Carolina de Ryk, Host, Prince Rupert

My Mum has this story. On my third birthday, which falls on the same day as CBC's anniversary, Mum found me on the phone leaving this message: "Hi CBC, I really love listening to you with my Mum. I'm calling to tell you that we have the same birthday."

That, my Mum says, was the beginning of everything.

Since then I have crafted pieces for CBC radio across the country. I have called the bureaus in Victoria and Vancouver home. But my heart (and my voice) are planted in Prince Rupert. I moved here in 2006 as an Associate Producer with Daybreak North. Since 2008 I've had the honour of co-hosting the program.

In April 2010, our lively daughter, Enid, was born. Now she likes to listen to Mummy and the CBC. Enid tunes in to Daybreak every morning with Daddy, the dog and the cat.

Betsy Trumpener, Host, Prince George

Moving into the co-hosting chair for Daybreak, CBC's popular morning show in B.C.'s interior, was a natural fit for Betsy Trumpener, who is an award-winning CBC News reporter, writer, and radio documentary producer. Inspired and energized by the voices, stories, and people of central and northern B.C., she's served as the region's sole CBC News reporter for almost a dozen years.

In that role, Betsy's travelled throughout B.C. and beyond, making frequent contributions to CBC's local, provincial, and national news and current affairs shows. Her coverage of the 2010 Paralympic Games earned her the National Radio Network Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Award. Her journalism has also been recognized with a Jack Webster Award for Best Radio Feature, two national RTNDA awards, one for a series on fetal alcohol in Northern B.C. which she co-produced with colleague Robert Doane, and three B.C. RTNDA awards, one for a story on gang violence in Prince George.

She is also a published author and her book of short fiction, The Butcher of Penetang, was a shortlist finalist for two national literary awards.

Before moving to the B.C. interior in 1999, Betsy grew up in Alberta and worked in Toronto at a homeless shelter and in adult literacy and community development programs. Betsy now lives with her family and dog in a rural area outside Prince George.

Robert Doane, Producer, Prince George

Robert Doane has done it all. The northern boy first came to the CBC in 2006. He started as the aboriginal intern, before transitioning into a researcher, then Associate Producer, Reporter, then co-host of the morning program Daybreak. After a couple of years, hauling in stories from the coast, Robert moved back to Prince George. He is now the producer. In Robert's short time with the CBC, he's been recognized as a Jack Webster Award finalist, he's won a national RTNDA award, and three BC RTNDA awards, one for a story on suicide in the Hazelton's.

Robert loves the north, and is passionate about northern issues. He recently partnered with host Betsy Trumpener on a national radio documentary, on private property ownership in the Nisga'a Nation.

Before getting into the radio biz, Robert studied journalism in Calgary at the University of Calgary and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He now lives in Prince George with his wife and two beautiful daughters.

Since 2009, Pamela McCall has produced Daybreak North. But she is now the voice of the morning show news in northern B.C., as she takes on the role of Reporter/Editor. She brings a wealth of journalistic experience; she has been a CBS News Correspondent in both London, England and New York City. She received an International Edward R. Murrow Award and a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for coverage of the 9/11 World Trade Centre attack and collapse. Pamela has also anchored BBC World Service newscasts in London, and worked as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong. Having returned to Prince George to be closer to her family, Pamela is enjoying the outdoor lifestyle in northern B.C.

Andrew Kurjata, Associate Producer, Prince George

Born and raised in Prince George, Andrew is proud to call northern B.C. home. He graduated from the University of Northern British Columbia with a degree in political science and international studies.

Prior to joining the Daybreak team, he worked as a research assistant with UNBC and interned with the provincial government. He has also been editor-in-chief of UNBC's student newspaper, station manager of CFUR Radio, a millworker, a knife salesman, and an ESL teacher in Wuhan, China.

Andrew loves music and the outdoors, plays dodgeball and road hockey, and has way too many pets.

George Baker, Associate Producer, Prince Rupert

George Baker is a true southern-boy living up north: he doesn't fish, he doesn't hunt and he doesn't even own a pair of gum boots. But he does enjoy learning from, covering and being a part of the Northern B.C. community.

Before joining the CBC Daybreak North team, George worked for two years at the Prince Rupert Daily News covering many of the issues that the good people of northwestern B.C. care so much for.

George lives in a house-shaped orange on top of a hill in the 'City of Rainbows', Prince Rupert. He has a cat named Hemingway, and a pick-up truck named Chevy.

Wil Fundal, Associate Producer/Northern Reporter, Prince George

Wil Fundal has called Prince George home since 2006. He made the move to northern B.C. after working stints in Metro Vancouver in television, and the Southern Interior working for a private radio station. Wil also worked for CJCI/CIRX in Prince George as a senior news anchor and reporter, and CBC TV, and CTV News as a freelance cameraman before joining Canada's national public broadcaster.

He loves telling stories from the region, especially since it has some of the most unique places and people. And other than breaking out in song during karaoke, Wil has also enriched himself in the local arts community through performing at musicals and singing gigs.