Cynthia Mulligan

Cynthia Mulligan (born in Montreal, Quebec[1]) is a Canadian television presenter on CITY-TV's CityNews.[2]

Mulligan studied English at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] She started at Citytv in the CityPulse library. Before moving over to CityNews, she was a news writer for Breakfast Television. Mulligan has also been an ENG cameraperson and a videographer.[2] She added the duties of anchoring CP24 in January 1998 until 2008 when CTVglobemedia acquired the channel.

Mulligan currently works as a reporter on CityNews at 6 (weekdays) as an education specialist/reporter.[2] Her work has been nominated for a Gemini Award for best local reporting.[3]

Mulligan has two daughters.[2] In April 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[4] She announced the diagnosis publicly in May 2010, and has since reported on and blogged about her experiences of treatment.[4][5] In 2018, she made an impact statement in court against ex-boyfriend Mike Bullard after he pled guilty to making harassing phone calls.[6]

On June 29, 2021, Mulligan took to Twitter to announce that her cancer had returned. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer around Christmas, 2020. [7]

References
  1. http://www.beachesliving.ca/beacheslife/cover-story/cynthia-mulligan-front-seat-to-the-world/
  2. "CityNews.ca - Toronto's News - Personalities". citytv.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. "CityNews Gets 3 Gemini Nominations - CityNews". citytv.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. Anne-Marie Tobin (June 8, 2010). "Battling cancer in the public eye: reporter, actor tell their stories". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  5. "Statistics confirm cancer is now the leading cause of death for Canadians -". 680News. May 19, 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  6. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/06/08/mike-bullard-pleads-guilty-to-harassing-phone-calls-to-ex-girlfriend.html>
  7. "CityNews' Cynthia Mulligan reveals her renewed battle with breast cancer". Toronto Star. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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