Kathleen Petty

Kathleen Petty is a Canadian radio and television news journalist. She worked for almost two decades for the CBC News Network, where she was co-founder producer and host. When CBC Newsworld was launched in 1989 she was the anchor. She worked as CBC Newsworld's anchor from its launch in 1989 until 2006. In Calgary, Petty hosted CBC News Network's Canada Now and she co-hosted CBC News: Today from Calgary with David Gray.

In 2006, Petty moved to Ottawa to host programming for CBC Radio Ottawa, including the local morning show Ottawa Morning, the provincial Ontario Today and the nationally-broadcast The House, a programme about Canadian politics.

Petty has been a regular contributor to CBC's federal election coverage and has also appeared on Power and Politics. Guests have included Cenovus Energy's CEO Alex Pourbaix, MEG Energy's CEO Derek Evans, Alberta's federal Senators, Paula Simons, and Doug Black.

Personal life

On August 11, 2011 during the last episode of Ottawa Morning, Petty announced that she was dealing with a health issue and that she would temporarily delay her move to Calgary. In the interview Petty said that at first she wanted to keep her health issues private, but as her cancer treatments progressed, she felt she could "give voice" to what many women have experienced.