Heather Hiscox Returns Home to Owen Sound for Her Farewell Broadcast
It’s a full-circle moment for one of Canada’s most familiar news voices. After more than four decades in journalism, longtime CBC News anchor Heather Hiscox is bringing her farewell tour back to where it all began — her hometown of Owen Sound. This Tuesday morning, the city will host the final stop of her “Morning Live Across Canada” series, with a special broadcast outside Owen Sound City Hall before she makes her final appearance on CBC News Network next month.
For Hiscox, this isn’t just another broadcast — it’s a homecoming steeped in nostalgia and gratitude. She began her media journey right here in Owen Sound, back in 1982, at the local CFOS radio station. Coincidentally, that same station recently ended its 85-year run on AM radio, transitioning to FM. “It was never in doubt,” she said in an interview. “We needed to go back to where the journalistic journey began — and here we are.”
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Her story traces back even further — to her teenage years, when she wrote a weekly column for the Owen Sound Sun Times while studying at West Hill Secondary School. That early taste of local storytelling, she recalled, planted the seed for a lifelong passion. “It made me proud to share what was going on in our community,” she said. “Looking back, it probably planted the seed for everything that came later.”
Her first real break came in an unexpected way. After winning the Miss Teen Canada title, Hiscox was offered a summer job at CFOS — and that $4.50-an-hour gig changed everything. “I was very academic and planning on law school,” she laughed, “but suddenly I was trained to be a radio announcer. I loved it.”
That job became the foundation of a 43-year broadcasting career that would take her from a small-town station to national television. She says her mentors at CFOS — including Rick Moss and Ross Kentner — taught her that journalism wasn’t just about headlines, but about connection. “They believed being on air was a privilege,” she reflected. “Local radio was about showing up — for the listeners, for the causes, for the community.”
Hiscox believes that sense of connection is what’s missing from much of today’s media landscape. “A lack of local news weakens communities,” she said. “It makes us less informed, less connected. That’s why we need to keep telling those everyday stories.” She praised efforts like The Owen Sound Current and CBC’s new local “pop-up” bureaus for keeping community storytelling alive.
Now, as she prepares to sign off for the last time, Hiscox is focused on mentoring young journalists and helping them build careers rooted in that same spirit of service. “I’ve been so lucky,” she said. “Even when I was anchoring from Toronto, I always thought about talking to one listener — just like in Owen Sound.”
Her farewell broadcast will air live from Owen Sound City Hall from 6 to 10 a.m., featuring local guests, live music, and what’s sure to be an emotional celebration of both her remarkable career and the hometown that shaped it.
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