TORONTO (August 17, 2017) – CTV Ottawa’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE airs weekdays beginning Monday, Aug. 28, highlighting the biggest news from across the National Capital 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 Ottawa’s locally focused edition of CTV NEWS AT FIVE is anchored by Matt Skube, and features contributions from CTV Ottawa’s team of trusted reporters.

Matt Skube anchors CTV Ottawa’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE

“I couldn't be more excited to take on the challenge of leading this all-new 5 p.m. newscast,” said Matt Skube, Anchor, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. “CTV Ottawa is the most trusted source in the capital for people to stay informed, not only on the biggest stories of the day, but on everything else that affects their daily lives, be it their commute, local events, or emerging issues in their community.”

“We are thrilled to bring more live, local, breaking news to Ottawa viewers at 5 p.m.,” said Peter Angione, Director of News and Information Programming, Bell Media Ottawa. “With a dynamic new format, CTV NEWS AT FIVE will offer viewers a unique blend of local news, weather, traffic, and viewer interaction, but our biggest focus will be on delivering the most significant breaking news from across the nation’s capital.”

CTV Ottawa 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 Northern Ontario
CTV Kitchener
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.