# Barb Higgins > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barb_Higgins > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barb_Higgins.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb_Higgins > Source revision: 1341866024 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian journalist}} {{Infobox person | name = Barb Higgins | image = Barb Higgins.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|09|21}} | birth_place = [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) | occupation = Journalist | years_active = 1985–2010 | website = [http://barbhiggins.ca/ www.barbhiggins.ca] | spouse = [Bruce Covernton](/source/Bruce_Covernton) (former){{cite web |url=http://www.kidscancercare.ab.ca/kccf/PDFs/KCCF_Fall_2004.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.kidscancercare.ab.ca |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821081645/http://www.kidscancercare.ab.ca/kccf/PDFs/KCCF_Fall_2004.pdf |archive-date=21 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Brad Moore | awards = Best of festival, Canpro / Best New Series, [RTNDA](/source/RTNDA_Canada) }} '''Barbara Joan Higgins''' (born September 21, 1962) is best known in Southern Alberta for her 21 year career as senior anchor, writer and producer of the 6 o'clock news for [CTV](/source/CTV_Television_Network) [Calgary](/source/Calgary). After a 26 year career as a journalist, Higgins left her post at CTV in July 2010 to run for public office in the Calgary [mayoral election](/source/Calgary_municipal_election%2C_2010).{{cite web|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/barb-higgins-running-for-mayor-1.536981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001110527/http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/barb-higgins-running-for-mayor-1.536981 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2013 |title=CTV Calgary- Barb Higgins running for mayor - CTV News |publisher=Calgary.ctv.ca |date=2010-07-28 |accessdate=2010-08-08}} ==Biography== Barbara Joan Higgins was born September 21, 1962, in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), [Alberta](/source/Alberta). She graduated from [Ross Sheppard High School](/source/Ross_Sheppard_High_School) in 1979 and enrolled in Business Administration at [NAIT](/source/Northern_Alberta_Institute_of_Technology). After two years of study in Business Administration, she transferred to NAIT's Radio and Television Arts. Higgins worked with both [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) and CTV affiliates in [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba) and [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan). She moved to Calgary in March 1989.{{cite web|url=http://barbhiggins.ca/_images/bio.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821072723/http://barbhiggins.ca/_images/bio.pdf |archivedate=2010-08-21 }} On July 23, 2010, Higgins announced her intention to run as a candidate for mayor in the [2010 Calgary civic election](/source/Calgary_municipal_election%2C_2010) to be held that October. She subsequently described herself as a [fiscal conservative](/source/fiscal_conservative) with a heart.{{cite web |author=Calgary Herald August 6, 2010 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Higgins+joins+race+says+fiscal+conservative+with+social+heart/3332559/story.html |title=Higgins joins race; says she's a fiscal conservative with 'social heart' |publisher=Calgaryherald.com |accessdate=2010-08-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731140304/http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Higgins%2Bjoins%2Brace%2Bsays%2Bfiscal%2Bconservative%2Bwith%2Bsocial%2Bheart/3332559/story.html |archivedate=31 July 2010 |url-status=dead }} Her campaign [rhetoric](/source/rhetoric) focused on setting the tone at [City Hall](/source/Calgary) and empowering civic employees to develop solutions to address Calgary's $60-million budget shortfall.{{cite web|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/veteran-news-anchor-barb-higgins-enters-race-to-become-calgary-mayor/article1654701/ |title=Veteran news anchor Barb Higgins enters race to become Calgary mayor |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date= |accessdate=2010-08-08}} Higgins placed third behind [Naheed Nenshi](/source/Naheed_Nenshi) and [Ric McIver](/source/Ric_McIver), accumulating over 90,000 votes, just over 25% of the total votes cast.{{Cite web|url = http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/election2013/2010-General-Election-Results.pdf|title = City of Calgary, 2010 General Election Official Results|date = 2010|accessdate = September 16, 2015|website = |publisher = City of Calgary|last = |first = }} According to her website, after leaving journalism and politics she works as a wellness counsellor and [somatic therapist](/source/Somatic_experiencing). == Awards and honours == *Winner of 'Best News Series' from the [Radio and Television News Directors Association](/source/RTNDA_Canada) for her 3-part series on Calgary firefighter Greg McDougal's battle with the [Workers Compensation Board](/source/Workers'_compensation). *Winner of the 'Best of Festival' award at CanPro and winner of 'Most Inspirational' award at the Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA) for her documentary ''Running on Empty''.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?brand=generic&tf=/CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/anchorPage.html&cf=/CFCNPlus/generic/hubs/frontpage.cfg&nav=anchor&subnav=BarbHiggins |title=calgary.ctv.ca - Calgary news from CTV |publisher=Ctv.ca |accessdate=2010-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925075308/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?brand=generic&tf=%2FCFCNPlus%2Fgeneric%2Fhubs%2FanchorPage.html&cf=%2FCFCNPlus%2Fgeneric%2Fhubs%2Ffrontpage.cfg&nav=anchor&subnav=BarbHiggins |archivedate=2007-09-25 }} *Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award. *Peter Legge Philanthropy Award. *UNICEF Volunteer of the Year Award. *City of Calgary White Hat Award. *Two time winner of Calgary's Top 40 Under 40 ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Barb}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian television news anchors Category:People from Edmonton Category:Journalists from Alberta Category:Canadian women television journalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barb Higgins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb_Higgins) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb_Higgins?action=history)). 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