Kate Wheeler is a Canadian television reporter and news anchor.
One of Canada's most respected television journalists, Wheeler began her on air news career in 1987 at CFTO in Toronto, as a reporter where she would become an anchor the following year and the weekend news anchor in 1990. The next year she was promoted to co-anchor of CFTO's News at 6.
Wheeler has sat in for both Lloyd Robertson and Sandie Rinaldo on CTV National News and also handled long term fill in duties for news and hosting on Canada AM.
She served as senior reporter and daytime news anchor for CTV News Channel from February 2001 to November 2008 before moving to Corus Entertainment to launch the CBC affiliate in Durham.
In 1985, she was featured in a five-part Citytv news serial called The Kate Wheeler Story: Diary of a Victim which detailed her previous experience as the victim of a random stabbing attack.
Wheeler now works as the News Director and Anchor for Studio 12 News, on CHEX Durham, which launched in September 2010. The program airs at 5:00pm and 7pm on Channel 12 and Rogers Channel 129 from Ottawa to Kitchener and beyond.
She also manages a media training and consulting company "Media Bites" and is a contributor to AdvocateDaily.com
Kate Wheeler has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.