Global News
Canadian news network
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| October 2022 | The channel received a new logo and on-air graphics as part of Corus Entertainment's rebranding of Global News properties. |
| September 2020 | Global Montreal switched to a Toronto anchor for its evening news. |
| April 2020 | Global News 24/7 service was expanded to Amazon Prime Video, offering free access to local feeds from BC, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and a national Indi Global News 24/7 feed. |
| April 24 2020 | Global News Weekend, a new national morning show, was announced to stream exclusively on the Global TV app and globaltv.com, hosted by Aalia Adams and Mike Arsenault, airing on weekends from 7am to 10am ET. |
| March 2 2020 | Corus Entertainment launched a new Global TV app and website with 24-hour Global News feeds, allowing users to select regional newscast streams from multiple markets. |
| 2017 | Corus Radio began re-branding news talk and all-news radio stations in major markets under the banner Global News Radio, creating synergies with its television news programming. |
| June 30 2017 | Global National Mandarin aired its final broadcast. |
| June 28 2016 | Global cancelled the investigative series 16x9 and Global National Mandarin. |
| April 2016 | CHBC-TV Kelowna rebranded their news operations as Global News Okanagan. |
| April 1 2016 | Shaw Media, including Global News: BC 1, was sold to Corus Entertainment, with the station acquiring four radio stations for sister networks. |
| April 9 2015 | Shaw announced cutbacks and re-organization of Global's local news operations, centralizing late night and weekend newscasts in major markets. |
| January 2015 | BC1 updated its on-screen graphics to a white and light blue color scheme, and added live traffic cameras and traffic feed to the right side of the screen. |
| September 22 2014 | Shaw Media filed an application with the CRTC to launch a national news channel branded as Global News 1, intended to be a hybrid local and national news channel with plans to open eight new newsrooms in underserved areas of Canada. |
| March 14 2013 | Global News: BC 1 was rescheduled to launch after initial CRTC licensing delays. |
| March 14 2013 | Global News: BC 1 soft launched at 8:00 a.m. PDT and officially launched at 9:00 a.m. PT with the debut of the show AM/BC. |
| January 7 2013 | Global extended its Toronto morning program by 30 minutes, creating its first national morning show across owned-and-operated stations. |
| August 30 2012 | Global BC posted a statement about Global News: BC 1, highlighting its intention to provide province-wide local and regional stories as part of Global News' Digital First objective. |
| July 20 2012 | The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the channel, which was described as a regional English-language specialty service focusing on British Columbia news. |
| May 30 2012 | Shaw Media announced expansions to Global's news programming, including new noon newscasts and primetime newscast extensions. |
| January 23 2012 | Global launched Global National Mandarin, a Mandarin-language newscast anchored by Carol Wang, airing on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver and Calgary. |
| January 11 2012 | Shaw Media announced plans to launch a 24-hour local news channel for British Columbia, the first regional news channel in Canada outside of Ontario. |
| November 6 2011 | The West Block, a Sunday morning national political affairs show, debuted with host Tom Clark. |
| May 31 2011 | Shaw Media announced new weekday local morning shows for multiple Global stations and local Sunday morning newscasts for Global Edmonton and Global Calgary. |
| July 2010 | Global National aired controversial footage from a demonstration at the 2010 Winter Olympics, showing clips of violence during a Toronto march related to a G20 conference. The network later claimed the inclusion of these clips was an 'unintentional editing error' after being highlighted by a Canadian blog called Insights. |
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