TVA Nouvelles is the news division of
TVA
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, a French language
television network
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in
Canada
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.
Programs produced by the division include nightly local and national newscasts branded as ''TVA Nouvelles'', as well as the news magazine program ''JE''. The division also owns and operates the 24-hour news channel
Le Canal Nouvelles.
In September 2020, the Group announced that Serge Fortin, who was managing the activities of TVA Nouvelles and LCN since 2004, would be replaced by Martin Picard, vice president and chief content officer.
Mornings
In the mornings, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs as headline news segments during the network's
breakfast television
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program ''Salut, Bonjour!''. These segments are anchored by Gino Chouinard weekdays from
Montreal
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, and Ève-Marie Lortie on weekends from
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
.
Noon
At noon, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for one hour weekdays and half an hour on weekends. Two weekday editions are produced, with
Pierre Bruneau anchoring from
Montreal
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for stations in western Quebec markets (
Gatineau
Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...
/
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
,
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...
,
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
and
Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada.
The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census ...
),
["Pierre Bruneau, membre de l'Ordre du Canada"]
canoe.ca
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, June 29, 2012. and Pierre Jobin anchoring from
Quebec City
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for stations in eastern Quebec (
Rimouski
Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the C ...
,
Rivière-du-Loup/
Carleton-sur-Mer
Carleton-sur-Mer is the fifth largest town of the Gaspésie's south shore, in southeastern Quebec, Canada, located on Route 132, along Chaleur Bay. It is the seat of the Avignon Regional County Municipality.
The town's territory includes the co ...
and
Saguenay). Both programs also have segments set aside for local inserts presented by local anchors.
As most viewers in Canada outside of Quebec receive TVA stations from Montreal or Gatineau/Ottawa, the edition anchored by Bruneau is seen in most of Canada, although parts of
New Brunswick
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receive the Jobin edition.
Afternoon
At 5 p.m. weekdays, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for 1.5 hours. This airing consists of a one-hour program anchored by Bruneau,
followed by half-hour local programs anchored by a local journalist at each TVA station. The local anchors are Pierre Donais on
CHOT-DT
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in Gatineau/Ottawa, Martin Blanchet on
CFER-DT in Rimouski, Cindy Simard on
CIMT-DT
CIMT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a TVA- affiliated television station licensed to Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Owned by Télé Inter-Rives, it is part of a twinstick with Noovo affiliate CFTF-DT (channel 29). Both stations sh ...
in Rivière-du-Loup and
CHAU-DT
CHAU-DT is a French language television station serving as an affiliate of TVA in Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts an analogue signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter near Rue de la Montagne in Carleton-sur-Mer.
Owned by TÃ ...
in Carleton-sur-Mer, Katherine Vandal on
CFEM-DT in Rouyn-Noranda, Jean-François Tremblay on
CJPM-DT in Saguenay, Sonia Lavoie on
CHLT-DT in Sherbrooke and Marie-Claude Paradis-Desfossés on
CHEM-DT in Trois-Rivières. Bruneau continues as anchor of the final half-hour on
CFTM-DT in Montreal,
and Jobin anchors on
CFCM-DT in Quebec City; at 6:30, Bruneau continues to anchor for a further half-hour which airs only on LCN.
["Denis Lévesque donnera la parole au public"]
canoe.ca
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, August 4, 2014.
On weekends, the 5 p.m. program does not air, with only a half-hour edition airing at 6 p.m. and anchored by
Michel Jean
Michel Jean is a Canadian television journalist and author. He is currently the weekend anchor of ''TVA Nouvelles'' on TVA, and was formerly an anchor on TVA's newsmagazine ''JE'' and for the 24-hour news channel RDI.
In addition to his journal ...
.
Primetime
The main national edition of ''TVA Nouvelles'', airing at 10 p.m. for half an hour, is anchored by
Sophie Thibault
Sophie Thibault (born May 2, 1961) is a Quebec journalist and television reporter for the TVA network.
Biography
She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, after which she became a radio reporter for CINQ-FM and CHAI-FM. She continued journal ...
weekdays
"Sophie Thibault: la lectrice impudique"
'' La Presse'', March 21, 2009. and Cindy Royer on weekends.[
The weekend edition may be delayed to 10:30 or 11 p.m. depending on network scheduling.
]
''JE''
The news magazine program ''JE'' is anchored by Marie-Christine Bergeron.
References
External links
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