CTV expands 5 p.m. weeknight newscasts to all local stations

TORONTO – CTV is shoring up its local news coverage, announcing Wednesday that CTV News broadcasts at 5 p.m. will be available weekdays on all local CTV stations across Canada, beginning this fall.Creating an additional 35 hours of original local production each week, the added news programming on weeknights ensures viewers can find CTV News at 5 p.m. as well as 6 p.m. in their local market, the broadcaster continued. Previously, only CTV Vancouver, CTV Calgary, CTV Red Deer, CTV Edmonton, CTV Lethbridge, and CTV Atlantic offered 5 p.m. newscasts.Beginning this summer in Toronto, both CTV Toronto and CP24 will...