Award-winning broadcast journalist Vassy Kapelos (MA’06) takes over for Rosemary Barton as the host of CBC’s Power & Politics starting in March.

CBC News has tapped Canadian broadcast journalist Vassy Kapelos to host its flagship daily political program Power & Politics.

Kapelos, who describes herself as “politics-obsessed,” joins the public broadcaster from Global News, where she most recently served as Ottawa bureau chief and host of the network’s program The West Block.

Prior to working as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa, Kapelos covered provincial politics, including in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to join this show and work with a group of really talented people who are as politics-obsessed as me,” Kapelos said in a statement Thursday.

Read “Vassy Kapelos to host CBC’s Power & Politics” on cbc.ca.

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