For more than 25 years, Sandie Rinaldo has been the weekend anchor for CTV NATIONAL NEWS, Canada's most-watched national newscast. In 2009, Rinaldo took on anchor duties at CTV News Channel and in 2011 the program was renamed DIRECT. In addition to her role behind the desk, Rinaldo heads into the field to report stories for CTV's investigative news program W5.

Rinaldo continues to bring Canadians through the major news events making headlines at home and around the world focusing on the angles that are most important to Canadians. On CTV News Channel's DIRECT, she hosts regular discussions with panels that cover a wide range of topics and diverse viewpoints.

Over the years, Rinaldo has received national recognition for her news stories, earning numerous prestigious nominations and awards, including the Canadian Veterinary Award 2005 "Never Give Up"; Canadian Association of Journalism Award 2001 award for Best Overall Newscast (shared with Lloyd Roberson); RTNDA Award - Best Newscast 2001 "Egypt Air"; RTNDA Award - Best Newscast 2000 (shared with Lloyd Robertson) "Ice Storm" and RTNDA Award- Best Newscast 1999 "Swiss Air Crash"; and Gemini nominations for Best Newscast 2003/2002/2001 ("Bali Attack/ Sept 11 Aftermath/Egypt Air"); Gemini Nomination - Best Newscaster 2000.

In 1980, Rinaldo joined a slowly expanding circle of women in the profession, and was promoted to News Anchor of CANADA AM, earning distinction for becoming the first woman in Canadian history to anchor a daily network newscast. In 1977, Rinaldo was appointed Reporter-at-Large for CANADA AM, a position that saw her regularly traveling everywhere from Vancouver to Cape Breton to the Middle East. Rinaldo joined CANADA AM in 1976 as a story producer specializing in federal and provincial politics.

Rinaldo joined CTV in 1973 one week after graduating from York University where she earned an Honours B.A. in Fine Arts. In that first year, Rinaldo jumped from Junior Secretary to Production Secretary to Production Manager, and then became a researcher for W5. In 1975 Rinaldo went to New York City with the W5 team to produce The Bankruptcy of New York, which won a journalism award.