At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter.
Later, at Citytv Toronto, she worked as a writer, reporter and co-anchor, with Gord Martineau, of evening newscast CityPulse at 6.
In August and September 2010, Petty returned to guest-host several episodes of Cityline while host, Tracy Moore, was on maternity leave.
In 2016, Petty relaunched a product called Luuup Litter Box, partially through using a Kickstarter platform.
[7] Joanne Findon (professor of English literature at Trent University, Ontario)[8] described the book as "a charming fable about the value of being yourself and recognizing your own strengths.