Belle Puri is a reporter with CBC News Vancouver at 5, 5:30 & 6 pm.

A seasoned and award winning broadcast journalist with 30 years experience, Belle has been with the CBC since 1992. Belle has worked as a reporter, producer and host in private radio and, private and public television. Belle worked as the B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief for CBC’s Canada Now, after four years as business reporter for the national Newsworld Business News program. Prior to that, she spent three years as Senior Assignment Producer for CBC Broadcast One.

Belle’s assignments have included provincial politics, federal political leadership conventions, the Commonwealth Conference, the Clinton/Yeltsin summit, Royal visits, Expo ’86 and APEC. Belle was one of the first female sportscasters on the west coast and has covered many milestone events such as the tours of Terry Fox, Steve Fonyo and Rick Hansen.

Winner of the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism, CAN PRO Gold Award, and several regional and national RTNDA awards, Belle’s work has made lasting impacts. In the late 1980s, her in-depth look at grizzly bears lead to the designation of BC's Khutzeymateen Valley as a grizzly bear sanctuary. She is extensively involved in community work covering healthcare, social service agencies and the arts.

Belle puts her heart and soul into everything she does. When she participated in Vancouver's first Weekend To End Breast Cancer, she planned to raise the obligatory $2,000 and simply walk the 60 km. She ended up raising $30,000 and was #2 on the list of top 10 fundraisers. In her free time, when she’s not walking around town getting her exercise, this third generation British Columbian can be found working in her garden or baking.