Kate McGillivray

Reporter

Kate McGillivray is a writer and newsreader in Toronto. She's worked for the CBC in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Whitehorse, St. John's and Saskatoon, and she always wants to hear your feedback and story ideas. Get in touch here: kate.mcgillivray@cbc.ca.

Latest from Kate McGillivray

Oshawa man who lost wife, daughters in house fire fought to save them, says brother

Daniel Bresca hopes his brother can ‘find a reason to live’ after losing his family in a house fire in Oshawa last week.

Protest targets engineering firm hired by Ontario to work on Toronto bike lane removal

With Ontario poised to begin demolishing bike lanes in Toronto within days, advocacy groups are trying to pressure the engineering firm taking on part of the work to rip up its provincial contract.  

After 23 years, WWE wrestling comes home to the dome this weekend in Toronto

Wrestling’s new era is coming to Toronto this weekend, as the WWE returns to the city’s largest venue for the first time in more than two decades.

'Unprecedented' rise in coyote attacks prompts Toronto's deputy mayor to pitch urgent action plan

A sudden uptick in coyote sightings and dog attacks this winter have downtown residents on edge - and local politicians reaching for solutions.

Doug Ford's son-in-law facing misconduct charges from Toronto Police Service

Toronto police Staff Sgt. Ernest "Dave" Haynes — the husband of Krista Ford Haynes and son-in-law of Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford — is facing multiple police act charges over alleged discreditable conduct, breach of trust and insubordination.

TTC told to look at its response to extreme weather after 10 days of snowy commuter frustration

In the days since Toronto's double dose of heavy snow, commuters have faced unplowed sidewalks, mounds of ice around transit stops, streetcars stopped dead by parked cars, and subway and bus delays. 

'I felt trapped,' says complainant in Michael Thompson sex assault trial

The trial of Scarborough councillor Michael Thompson, who has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, continued on Friday with graphic details from one of the two complainants.

'Enough is enough' says union head as Toronto city workers inch closer to striking

About 30,000 city workers in Toronto are one step closer to a strike or lockout as negotiations with the city continue to flounder.

Delta Air Lines offers $30K to crash survivors as crews begin removing plane from runway

Delta Air Lines says it is offering $30,000 to the passengers of a plane that crashed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as crews begin to remove the mangled aircraft from the runway.

Investigators retrieve cockpit voice, flight data recorders from crashed Delta plane

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says officials have retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a Delta Air Lines plane that crashed at Pearson International Airport on Monday and send them to the lab for further analysis.