Krista Erickson

Krista Erickson is a Canadian former broadcast journalist.

From April 2011 until January 2013, she served as the principal daytime anchor for the Sun News Network hosting the program, Canada Live from the channel's Toronto studios. Prior to joining Sun News, Erickson worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for 11 years, latterly as a member of the network's parliamentary bureau.

Early life Krista Erickson graduated from Red River College program in Creative Communications in 1999.

Biography Erickson started her career in 1999 in her hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's national public television and radio broadcaster. She joined CBC Manitoba as a researcher with a focus on investigative journalism

In 2008, she was accused of bias while covering the Mulroney-Schreiber hearings when she was accused of feeding questions to former Liberal Member of Parliament Pablo Rodriguez. An investigation by the CBC ombudsman cleared her of any charge of bias.

Erickson promoted the launch of Sun News by appearing as a Sunshine Girl on the day of the channel's premiere. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that the interview did not violate the country's broadcast standards.

In January 2013, Erickson left Sun News Network and began working as a freelance foreign correspondent based in London and filed reports for CBS News. By the end of the year, she had left journalism for law school. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2015 and a Master of Laws in 2017 from BPP Law School in London, England.

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Production Result 2004 Gemini Awards Best Lifestyle / Practical Information Marketplace "Love and Little White Lies"