Valerie Pringle

Valerie Pringle Template:Postnominals (née Whittingham,<ref name="Wong2011">Template:Cite book</ref> born 5 September 1953) is a Canadian television host and journalist, hosting the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC since 2006. Pringle was born in Windsor, Ontario.<ref name="Iltan" />

Pringle began her career in broadcasting as a summer student with Toronto radio station CFRB in 1973,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and became a full-time reporter for the station the following year. In 1981, she hosted her own daily series on CFRB, The Pringle Program.<ref name="HermanMatthews2008">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1984, Pringle moved to the CBC as one of the original cohosts of Midday.<ref name="Crean1987">Template:Cite book</ref> She stayed with Midday until 1992, when she moved to CTV to co-host Canada AM.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

With CTV, Pringle was also a host of special events programming such as the network's 1993 election and 1995 Quebec referendum coverage and the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pringle remained with Canada AM until 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since then, she hosted a travel show with CTV, Valerie Pringle Has Left the Building, from 2002 to 2006,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> documentary specials for Discovery Channel Canada, and the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC from 2006.<ref name=Iltan>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref>Template:OCC</ref> She lives in Toronto, Ontario.<ref name="Iltan" />

She is married to Andy Pringle,<ref name="Wong2011" /> previously chairman of Upper Canada College's Board of Governors and chief of staff to then Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader John Tory, former mayor of Toronto. They have three children: a daughter named Catherine and two sons.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pringle is also an official spokesperson for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is a member of the board of directors of the Trans Canada Trail<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Trans Canada Trail Foundation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2025, she announced her retirement after five decades in journalism.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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