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Articles by Catalina
- Emergency service calls up 25 per cent in Muskoka
- Celebrating the end of a more normalized school year
- Barrie transit not returning to full operating schedule
- Barrie housing advocates call for continued funding for emergency shelter program
- Unique state-of-the-art mobile fire training unit stops in Barrie
- Local student club celebrates Pride with significant community initative
- This Simcoe County road tops the list of the worst in central Ontario: CAA
- Georgian College president retires and reflects on last decade
- Cruise ship sails into Midland, bringing a boost to local businesses
- Barrie celebrates the Queen's 70-year reign
- Vandals target community library in Newmarket
- Meet the candidates running in Simcoe-Grey
- Barrie prepares for city's growth with significant road closure
- Cottage country businesses hopeful for busy summer season
- Changes are coming to summer parking in these Simcoe County towns
- Food bank demand surges amid rising cost of living
- Campgrounds see an increase in bookings as the summer weather approaches
- Cottagers heading up north face painful prices at the pumps
- OPP marine training underway on Lake Muskoka
- Barrie man's challenges one year after surviving battle with COVID-19
Catalina Gillies
ContactCatalina Gillies is a video journalist for CTV News Barrie.
Born in Cologne, Germany, Catalina moved to Vancouver at the age of four.
After watching the 2010 Winter Olympics in her hometown, Catalina knew she wanted to enter the broadcasting world.
In 2020 she graduated from the College of Sports Media in Toronto and began her journalism career as a reporter for Thunder Bay Television in early 2021.
During her time there, she had the opportunity to interview NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh one on one about various issues the Indigenous community faces. She also reported on Federal Minister Patty Hajdu’s campaign rally for the 2021 election.
Most recently, she was the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekday anchor for TBT News before joining the CTV Barrie team in January 2022.
Catalina speaks fluent English and German. Outside of work, Catalina loves to travel, hike, watch reality tv and is a passionate dog lover.