 From 1997 to 2000, van der Heyden worked as a volunteer at Vidéotron's cable access channel Canal Vox, as well as freelanced at CBC Radio in Montreal and the "Toronto Star" newspaper.Starting in 2000, he worked as news reporter at CFCF which was later rebranded as CTV Montreal.In February 2005, Todd became the co-anchor of the 6pm weekend newscast and later the noon weekday newscast.