Rena Heer
Rena Heer is a Canadian television personality on CP24 as of February 2009. From January 28, 2008 to June 6, 2008, she handled weather along with Jeff Hutcheson on CTV's Canada AM which was a revamped version of the national Canada AM show. On June 6, 2008, CTV announced that it was cancelling the Vancouver portion of its national morning show, "Canada AM".<ref>News1130 - ALL NEWS RADIO</ref> The national show continues to air without Rena Heer and co-host Mi-Jung Lee.
Heer attended Simon Fraser University on a scholarship where she studied for her undergraduate degree in communications. After completing her degree, she was hired by a local software company and spent the next five years in software business development, while contributing part-time to various local South Asian media. Translating her interpersonal skills, promotions and marketing experience as well as her experience with the South Asian community to the television industry, she took the role of community relations manager at Channel M upon the station's launch in late spring of 2003. While also at Channel M, she hosted the station's community segment, Channel M Preview, as well as a cooking show called Fusion Fare.
She left Channel M in September 2005 for her position as a traffic reporter at Global BC.<ref></ref> Heer left Global BC on December 7, 2007 to join CTV's Canada AM as a weather presenter for Western Canada.
Rena works on CP24 as an Anchor/Reporter. Due to maternity leave, she temporarily left CP24 in November 2010, but has returned in April 2011.