Spencer Turcotte

Spencer Turcotte is a multi-skilled broadcast and digital journalist with CTV News Kitchener whose reporting uses local sports and community institutions to tell broader stories about people, public services, and policy.

Community sports and local teams

Turcotte’s sports coverage centres on local teams and grassroots competition, with an emphasis on how sports shape community life rather than on scores alone. In his piece on the Rangers’ Memorial Cup run, he focuses on how the team drew support from unlikely parts of the community as momentum built, highlighting unexpected backers and the ripple effect of a deep tournament run. He covers events such as a Special Olympics track and field meet by showing athletes’ skills and sportsmanship and underscoring that participation and pride matter as much as winning, giving visibility to athletes who are often overlooked.

He also follows professional and amateur teams into community settings.

His reporting on the Argos hitting the gridiron in Guelph looks at elementary students getting a front-row seat to football stars and what the interaction teaches them, turning a promotional appearance into a story about access and inspiration. When the Greystone Racquet Club reopened after being gutted by fire, Turcotte’s coverage focuses on speaking with new owners and returning members and on what the rebuilt facility means for regular players, showing how a local sports venue fits into everyday routines.

His feature on a University of Guelph athlete stepping in as a body double for one of Heated Rivalry’s biggest stars again uses a sports angle to tell a personal story, introducing the athlete and explaining how this unusual role connects campus athletics with a wider entertainment project. Across these pieces, his sports reporting is distinguished by its focus on people, places, and the way local teams and events knit into the fabric of community life.

Health, social services and vulnerable residents

Alongside sports, Turcotte regularly reports on health and social service pressures, often framing stories around the experience of local residents and frontline workers. In his coverage of paramedics responding to twice as many opioid-related calls, he breaks down the increase and reports on the factors cited by paramedics and officials, connecting statistics to the realities of addiction, emergency response, and strain on services.

His story on immigrant support services feeling the pinch of federal funding cuts examines how agencies adapt to reduced resources and what that means for the people who rely on them.

He follows similar lines in his reporting on a food bank seeing fewer students asking for help, documenting the change in demand and exploring the reasons staff identify for the shift.

When the Region unlocks more water capacity to address ongoing water woes, Turcotte explains the new capacity and reports on how leaders expect it to affect residents’ day-to-day lives, treating infrastructure decisions as part of the same system of essential services. These pieces show a pattern of coverage that connects policy decisions and service levels to specific groups of residents who experience the consequences first.

Business, infrastructure and policy impacts

Turcotte’s work also extends into business and policy stories where national or global dynamics hit local organizations. His coverage of the medical technology sector facing potential impacts from an ongoing trade war looks at how U.S. tariffs could indirectly affect Canadian companies, translating abstract trade policy into concrete risks for local firms.

In election-period reporting on historic levels of digital ad spending by a regional company, he focuses on the scale of investment and what it signals about the changing strategies of businesses engaged in politics and marketing.

Infrastructure and capacity stories sit in the same orbit. His piece on unlocking more water capacity in the region does not treat technical changes as purely administrative; instead, he reports on the expected impact on growth, development, and resilience in the face of pressure on resources. Across business and infrastructure coverage, Turcotte’s distinguishing trait is his attention to how decisions made in boardrooms or government translate into practical consequences for local institutions and the people who depend on them.

On-air reporting and video storytelling

Turcotte works as a multi-skilled journalist for CTV News Kitchener, combining on-air reporting with shooting, editing, and writing for broadcast and the web. He frequently fronts video stories from the field, as seen in his reports on Special Olympics competition, professional football players visiting schools, and the reopening of sports facilities, where he appears on camera while clearly shaping the narrative and visuals around the participants.

His regular presence in newscasts and in online video segments reflects a style that relies on concise scripting, strong scene-setting, and direct interviews with people at the centre of the story.

Across beats, Turcotte’s output is defined by local reporting that connects sports, services, business, and policy through on-the-ground interviews and accessible explanations. His work is useful when a story benefits from being rooted in specific teams, institutions, and community impacts, and when television and digital video are key to reaching audiences.