''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

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, each city has a different edition of the program.News Hour on Global Toronto Global Toronto
/ref> The show debuted in 1968, originating at

CHAN-TV CHAN-DT (channel 8), branded Global British Columbia or Global BC (formerly British Columbia Television or BCTV), is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Global Television Networ ...

Vancouver (then a CTV affiliate). ''Global News Hour at 6'' airs on

CHAN-DT CHAN-DT (channel 8), branded Global British Columbia or Global BC (formerly British Columbia Television or BCTV), is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Global Television Networ ...

Vancouver,

CICT-DT CICT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, and has studios at the Calgary Television Centre on 23 St ...

Calgary, and

CITV-DT CITV-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, and maintains studios on Allard Way Northwest in the Pl ...

Edmonton.

CHBC-DT CHBC-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, and maintains studios on Leon Avenue (near Water Street) in ...

Kelowna's flagship newscast is the hour-long ''Global News at 5''.

CIII-DT CIII-DT (channel 41) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, CIII-DT maintains studios at 81 Barber Greene ...

Toronto and

CKMI-DT CKMI-DT (channel 15) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station maintains studios inside the Dominion Square Building in down ...

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).

CFRE-DT CFRE-DT (channel 11) is a television station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment and maintains studios on Hoffer Drive and McDonald Stre ...

Regina,

CFSK-DT CFSK-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station has studios on Robin Crescent on the northwest side of ...

Saskatoon,

CKND-DT CKND-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, with studios on the 30th floor of 201 Portage in downtow ...

Winnipeg,

CISA-DT CISA-DT (channel 7) is a television station in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station maintains studios inside the Royal Bank building at the co ...

Lethbridge,

CHNB-DT CHNB-DT (channel 12) is a television station in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. It serves as the network's outlet for both New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (by way of a repeater in Lot 22 serving ...

Saint John, and

CIHF-DT CIHF-DT (channel 8) is a television station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, it is a sister station to CHNB-DT in Saint John, New Brunswick. The two ...

Halifax all air half-hour newscasts known as ''Global News at 6''. 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 ''Global National'' is the English language flagship national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Editorial and production staff are based out of Global's national news centre at CHAN-DT, Global BC in Burnaby, British Columbia, with Da ...

Global BC

''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 Chris Gailus (; born 29 October 1967) is a Canadian television news anchor who works for Global BC. Gailus graduated from the Broadcast Journalism Program at Mount Royal University in Calgary in 1989, where he made the Dean's List and played bask ...

and Sophie Lui with Kristi Gordon as

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and Squire Barnes as sports host. ''Global News at 5'' is anchored by Sophie Lui with Kristi Gordon as

and Squire Barnes as sports anchor.

Notable former personalities

Frank Griffiths Frank A. Griffiths (December 17, 1916 – April 7, 1994) was a Canadian media executive through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. (WIC). Frank Griffiths was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In 1956, along with ...

, 1963–1994 (deceased) * Pamela Martin, 1977-2001 (Now Director of Outreach for Premier Christy Clark) * Jack Webster, 1978–1987 (deceased) * Harvey Oberfeld, 1979–2006 * Jennifer Mather, 1991–1998 (Now at CTV News Channel) in Toronto *

Mi-Jung Lee Mi-Jung Lee (born September 12, 1966) (; born in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea) is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She formerly co-anchored the weeknight 6pm newscast alongside Scott Robe ...

, 1992-1998 (Now at CTV Vancouver) * Bill Good Jr., 1993-2001 (Retired at CKNW AM in August 2014) * Rena Heer, (2005–2007) (Now at CTV Vancouver) * Kevin Newman, (2001–2008, 2008–2010 at Ottawa anchoring

but retired on August 20, 2010, now at CTV) *

Tara Nelson Tara Nelson is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor, and most recently was the European bureau chief for Global Television Network's news division. In 2010, Nelson assumed the role as the anchor of the News at 6 at CTV Calgary, replacin ...

, (2005-2008, Now at

CTV Calgary CFCN-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside cable-exclusive CTV 2 Alberta (based in Edmonton with sister station CFR ...

) * Tony Parsons - ''News Hour'' anchor (1975–2009, formerly anchor CHEK Victoria and CBC Vancouver from 2010 to 2013)

Global Okanagan / E! Okanagan

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 News at 5'' is anchored by Kimberly Davidson. ''Global News at 6:30'' is anchored by Doris Maria Bregolisste and Kimberly Davidson. These newscasts were titled ''CHBC News'' during its affiliation with CH and later E!.

Global Edmonton

''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

* Rob Brown - reporter (1999–2002; now with CBC Calgary) *

Darren Dutchyshen Darren John Dutchyshen (December 19, 1966 – May 15, 2024) was a Canadian sportscaster who co-hosted the evening edition of ''SportsCentre'' on TSN. Broadcasting career Dutchyshen started his broadcasting career as a sportscaster at STV Sa ...

- sports (1987–1995; now with TSN) * Carolyn Jarvis - reporter (2005–2009; formerly presenter of ''16:9: The Bigger Picture'', now chief investigative correspondent for

) * Doug Main - anchor (1975–1988) * Claire Martin - weather (1996–2005; 2005–2016 with

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) *

Bill Matheson Bill Matheson (April 26, 1926 – September 19, 2006) was a Canadians, Canadian radio talk show host and weathercaster born in Lethbridge, Alberta, who was a television Weather forecasting, weather presenter with CITV-TV, ITV (now Global Edmonton) ...

