''Le Téléjournal'' is the umbrella title used for the television newscasts aired on the Ici Radio-Canada Télé broadcast network. ''Le Téléjournal'' (by itself) has been used since 1954 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, originating from

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. It is considered the French language equivalent of the English-language CBC's '' The National''. From 1983 to 2006, ''Le Téléjournal'' was paired with a separate newsmagazine series called ''

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'', similar to the distinction between CBC Television's ''The National'' and '' The Journal''. Other local and national newscasts airing on Radio-Canada adopted variants of the ''Téléjournal'' title beginning in the early 2000s. Local newscasts on Radio-Canada stations used to be known as ''(city or region name) Ce Soir'' (This Evening). They are also now called ''Le Téléjournal'', usually followed by the name of the city or region, e.g., ''Le Téléjournal/Québec'' on

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or ''Le Téléjournal/Acadie'' on

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. The Montreal program is ''Le Téléjournal avec Patrice Roy''. The network's national midday newscast, previously ''Le Midi'' and ''L'heure du midi'', was also renamed ''Le Téléjournal/Midi'' in the early 2000s. In 2006, its

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newscast, ''Matin Express'', was renamed ''Le Téléjournal/matin''. It was later replaced on Radio-Canada with a simulcast of '' RDI Matin''. RDI continues to air a half-hour program titled ''Le Téléjournal/matin''.

Primetime edition

The flagship newscast is anchored by

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from Fridays to Sundays. The newscast airs live at 10 pm Eastern Time (ET), 11 pm in the Maritimes, 11:30 pm in Newfoundland, on Radio-Canada stations in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic, and on tape delay at 10 pm local in the western provinces. An early edition of the program used to air on RDI at 9 pm ET, but this has been replaced by a separate program titled ''Le Téléjournal RDI'', hosted by Geneviève Asselin. Every Thursday, the Points de vue segment hosted by Galipeau features journalists

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and in a question-and-answer session devoted to significant stories of the week.

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anchored the program from 1970 to 1998. He was succeeded by Stéphan Bureau, who anchored the program from 1998 until 2003 when he was replaced by Gilles Gougeon. Derome was brought back as anchor in 2004 in an effort to return the program to its earlier success. He retired from the program again on December 18, 2008. Galipeau, who succeeded Derome as the program's main anchor, used to be the weekend anchor.

Local ''Téléjournals''

Local newscasts under the ''Téléjournal'' name air on all stations in the Radio-Canada network. The newscasts run for 30 minutes, except for Ontario and some Quebec stations, where it runs for an hour. Local newscasts, called ''Le Téléjournal (name of region/city)'' unless otherwise indicated, are produced in the following regions hosted by the following anchors. *

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CBXFT-DT CBXFT-DT (channel 11) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, serving the province's Franco-Albertan population. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBXT-DT (channel 5). Both stations share studios on ...

) - Jean-Emmanuel Fortier, Fuat Seker *

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, as ''Le Téléjournal/Acadie'') - Karine Godin, Janic Godin *

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Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...

/ Gaspésie (

CJBR-DT CJBR-DT, virtual channel 2.1 (UHF digital channel 45), branded on-air as ICI Est du Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporat ...

, as ''Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec'') - Charles-Alexandre Tisseyre, Denis Leduc *

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( CBUFT-DT) - Julie Carpentier, Pierre-Philippe Bibeau *

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CKSH-DT CKSH-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, branded on-air as ICI Estrie, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and serving the Estrie region. The station is owned by the Canadian Bro ...

) - Chantal Rivest, Marie Eve Lacas *

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(including

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within CT) (

CBWFT-DT CBWFT-DT (channel 3) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, serving the province's Franco-Manitoban population. It has common ownership with CBC Television station CBWT-DT (channel 6). Both stations share studios o ...

) - Godlove Kamwa, Laïssa Pamou * Mauricie– Centre-du-Québec (

CKTM-DT CKTM-DT, virtual channel 13 ( UHF digital channel 28), branded on-air as ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and serving the Mauricie region. ...

) - Sophie Bernier, Sarah Désilets-Rousseau *

(

CBFT-DT CBFT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in Fre ...

, as ''Le Téléjournal avec Patrice Roy'') - Patrice Roy *

( ET areas only) ( CBLFT-DT; late nights on

CBOFT-DT CBOFT-DT (channel 9) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBOT-DT (channel 4). Both stations share studios at the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre on Queen Street (acr ...

) - Gabriel Garon *

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–

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(

evenings) - Mathieu Nadon, Daniel Bouchard *

(

) - Bruno Savard, Pascale Lacombe * Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (

CKTV-DT CKTV-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, branded on-air as ICI Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada and serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. ...

) - Mélanie Patry, Jean-François Coulombe *

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CBKFT-DT CBKFT-DT (channel 13) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, serving the province's Fransaskois population. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBKT-DT (channel 9). The two outlets share studi ...

) - Zoé Clin, Karel Houde-Hébert The network's two now-defunct private affiliates aired newscasts at 6:30 pm, after simulcasting one of the network-owned stations' newscasts. *

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(

CKRN-DT CKRN-DT (branded on-air as Radio-Canada Télévision CKRN) was a privately owned Ici Radio-Canada Télé- affiliated television station licensed to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, which essentially functioned as a semi-satellite of Montreal Rad ...

) - Alexandre Dubé (''following Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h''); CKRN-DT closed down in 2018. *

Charlevoix Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ...

(

CKRT-DT CKRT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, was an Ici Radio-Canada Télé- affiliated station licensed to Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Owned by the Simard family and their company, Télé Inter-Rives, it was sister to Noovo affiliate ...

) - Marc Larouche (''following Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec''); CKRT-DT closed down in 2021.

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