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From Balls Creek ‘boom girl’ to the Decision Desk: CBC ‘legend’ Sharon Musgrave says farewell

Five generations of the CBC family, politicos, and senators packed the Métropolitain Brasserie on June 26 to raise a toast to Musgrave’s three decades with the public broadcaster.

CBC News: Politics legend Don Newman, right, reunites with the former Cape Breton-ese voice in his head, Sharon Musgrave, at the Métropolitain Brasserie on June 26, to celebrate her retirement after more than three decades with the public broadcaster.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY STUART BENSON

June 27, 2025

Politicos, politicians, and five generations of the CBC packed the Métropolitain Brasserie on June 26 to raise a glass and say farewell to the venerable “Boom Girl” from Balls Creek, N.S., Sharon Musgrave, after more than three-and-a-half decades yellin...

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