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Articles by Reta Ismail
- Man guilty of one count in pride festival confrontations sentenced in London, Ont.
- Make-A-Wish holds annual Trees of Joy event in London, Ont.
- Demand is up as Business Cares Food Drive kicks off 25th annual campaign
- 'Cancer might have started this, but I am going to finish it': Nine-year-old cancer patient prepares to Illuminate Ronald McDonald House
- Plans for proposed fast food restaurant in north London get denied
- Budget Day 2: Councillors hope for service wins, and cost savings at city hall budget deliberations
- London Health Sciences Centre holds second monthly Community Update Meeting
- 'Landing place for young people': New Community Youth Hub unveiled at London Health Sciences Centre
- Dynacare4Diabetes: free mobile diabetes testing clinic
- London doctor sprays MP’s office with ketchup again, hours after mischief charge was dropped
- Mother 'pulled out a baseball bat' in confrontation with Regina Mundi students
- Teenage girls assaulted by woman on school property
- LDCSB confirms 'Leadership Planning Session' cost over $16,000
- Taking Halloween to new heights at Children’s Hospital in London, Ont.
- Due to 'overwhelming' demand, pop-up pap test clinics to become more frequent at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ont.
- Ontario's community health centres sound the alarm about staffing shortages due to widening wage gap
- Dreamcatcher Foundation Gala honours trailblazing Indigenous leaders
- 'Knockout' event returns to the Forest City for 16th anniversary
- 'The focus needs to be the failings of the system'; victims of violence against women speak out at rally
- Forest City Film Festival featuring more than 90 films, Victor Garber tribute begins Sunday
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.
