CBC’s Heather Hiscox Returns Home to Owen Sound for Farewell Broadcast
Heather Hiscox’s farewell tour brings CBC Morning Live to her hometown of Owen Sound Oct. 28 for a special public broadcast.
Longtime CBC News host Heather Hiscox is bringing her farewell tour home. On Tuesday, October 28, Owen Sound will be the final stop on her Morning Live Across Canada series before her last appearance on the CBC News Network next month.
The four-hour national broadcast of CBC Morning Live will air live from 6 to 10 a.m. outside Owen Sound City Hall, and the public is invited to attend.
It’s a homecoming decades in the making for Hiscox, who began her broadcasting career in 1982 at CFOS AM — the same local station that signed off its AM signal earlier this year after 85 years on air.
The event will feature live interviews with community members, performances from the Owen Sound District Secondary School Jazz Band, and on-site coverage from Bayshore Broadcasting’s morning team. Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair, dress for the weather, and take part in what promises to be both a celebration and a farewell.
Hiscox’s Morning Live Across Canada tour has already made stops in Steinbach, Manitoba; Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan; and Hudson, Quebec, with each location chosen for its role in CBC’s growing network of local bureaus. The broadcaster says the series reflects both Hiscox’s 20 years as host and CBC’s ongoing investment in community-based journalism.
Her final broadcast, Morning Live: Celebrating Heather Hiscox, will air November 6 from the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, marking her 20th anniversary as host and her final sign-off before retirement.
During her two decades leading CBC’s national morning show, Hiscox has become one of the most trusted voices in Canadian journalism. She has guided audiences through events of both triumph and tragedy — from the Quebec City mosque shooting and the Humboldt bus crash to royal weddings, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and the 2024 solar eclipse over Niagara Falls. She has also led coverage of ten Olympic Games.
Under her leadership, CBC Morning Live earned a 2023 Canadian Screen Award for Best Morning Show and an RTDNA award in 2024 for live coverage of the Turkish earthquake rescue effort that included a Canadian search-and-rescue team.
Hiscox herself has received multiple national honours, including the 2018 CSA for Best National News Anchor, the YMCA Women of Excellence Award, and most recently, the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her contributions to Canadian broadcasting.
Before moving to the anchor desk, Hiscox reported for The National from Toronto, Washington, and London, covering major international stories. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Western University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2011.
For her hometown audience, the October 28 broadcast offers a chance to celebrate a local success story — one that began in a small Owen Sound newsroom and grew into a national career that helped shape how Canadians understand their country and the world each morning.
The outdoor event is free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to arrive early for the live national broadcast and to join the community in wishing Heather Hiscox a warm hometown farewell.