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HALIFAX — Police say they are investigating after a TV journalist was heckled with a misogynist taunt while reporting live from a Halifax bar.

CTV Atlantic reporter Heather Butts told her Twitter followers she was fine on Friday after an “offensive” phrase was hurled at her during the station’s 6 p.m. broadcast.

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Butts was doing a live hit from the Pint Public House in Halifax where fans were watching a world junior hockey championship game when the incident occurred.

A recording shows a man who approaches Butts and appears to make a crude gesture while calling out a sexually explicit phrase.

Butts turned around and continued her report without acknowledging the comment, and later anchored the station’s news show at 11:30 p.m.

“During a live hit at a local bar tonight, something offensive was said to me and it went on the air,” she said on Twitter on Friday evening.

“I want everyone to know that I am fine and I thank you all for your support. I will be pursuing this further.”