From CP via therecord.com (Jan. 20):

There's been a shakeup at CBC News in Ottawa.

The public broadcaster says the bureau's managing editor, George Hoff, is no longer with the CBC.

It wasn't clear whether Hoff had left the CBC or been let go. 

The wording of the rest of the story suggested to me that Mr. Hoff's coat was handed to him.

So why now, after 29 years?

I have no idea.

As an aside, isn't Krista Erickson supposed to return to the Ottawa bureau?