
Articles for Joanna Lavoie
- Healthcare professionals can now prescribe visits to the Toronto Zoo
- Deaths among unhoused people in Toronto still trending high since pandemic with drug toxicity crisis to blame
- Toronto extends deadline for 33,000 residents to sign up for new online affordable housing portal
- Ukrainian vet debacle reignites call to remove controversial Oakville monument
- Ontario’s next lieutenant-governor, Edith Dumont, to be installed in November
- York Regional Police visiting high-risk vehicle owners after thefts almost double in a year
- Halton police chief speaks out following 'heinous' attack on 2 officers in Ottawa
- Lockdown lifted at Durham College's Whitby campus after man stabbed
- SIU investigating after man dies following Guelph police pursuit
- Toronto police probing if arson was a factor in two North York fires
- 2 killed, 2 injured in north Etobicoke shooting
- Disabled Whitby mom seeks accommodation so daughters can safely ride bus to school
- 'I just don't understand': Father of Mississauga hit-and-run victim urges driver to turn themself in
- Police release images of 2 suspects following break-in at east Toronto luxury vehicle dealership
- 2 people taken to hospital following Tuesday night crash in Mississauga
Joanna Lavoie
Joanna Lavoie joined CP24.com as a digital journalist in May 2022, covering breaking news and social justice issues in Toronto and the GTHA.
A long-time Toronto journalist, Lavoie has covered some of city’s biggest news stories. She has also extensively written about the the GTA's drug poisoning and affordable housing/homelessness crises, and its many other inequities. Several of her pieces have been picked up nationally and internationally.
Before coming to CP24, Lavoie worked for Torstar Corp. reporting for Metroland Media’s Toronto communities division. Her work also appeared in the Toronto Star.
A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a specialization in broadcasting.
Lavoie also speaks regularly about her work and industry with students, groups, and other media outlets.
A married mother of two young daughters, she is a passionate Latin dancer and acroyogi, and a devoted bonne vivante.
Lavoie speaks English and French.