Global News Hour

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Global News Hour
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Also known asEvening News
News at 5
News Hour Weekends (on weekends)
Global News at 5:30 and 6 (Montreal/Toronto)
CH News at 5:30 (Hamilton/Red Deer/Victoria)
StarringVarious hosts
Opening theme"News Hour Theme"
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locations Vancouver (Burnaby)
Kelowna
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Toronto
Oshawa
Peterborough
Kingston
Montreal
The Maritimes
Running time30-60 minutes
Production company Global
Original release
Network Global
CH/E! (2001-2009)
Release1968 (1968) 
present
Related
Morning News
Global News at Noon
Global National
Global News at 11

Global News Hour at 6 (also known as Global News at 6 and Global News at 5:30) is the name of local newscasts that air on Global, each city has a different edition of the program. [1] [2] The show debuted in 1968, [3] originating at CHAN-TV Vancouver (then a CTV affiliate). GlobalNews Hour at 6 airs on CHAN-DT Vancouver, CICT-DT Calgary, and CITV-DT Edmonton. [4] [5] [6] CHBC-DT Kelowna's flagship newscast is the hour-long Global News at 5. [7] CIII-DT Toronto and CKMI-DT Montreal both air newscasts known as Global News at 5:30 (one hour long in Toronto and half an hour in Montreal, which is followed by another half-hour newscast at 6:30). [8] [9] CFRE-DT Regina, CFSK-DT Saskatoon, CKND-DT Winnipeg, CISA-DT Lethbridge, CHNB-DT Saint John, and CIHF-DT Halifax all air half-hour newscasts known as Global News at 6. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] CHAN, CITV, and CICT, CFRE, and CFSK also air a 5PM newscast known as Global News at 5 (previously Early News), which airs before Global National. [15] [16] [17]

Contents

Global BC

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A Global BC News van

Global News Hour at 6 on CHAN-DT airs at 6 pm every weeknight. Global News Hour at 6 is co-hosted by Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui with Kristi Gordon as meteorologist and Squire Barnes as sports host. [18] Global News at 5 is anchored by Sophie Lui with Kristi Gordon as meteorologist and Squire Barnes as sports anchor.

Notable former personalities

Global Okanagan / E! Okanagan

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A CHBC News vehicle

CHBC-DT airs an hour-long program known as Global News at 5 (previously CHBC News at 5) as their flagship news program. CHBC also has a half-hour program called Global News at 6:30 which airs after Global National. Global News at 5 is anchored by Kimberly Davidson. Global News at 6:30 is anchored by Doris Maria Bregolisste and Kimberly Davidson. [19] These newscasts were titled CHBC News during its affiliation with CH and later E!.

Global Edmonton

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Global Edmonton's logo

Global News Hour at 6 on CITV-DT is anchored by Scott Roberts and Carole-Anne Devaney on weekdays and Breanna Karstens-Smith on weekends. Jesse Beyer hosts weather on weekdays and Kevin O'Connell on weekends. Global News at 5 is anchored by Scott Roberts.

Notable former personalities

E! Red Deer

After acquiring Western International Communications in 2000, CHCA then known as CKRD, remained a CBC affiliate until 2005 when it was relaunched under the CH brand.

The station aired local newscasts at 5 and 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Monday to Friday as CH News, and aired newscasts on the weekends. The newscasts were rebranded to CHCA News in 2007 with CH relaunched as E!. The weekend newscasts were removed in September 2008 as the changes coincided with Global Edmonton remotely taking control of the station's production. The news set surrounding the on-air talent was digitally created, similar to a weather anchor's green screen set up. The final newscasts were aired on August 29, 2009.

Notable former personalities

Global Calgary

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Global Calgary's logo

Global News at 6 on CICT-DT is anchored by Linda Olsen on weekdays and Jayme Doll on weekends. Paul Dunphy hosts weather on weekdays and Jodi Hughes on weekends. Global News at 5 is anchored by Linda Olsen.

Notable former personalities

Global Lethbridge

Global News at 5 is CISA's flagship newscast which is anchored by Liam Nixon with Paul Dunphy on weather from Calgary. Global News at 6 also airs following Global National. CISA previously had a one-hour-long newscast, known as News Hour, from 6-7pm, however it was shortened to half an hour in 2014, with the latter half replaced with a simulcast of Global Calgary's News Hour.

Notable former personalities

Global Regina

Global News at 6 on CFRE-DT is anchored by Carlyle Fiset with CFSK meteorologist Peter Quinlan doing the weather. Global News at 5 and Global News at 10 is anchored by Carlyle Fiset and Elise Darwish.

Global Saskatoon

Global News at 6 on CFSK-DT is produced in Regina and anchored by Carlyle Fiset with local meteorologist Peter Quinlan doing the weather. It was previously produced locally from Saskatoon, however when longtime Global Saskatoon personality Julie Mintenko departed the station, the decision was made to centralize production in Regina. Global News at 5 and Global News at 10 is anchored by Carlyle Fiset and Elise Darwish.

Global Winnipeg

Global News at 6 on CKND-DT is anchored by Lisa Dutton with Mike Koncan on weather on weekdays and Mark Carcasole (from Toronto) with Ross Hull on weather and Anthony Bruno on sports on weekends. Global News at 10 is anchored by Lisa Dutton and Kevin Hirschfield along with Mike Koncan on weather and Russ Hobson on sports on weekdays and Mark Carcasole (from Toronto) with Mike Arsenault on weather and Megan Robinson on sports on weekends.

Notable former personalities

Global Toronto

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Global Toronto's logo

Global News at 5:30 on CIII-DT is anchored by Alan Carter and Farah Nasser with Anthony Farnell on weather. Global News at 11 is anchored by Crystal Goomansingh with Mike Arsenault or Ross Hull on weather and Rob Leth on sports. Global News at 6, which is only half an hour long, is anchored by Mark Carcasole with Ross Hull on weather and Anthony Bruno on sports on weekends.

Notable personalities

Notable former personalities

E! Hamilton

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E! Hamilton's logo

After Canwest acquired the assets of Western International Communications in 2000, Canwest relaunched CHCH-DT as "CH Hamilton" and later the CH system in 2001, but was rebranded to E! in 2007. These programs featured such as Live @ 5:30, a debate talk show hosted by Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly, CHCH News at 6:00 (formerly CH News at 6) with Matt Hayes on weather and CHCH News at 11:00 (formerly CH News Final). The station continues to produce its own newscasts after CHCH was sold to Channel Zero in 2009.

Former on-air staff

Global Montreal

Global News at 5:30 is anchored by Jamie Orchard with Anthony Farnell on weather from Toronto. Previously a one-hour-long show, Global News at 5:30 was split into two half-hour newscasts in 2018. Global News at 6:30 is also anchored by Jamie Orchard and airs after Global National . Global News at 6 is anchored by Mark Carcasole from Toronto on weekends.

Global Halifax and New Brunswick

Global News at 6 on CIHF-DT is anchored by Sarah Ritchie with Anthony Farnell on weather and Rob Leth on sports on weekdays. Global News at 11 is anchored by Crystal Goomansingh with Anthony Farnell on weather and Rob Leth on sports on weekends.

Notable former personalities

Jim Pattison affiliates

The three stations owned by the Jim Pattison Group: CFJC-TV Kamloops, CKPG-TV Prince George and CHAT-TV Medicine Hat were former CBC Television affiliates that later joined CH/E! system in 2006 and 2008 respectively as neither never carried the CH News branding throughout its affiliation. They retained the callsigns and newscast formats in 2009 when they joined the Citytv system.

Media information

Online media

People can watch the News Hour on the online Global video player in Canada. [20]

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