From April 2011 until January 2013, she served as the principal daytime anchor for the Sun News Network hosting the program, Canada Live from the channel's Toronto studios.

Prior to joining Sun News, Erickson worked for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for 11 years, latterly as a member of the network's parliamentary bureau.

[1] In 2004, Erickson was nominated by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for a Gemini Award in the category of Best Lifestyle/Practical information segment for a reality TV style documentary she hosted and co-produced for Marketplace called, "Love and Little White Lies".

[3] However, Norman Spector wrote that "Ms. Erickson and Mr. Richardson (a Conservative MP) were being seen together in Ottawa as early as the summer of 2008, but the relationship was not reported.

Had Canadians known this in December of 2008, more of us may have questioned the story that Ms. Erickson had conspired with a Liberal MP against a former Conservative prime minister."