- weather (1976–1999; deceased) *

- reporter (now anchor

) * Kathy Tomlinson - reporter (now with CBC British Columbia) *

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- anchor (retired)

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

* Jennifer Ivanov * Suzy Burge (Weather) * Slav Kornik (Sports) * Tanara McLean * Tino Makris * Nicole Weisberg * Courtney Ketchen

Global Calgary

''Global News Hour at 6'' on CICT-DT is anchored by Dallas Flexhaug and Joel Senick on weekdays and Jayme Doll on weekends. Chief Meteorologist Tiffany Lizée hosts weather on weekdays. Flexhaug also anchors ''Global News at 5''. Senick also co-anchors ''Global News at 11'', alongside Global Edmonton's Nicole Di Donato.

Notable former personalities

Ashleigh Banfield Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield (born December 29, 1967) is a Canadian-American journalist and host of ''Banfield'' on the NewsNation network. She is a former host of ''Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield'' and '' Early Start'' on CNN. Education ...

(was with

MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...

, now at

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, formerly Court TV) * Ed Whalen - deceased - was with CICT (then known as CHCT-TV) the first day it went on the air. News and Sports Director, news anchor & editorial. Host of ''

Stampede Wrestling Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta. For nearly 50 years, it was one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies. Originally established by Stu Hart in 1948, the prom ...

''. Later, sports anchor and

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play-by-play announcer. (Also worked for CFAC Radio and Calgary Sun)

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 Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...

of Global Calgary's ''News Hour''.

Notable former personalities

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(now co-host of TSN's ''

SportsCentre ''SportsCentre'' (SC) is a Canadian daily sports news television program sports news television program, and the flagship program on TSN. The program airs several times daily TSN feeds, and on weekends on CTV. History The program was launc ...

'') *

Jackson Proskow Jackson Proskow is a Canadian journalist with the Global Television Network. He is currently the network's Washington Bureau Chief, reporting for Global National, the network's flagship national news broadcast. Proskow was born in Calgary, Albe ...

(now National Bureau Chief with ''

'' in

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)

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

Don Marks Donald Dean Marks (June 19, 1953 – January 30, 2016) was a Canadian writer, director and producer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Background Marks was once a street youth before being adopted by a First Nations family. From 1974 to 1976, he was co-ordinat ...

- news anchor * Jeremy St. Louis - weather person *

Andrea Slobodian Andrea Slobodian is a Canadian former television reporter. In October 2012, she became the late night anchor for CTV News in Winnipeg. Previously she was a reporter and commentator for ''The Roundtable'' on Sun News Network. She currently works ...

- weather/community anchor (now with Communications and Stakeholder Relations at the

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) *

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- news anchor (currently Feature Reporter with '' CBC News: The National'') * Peter Chura - news anchor (ran as a Manitoba Liberal in the

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) *Dawna Friesen - news anchor (now ''

'' anchor)

Global Toronto

''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

* Carolyn MacKenzie - anchor on '' The Morning Show''. Formerly anchor of ''News Hour Final''

Notable former personalities

* Robin Gill - anchor, 2008–2009; now with

* Anne-Marie Mediwake - anchor, 2006–2007; later with

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and CBC Toronto, now with CTV News, as the host of

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- anchor

E! Hamilton

After Canwest acquired the assets of

Western International Communications WIC Western International Communications Ltd. (or WIC) was a Canadian media company that operated from 1982 to 2000, with operations including broadcast and specialty television, radio, and satellite distribution via a majority interest in Ca ...

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 Donna Skelly is a Canadian politician and journalist. Skelly is presently the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since April 14, 2025. She is the first woman to hold this position. She was first elected in 2018 Ontario general elec ...

, ''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

* Nick Dixon - anchor, currently with

CP24 CP24 is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc. and operated alongside the Bell-owned CTV Television Network's owned-and-operated television stations CFTO-DT (CTV Toronto) and CKVR-DT ( ...

Michelle Dubé Michelle Dubé (born ) is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor for Bell Media. She is the co-anchor for ''CTV News at Noon'' and ''CTV News at 6'' for CTV News Toronto with Ken Shaw until January 6, 2020 and with Nathan Downer sinc ...

– reporter and anchor; now reporter and anchor for

CTV Toronto CFTO-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Barrie-based CTV 2 flagship CKVR-DT, channel ...

Heather Hiscox Heather Hiscox (born 18 November 1965) is a Canadian news anchor, who is the current host of ''CBC Morning Live with Heather Hiscox'' from 6 to 10 a.m. during weekdays on CBC News Network. She has also hosted CBC's former flagship morning televi ...

– anchor and executive producer; now news anchor for

* Dan McLean – senior news anchor (1970–2008); later news anchor at

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; retired June 2013

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 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

* Janet Stewart - evening anchor (now working at CBC in Winnipeg)

Jim Pattison affiliates

The three stations owned by the

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CFJC-TV CFJC-TV ( analogue channel 4) is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, affiliated with Citytv. Owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the station has studios on Pemberton Terrace and Columbia Street West in Kamloops, a ...

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CKPG-TV CKPG-TV ( analogue channel 2) is a television station in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, affiliated with Citytv. The station is owned by Pattison Media, and maintains studios on 3rd Avenue (near Winnipeg Street) in Prince George; its tr ...

Prince George and

CHAT-TV CHAT-TV (Analog television, analogue channel 6) was a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, last affiliated with Citytv. Owned by the Jim Pattison Group#The Jim Pattison Media Group, Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the station had s ...

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were former

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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

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system.

Media information

Online media

People can watch the News Hour on the online

video player in

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