TVA Nouvelles is the news division of

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, a French language

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. Programs produced by the division include nightly local and national newscasts branded as ''TVA Nouvelles'', as well as the news magazine program ''JE''. The division also owns and operates the 24-hour news channel

Le Canal Nouvelles Le Canal Nouvelles (LCN) is a Canadian French language discretionary service 24-hour headline news channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Québecor. Its broadcasting headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec. The channel, operated and pro ...

. In September 2020, the Group announced that Serge Fortin, who was managing the activities of TVA Nouvelles and LCN since 2004, would be replaced by Martin Picard, vice president and chief content officer.

Mornings

In the mornings, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs as headline news segments during the network's

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''Salut, Bonjour!''. This program is hosted by Ève-Marie Lortie weekdays from

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, and Richard Turcotte on weekends from

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. Turcotte was previously the weekend host of ''Salut, bonjour!'', until moving to weekdays in 2024 following the retirement of longtime weekday host .

Noon

At noon, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for one hour weekdays and half an hour on weekends. Two weekday editions are produced, with Julie Marcoux anchoring from

for stations in western Quebec markets (

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and

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), and anchoring from

for stations in eastern Quebec (

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and Saguenay).Karine Gagnon
"Julie Couture, cheffe d’antenne à TVA Québec, souligne ses 25 ans de carrière"
''

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'', May 27, 2024. Both programs also have segments set aside for local inserts presented by local anchors. Marcoux is slated to move to the afternoon (17h et 18h) newscast in June, and will be succeeded as anchor of the noon edition by Philippe-Vincent Foisy.Étienne Paré
"Julie Marcoux succédera à Sophie Thibault"
''

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'', February 5, 2025. As most viewers in Canada outside of Quebec receive TVA stations from Montreal or Gatineau/Ottawa, the edition anchored by Marcoux is seen in most of Canada, although parts of

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receive the Couture edition.

Afternoon

At 5 p.m. weekdays, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for 1.5 hours. This airing consists of a one-hour program anchored by

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, followed by half-hour local programs anchored by a local journalist at each TVA station. Thibault announced her retirement from the network in February 2025, with Julie Marcoux scheduled to succeed her in June. The local anchors are Pierre Donais on

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in Gatineau/Ottawa, Martin Blanchet on

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in Rimouski, Cindy Simard on

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in Rivière-du-Loup and

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in Carleton-sur-Mer, Katherine Vandal on

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in Rouyn-Noranda, Jean-François Tremblay on

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in Saguenay, Sonia Lavoie on

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in Sherbrooke and Marie-Claude Paradis-Desfossés on

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in Trois-Rivières. Thibault continues as anchor of the final half-hour on

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in Montreal, and Couture anchors on

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in Quebec City. At 6:30, Thibault continues to anchor for a further half-hour which airs only on LCN. On weekends, the 5 p.m. program does not air, with only a half-hour edition airing at 6 p.m. and anchored by Hadi Hassin.

Primetime

The main national edition of ''TVA Nouvelles'', airing at 10 p.m. for half an hour, is anchored by Pierre-Olivier Zappa weekdays. On weekends, the network simply simulcasts LCN for a half-hour slot, usually at 10:30 p.m. but sometimes delayed to 11 p.m. depending on that evening's earlier programming, rather than directly producing a TVA-specific newscast.

''JE''

The news magazine program ''JE'' is anchored by Marie-Christine Bergeron.

Past staff

Past anchors of the network's newscasts have included

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, who remains affiliated with the program as a special contributor, as well as Pierre Bruneau"Pierre Bruneau, membre de l'Ordre du Canada".

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, June 29, 2012. and

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."Michel Jean passe à TVA". ''

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'', May 6, 2005.

References

External links

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