As the host of CBC Radio's YOUR WORLD TONIGHT, Susan Bonner draws on more than three decades of experience to guide Canadians through the major news stories of the day on the flagship newscast.

She's reported for CBC with postings in just about every province as well as a decade in CBC's parliamentary bureau and several exhilarating years in Washington.

Born in Montreal, Susan earned a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto. She learned about Canada on its front lines, joining CBC in 1985 as a national summer trainee. To beat any central Canada bent out of her, she was promptly sent west where she spent several years working in Saskatoon and Calgary. To balance things out she went to Halifax where she honed her love of political reporting. That led to a posting in Montreal in the post Meech Lake turbulence.

Susan also spent several years in Toronto as a writer and producer but was lured back into reporting in the late 90s, covering the economy. From there she went to Ottawa for a decade of reporting on the end of Liberal dominance, the tumultuous minority government era and the birth and rise of Stephen Harper's conservative government.

From CBC's Washington bureau, Susan spent most days at the White House, covering the Obama administration and all the major international issues that dominate the U.S. capital. 

She now lives in Toronto and works with her team to  steer the news from the host chair. 

She also helps lead CBC radio news special coverage of budgets, elections, and major breaking news.