Omni News (styled as OMNI News) is the name of local and national newscasts in various languages on the

Omni Television Omni Television (stylized as OMNI Television) is a Canadian television system and specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. It currently consists of all six of Canada's conventional multicultural t ...

system in Canada.

National

Omni Television produces daily newscasts in Italian, Punjabi, Arabic, Filipino, Cantonese, and Mandarin. This began on September 1, 2017, when OMNI Newscasts returned to the OMNI stations as part of OMNI Regional, a service that provides multilingual shows, affairs shows, and news shows. Prior to this, Omni News programs were cancelled on May 4, 2015. Previously, on November 7, 2011, Omni launched half-hour national newscasts in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

and Punjabi * ''Omni News:

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

Edition'' daily at noon ** Anchors: Onofrio Di Lernia & Teresa Romano * ''Omni News: Punjabi National Edition'' - weeknights at 7:00 ** Anchor: Dilbar Kang * ''Focus Punjabi'' - weeknights at 7:30 ** Anchor: Dilbar Kang * ''Omni News:

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

National Edition'' - weeknights at 8:00 ** Anchor: Marieton Pacheco, Arvin Joaquin, Ron Gagalac, Theresa Barrera &

Rhea Santos Rhea Santos-de Guzman (born June 1, 1979) is a Filipino broadcast journalist, television host, and newscaster currently based in Canada. She is known for co-anchoring GMA Network's morning show ''Unang Hirit'' and hosting several news and publi ...

* ''Omni News:

National Edition'' - weeknights at 9:00 ** Anchors: Jenny Qin, Brian Hui, Michael Fung & Stephenie Fung * ''Focus

'' - weeknights at 9:30 ** Anchor: Kenneth Li (Toronto program) ** Anchor: Karen So (Vancouver program) * ''Omni News:

National Edition'' - weeknights at 10:00 * Anchors: Anddy Zhao, Nicole Wang, Nelly Li & Jenny Qin * ''Focus

'' - weeknights at 10:30pm ** Anchor: Wei Lee (Toronto program) ** Anchor: Bowen Zhang (Vancouver program) * ''Omni News:

National Edition Weekend'' - weekends at 6:00 pm ** Anchor: Yuli Hu * ''Omni News:

National Edition Weekend'' - weekends at 8:00 pm ** Anchor: Ron Gagalac * ''Omni News:

National Edition Weekend'' - weekends at 10:00 pm ** Anchor: Tina Tse

Ontario

''Omni News'' in

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

began as the local newscasts seen on

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

's CFMT-DT. Before the station was renamed "Omni.1" on September 16, 2002, CFMT aired newscasts in Cantonese, Italian and Portuguese on weeknights. In addition, the station also aired weekend magazine programs ''Weekend Wide Angle Lens'' (in Mandarin) and ''South Asian Newsweek'' (in English). The station is news operation was restructured into ''Omni News'' in conjunction with the September 16, 2002 launch of

CJMT-DT CJMT-DT (channel 40) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two flagship stations of the Canadian multilingual network Omni Television. CJMT-DT is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside sister Omni outl ...

("Omni.2"). The Cantonese newscast was moved from CFMT to CJMT, and new Mandarin and South Asian weekday newscasts were also launched. Between 2002 and 2015, the two Omni Television stations aired the following newscasts:

Omni.1

* ''Omni News:

Edition'' - weeknights at 8:00pm ** Anchor: Vincenzo Somma ** Sports Anchor: Dino Cavalluzzo * ''Omni News:

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

Edition'' - weeknights at 5:00 ** Anchor:

Clara Abreu Clara may refer to: Organizations * CLARA, Latin American academic computer network organization * Clara.Net, a European ISP * Consolidated Land and Rail Australia, a property development consortium People * Clara (given name), a feminine giv ...

** Sports Anchor:

Alexandre Franco Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom o ...

OMNI 2

* ''OMNI News: Cantonese Edition'' - Monday to Friday at 9:00 PM ** Anchor:

Stanley So Stanley So ( 1945－) is a Cantonese-speaking television journalist in Canada. He began his broadcasting career in Hong Kong before moving to Toronto, and served in various capacities at Omni Television until his retirement in 2012. After graduatin ...

, Susan Ip,

Kenneth Li Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a ...

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* ''Omni News: Mandarin Edition'' - Monday to Friday at 8:00 PM ** Anchor:

Wei Lee Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...

Alberta

''Omni News'' in

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was launched in September 15, 2008 in conjunction with

CJCO-DT CJCO-DT (channel 38) is a multicultural television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, part of the Omni Television network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Citytv station CKAL-DT (channel 5). Both stations share stud ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

and

CJEO-DT CJEO-DT (channel 56) is a multicultural television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, part of the Omni Television network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Citytv station CKEM-DT (channel 51). Both stations share stu ...

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

. The two stations produced three nightly television newscasts aimed at the

, and South Asian communities across the province. While there were news gathering teams in both Edmonton and Calgary, the newscasts were presented from the Citytv/Omni Television studios in

Downtown Edmonton Downtown Edmonton is the central business district of Edmonton, Alberta. Located at the geographical centre of the city, the downtown area is bounded by 109 Street to the west, 105 Avenue to the north, 97 Street to the east, 97 Avenue and Rossdale ...

. Omni Alberta ceased production of its local newscasts on September 15, 2011 as part of a reorganization at Rogers Media. National newscasts in Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi, as well as ''Omni News: South Asian Edition'' produced from Toronto are now seen on Omni Alberta; these newscasts feature one or two stories from Alberta per day. Production of local content at Omni Alberta ended on May 31, 2013. Omni Alberta's local newscasts which ended May 2013: * ''Omni News: Mandarin Edition'' - weekdays at 5:00p **

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, Mirian Chiu * ''Omni News: South Asian Edition'' - weeknights at 8:00 ** Sudha Krishnan, Aadel Halem * ''Omni News: Cantonese Edition'' - weeknights at 9:00 ** Kit Koon,

Jonathan Lau Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

, Kelly Leung, Brian Wong

British Columbia

CHNM-DT CHNM-DT (channel 42) is a multicultural television station licensed to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Omni Television network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Citytv station CKVU-DT (channel 10). B ...

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

produces the following newscasts: * ''Focus Punjabi '' - weeknights at 7:30 with Dilbar Kang * ''Focus

'' - weeknights at 9:30 with Karen So (蘇嘉欣) * ''Focus

'' - weeknights at 10:30 with Bowen Zhang (張博) CHNM's newscasts were known as ''Channel M News'' from June 30, 2003, to September 14, 2008. During those years, the station also had a reciprocal agreement Vancouver's CTV station

CIVT-DT CIVT-DT (channel 32) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Victoria-based CTV 2 station C ...

, which allowed the two stations to share news resources. The station is newscasts were rebranded ''Omni News'' in September 15, 2008, following the approval of its sale to Rogers, and its news sharing agreement with CIVT also ended. The station also used to produce newscasts in Tagalog. Following the station is acquisition by Rogers, production of those newscasts were handed over to independent production companies.

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