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‘I needed a new adventure,’ Global News’ Bourbeau to leave Hill to head up Global’s newsgathering in Toronto

Jacques Bourbeau, right, who will be replaced by Vassy Kapelos as Global News Hill bureau chief, starts a new job as director of news gathering in Toronto after a few decades on the Hill, including 12 years as bureau chief. ‘I needed a new adventure.’ The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Feature

July 25, 2016

Jacques Bourbeau, the veteran Global News Hill bureau chief, will be heading to Toronto to become Global's new director of newsgathering effective Aug. 1. Mr. Bourbeau, 56, said the opportunity came up and he decided to go for it after covering four prime ministers and working as b...

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