About Me
My background
Stories matter
My background
I grew up in a mining and forestry town in central British Columbia. Surrounded by mountains it sometimes felt like my only link to the bigger world was from the distant radio stations I tuned in at night. I became one of those voices, first as a disc jockey, then as a news reporter and current affairs host. I worked at radio stations and
I grew up in a mining and forestry town in central British Columbia. Surrounded by mountains it sometimes felt like my only link to the bigger world was from the distant radio stations I tuned in at night. I became one of those voices, first as a disc jockey, then as a news reporter and current affairs host. I worked at radio stations and became part of the community in six cities across three provinces before settling in Edmonton in 1987.
My work
Stories matter
My background
I currently serve as the CBC’s network news producer for Edmonton and northern Alberta. I’m responsible for packaging news stories on multiple platforms across the CBC. This has put me on the front lines of the most challenging stories in Alberta; the Fort McMurray fire, southern Alberta floods, and the political and economic challenges brought by shifting global energy
Stories matter
Stories matter
Stories matter
Over the past forty years I have told the stories of Canadians, from Williams Lake, to Moose Jaw to Edmonton. I have produced documentaries, reported from remote corners of Canada and spent nearly a decade as CBC’s network medical reporter. At CBC.ca I led the consumer unit. As network producer I’m proud to deliver stories for CBC’s top programs, The National, World Report and The World at Six.
Video
The Storm Chasers
Storm chasers gather valuable images and data, risking their own safety chasing extreme weather. We have the story of a group of women finding empowerment in the heart of the storm.
The Cattle Rustlers of Canada's west
As long as there have been cattle, there have been rustlers. Today stealing cattle can be big business. In scenes reminiscent of the Old West, cattle rustlers are making off with entire herds of live animals and in many cases, getting away with it.
What happens to expired parking meters?
When the City of Red Deer, Alberta sold off its parking meters it was the hottest event in town.
Live reporting - Alberta floods
Reporting on breaking news as sudden flooding left parts of Calgary's downtown underwater, and entire communities devastated.
2013.
Legal reporting - Twitchell trial
Reporting on the climax of the strange legal case of Mark Twitchell.
My stories
Feature
Environment
Feature
Eldon Foote is far from a household name in the city that has benefited from the millions of dollars he's given. Aside from Foote Field at the University of Alberta — a well-known sports facility made possible by a not-so-well-known man — his name is rarely noted in Edmonton.
Medical
Environment
Feature
Canada's health minister is calling on the Alberta government to reconsider the closure of its injectable opioid agonist treatment program.
Environment
Environment
Environment
When Jon Sinon left California in 2002 for a new life in Oklahoma he thought he was trading earthquakes for tornados. "Now I got both." he says.
Business
Business
Environment
As thousands of entrepreneurs scramble to make a buck off legalized marijuana, six CEOs leading Canada's largest cannabis companies have already put their plans for global domination into action.
Nature
Business
Weather
Phil Trefry loads a chunk of dead, raw quail onto a long pole while Moxie, a 45-day-old peregrine falcon, watches with an intense glare. She opens her beak and lets out a loud, shrill skree, skree, skree.
Weather
Business
Weather
On those winter days when the temperature plunges below minus thirty, the icy wind is intolerable, and the sun is rarely seen, it seems impossible to embrace the season. But that is precisely what some in Edmonton are doing.
Contact
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Terry Reith
