Tracy Moore (born January 6, 1975) is a
Canadian
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television journalist, best known as host of the lifestyle talk show ''
CityLine'' on
Citytv
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from 2008 to 2024.
She previously served as news anchor on
Citytv Toronto's ''
Breakfast Television
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'' from 2005 to 2008, and occasionally filled in for
Dina Pugliese as co-host of the program during that time. In 2024, Citytv announced the cancellation of ''CityLine'' and reassigned Moore back to ''Breakfast Television'', where she was to cohost a new hour of lifestyle features with
Cheryl Hickey,
[ but the network announced in January 2025 that the new program would not proceed.
Growing up in ]Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill ( 2021 population: 202,022) is a city in south-central York Region, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is the York Region's third most populous municipality and the 27th most populous municipality in Canada. Ric ...
, she went to Langstaff Secondary School. Moore then earned a bachelor's degree in political science at McGill University
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; her initial career goal was to be a lawyer, but she developed an interest in journalism while volunteering at the campus radio station CKUT-FM. She then completed a masters in journalism at the University of Western Ontario
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.
She began her career in journalism as a videographer for CBC Television
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, then worked for the now-defunct Toronto television station CKXT-TV before joining Citytv.[ She became host of ''CityLine'' in 2008, after Marilyn Denis left the show to work for ]Bell Media
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.
In January 2023, she was named the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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's Changemaker Award at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards.
She is married to Lio Perron, and has two children, Sidney and Eva.
References
Black Canadian broadcasters
Canadian television talk show hosts
University of Western Ontario alumni
McGill University alumni
People from Richmond Hill, Ontario
1975 births
Living people
Canadian women television journalists
Black Canadian women
Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Canadian Screen Award winning journalists
Black Canadian journalists
Citytv people
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