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Tammie Sutherland, CityNews

Tammie Sutherland

Journalist

About Tammie

Having joined the CityNews team in 2008 as a writer, and later as an associate producer, Sutherland is now looking forward to a new challenge on the other side of the camera. Sutherland was born in Toronto, raised in Malton and Brampton, and has roots in the sunny island of Jamaica. She studied journalism at Seneca College and earned a sociology degree at York University. Her career in journalism started in radio, working for Durham Radio Inc. in Oshawa before anchoring and reporting for AM640 Toronto.

Latest stories published

Defence denied ability to present Yatim 'suicide by cop' theory
Defence denied ability to present Yatim 'suicide by cop' theory

Deliberations have started in the trial of James Forcillo, the Toronto police officer charged in the shooting death of Sammy Yatim, but there was one theory the jury never had the chance to hear. The...
Defence wanted Forcillo trial moved out of Toronto
Defence wanted Forcillo trial moved out of Toronto

The shooting death of Sammy Yatim on an empty TTC streetcar in 2013 threw a spotlight on the Toronto police's use of force, but the high-profile murder trial that followed almost took place outside the...
Oakville family hands out blankets to Toronto's homeless
Oakville family hands out blankets to Toronto's homeless

The Christmas spirit of giving was alive and well in one Oakville family as they handed out blankets to the homeless as the snow began to fall in Toronto on Monday night. Roger Brenninkmeyer and his...
Bullet to the heart, not Taser, killed Yatim: Crown
Bullet to the heart, not Taser, killed Yatim: Crown

A bullet to the heart, not a Taser, killed a Toronto teen on a TTC streetcar two years ago, the Crown argued Tuesday. Crown and defence lawyers are making their opening statements to the jury in the...
Muslim man suing Oakville car dealership over alleged workplace racism
Muslim man suing Oakville car dealership over alleged workplace racism

A Milton man claims his Palestinian background and his Muslim beliefs made him a target of workplace discrimination at a well-known Oakville car dealership. Maen Majel is suing Budds’ Chevrolet in...
EXCLUSIVE: Ajax family doctor abruptly closes practice amid sex assault allegations
EXCLUSIVE: Ajax family doctor abruptly closes practice amid sex assault allegations

When Doug Morrison recently called his doctor's office in Ajax to make an appointment, he was surprised to learn the practice had closed without any notice being given. When he dug a bit deeper to find...
Emotions run high at sentencing hearing for man convicted in fatal drunk driving crash
Emotions run high at sentencing hearing for man convicted in fatal drunk driving crash

A Scarborough woman whose daughter and husband were both killed in a wrong-way drunk driving crash in 2012 likened herself to a "walking corpse" at the sentencing hearing for the man convicted in the deaths. Antonette...
Teen charged in death of Lecent Ross freed on $5K bail
Teen charged in death of Lecent Ross freed on $5K bail

"The system sucks. It needs to change. The child is dead and this little kid is going to be outside having fun." That was how Blossom Johnson reacted to news that a teen charged in the death of her...
Father of Nicole Morin clings to hope thirty years after she vanished
Father of Nicole Morin clings to hope thirty years after she vanished

Art Morin pulls a photo of his daughter out of his wallet and stares. It was thirty years ago to the day that he last saw her in person. The photo may have faded over the decades, but his hope that...