riddance.
Shame she was one of the best. Trusted her reporting
A travesty and a huge mistake - she’s wonderful :(
Wonderful. Move on.
Over 50? Check Low melanin levels? Check Good enough reason for the cult of Diversity Inclusion and Equity to offer a compelled retirement.
Maybe if her name was Fatima she could have stayed on.
CTV should have hired Jian Ghomeshi
People hate older women. That’s a known thing. Gross
Saddened to hear your news, we’ll miss you
Bad bad move CTV - just lost a loyal viewer
Time to replace mean girl journorosa along with her. There is no place for bullying staff anywhere. Let’s talk about real mental health CTVNews and BellMediaPR!
It may be time Canadians start to examine Bell Canada a little closer
Such BULL SHIT ! Sorry Omar you will never be able to follow her
Sackawhata?
What about Sandie Rinaldo? Is she next CTV Bell..!
What a misleading Headline. Did Bell write it? Lisa was Fired for no coherent reason. Bell needs to be Out as the “Let’s Talk Day” nameplate. Toxic culture.
Omar can never, ever fill Lisa's shoes. They will lose a lot of viewers.
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And that's the kind of day it's been... Miss this guy
Hopefully Lisa made serious bank at the departure.
Gonna b like fraiser and turn into a Latino show or something eh..😏🤣
I miss Loyde
Diversity strikes again
CTV is not news. It’s hot garbage.
As I stated......BIPOC I what the media is 'Investing' .....media is now just and arm of the Liberal Party.......edict from the PMO and now the two...BELL and LIBERAL govt will slobber all over each other
Out with old in with the new. Bye bye Lisa. Hello Omar! Can’t wait to see the new era of CTvnational news!
Too pale for CTV?
QPnewsboy Considering she was trying to retire in 2020, but stayed on for the pandemic, don't make it look like she got fired CdnMediaFailed
Women over 50 in All professions are being kicked to the curb. Experience doesn’t factor any more. misogyny discrimination
Omar who?
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