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Articles by Reta Ismail
- World renowned Canadian Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser in London for St. Joseph's Hospital Tribute Dinner
- London police chief presents statistics: Despite progress, more time is needed to do better
- 'Extremely disappointed': Family of homicide victim storms out of courtroom as judge reads decision
- 'A recognition from his peers': Family of London Officer Cadet who died by suicide honoured with Sacrifice Medal
- 'He deserves this:' London Officer Cadet who died by suicide to be honoured with Sacrifice Medal
- ACORN holds rally to call out a landlord they say is Ontario's biggest 'renovictor'
- Victim identified, arrests made in London suspicious death
- 'Full circle moment': childhood cancer survivors now working as pediatric oncology nurses at Children's Hospital
- 'We painted the change we desired in the City': Local art collective revitalizing east London through murals
- Questions arise after police services board spent over $100,000 on PR company to pitch budget
- Traffic chaos on campus continues amid ongoing labour disruption at Western University
- Former Woodstock Mayor testifies in second sex assault trial, denies allegations of rape and cocaine use
- Trial against former Woodstock mayor, Trevor Birtch, continues
- Complainant testifies in sexual assault trial involving former Woodstock mayor
- Second trial against former Woodstock Mayor begins in London courtroom
- Senior who killed 8-year-old sentenced in London, Ont. court room
- Major funding announcement for Sarnia-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
- Woodstock residents fight to save several outdoor aquatics facilities
- UNIFOR Local 27 reaches agreement with HCL Logistics
- Western's Northern Tornadoes Project investigating storm damage near Aylmer
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 the arrival of Syrian refugees to Canada.
In August of 2019, Reta began producing and anchoring the weekend newscast and in June 2022, she became the anchor for CTV News at Six.
In her spare time Reta loves travelling, and spending time with her family
Reta speaks English and is fluent in Assyrian.
