TORONTO (August 17, 2017) – CTV Northern Ontario’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE airs weekdays beginning Monday, Aug. 28, highlighting the biggest news from across the Northern Ontario region. This hour-long newscast is part of CTV’s major expansion of its award-winning local news programming, further bolstering the network’s commitment to deliver Canada’s most trusted news coverage, and ensuring viewers can tune in to local CTV NEWS broadcasts at 5 p.m., as well as 6 p.m.

CTV Northern Ontario’s locally focused edition of CTV NEWS AT FIVE features co-anchors Tony Ryma and Sean Grech, alongside weather specialist Jessica Gosselin. CTV NEWS AT FIVE also features regular contributions from CTV Northern Ontario’s team of trusted reporters.

Tony Ryma and Sean Grech co-anchor CTV Northern Ontario’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE

“I’m very much looking forward to delivering the stories that people are talking about in their communities an hour earlier,” said Tony Ryma, Co-Anchor, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. “Our experienced and trusted news team will ask newsmakers the tough questions and get the answers viewers want and deserve.”

“CTV NEWS AT FIVE is an exciting opportunity for viewers to join us at a new time,” said Sean Grech, Co-Anchor, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. “Our expanded news coverage will allow us to continue to report on the stories that matter to people in Northern Ontario, while also engaging with them on social media.”

“This new expanded coverage is a wonderful opportunity for us to deliver more of what viewers in the north want, and that’s local news,” said Michelle Tonner, Managing Producer, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. “We have a very talented team in place, and we’re excited to be live at five!”

CTV Northern Ontario 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 all-new editions of the newscast being added to the following local station lineups:

CTV Saskatoon
CTV Prince Albert
CTV Regina
CTV Yorkton
CTV Winnipeg
CTV Kitchener
CTV Ottawa
CTV Montreal

Reaching more viewers in an average week or month, and attracting the highest average audience of any news organization in the country, CTV News is definitively Canada’s most-watched and most-trusted destination for news coverage. Locally, viewers on average watch more hours of news on CTV than anywhere else. CTV’s evening newscasts are Top 5 programs in the majority of their local markets.