CTV Ottawa is one of eight stations across the country expanding their news programming.
CTV NEWS AT FIVE, an early-evening newscast, will launch starting this fall.
The newscast will feature some of the biggest news across the National Capital Region.
"CTV Ottawa is proud to be part of CTV News' nation-wide investment in local news coverage with the addition of CTV NEWS AT FIVE," said Peter Angione, Director, News and Information Programming, CTV Ottawa. "From Kanata to Orléans, and from the ByWard Market to Parliament Hill, CTV NEWS AT FIVE will be Ottawa's first destination at the end of the workday for the biggest issues unfolding here in the nation's capital."
Other stations adding a 5 p.m. newscast include CTV Saskatoon, CTV Regina, CTV Prince Albert, CTV Yorkton, CTV Winnipeg, CTV Northern Ontario, CTV Kitchener and CTV Montreal.