Dianne Buckner is a Canadian television journalist, best known as a host of business-oriented programming, such as Venture and Dragons' Den on CBC Television. She has also been a guest anchor on CBC news programs such as CBC News: Sunday, Midday and As It Happens. She previously worked for CTV, where she hosted the consumer awareness program Live It Up! and was a reporter for Canada AM and CTV National News. Buckner currently hosts Dragons' Den, CBC's hit reality program, and is a member of CBC News' business team. She writes a weekly column about small business for cbc.ca, and has a variety of on-camera roles at CBC News, including back-up host on The Lang and O'Leary Exchange. She is also a public speaker, working with both National Speakers Bureau and Speakers' Spotlight. She lives in Toronto. 

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