CBC News: Nova Scotia Team
Tom Murphy - Anchor
Tom Murphy is the Anchor for CBC News in Nova Scotia. Tom has hosted Land and Sea on CBC Television and has been the Maritimes national correspondent for CBC News.
Tom Murphy started his career at CBC in Charlottetown working as both a radio and television reporter and back-up host for eight years before moving to CBC Halifax in 1999 as a current affairs reporter. He was a regular on "The National" contributing to both news and current affairs before becoming the Maritimes National Correspondent in 2006. He has reported on such stories as the conflict at Burnt Church, provided live coverage of Hurricane Juan, and profiled Sydney Crosby in his rookie year in the NHL. He also was the first to break news with the now famous "potato patch" interview with Peter MacKay. During stints filling in as CBC's foreign correspondent in Washington, he covered two Space Shuttle launches in Florida and Hurricane Dean in Jamaica. Recently, Tom covered "The Boys in Red" van crash in Bathurst in 2008 for The National, the inquiry into botched cancer tests in Newfoundland and Labrador, and this spring's crash of a helicopter off St. John's that killed 17 oil rig workers. Tom also won a RTNDA award for TV short feature in addition to past awards from Atlantic Journalism Awards and the Columbus International Film and Television Festival.
Peter Coade - Meteorologist
Peter Coade is Nova Scotia's most respected, experienced and trusted weathercaster. Nova Scotians have come to depend on Peter's forecasts and he is a
valued member of the CBC Television team.
In 1962, Peter joined the federal government weather service, where he was trained in the science of meteorology, more commonly known as weather casting. During his tenure at the government, Peter worked in Truro, Nova Scotia, Goose Bay, Labrador and Toronto, Ontario. It was in Goose Bay, that Peter started his media career with the CBC. He presented the weather nightly from CFLA-TV, to a largely American audience, members of the USAF and their families. While stationed in Toronto with the federal weather service, he also held the position of staff meteorologist for radio station CFRB, working with personalities like Gordon Sinclair and Betty Kennedy. Peter worked for ATV/ASN from March of 1990 until he re-joined the CBC in September of 2007. Peter's very first appearance on CBC Television was back in the late 1950's, when one day he job shadowed weatherman Rube Hornstein for a day. From that very first experience, he's been hooked on weather and is now the 'go to local weather forecaster' for CBC Television audiences in Nova Scotia.
Amy Smith - Host
Amy Smith is the host of CBC News: Halifax at 5:30 and CBC News: Maritimes Late Night. Amy joined the CBC News team in the Maritimes
in 2009 after fifteen years with the Chronicle Herald. She worked as legislative reporter and Sunday columnist (The Howe Room) and has
covered City Hall, the courts, Nova Scotia labour as well as general news. Amy has an impressive roster of interviews under her belt.
In addition to federal and provincial political leaders, she had the opportunity to interview Condoleezza Rice in 2006. She has covered
every provincial and federal election in Nova Scotia since 1997 and is a recipient of a 2002 journalism award in enterprise reporting
on a series about the Sydney Tar Ponds. Amy grew up in Nova Scotia and is a graduate from the School of Journalism at the University of
King's College in Halifax.