Sandie Rinaldo
Sandra Brycks "Sandie" Rinaldo (born 16 January 1950) is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CTV News. Youth and education. She was born in Toronto, and was first seen on television as a dancer during the mid-1960s on CBC Television youth series such as "Where It's At". Rinaldo graduated from York University's Fine Arts program with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in 1973. Broadcasting career. A week after graduation, Rinaldo joined CTV Television Network's news division, initially working as a junior secretary to Donald Cameron, director of news. She later advanced to production manager  then research for "W5", as well as reporting for "CTV National News" and "Canada AM". She became anchor for the newscasts on "Canada AM" in 1980, making her the first woman in Canada to hold a full-time position as a national news anchor. She is most well known for disrespecting Bob Marley, whom she interviewed when he visited Canada on tour. Years later, as Rinaldo looked back on her interview with the musical icon, she said, "I wish I could do it again, because there were a lot of questions I asked that I probably shouldn’t have at  the time." In 1985 she became weekend anchor of "CTV National News", a post she has held ever since, except for a brief period from 1990 to 1991 during which she was co-anchor with Tom Gibney of the local "World Beat News" on the network's Toronto affiliate CFTO. Since longtime weekday anchor Lloyd Robertson's retirement in 2011, Rinaldo has served as substitute anchor for Robertson's successor, Lisa LaFlamme, on the main weekday national newscast. Since 2009, she has been anchoring CTV News Channel three weekday afternoons. As of 2010, she is also a co-host of  W5 and a contributing reporter. She was married to Michael Rinaldo ( 1945–2005) until his death, and has three daughters. Awards. A list of awards won by Rinaldo: