Rena Heer is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television personality on CP24 as of February 2009. From January 28, 2008 to June 6, 2008, she handled weather along with Jeff Hutcheson

Jeff Hutcheson

Jeff Hutcheson is a Canadian weather and sports anchor for Canada AM.He started his career in 1976 at CFRB as a "good news" reporter, during his first year in college. His next work was with CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario, where he was a sports anchor, reporter, producer, television host and writer...

 on CTV's Canada AM

Canada AM

Canada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...

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". The national show continues to air without Rena Heer and co-host Mi-Jung Lee

Mi-Jung Lee

Mi-Jung Lee is a Korean Canadian television personality, based in Vancouver. She most recently served as co-host of the Western Canada edition of the breakfast television program Canada AM, until its cancellation in June 2008. Earlier in her career, she was a news anchor for CHEK-TV in Victoria...

.

Heer attended Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

 on a scholarship where she studied for her undergraduate degree

Undergraduate degree

An undergraduate degree is a colloquial term for an academic degree taken by a person who has completed undergraduate courses. It is usually offered at an institution of higher education, such as a university...

 in communications

Communication studies

Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...

. 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

CHNM-TV

CHNM-DT, channel 20 , is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

 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. Heer left Global BC on December 7, 2007 to join CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

's Canada AM

Canada AM

Canada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...

as a weather presenter for Western Canada.

Rena works on CP24 as an Anchor/Reporter. She is also a co-host with Nathan Downer on CP24 Live at 5

Live at 5 (CP24 TV series)

Live at 5 is a Canadian television news program that airs weekdays on CP24 from 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.-History:Live at 5 premiered on January 14, 2008, as a 15-minute newscast before going to talk shows, the original hosts were, Ann Rohmer and George Lagogianes...

in Toronto. due to maternity leave, she temporarily left CP24 in November 2010, but has returned in April 2011.