[Edcanada]

Awful. Surprising they didn't copy Global's centralized system or the CBC's province-wide weekend newscasts. It looks like Global now has a bit of a monopoly in some "larger" markets. Now every holiday on CTV (outside Toronto) will be like Christmas where you don't get any local news. I wonder if they're going to simulcast the news channel tailored to each time zone to fill in the gaps.
I get the feeling many of the staff didn't even know and just found out today. Every time you see Bell's Let's Talk campaign you can't help but roll your eyes.

That's what gets me about Bell Media. They didn't bother doing what everyone else is doing in terms of streamlining news operations. Yeah, the production value that Global, CBC, and CityNews puts into most of their newscasts aren't as good as CTV's were, but they're still providing a public service.

Nothing against what Global News is offering, but it's crazy to think that in most of the country it's Global (and CityNews to a smaller extent) that's providing a localized news service on the weekends.