Global News
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| Department of the Global Television Network | |
| Industry | Media, News |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
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Area served
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Specific services for Canada and rest of world |
| Services | television broadcasts and online |
| Owner | Global Television Network |
| Parent | Corus Entertainment |
| Website | globalnews |
Global News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's twelve owned-and-operated stations (O&Os). In addition, it provides news programming to Corus' three CTV affiliates in Ontario and NTV in Newfoundland (also a CTV affiliate station)
Global's lineup of national news and current affairs programming is as follows:
Although Global stations had always carried local news in various forms, the first tentative steps towards a national presence came in 1984 with the launch of The National Edition, an early evening half-hour newscast anchored from Ottawa by Peter Trueman, which focussed on national and international news. The program was moved to 11 pm and renamed The World Tonight in 1987 and was carried by Global News in Ontario, CKND in Winnipeg and STV in Regina and Saskatoon. Trueman retired in 1987 and was succeeded by Richard Brown and later Mike Anscombe.
In 1994, Global launched First National with Peter Kent, an early-evening program focusing on national and international news but airing only in central Canada. After acquiring the Western International Communications (WIC) group of stations, Global cancelled First National in February 2001 and briefly aired the similar WIC newscast Canada Tonight in its place.
In September 2001, Global replaced Canada Tonight with a new network newscast, Global National, anchored by Kevin Newman (now presented by Dawna Friesen). It aired from the network's new national news centre at CHAN-TV's studio in Burnaby, British Columbia. The program initially aired only on weekdays, then launched a weekend edition anchored by Tara Nelson (now at CTV Calgary) in February 2005 (now presented by Robin Gill). Originally airing in different timeslots around the country, the program moved to a standard 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. Atlantic) start time nationwide in 2006. Since then, Global National has quickly gained ground on longtime number-one CTV National News, overtaking it on several occasions. A Mandarin version of the newscast, titled Global National Mandarin, launched on January 23, 2012 with anchor Carol Wang, and is seen weeknights on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver and Calgary.
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