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Articles by Catalina
- Painted Canoe Parade returns to Huntsville next month
- It's game on at the Barrie Public Library as Comic Fest returns
- Five-vehicle crash in Barrie caused by impaired driver 4x over legal limit
- Local pharmacy pledges $1 million to RVH's Keep Life Wild Campaign
- Barrie Police recover stolen vehicle after responding to break and enter call
- Orillia hospital unveils $3.6M state-of-the-art MRI machine after years of fundraising efforts
- One person dead after two-vehicle crash in New Tecumseth
- Barrie golf prodigy Paige Sefton making waves on the course at just 14
- RVH hosts job fair hoping to fill 'unprecedented' health care gaps
- Feds invest $5M in Orillia manufacturer to combat plastic waste, boost jobs
- Simcoe County woman voices Disney's The Little Mermaid Arabic version
- Georgian College is buzzing with its new pollinator status
- Barrie teen reflects on challenging, unforgettable experience at scout jamboree in South Korea
- From baseball to a gold record; Adam Doleac's rise to success in the country music industry
- Collingwood man celebrates 103rd birthday
- 24-year-old driver gets charged after evading police in Blue Mountains
- OPP officers save woman from drowning in Collingwood
- Innisfil driver caught speeding more than double limit
- New shows coming to the Casino Rama Resort this winter
- Two people rescued after float plane crash on Lake Simcoe
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.
