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Articles by Catalina
- Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigates ‘worker harassment complaint’ involving the municipality of Wasaga Beach
- Owen Sound police officer honoured after donating part of liver to co-worker
- Barrie boy helping Ukrainian refugees one backpack at a time
- Police urge caution ahead of civic long weekend
- New Catholic schools prepare to open in Simcoe County
- New library branch to open in Barrie
- Simcoe Muskoka opioid crisis trending in wrong direction: SMDHU
- Pride festivals continue throughout Central Ontario
- Ryan's Hope continuing to help support Barrie's most vulnerable
- 'People are scared,' Solution needed as the end to emergency shelter program looms
- Here's why testing the water at local beaches is so important
- Local farmers say heat is starting to impact crops
- Newly constructed fire station officially opens in Oro-Medonte
- Barrie unveils Kidd's Creek redesign aimed at drastically reducing flooding
- Farmers fed up with canola field selfie fad
- Cycling Tourism helping recharge Simcoe County's economy
- 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
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.