Bruce Frisko

Bruce Frisko, born October 19, 1965, is a co-anchor of news magazine CTV News at 5. Frisko also anchors weekday editions of CTV News at 11:30 p.m. and has been the anchor of that newscast since 1998.

Frisko hails from Lestock Saskatchewan. He began working in television in Alberta, following two years on the Regina radio scene. In 1995, Frisko made the move to ASN, where he began his Maritime broadcasting career as the co-anchor of Atlantic Pulse.

When Atlantic Pulse ended its run in 1996, Bruce stayed on as the anchor for ATV Headline News, a series of half-hour newscasts that were scheduled throughout ASN's weekday program schedule. Frisko also anchored news updates on ASN's Breakfast Television during this time.
In 1998, all ATV Headline News newscasts were cancelled and only the noon and late evening newscasts remained. Those newscasts were renamed ATV News at Noon and ATV News Nightside. Frisko became anchor of the late-evening newscast which was renamed ATV News Nightside. That newscast aired and continues to air on both CTV Atlantic and A Atlantic.
In 2003, he was named co-host of CTV Atlantic's news magazine program Live at 5.
The tattoo challenge
On March 28, 2007 on the popular friendship network website Facebook, Greg Yorke from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia challenged his friend, Nicole MacDonald to get 25,000 people to join a Facebook group, and if she was successful he would have Bruce Frisko's face tattooed on his body. The goal was reached on May 1, 2007 and the tattoo occurred on May 12, 2007. The tattoo was eventually covered up on June 1, 2011.
When asked about it, Frisko commented "I don't understand it. I've been doing the same thing unnoticed for 12 years. Now, suddenly, overnight I'm a cult figure."

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