Sarika Sehgal
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Sarika Sehgal (born September 1976) is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Sehgal's broadcasting career began in Toronto as a producer for a national morning show. From there, she served as an anchor and reporter for CICI in Sudbury. Similar duties soon followed at CKEM in Edmonton where she was a key part of the special September 11, 2001 attacks coverage. Within a year, she was on her way to CFCN to co-produce and anchor the noon-hour newscasts, as well as report on health issues. Sehgal also served as an executive producer and co-anchor for CHCH in Hamilton. In September 2003, Sehgal headed back to Toronto to co-host CKXT's Toronto Tonight.
After the cancellation of Toronto Tonight, Sehgal joined CBC Newsworld as a host in November 2005. On July 10, 2006, Sehgal became host of the new show "CBC News: Tonight." The hour-long show airs Monday to Thursday on CBC Newsworld at 8:00 p.m.
Born in Canada, Sehgal studied in India for six years and travelled the world. In addition to being a graduate of Humber College's broadcasting program in Toronto, Sehgal has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto.
