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Articles by Reta Ismail
- Paws For The Cause: London company donating portion of proceeds to help local animal rescues
- Londoner lacing up for run of her life, to raise funds for youth mental health
- Fundraiser created for father of three, seriously injured in tobogganing accident
- 'New Normal, Same Cancer': New campaign stresses cancer does not wait and neither should you
- As local housing market shatters records, professionals advise against a new trend
- 'Breaking point': Anxiety rising among health-care workers amidst second wave
- Teachers, parents, teens mental health hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
- Lives of seasonal farm workers still in limbo because of pandemic
- COVID-19 Outbreak at Sarnia's City Hall is declared over
- A bright idea: How one family raised $25K for Childcan
- 'On Christmas Eve, we were handing out layoff notices,' London, Ont., ski hill says
- Winter shelter opens doors to homeless for first time
- Canine calendar: Furry fundraiser helps bring therapy dogs to first responders
- Churchyard honey; a 'bee-utiful' collaboration that’s helping the community
- First responders recount scene inside collapsed London, Ont. building
- Tighter COVID-19 restrictions likely in Middlesex-London
- Hanukkah set to start, but faith celebrations will look different
- 'Every time I bake for someone it makes my heart happy,' says Londoner looking to win worldwide competition
- London-based plant that manufactures hospital beds will close in 2021
- Father pleads for the return of his daughter's ashes
Reta Ismail
ContactBorn in Baghdad, Iraq, Reta Ismail fled the war-torn country in 1990. Reta's family spent three years in Greece as refugees before being sponsored to come to Canada.
Reta's media career began at an early age. In high school, she had a co-op placement at Mohawk College's radio station doing on-the-hour news updates and co-hosting a radio show.
After her placement, she attended and graduated from Mohawk College's Broadcast Journalism and Communications program.
Shortly after graduation, she was hired as a weekend anchor/reporter for Newstalk 610 CKTB in St. Catharines, Ont. covering news, sports, traffic and weather on 97.7 HTZ FM and 105.7 EZ Rock. During this time, Reta volunteered as a videographer with Rogers Television to gain on-camera experience.
Wanting to further her career and get into a major market, she applied and was hired to work as an assignment editor for CityNews in Toronto where she spent eight years as a Media Library archivist and as an assignment editor monitoring breaking news.
In January of 2015, Reta made the jump from behind the scene to on camera. She was offered an opportunity with CTV London’s news team as a weather anchor and videographer.
Since then, she has covered various breaking stories, including a major scandal at city hall and the arrival of Syrian refugees to Canada.
In August of 2019, Reta began producing and anchoring the weekend newscast.
In her spare time Reta loves travelling, and spending time with her family
Reta is fluent in Assyrian.
