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JoannaLavoie
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Bilingual Multimedia Journalist
CP24.com + bylines CTV News Toronto, CTV News
Prev: Toronto.com, Toronto Star
@JournalismTMU alum
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#journolife: Thank you so much Julia Pen for this lovely piece about my recent @camimh.bsky.social 2025 Champion of Mental health award win ~
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Joanna Lavoie Receives Media Award from Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
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#journolife: Thank you so much Julia Pen for this lovely piece about my recent @camimh.bsky.social 2025 Champion of Mental health award win ~
www.torontomu.ca/journalism/n...
Joanna Lavoie Receives Media Award from Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
www.torontomu.ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#journolife: Current situation.
Looking forward to chatting with some amazing future journos. 💗
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MY LATEST: ‘So many questions and so few answers’: Family of Toronto man missing for almost 2 years desperate to find him
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‘So many questions and so few answers’: Family of Toronto man missing for almost 2 years desperate to find him
The family of a Toronto man who went missing almost two years ago is desperate to know what has happened to their loved one.
www.cp24.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Remembering all of those past and present who sacrificed for our freedom. The peaceful, happy life my family enjoys here in Canada is because of them. #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEW by ME: Peel police share new details after woman’s body found in impound lot 13 hours after deadly Brampton collision
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Peel police share new details after woman’s body found in impound lot 13 hours after deadly Brampton collision
Police are sharing new details after a 20-year-old woman’s body was found in an impound lot more than 12 hours after a weekend collision in Brampton.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
MY LATEST: RIP Raas
'The diesel engine of cycling in St. Lucia': Jean ‘Raas’ Louis killed in Burlington crash
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Jean ‘Raas’ Louis killed in Burlington crash
Decorated cyclist Jean 'Rass' Louis honed his sport on the paths and roadways of his two homes, in St. Lucia and Canada. It was on one of those roads that he breathed his last breath.
www.cp24.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
MY LATEST -- BIG SCOOP:
Body of woman who died in Brampton crash was not found until family reported her missing, police say
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Body of woman who died in Brampton crash was not found until family reported her missing, police say
The remains of a woman killed in a Brampton collision over the weekend were not discovered until after her family reported her missing hours later, and the vehicle she was in had already been taken to...
www.cp24.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
#journolife: Well, this is something else - What a night to be a journalist covering this insane Game 7!!!!
Miguel Rojas ties the game with a solo homer. Live Game 7 updates here.
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Miguel Rojas ties the game with a solo homer. Live Game 7 updates here.
It all comes down to this. The Toronto Blue Jays are facing the LA Dodgers in a do-or-die Game 7 of the World Series. Follow along here for live updates.
www.cp24.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My lil contribution to @BlueJays Game 6 fever --
Toronto bars and restaurants ready to welcome fans for World Series Game 6
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Toronto bars and restaurants ready to welcome fans for World Series Game 6
Bars and restaurants in Toronto are gearing up for what could be one of the busiest Friday nights in more than three decades as the Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for a potential title-clin...
www.cp24.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congrats to all the winners of the inaugural Canadian Student Journalism Awards. Very honoured to have been part of the judging team.
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@jsource.bsky.social #journolife #stuffjournalistslike
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
MY LATEST: Jamaicans in the Greater Toronto Area concerned for loved ones back home as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall
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Jamaicans in the Greater Toronto Area concerned for loved ones back home as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall
Residents of the Greater Toronto Area with roots in Jamaica and the surrounding area are thinking about and praying for their loved ones as a Category 5 hurricane made landfall on Tuesday.
www.cp24.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
MY LATEST: West Toronto supervised consumption site shutting down after Ford government pulls funding
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West Toronto supervised consumption site shutting down after Ford government pulls funding
A supervised consumption site in Toronto’s west end has lost its provincial funding and will be closing its doors within 30 days.
www.cp24.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#eastendlove: Kudos to awesome Blue Jays-loving crossing guard Frank Benac! Helping east-enders get in the spirit! He even had the tunes going. Everyone was honking. #gojaysgo #WANTITALL
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
BY ME + Janice_Golding: A sobering follow-up to yesterday's heartbreaking story about the murder of Savannah Kulla. #femicide
More details emerge about ‘significant violent history’ of man accused of killing Brampton mother of 4
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More details emerge about ‘significant violent history’ of man accused of killing Brampton mother of 4
More details are emerging about the man who allegedly killed Savannah Kulla, a 29-year-old mother of four from Brampton.
www.cp24.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
YESTERDAY'S PIECE: Woman fatally shot in Brampton plaza parking lot remembered as a good mom who wanted the best for her 4 kids
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Woman fatally shot in Brampton plaza parking lot remembered as a good mom who wanted the best for her 4 kids
Grief-stricken friends and community members stopped by a Brampton shopping plaza on Wednesday to pay their respects to a woman who was fatally shot there a day earlier.
www.cp24.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#journolife: Made it to Day 5 relatively unscathed.
#partylikeajournalist
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
MY LATEST: How these new mobile meal programs are meeting the needs of Scarborough’s most vulnerable residents
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How these new mobile meal programs are meeting the needs of Scarborough’s most vulnerable residents
Two new initiatives are helping feed some of Scarborough’s most vulnerable residents by meeting them where they’re at and in their communities.
www.cp24.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
MY LATEST: Toronto women’s shelter scrambling to raise funds after water leak reveals $250K in building damages
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Toronto women’s shelter scrambling to raise funds after water leak reveals $250K in building damages
A north Etobicoke-based emergency shelter for women, children, and gender-diverse individuals fleeing violence is scrambling to raise funds after a severe water leak revealed the building has sustaine...
www.cp24.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Had a wonderful time in Ottawa where I accepted my
@CAMIMH_ACMMSM Champion of Mental Health award ~
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
#currentsituation #journolife
Having a wonderful day with my fellow Chamions of Mental Health - @CAMIMH_ACMMSM
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
MY LATEST: ‘Her light won’t fade’: Woman killed alongside niece in suspected Richmond Hill arson remembered by family
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‘Her light won’t fade’: Woman killed alongside niece in suspected Richmond Hill arson remembered by family
A 24-year-old woman who died following a Richmond Hill house fire that also claimed the life of her 11-year-old niece is being remembered for the “boundless love and light” that her family says she ra...
www.cp24.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Fire ceremony in #eastTO.
#everychildmatters
September 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So heartwarming to see everyone wearing their orange shirt in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
A very important day to honour the children who never returned home from residential schools as well as the survivors, their families+communities.
#OrangeShirtDay
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#JournoLife: Super thrilled to win a RTDNA Canada award tonight for digital breaking news - large market with my CP24 team. ❤️
#stuffjournalistslike #partylikeajournalist
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Bonne Journee des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes a tous!
le jeudi, 25 sept., 2025
#jeparlefrancais #FiereFrancoOntarienne
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM