global television network industry media news founded 1994 headquarters burnaby british columbia canada area served specific services for canada and rest of world services television broadcasts and online owner global television network parent corus entertainment website globalnews.ca 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 . contents 1 national programs 2 local programs 2.1 centralization 3 news channels 4 criticism 5 references 6 external links national programs edit global s lineup of national news and current affairs programming is as follows the morning show weekdays 9 00 a.m. et ct mt pt 10 00 a.m. at global national nightly 7 30 p.m. nt 6 30 p.m. at et 5 30 p.m. ct mt pt 6 00 p.m. kelowna the west block sundays 10 00 a.m. pt mt 11 00 a.m. et ct 12 00 noon at 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 . 1 on january 7 2013 the network extended its toronto o & o s morning program the morning show by 30 minutes with this additional half hour airing across its other o & os ; 2 prior to this global did not air a national morning show . in addition the network s o & os in select markets produce their own local morning shows see below ; stations which do not produce a local morning show either air the morning show from a larger market or run daytime programming repeated from shaw media s cable specialty channels such as crash test mommy and the mom show . global launched its first investigative newsmagazine series on november 30 2008 . the weekly program titled 16x9 the bigger picture features a high gloss tabloid format and is the network s first foray into the field long occupied by ctv s w five and cbc s the fifth estate . global also formerly aired a weekly documentary series global currents . during the 2011 federal election global news also produced a weekly series focus decision canada covering news and issues in the election campaign . the show hosted by weekend global national anchor carolyn jarvis was a nominee for best information program or series at the 2011 gemini awards . the west block a sunday morning national political affairs show hosted by tom clark 3 debuted on november 6 2011 . the investigative series 16x9 as well as global national mandarin were both cancelled on june 28 2016 . 4 5 global national mandarin aired its final broadcast on june 30 2016 . local programs edit global bc s live van in the network s original form as an independent station based exclusively in ontario the original news anchors were peter trueman and peter desbarats who launched global news in 1974 . 6 former toronto star reporter rae corelli joined the anchor desk in 1977 . cbc journalist jan tennant joined global in 1984 anchoring an hourlong evening toronto newscast followed by a half hour national newscast the national edition anchored by trueman in ottawa . until 1997 the name global news was used only for the local newscasts on global ontario and canwest s other local television stations all had different newscast titles . with the nationwide launch of the global brand in 1997 global news was also adopted as a standard title for local newscasts on global o & os . the long dominant chan vancouver bctv had been an exception ; its news operation was renamed bctv news on global when it became a global o & o in 2001 and its individual newscast titles e.g. news hour were also retained . as part of a network wide branding overhaul local newscast titles and timeslots were standardized effective february 6 2006 7 following the bctv model . the exact lineup of newscasts and titles varied by station . the only station that did not follow the bctv model is chbc kelowna which has kept its call sign as part of its news branding . as of 2011 chbc kelowna have rebranded their news operations as global news okanagan . in april 2016 global once again rebranded its news programs national wide dropping the bctv model . global news morning weekday and weekend mornings previously known as morning news exceptions the morning show toronto global news at noon weekdays and weekends at noon previously known as noon news hour exceptions scene and heard non news regional lifestyle show on cisa global news at 5 weekdays at 5 00 pm previously known as early news global news at 5 30 weekdays at 5 30 pm toronto and montreal global news hour at 6 nightly at 6 00 pm previously known as news hour global news at 6 30 weeknights at 6 30 pm okanagan global news at 10 or global news at 11 nightly at 10 00 pm bc1 winnipeg regina and saskatoon or 11 00 pm previously known as news hour final or news final focus weekends regina saskatoon winnipeg toronto montreal on october 4 2007 global s then parent company canwest announced it would be centralizing news production control room functions for all o & os except chbc kelowna at four broadcast centres chan vancouver citv edmonton cict calgary and ciii toronto . the company stated this would allow all of its stations to make a transition to high definition broadcasting and create around 50 new jobs at the four stations . approximately 250 positions were to be eliminated in the other stations the majority of which were behind the scenes technical positions . 8 a press release from the company has also stated that on air talent including weather anchors reporters producers photographers editors and other news gathering positions will remain at the affected stations . global edmonton took over production of global maritimes newscasts in mid august 2008 and on september 4 2008 took over production of all newscasts at chca tv the e station in red deer alberta . global calgary began production of global lethbridge s newscasts in mid september and later in the year global bc took over chek victoria global regina global saskatoon global winnipeg and global montreal . in august 2009 production for global news montreal moved from vancouver to edmonton . the stations whose controls were taken over began using virtual sets . in september 2009 chbc s controls were moved to calgary master control and vancouver production control and the station launched its own virtual set in july 2010 . on may 31 2011 shaw media announced that new weekday local morning shows would be launched on global toronto global winnipeg global saskatoon global regina and global maritimes in late 2011 . local sunday morning newscasts were also announced for global edmonton and global calgary which launched in september 2011 . the increase in news programming is part of a benefits package that shaw media has promised to fulfill as a condition to purchasing the network . 9 on may 30 2012 shaw media announced further expansions to global s news programming offerings with the launch of a new half hour noon newscast on global toronto on august 27 and the expansion of primetime newscasts on global winnipeg global saskatoon global regina to one hour and in turn re branding them from prime news to news hour final on august 20 . the previously announced weekday morning newscasts on global montreal and global maritimes were also confirmed to launch in fall 2012 on dates yet to be determined their launches were later postponed to early 2013 . local morning newscasts on global bc global edmonton and global calgary were also expanded with the weekday morning newscasts on all three stations lengthened to four hours on august 27 and the sunday morning news programs expanding to three hours starting september 2 2012 . 16 9 was also moved from saturdays to friday nights and global news website also received a redesign in early 2013 with compatibility for mobile devices in mind . 10 centralization edit on april 9 2015 shaw announced cutbacks of global s local news operations and a subsequent re organization . under these changes which began to take effect in august 2015 production of late night and weekend newscasts in markets outside of calgary edmonton vancouver and toronto are centralized out of global s studios in toronto . anchors and meteorologists are provided by the centralized news operation while local stories are presented by the station s reporters . 11 local morning shows in these markets also switched to a hybrid local national format with an eight minute long national segment every half hour . local morning shows and evening newscasts otherwise continue to be produced locally . troy reeb global s senior vice president of news and station operations explained that these changes would allow individual stations to devote more resources to the creation of local news content for television and digital platforms and reduce redundancy in their coverage of national headlines . reeb also explained that the changes were meant to allow staff reductions whilst allowing the network to find innovative ways to distribute news content ; at least 80 jobs were lost nationwide as part of the process . 12 13 in june 2015 global announced that it had acquired canadian rights to the late show with stephen colbert . late newscasts were kept at or shortened to 35 minutes in markets where the late show was to air in simulcast with cbs for simsub purposes including halifax kelowna montreal new brunswick toronto and vancouver . shaw had previously announced that it would extend its late newscasts in halifax montreal and new brunswick to a full hour ; to compensate for the change global montreal instead introduced a half hour noon newscast and expanded its evening news to an hour . in markets with hour long late newscasts the late show is tape delayed to air at the top of the hour instead . 14 15 news channels edit main article global news bc 1 on january 11 2012 shaw media announced it had filed an application with