Kate Wheeler
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Kate Wheeler is a Canadian
television reporter and news anchor.
One of Canada's most respected television
journalists, Wheeler began her on air news career in 1987 at CFTO in Toronto
, as a reporter where she would become an anchor the following year and the weekend news anchor in 1990. The next year she was promoted to co-anchor of CFTO's News at 6.
Wheeler has sat in for both Lloyd Robertson and Sandie Rinaldo on CTV National News and also handled long term fill in duties for news and hosting on Canada AM.
She served as senior reporter and daytime news anchor for CTV News Channel from February 2001 to November 2008 before moving to Corus Entertainment to launch the CBC affiliate in Durham.
In 1985, she was featured in a five-part Citytv
news serial called The Kate Wheeler Story: Diary of a Victim which detailed her previous experience as the victim of a random stabbing
attack.
Wheeler now works as the News Director and Anchor for Studio 12 News, on CHEX Durham
, which launched in September 2010. The program airs at 5:00pm and 7pm on Channel 12 and Rogers Channel 129 from Ottawa to Kitchener and beyond.
She also manages a media training and consulting company "Media Bites" and is a contributor to AdvocateDaily.com
In January Wheeler will begin teaching Broadcast Journalism at York University.
Kate Wheeler has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television reporter and news anchor.
One of Canada's most respected television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
journalists, Wheeler began her on air news career in 1987 at CFTO in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, as a reporter where she would become an anchor the following year and the weekend news anchor in 1990. The next year she was promoted to co-anchor of CFTO's News at 6.
Wheeler has sat in for both Lloyd Robertson and Sandie Rinaldo on CTV National News and also handled long term fill in duties for news and hosting on Canada AM.
She served as senior reporter and daytime news anchor for CTV News Channel from February 2001 to November 2008 before moving to Corus Entertainment to launch the CBC affiliate in Durham.
In 1985, she was featured in a five-part Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
news serial called The Kate Wheeler Story: Diary of a Victim which detailed her previous experience as the victim of a random stabbing
Stabbing
A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others.Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing...
attack.
Wheeler now works as the News Director and Anchor for Studio 12 News, on CHEX Durham
CHEX-TV-2
CHEX-TV-2, branded as Channel 12 Durham , is a CBC-affiliated television station in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, serving the Durham Region. The station's affiliation is despite the fact the Durham region is within the broadcast area of Toronto's CBLT...
, which launched in September 2010. The program airs at 5:00pm and 7pm on Channel 12 and Rogers Channel 129 from Ottawa to Kitchener and beyond.
She also manages a media training and consulting company "Media Bites" and is a contributor to AdvocateDaily.com
In January Wheeler will begin teaching Broadcast Journalism at York University.
Kate Wheeler has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.