TORONTO (August 17, 2017) – CTV Regina’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE airs weekdays beginning Monday, Aug. 28, highlighting the biggest news from across southern Saskatchewan. This hour-long local 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 Regina’s locally focused edition of CTV NEWS AT FIVE is anchored by Christeen Jesse. CTV NEWS AT FIVE also features regular contributions from CTV Regina and CTV Yorkton’s team of trusted reporters.

Christeen Jesse anchors CTV Regina’s all-new CTV NEWS AT FIVE

“I’m thrilled to connect with local viewers every weeknight as part of CTV NEWS AT FIVE,” said Christeen Jesse, Anchor, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. “Regina is my home and it is an honour to help share more of Saskatchewan’s stories.”

“Viewers have trusted CTV Regina to deliver the local news they care about for more than 60 years,” said J.C. Garden, News Director, CTV Regina. “CTV NEWS AT FIVE will continue to deliver on that promise, and give our viewers another way to see more of the local news they love.”

CTV Regina 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 Winnipeg
CTV Northern Ontario
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.