Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada. It is the only English language network newscast in Canada to originate outside of Toronto, broadcasting daily from facilities at Global's Vancouver station CHAN.

Related Topics:
Global Television Network - Canada - Toronto - Vancouver - CHAN

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The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman, whose name was added to the program's title beginning in its second season.

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Global National aired for the first time on September 4, 2001. Prior to its launch, Global aired Canada Tonight (which it had inherited from the WIC group of stations) for a few months; that program, in turn, had replaced regional newscasts such as First National.

Related Topics:
September 4 - 2001 - Canada Tonight - WIC - First National

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The show aired only on weekdays until February 26, 2005, when Saturday and Sunday editions were launched with Tara Nelson as weekend anchor. Nelson also serves as substitute for Newman.

Related Topics:
February 26 - 2005 - Tara Nelson

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The only other regular substitute anchor is Troy Reeb, the network's Washington bureau chief, and a former host of Global Sunday.

Related Topics:
Troy Reeb - Global Sunday

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The program, covering national and international news, is aired live at 6:30 pm on Global stations in the Eastern Time Zone. This version of the show is then broadcast via satellite tape delay in the Central Time Zone. If news events warrant, a second version of the program can be produced for the Mountain Time Zone and Pacific Time Zone, where it airs at 6:30pm and 5:30pm, respectively. This version is also aired in the Maritime provinces at 11:15pm.

Related Topics:
Eastern Time Zone - Central Time Zone - Mountain Time Zone - Pacific Time Zone

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Despite having fewer reporters and being a latecomer to national news in Canada, Global National has come to rival its competitors at CTV National News and CBC's The National in both awards and ratings.

Related Topics:
CTV National News - CBC - The National

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