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Biography

Mike Hornbrook has been the economics correspondent for CBC Radio News since 2004, covering economic and financial trends as well as significant business stories. Before that, Mike spent a decade abroad as a foreign correspondent for CBC radio and television. He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 2000 to 2004 as well as travelling widely to report from the Arab world while based in Jerusalem. Earlier, he was based in Moscow for almost six years. He has also been CBC Radio's national reporter covering the Maritimes. The Canadian Federation of Journalists awarded him the top prize for Conflict Analysis in 2002. He holds a BA (cum laude) in political science from the University of Regina, a diploma in business administration and has studied economics at the University of Western Ontario.

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Health »

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