MONTREAL (June 7, 2017) – Announced today as part of CTV’s fall schedule reveal, CTV NEWS MONTREAL expands its local news programming this fall with the addition of an early-evening newscast, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. Featuring unique weekday broadcasts highlighting the biggest news from across Greater Montreal and around the province, CTV NEWS AT FIVE begins this fall, and leads into Montreal’s #1 source for live, local, breaking news, CTV NEWS AT SIX, to further bolster CTV News’ commitment to local news coverage.

“With today’s announcement, CTV Montreal is excited to be part of CTV News’ nation-wide expansion of local news coverage,” said Jed Kahane, News Director, CTV Montreal. “CTV NEWS AT FIVE will be the city’s go-to destination for the biggest stories of the day.”

CTV Montreal joins the six CTV stations already delivering CTV NEWS AT FIVE (CTV Vancouver, CTV Calgary, CTV Red Deer, CTV Edmonton, CTV Lethbridge, and CTV Atlantic). With today’s nationwide announcement, the following local stations will also add 5 p.m. newscasts to their lineups this fall:

CTV Saskatoon
CTV Regina
CTV Prince Albert
CTV Yorkton
CTV Winnipeg
CTV Northern Ontario
CTV Kitchener
CTV Ottawa

 Further details, including broadcast teams for CTV NEWS AT FIVE, will be announced in the coming months.