Wendy’s Canada changed the hair of the girl in its logo from red to grey to show support for former CTV News chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme after her dismissal from her position. .“Because a star is a star regardless of hair colour,” said Wendy’s in a Thursday tweet. .While the Wendy’s logo hair colour has been changed on Twitter and Facebook, it remains red on Instagram. .Upstream Group founder Michael Diamond mocked the fast food restaurant chain for taking so long to change the logo. .“Cool how it took a week and a half to run this pretty good idea through the bureaucracy that is corporate communications,” said Diamond. .Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella said this logo change was the right move. .“@CTVNews is run by people dumber than dirt,” said Kinsella. .Dove Canada encouraged people on Sunday to go grey to honour LaFlamme. .“Women with grey hair are being edged out of the workplace,” said Dove. .“So Dove is going grey.” .These campaigns come after it was revealed on August 18 that CTV News head Michael Melling raised questions about LaFlamme’s grey hair. .A senior CTV official said Melling asked who had approved the decision to “let Lisa’s hair go grey.” The issue of LaFlamme’s hair colour came up again on set one day, when he noted it was taking on a purple hue in the studio lighting..She explained this decision in the network’s 2020 year end special, saying the COVID-19 pandemic made her unable to visit her hair colourist and forced her to spray her roots every day before going on air..LaFlamme said she was leaving CTV on August 15. .READ MORE: Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' after firing from CTV News."While it is crushing to be leaving CTV National News in a manner that is not my choice, please know that reporting to you has truly been the greatest honour of my life and I thank you for always being there," she said. .She said Bell Media told her on July 29 it had made a "business decision" to end her contract, concluding her career with the network.
