The Global Television Network is a Canadian broadcast television network headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It runs several stations across Canada and boasts an impressive selection of programming.
Its West Coast flagship station is CHAN-DT in Vancouver. Its transmitters cover 96% of British Columbia and neighboring Whatcom County in Washington State.
News
Vancouver News Global offers a mix of breaking news, local events and current affairs that is broadcast both on-air and online.
At present, the network boasts 21 owned-and-operated stations. Corus Entertainment, a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company, owns and operates the network.
Global’s newscasts are hosted by a combination of Canadian and international correspondents who reside in their home cities. These broadcasts can be seen on the main television networks and radio stations affiliated with the parent company.
One of the biggest changes at the network is that Bhupinder Hundal will take over as News Director and Station Manager, replacing Jill Krop who stepped down in September.
He was a senior producer at the CBC in Vancouver, overseeing many of their popular shows. Additionally, he has extensive experience as a sports reporter for NBC.com; he will begin in this role on December 15.
Sports
Sports are an integral part of Canadian culture, and vancouver news global broadcasts a wide variety of games from professional to minor leagues. Plus there are some major events like the World Rugby Sevens Series that draw large audiences every year.
Vancouver News Global provides comprehensive sports coverage from across the province, featuring games from teams like Chilliwack Grizzlies and St. Thomas More Knights to Vancouver College Fighting Irish and Carson Graham Eagles.
Some teams are competing for a place in the championship game, while others hope to make it to the playoffs. Meanwhile, an amateur hockey game takes an ugly turn.
Bhupinder Hundal, a former senior producer at CBC TV in Vancouver, has been appointed the new station manager and news director of Global B.C. He will begin his new job on December 15.
Business
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Lifestyle
Vancouver boasts a number of newspapers catering to the city’s ethnic communities. Metro, which provides free daily coverage to China-speaking Vancouverites, provides local news stories in English-language broadsheets published by Postmedia Network – The Vancouver Sun and The Province are two English-language broadsheets covering British Columbia as well.
Global News is the news division of Corus Entertainment and features award-winning reporters specializing in local, national and international coverage. Recent highlights include covering Pope Francis’ 2022 Indigenous delegation meeting in Rome; three weeks covering B.C.’s wildfire season; and reporting from Greece as refugees attempt to return home. Neetu Garcha is a Vancouver-based reporter/anchor with Global News who recently joined their 6 pm news hour as anchor. She has reported on topics ranging from Indigenous stories to crime and politics as well as breaking stories or international crises.
