Barbara Joan Higgins (born September 21, 1962) is best known in Southern Alberta for her 21 year career as senior anchor, writer and producer of the 6 o'clock news for CTVCalgary. As a journalist and documentarian, Higgins brought a critical eye to the evening news. After a total of 26 years as a journalist, in July, 2010 Higgins left her post at CTV to enter the Calgary mayoral election.[2]
Barbara Joan Higgins was born September 21, 1962, in Edmonton, Alberta. She graduated from Ross Sheppard High School in 1979 and enrolled in Business Administration at NAIT. After two years of study in Business Administration, she transferred to NAIT's Radio and Television Arts. Higgins worked with both CBC and CTV affiliates in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. She moved to Calgary in March 1989.[3]
On July 23, 2010, Higgins announced her intention to run as a candidate for mayor in the 2010 Calgary civic election to be held that October. She subsequently described herself as a fiscal conservative with a heart.[4] Her campaign rhetoric has centred on setting the tone at City Hall and empowering civic employees to develop solutions to address Calgary's $60-million budget shortfall.[5] In the election, Higgins won the votes of over 90-thousand Calgarians and placed third behind Naheed Nenshi and Ric McIver.[6]
Winner of the 'Best of Festival' award at CanPro and winner of 'Most Inspirational' award at the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA) for her documentary Running on Empty.[7]
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award.
Peter Legge Philanthropy Award.
UNICEF Volunteer of the Year Award.
City of Calgary White Hat Award.
Two time winner of Calgary's Top 40 Under 40
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^"City of Calgary, 2010 General Election Official Results" (PDF). City of Calgary. 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
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barb, higgins, this, article, autobiography, been, extensively, edited, subject, someone, connected, subject, need, editing, conform, wikipedia, neutral, point, view, policy, there, relevant, discussion, talk, page, march, 2020, learn, when, remove, this, temp. This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia s neutral point of view policy There may be relevant discussion on the talk page March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Barbara Joan Higgins born September 21 1962 is best known in Southern Alberta for her 21 year career as senior anchor writer and producer of the 6 o clock news for CTV Calgary As a journalist and documentarian Higgins brought a critical eye to the evening news After a total of 26 years as a journalist in July 2010 Higgins left her post at CTV to enter the Calgary mayoral election 2 Barb HigginsBorn 1962 09 21 September 21 1962 age 61 Edmonton AlbertaOccupationJournalistYears active1985 2010Spouse s Bruce Covernton former 1 Brad MooreAwardsBest of festival Canpro Best New Series RTNDAWebsitewww barbhiggins caBiography editBarbara Joan Higgins was born September 21 1962 in Edmonton Alberta She graduated from Ross Sheppard High School in 1979 and enrolled in Business Administration at NAIT After two years of study in Business Administration she transferred to NAIT s Radio and Television Arts Higgins worked with both CBC and CTV affiliates in Alberta British Columbia Manitoba and Saskatchewan She moved to Calgary in March 1989 3 On July 23 2010 Higgins announced her intention to run as a candidate for mayor in the 2010 Calgary civic election to be held that October She subsequently described herself as a fiscal conservative with a heart 4 Her campaign rhetoric has centred on setting the tone at City Hall and empowering civic employees to develop solutions to address Calgary s 60 million budget shortfall 5 In the election Higgins won the votes of over 90 thousand Calgarians and placed third behind Naheed Nenshi and Ric McIver 6 Awards and honours editWinner of Best News Series from the Radio and Television News Directors Association for her 3 part series on Calgary firefighter Greg McDougal s battle with the Workers Compensation Board 7 Winner of the Best of Festival award at CanPro and winner of Most Inspirational award at the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association AMPIA for her documentary Running on Empty 7 Queen s Diamond Jubilee Award Peter Legge Philanthropy Award UNICEF Volunteer of the Year Award City of Calgary White Hat Award Two time winner of Calgary s Top 40 Under 40References edit Archived copy PDF www kidscancercare ab ca Archived from the original PDF on 21 August 2010 Retrieved 12 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link CTV Calgary Barb Higgins running for mayor CTV News Calgary ctv ca 2010 07 28 Retrieved 2010 08 08 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 08 21 Retrieved 2010 08 06 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Calgary Herald August 6 2010 Higgins joins race says she s a fiscal conservative with social heart Calgaryherald com Archived from the original on 31 July 2010 Retrieved 2010 08 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Canada Veteran news anchor Barb Higgins enters race to become Calgary mayor The Globe and Mail Retrieved 2010 08 08 City of Calgary 2010 General Election Official Results PDF City of Calgary 2010 Retrieved September 16 2015 a b calgary ctv ca Calgary news from CTV Ctv ca Archived from the original on 2007 09 25 Retrieved 2010 08 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barb Higgins amp oldid 1114974352, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
