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==News operation==
CITV presently broadcasts 45 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and five hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). It currently airs the highest number of local newscast broadcast hours of any English-language television station in the Edmonton market.

The station was the first in the Edmonton market to have a news helicopter. The helicopter, called "Global 1", is shared with radio station [[CHED (AM)|CHED]] for their traffic reports during the ''Morning News'' and the ''Early News''. The helicopter is also used frequently for breaking news coverage.

On November 15, 2010, CITV became the first television station in Alberta to begin broadcasting its locally produced programming in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. On September 10, 2011, CITV-DT expanded its Saturday morning newscast to three hours. The following day, on September 11, the station debuted a two-hour Sunday morning newscast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/31/c9068.html |title=News - Media &#124; Global News Redefines Morning Television in Toronto with the Morning Show Featuring the Return of Liza Fromer |access-date=June 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702093852/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/31/c9068.html |archive-date=July 2, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-edmonton-expands-morning-news-coverage/1000570623/ |title=Global Edmonton Expands Morning News Coverage |access-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319223711/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-edmonton-expands-morning-news-coverage/1000570623/ |archive-date=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On August 27, 2012, CITV-DT expanded its weekday morning newscast to four hours, with the addition of a half-hour; in addition on September 2, 2012, the station expanded its Sunday morning newscast to three hours with an additional hour. The expansions to CITV's morning news programming was part of a benefits package that was included as a condition of the sale of the Global Television Network to Shaw Communications.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-local-programming-across-the-country/1001418952/ Global News Boosts Local Programming Across the Country] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107031528/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-local-programming-across-the-country/1001418952/ |date=January 7, 2014 }}, ''Broadcaster Magazine'', May 30, 2012.</ref>

In June 2024, Corus Entertainment enacted cuts in its news division, affecting weekend news programming at Global Edmonton and Global Calgary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/global-confirms-cuts-in-news-division/|title=Global confirms cuts in news division|first=Connie|last=Thiessen|website=Broadcast Dialogue|date=June 12, 2024|accessdate=August 5, 2024}}</ref> As of August 10, 2024, both stations will continue to broadcast separate 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts for their respective markets; both sets of evening newscasts will utilize a shared on-air presenting team out of the Calgary studios using Global's multi-market newscast production method that is used in other markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3543575/global-news-mmc-edward-r-murrow-award-excellence-in-innovation/|title=Global News' MMC wins Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation|website=Global News|date=June 20, 2017|accessdate=August 5, 2024}}</ref> It has also been announced that separate weekend morning newscasts for both stations will be done out of the Global Edmonton studios.

===Notable former on-air staff===
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* [[Rob Brown (reporter)|Rob Brown]] – reporter (1999–2002)
* [[Darren Dutchyshen]] – sports (1987–1995)
* [[Carolyn Jarvis]] – reporter (2005–2009)
* [[Doug Main]] – anchor (1975–1988)
* [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)|Claire Martin]] – weather (1996–2005)
* [[Bill Matheson]] – weather (1976–1999)
* [[Tara Nelson]] – reporter
* [[Graham Richardson (journalist)|Graham Richardson]] – reporter
* [[Kathy Tomlinson]] – reporter
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