Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Coleen Christie is an award-winning Canadian Newscaster, Emcee, and Public Speaker based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Christie was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia & raised in Victoria, British Columbia. Her dad is named Alan and Lorraine is the name of her stepmother. She also has a stepbrother.
- Alan, Christie’s father, moved into a long-term care home in Victoria in June 2020.
- On October 7, 2021, Coleen shared a heartfelt Instagram post celebrating her father’s 85th birthday. The post featured a photo of her father surrounded by Christie’s family. Coleen expressed gratitude for the kindness and support they have shown him.
- Education : She attended the University of Victoria, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, History and Art History.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Coleen is single & a self-described “foodie,” but she maintains a healthy diet and mostly eats a can sardines and some vegetables for lunch everyday.
- Her love of food extended to her creating a food blog “Coleen’s Dish” where she shared her amazing food recipes.
- She enjoys working out and in particular yoga and has been quoted as saying “yoga brings [a] peace to her physical and mental health.”
- She also works out with a trainer once a week and actually walks to work.
- Christie loves animals of all kinds & has been known to sing a little karaoke under the right “circumstances.”
- Coleen also regularly shares her work with fans all over the world through her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (now called X) accounts.
TV Career : Job, Salary and Net Worth
- Coleen has worked for CTV News Vancouver for over 20 years, mainly as their Principal Anchor.
- She started her career in journalism with CHEK-TV. In 1997, she moved to what was then called VTV Vancouver & since 2001 hosted the 5 p.m. news.
- Later, she was a regular fill-in anchor in other time spots.
- After ending her stint with CTV in January 2017, she can now be found hosting on Global Television Network. She joined the network in April 2017.
- In addition to her career as a news anchor, Coleen has also served as producer/creative director in television promotion & marketing.
- She has anchored some of the news events including the Boston Marathon Bombing and national coverage of the verdict in the murder trial of Canada’s most notorious serial killer, Robert Pickton.
Key Work, Awards and Recognition :
- In 2010, Coleen served as a key member of the CTV Olympic broadcast team, where she co-anchored an unprecedented, unscripted, 9-hour national broadcast of the final day of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, through the city on the opening day of the Olympic Games.
- Coleen is also a TEDx Vancouver alum where she spoke on modern news consumption.
- A key part of the CTV team, she has awarded the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence.
- Coleen plays an active role in the community and is involved with many charitable organizations in & around Vancouver.
- She has been a past Board Member for The Rare Disease Foundation.
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While the op is correct about backward time clock, IF Coleen graduated from UVic in 1995 then she would be born around 1973 (50 years old), providing Coleen didn’t take a major gap years btw high school and UVic. On TV, there is no way Coleen is 50 years old, she is A LOT older. Squire Barnes was born in 1963, and they look pretty close to the same age.
According to her Linkedin page, she started working at Check TV in 1988, IMHO more likely after graduating from UVic…so that means she was about 22 years old at that time. So I’m guessing that she was born about 1966, or 57 years old.
I have noticed Coleen Christie sc*#w up reading the teleprompter Every Single Time She Broadcasts! She is only marginally better than Trudope with his ums, ers and ahs.
Have you ever noticed that Coleen messes up her lines at least once EVERY broadcast, without fail? It’s like she can’t read a teleprompter for some reason. Scr*%s up every day. For an award-winning newsperson, she is not very professional.
Coleen,
You are always a pleasure to watch on the news. Great smile. Very knowledgeable on current affairs. You are my secret crush, lol. God bless. How tall are you? Just asking for a friend 🙂
Coleen comes across as a polite and kind-hearted professional. Having been born in Halifax and raised in Victoria, however, one would expect Coleen to reflect traditional Canadian pronunciations, as opposed to parroting Americanisms by saying “zee” instead of “zed”, pronouncing missile as “miss-el” instead of “miss-isle”. At one level it does not seem like a big deal, but news personalities are on the air in people’s homes with young ones and new Canadians listening and being influenced.
Canada is gradually becoming a place where people are becoming cultural Americans subconsciously, one small turn of the screw at a time. The loss of a tangible Canadian identity will lead to where it leads…and it is a bit sad, eh?…or should I say “huh?”…
I wish Coleen happiness and success in her career and all endeavours, and that perhaps she reflects on her Canadianism.
I presume the reason Ms. Christie is not married is that she does not want to be married at this time – or married at any time! I would be shocked to hear that she hasn’t had many opportunities to get married, but has chosen to live a private single life. For all we know, she might have a partner but doesn’t feel the need to advertise the fact.
We watch Global BC new from Ontario just to see Coleen Christie smile and speak so eloquently.
Coleen Christie is the consummate professional like a news anchor.
She also has a very uplifting personality that makes a very attractive and fun person. WONDERFUL!
She’s a professional, a lady and born in Halifax, NS. What can’t you like!
A beautiful woman with an exotic and playful smile.
An amazing sense of humor and a love for animals.
She’s a dream……
I like watching the news essentially when you are the anchor keep that great smile and professionalism going…just as a foot note I’m really sorry to hear that deb hope has Alzheimer’s….my wife is in the same state as she is…..thank goodness for care homes….
Don’t no why she is not married very pretty and has a nice smile when she is on TV! Very professional at her job keep up the good work.
Beauty and the News.