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‘Newfoundland rising!’: David Cochrane gets the gig

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Newfoundland's got talent: Newfoundlanders actor Greg Malone, left, comedian Rick Mercer, journalist David Cochrane, and his date, comedian Mark Critch, at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2017.Photograph courtesy of Mark Critch's Twitter account

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

February 20, 2023

CBC's Power & Politics has a new full-time host. St. John's, N.L., native David Cochrane announced his new role as the permanent host on Twitter on Feb. 16, quote-tweeting the CBC's announcement of the news with: "So, I have a new job."

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