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First Local is a 15 or 30 minute television community news and information program produced by Rogers TV. The program design is based upon that of a television newscast. In some communities the program is daily, others it is a weekly or bi-weekly program.

Generally each program incorporates local news, sports and weather information. As with most shows on Rogers TV it is produced using the resources of volunteers from the community.

Durham Region Edition

  • Hosted by Debra Hutchison
  • Sports Producer - Donal Beattie
  • Sports Anchor, Kate Beirness
    Kate Beirness
    Kate Beirness is a Canadian television sportscaster, currently working as a host for SportsCentre on TSN. Since March 2011, Beirness has filled in for Jennifer Hedger, who went on maternity leave...

     joined in 2009

Grey County Edition

  • Hosted by Jay Scott
    Jay Scott
    Jay Scott was the pen name of Jeffrey Scott Beaven , a Canadian film critic.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Scott fled to Canada in 1969 as a draft dodger. He settled in Calgary, and began writing film reviews for the Calgary Albertan a few years later...



Weekly show covering Owen Sound.

Produced by Amanda Grolx since September 2009, the Grey County edition of First Local airs now airs on Fridays instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The show includes a number of segments, including:
  • Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week with Constable Dean Rutherford
  • Reel Review with Paul Vanwyck
  • Sports with Michael
  • Hometown Hero with Laura Hammill
  • What's Happening with Jessica Jensen

Other editions

Frequency of show in parentheses.
  • York Region
    Regional Municipality of York, Ontario
    The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. It replaced the former York County in 1971, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area and the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe...

     Edition (daily) -- Hosted by Fil Martino, Ashaw Noorhasan and Steve Colterman
  • Stratford
    Stratford, Ontario
    Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

     Edition (weekly) -- Hosted by Peter Maranger
  • Mississauga Edition (daily) -- Hosted by Roger Wardell
  • Guelph
    Guelph
    Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...

     Edition (weekly) -- Hosted by Erin Lemieux
  • Dufferin
    Dufferin County, Ontario
    Dufferin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Orangeville, and the current Warden is Deputy Mayor Warren Maycock of the Town of Orangeville, Ontario. The Current Chief Administrative Officer is Linda J. Dean...

    -Caledon Edition (daily) -- Hosted by Roger Wardell

Former editions

Frequency and cancellation dates in parentheses.
  • Brantford Edition (Daily; January 4, 2011) -- Hosted by Joe Persia
  • Simcoe County Edition (Daily; January 2, 2011) -- Hosted by George Bryson and Michael D'Aprile
  • Kitchener Edition (Daily; June 2009) -- Hosted by Sarah Miller and David Hutchison
  • London Edition (Daily; October 2010) -- Hosted by Bob Smith, Rachel Gilbert(Newsmakers), and Jeremy Parking(Sports)
  • Oxford County Edition (Weekly; October 2010) -- Hosted by Adam Nyp
  • St. Thomas Edition (Weekly; October 2010) -- Hosted by Sue McKittrick
  • New Brunswick Edition (Daily; January 2011) Hosted by Diane Henry and Trevor Doyle
    • Prior to the 2009/2010 season each city served (Bathurst
      Bathurst, New Brunswick
      Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....

      , Fredericton, New Brunswick
      Fredericton, New Brunswick
      Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

      , Miramichi
      Miramichi, New Brunswick
      Miramichi is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay...

      , Moncton, New Brunswick
      Moncton, New Brunswick
      Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...

      , and Saint John
      Saint John, New Brunswick
      City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

      ) had its own 30 minute edition. This was replaced with the provincial format. The show was produced each weekday in a 15 minute format and broadcast at 6pm.
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