Omar Sachedina was born on August 21,1982 and is a Canadian journalist and news anchor for CTV News.
16 Facts About Omar Sachedina
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Omar Sachedina is currently serving as the chief anchor and senior editor for CTV's national evening newscast CTV National News since September 5,2022.
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Previously, Sachedina served as the National Affairs Correspondent for CTV News.
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Omar Sachedina's great-grandparents immigrated to Africa from India in the late 1800s.
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Curious about his parents' East African homeland, Omar Sachedina travelled there in 2005 to report and produce a PBS Frontline Fellowship feature documentary titled Uganda: The Return, exploring the return of Asians to Uganda after the 1972 expulsion.
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Omar Sachedina joined Citytv in July 2006, working on newscasts for both CityNews and CP24, where he remained until 2008.
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Omar Sachedina joined CTV National News as a correspondent in Toronto in September 2009, and has covered many breaking national and international news stories.
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Omar Sachedina covered the 2011 Norway attacks in Oslo, Norway, where 77 people were murdered at a youth camp by Anders Behring Breivik a domestic terrorist and Far-right extremist.
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In 2012, Omar Sachedina reported breaking international news when he travelled to Newtown, Connecticut to cover the second deadliest school shooting in United States history, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Omar Sachedina announced on Twitter on March 22,2013, that he would be moving to Ottawa to assume the role of Parliamentary Correspondent.
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Omar Sachedina returned to Toronto as National Affairs Correspondent for CTV National News in 2018, covering breaking news stories from around the world, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war that followed.
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On September 8,2022, Omar Sachedina announced the breaking news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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In July 2024, Omar Sachedina reported from the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and its president and vice president nominee and appointment of former US president Donald Trump and JD Vance.
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Omar Sachedina was part of the CTV News team that received the 2020 RTNDA Canada Ron Laidlaw Award for continuing coverage of the opioid crisis.
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Omar Sachedina received a nomination for a Daily Excellence award for his coverage of the 2018 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami.
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Omar Sachedina is the recipient of the 2010 RTNDA Canada President's Fellowship.