Jody Vance calls herself a Mama Bear. Don’t mess with her. If she wants something, like hosting her own prime-time sportscast, she goes for it. The first woman ever in that role. But when a stalker came after her, then her son, online, she was devastated. Attacking her was one thing, but her kid, no. Mo and I both were told to not engage, it’s the price of doing business. Now Jody has taken the guy to court, he's pled guilty. And she’s still fighting for more tools against the tsunami of online hate, most of it against women who dare to have opinions.

Jody Vance began her career in Vancouver, and kept saying she wanted to host a prime-time sports show until she did at Sportsnet! She now co-hosts a weekly talk show with Lynda Steele on CHEK.

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