Krista Erickson is a Canadian journalist and the principal daytime anchor on the Sun News Network, hosting Canada Live.

Prior to joining Sun News, Erickson worked for CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 for 11 years, most recently as a member of the network's parliamentary bureau. She had previously courted controversy by dating Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

 Member of Parliament Lee Richardson.

In 2008, she was accused of bias while covering the Mulroney-Schreiber hearings

Airbus affair

The Airbus affair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to members of the Government of Canada during the term of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in exchange for then-crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of a large number of Airbus jets...

 when she was accused of feeding questions to former Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 Member of Parliament Pablo Rodriguez. An investigation by the CBC ombudsman cleared her of any charge of bias.

Erickson promoted the launch of Sun News by appearing as a Sunshine Girl

Sunshine Girl

Sunshine Girl refers to pinup girls featured in most of the daily newspapers of the Sun chain in Canada.The feature started with the Toronto Sun, which was launched in 1971, and was adapted from British tabloids with similar featured women. The SUNshine girls have become an iconic part of Canadian...

 on the day of the channel's premiere.

In June 2011, an interview by Erickson of interpretive dance

Interpretive dance

Interpretive dance is a family of dance styles that seeks to translates particular feelings and emotions, human conditions, situations, or fantasies into movement and dramatic expression combined...

r Margie Gillis

Margie Gillis

Margie Gillis, CM, CQ is a Canadian solo dancer and choreographer whose most commonly known dance style is modern.Born in Acton Vale, Quebec, the daughter of Gene Gillis, an Olympic skier, and Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier. Her brother, Jere Gillis played professional hockey...

 generated over 4,000 complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council

Canadian Broadcast Standards Council

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is an independent, non-governmental organization created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters....

 due to what some viewed as Erickson's aggressive tone when she challenged Ellis to explain why artists like herself deserved public funding.

Erickson is originally from Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 and joined CBC Manitoba

CBWT

CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....

 in 1999, working on shows such as It's a Living and CBC News: Disclosure

CBC News: Disclosure

CBC News: Disclosure was a Canadian investigative journalism television series. It debuted on CBC Television on November 13, 2001 and ended on April 6, 2004. Hosts of the show included Gillian Findlay, Mark Kelley, Wendy Mesley and Diana Swain....

as a researcher. In 2002, she joined CBC News and contributed to The National and Marketplace

Marketplace (TV series)

Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which shows investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to...

. In the fall of 2003, she hosted CBC News: Canada Now while Jennifer Rattray

Jennifer Rattray

Jennifer Rattray is currently Strategic Initiatives Development Director at the University of Winnipeg.Jennifer was news anchor at Winnipeg television station CBWT between 2001 and September, 2004....

was on maternity leave. In 2004, she became anchor of CBC Manitoba's supper hour newscast, CBC News at Six. In 2006, she joined CBC's parliamentary bureau in Ottawa where she remained until leaving CBC for Sun News in 2010.