Heather Proudfoot Barry, former N.S. television reporter, dies at 48 Breaking News print this article
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX (CP) - Heather Proudfoot Barry, whose career as a television journalist saw her report on Nova Scotia politics and major events such as the Westray mine disaster, has died at the age of 48.
Barry died in a Halifax hospital on Thursday, three years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
Barry, who is survived by her husband and two children, was born in New Glasgow and graduated from the journalism program at Ottawa's Carleton University in 1981.
According to a published obituary, she worked summers as a newspaper reporter with the New Glasgow News before landing her first full-time job covering the courts for a New Brunswick radio station.
Barry started working with a CTV News affiliate in Saint John, N.B., in 1982 and moved to the network's Halifax station two years later, eventually covering the Nova Scotia legislature from 1988 until 1996.
She reported on the end of John Buchanan's Conservative government, and also the rise and fall of former Liberal premier John Savage, and she was among the first reporters on the scene of the mine explosion that killed 26 men in Westray, N.S., in 1992.
She continued covering Westray, reporting on the aftermath of the disaster and the political fallout.
She married Art Barry in 1994 and had her first child in 1996, working part-time before leaving her job to raise her family.
Even after leaving her journalism career, Barry continued to volunteer with CTV's Christmas Daddies telethon, co-hosting the program in Cape Breton.
Barry's ashes will be spread in waters of Chance Harbour in Pictou County, and a funeral will be held next Thursday in New Glasgow.
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX (CP) - Heather Proudfoot Barry, whose career as a television journalist saw her report on Nova Scotia politics and major events such as the Westray mine disaster, has died at the age of 48.
Barry died in a Halifax hospital on Thursday, three years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
Barry, who is survived by her husband and two children, was born in New Glasgow and graduated from the journalism program at Ottawa's Carleton University in 1981.
According to a published obituary, she worked summers as a newspaper reporter with the New Glasgow News before landing her first full-time job covering the courts for a New Brunswick radio station.
Barry started working with a CTV News affiliate in Saint John, N.B., in 1982 and moved to the network's Halifax station two years later, eventually covering the Nova Scotia legislature from 1988 until 1996.
She reported on the end of John Buchanan's Conservative government, and also the rise and fall of former Liberal premier John Savage, and she was among the first reporters on the scene of the mine explosion that killed 26 men in Westray, N.S., in 1992.
She continued covering Westray, reporting on the aftermath of the disaster and the political fallout.
She married Art Barry in 1994 and had her first child in 1996, working part-time before leaving her job to raise her family.
Even after leaving her journalism career, Barry continued to volunteer with CTV's Christmas Daddies telethon, co-hosting the program in Cape Breton.
Barry's ashes will be spread in waters of Chance Harbour in Pictou County, and a funeral will be held next Thursday in New Glasgow.
Heather Proudfoot Barry, former N.S. television reporter, dies at 48 Breaking News print this article
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX (CP) - Heather Proudfoot Barry, whose career as a television journalist saw her report on Nova Scotia politics and major events such as the Westray mine disaster, has died at the age of 48.
Barry died in a Halifax hospital on Thursday, three years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
Barry, who is survived by her husband and two children, was born in New Glasgow and graduated from the journalism program at Ottawa's Carleton University in 1981.
According to a published obituary, she worked summers as a newspaper reporter with the New Glasgow News before landing her first full-time job covering the courts for a New Brunswick radio station.
Barry started working with a CTV News affiliate in Saint John, N.B., in 1982 and moved to the network's Halifax station two years later, eventually covering the Nova Scotia legislature from 1988 until 1996.
She reported on the end of John Buchanan's Conservative government, and also the rise and fall of former Liberal premier John Savage, and she was among the first reporters on the scene of the mine explosion that killed 26 men in Westray, N.S., in 1992.
She continued covering Westray, reporting on the aftermath of the disaster and the political fallout.
She married Art Barry in 1994 and had her first child in 1996, working part-time before leaving her job to raise her family.
Even after leaving her journalism career, Barry continued to volunteer with CTV's Christmas Daddies telethon, co-hosting the program in Cape Breton.
Barry's ashes will be spread in waters of Chance Harbour in Pictou County, and a funeral will be held next Thursday in New Glasgow.
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX (CP) - Heather Proudfoot Barry, whose career as a television journalist saw her report on Nova Scotia politics and major events such as the Westray mine disaster, has died at the age of 48.
Barry died in a Halifax hospital on Thursday, three years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.
Barry, who is survived by her husband and two children, was born in New Glasgow and graduated from the journalism program at Ottawa's Carleton University in 1981.
According to a published obituary, she worked summers as a newspaper reporter with the New Glasgow News before landing her first full-time job covering the courts for a New Brunswick radio station.
Barry started working with a CTV News affiliate in Saint John, N.B., in 1982 and moved to the network's Halifax station two years later, eventually covering the Nova Scotia legislature from 1988 until 1996.
She reported on the end of John Buchanan's Conservative government, and also the rise and fall of former Liberal premier John Savage, and she was among the first reporters on the scene of the mine explosion that killed 26 men in Westray, N.S., in 1992.
She continued covering Westray, reporting on the aftermath of the disaster and the political fallout.
She married Art Barry in 1994 and had her first child in 1996, working part-time before leaving her job to raise her family.
Even after leaving her journalism career, Barry continued to volunteer with CTV's Christmas Daddies telethon, co-hosting the program in Cape Breton.
Barry's ashes will be spread in waters of Chance Harbour in Pictou County, and a funeral will be held next Thursday in New Glasgow.
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