Ormiston is a foreign correspondent for CBC News. She has reported widely on Canadian and world events, including the election of President Nelson Mandela in South Africa (1994), and the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013. Ormiston has covered wars and rebellions in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Egypt. She has also followed the euro crisis in Egypt, Italy, and Germany, and while based in London covered the London Olympics, the Royal Wedding of William and Kate, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.