Trivia

She has her own style of eye glasses, which were featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986).

She once sang in a rock band.

(December 29, 2017) Married her boyfriend of 3 years Chris Haynor at the Hermitage Club ski lodge in Wilmington, Vermont following a 16-month-long engagement. The wedding came as a surprise to most of the 50 guests, who thought they were assembling for Banfield's 50th birthday party. According to Banfield, she slipped away to change into her gown - and no one knew what was happening. At 5 p.m. local time, the wedding march began to play. Banfield, accompanied by her two sons, walked down the lodge's grand staircase. Haynor unzipped his ski jacket and was wearing a suit underneath. "When everyone realized what was happening, they started to cheer," Banfield tells PEOPLE. Banfield and Haynor met on Match.com in October 2014. They arranged a lunch date - but never got around to eating. "We just sat there in the restaurant talking for five hours," Banfield laughs. "We never even ordered. We stayed until they asked us to leave." The couple headed to another restaurant for dinner. By the time the evening was over, "I knew I had found my soulmate," she says.

Suffered minor injuries in the aftermath of the World Trade Center collapse.

She has a bachelor's degree in Political Studies and French from Queens University in Ontario.

Did not adopt her trademark eyeglasses look until she moved to the US.

Has two sons with her ex-husband Howard Gould - Jay Fischer Gould (b. October 22, 2005 at 6lbs, 4oz) and Ridley Banfield Gould (b. May 21, 2007 at 7 lbs, 8 oz.).

Has a brother who is working in Alaska.

ABC News correspondent [2011].

An accomplished singer, who often performed in Calgary prior to her move to the US.

She covered stories on the front lines in Afghanistan when the war on terrorism had just begun, this would have been when the Taliban was still in power.

She was awarded the 1985 Canadian Governor General's Academic Bronze Medal at Balmoral Hall School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.