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Global News is adding two 30-minute local newscasts for Halifax and New Brunswick audiences starting Monday April 15. The one-hour Global Maritimes News Final show will be replaced by local programming from Global Halifax and Global News Brunswick stations and will feature hyperlocal weather and news tailored to each province.
Canadian journalist Ali Velshi has left his position as CNN’s chief business correspondent to join Al Jazeera America. Wab Kinew also tweeted Tuesday that he will be joining Al Jazeera as a correspondent for the documentary program "Fault Lines."
The 66-year-old chairman of the Postmedia Network Inc. board, who often went by “Ron,” passed away suddenly Monday in Florida.
CBC television host George Stroumboulopoulos will be hosting a brand new show on CNN this summer. The weekly, one-hour series will air 10 episodes on Friday nights. But fear not, Strombo will be back on CBC in the fall.
The Globe and Mail is opening a new Latin American bureau with NNA-winning journalist Stephanie Nolen as bureau chief. She is currently The Globe’s South Asian correspondent.
Lawrence edited the Books for Young People section for 12 years beginning in 1996.
The Social will have four co-hosts including current CP24 news anchor Melissa Grelo, ETALK reporter Traci Melchor along with gossip blogger Lainey Lui and Theloop.ca relationship expert Cynthia Loyst.
Omar Sachedina is the latest addition to the CTV parliamentary bureau. The Ottawa bureau was short a correspondent after Roger Smith, a fixture at the parliamentary bureau for nearly two decades, retired on March 15.
Aaron Kylie joined the Canadian Geographic as its new senior editor.
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