Avery Haines 923385 158277788 2007-09-16T14:04:45Z Killick 2034258 /* Family */ redirected link to correct Paul Haines. '''Avery Haines''' (born ca. 1966 in [[New Mexico]], [[United States]])<ref>{{cite news | publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=[[22 January]] [[2000]] | page=R11 | first=Alexandra | last=Gill | title=Is this thing on? }}</ref> is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[television]] [[journalist]] and host of ''Health On the Line'', which airs on [[Life Network]] and [[Discovery Health|Discovery Health Channel Canada]]. On [[January 15]], [[2000]], Haines, at the time a fill-in anchor for [[CTV Newsnet]], made a mistake with a line while taping a report introduction. After regaining her composure, she joked: <blockquote>''I kind of like the little stuttering thing. It's like equal opportunity, right? We've got a stuttering newscaster. We've got the black, we've got the Asian, we've got the woman. I could be a lesbian, folk-dancing, black woman stutterer. What's that? In a wheelchair ... with a gimping, rubber legs. Yeah, really. I'd have a successful career, let me tell you.''</blockquote> However, the camera was still on. Haines retaped the segment, but later that day, a CTV technician mistakenly aired the tape which included the error and the comment. On [[January 17]], Haines was fired from CTV Newsnet after her comments sparked controversy. The unnamed technician was suspended. Haines was soon hired by [[CITY-TV|Citytv Toronto]], before taking her current position in fall 2001. Prior to working for CTV, Haines was a reporter for [[CFRB (AM)|CFRB]] in [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]]. ==Family== She is the sister of [[Emily Haines]], lead singer of the band [[Metric (band)|Metric]]. Both Emily and Avery are daughters of the late [[Paul Haines (poet)|Paul Haines]], noted poet and librettist of ''[[Escalator over the Hill]]'' which was co-written with [[Carla Bley]]. ==Awards== Her recent television programme ''Health On the Line'' won [[Gemini Award]]s in 2002 and 2005 for Best Talk Series.<ref>[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20860&shownum=17&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 17th Gemini Awards (2002) nominations: Best Talk Series]</ref><ref>[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20860&shownum=20&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Talk Series]</ref> In 2005, she was personally nominated for a Gemini in a hosting/interviewer category.<ref>[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20900&shownum=20&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series]</ref> ==References== <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Avery}} [[Category:1960s births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian television journalists]] [[Category:People from New Mexico]] {{canada-journalist-stub}}