Sunday, May 24, 2009

Boomer... say it's not so...

On June 9th Jim Nunn host and main anchor of CBC Halifax "News At Six" which is the equivelent of our "Compass" is retiring from CBC Halifax and they are now looking for replacements. My Halifax friends tell me that PEI's very own Norma Lee MacLeod who use to be a reporter in Charlottetown before moving to Halifax is vying for the job and is up against no other than our very own Bruce Rainie (a Dartmouth native) who currently anchors the desk for Compass.... Although Norma Lee already had this position at one time she had decided to try her hand at producing the show and now the word is she wants it back (less stress is my guess).... along with a host of others including Bruce... most Islanders have fell in love with the "Rainie Boys" both Matt and Bruce as they are hard working guys with a great sense of humour and certainly fit well with Islanders... poor old Boomer won't know what to do if we lose his "sidekick" and when I suggested Boomer to "say it's not so" I thought about this expression and I near deleted it... as Bruce would vouch for this..... if "Boomer says it's not so" it's more than likely the opposite... something like the weather.... my prediction is that if either of them get the job then CBC Halifax will be the winner...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gee, Tim, hope this isn't true. Bruce has been great for PEI, and with apologies to fans of Roger Younker, is by far the most articulate and glib anchor we'eve ever had on Compass.
If it's between Rainnie and Norma Lee, Bruce wins easily and is gone.
And who are we left with for our show ?

Mark said...

Every so often I catch Compass from Boston and Bruce does a great job. He is definitely material for a larger market and while he would be missed he has a great future. Boomer certainly brings something unique to the weather.

Jenna said...

The only hope we have is that I know Bruce loves living on the Island.
Now, if he's FORCED to pick up and leave for HalifAX, that won't matter.
Hopefully, he's given a choice.
Compass is going to 90 minutes soon. Who the heck would do it if Bruce left ? 90 minutes of Sara, Sally, or Higgins just doesn't compute.