Le Téléjournal
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Le Téléjournal is the umbrella title used for the television newscasts aired on the Radio-Canada
broadcast network. Le Téléjournal (by itself) has been used since 1970 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, originating from Montreal
, Quebec
, and considered the French language equivalent of the English
CBC
's The National.
Other local and national newscasts airing on Radio-Canada adopted variants of the Téléjournal title beginning in the early 2000s. Local newscasts on Radio-Canada stations, previously known as Ce Soir (This Evening), are also now branded as Le Téléjournal, usually followed by the name of the city or region, e.g. Le Téléjournal/Québec on CBVT
in Quebec City
. The Montreal program is now known as Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18h.
The network's national midday newscast, previously Le Midi and L'heure du midi, was also renamed Le Téléjournal/Midi in the early 2000s. In 2006, its breakfast
newscast, Matin Express, was rebranded as Le Téléjournal/matin (later replaced on Radio-Canada with a simulcast of RDI Matin, although RDI
itself continues to air a half-hour program titled Le Téléjournal/matin).
on Mondays to Thursdays and Pascale Nadeau
from Fridays to Sundays. The newscast airs live at 10PM Eastern Time (11PM in the Maritimes, 11:30PM in Newfoundland) on Radio-Canada stations in Ontario and east, and on tape delay at 10PM local in the western provinces. An early edition of the program previously aired on RDI at 9PM ET, but this has now been replaced by a separate program titled Le Téléjournal RDI, hosted by Geneviève Asselin.
Bernard Derome
anchored the program from 1970 to 1998, when he was replaced by Stéphan Bureau
. Bureau anchored the program from 1998 until 2003, when he was replaced by Gilles Gougeon. Derome was brought back as anchor in 2004 in an effort to return the program to its earlier success. He retired from the program again on December 18, 2008. Galipeau, who succeeded Derome as the program's main anchor, was previously the weekend anchor.
Local newscasts, branded as Le Téléjournal (name of region/city) unless otherwise indicated, are produced in the following regions hosted by the following presenters.
The network's two remaining private affiliates air newscasts at 6:30 pm, following a network-produced newscast.
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
broadcast network. Le Téléjournal (by itself) has been used since 1970 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, originating from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, and considered the French language equivalent of the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's The National.
Other local and national newscasts airing on Radio-Canada adopted variants of the Téléjournal title beginning in the early 2000s. Local newscasts on Radio-Canada stations, previously known as Ce Soir (This Evening), are also now branded as Le Téléjournal, usually followed by the name of the city or region, e.g. Le Téléjournal/Québec on CBVT
CBVT
CBVT channel 11.1 is a Radio-Canada owned and operated television station in Quebec City, Quebec, known on-air as Télévision de Radio-Canada Québec.The station, founded by Radio-Canada itself, first aired on September 3, 1964....
in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. The Montreal program is now known as Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18h.
The network's national midday newscast, previously Le Midi and L'heure du midi, was also renamed Le Téléjournal/Midi in the early 2000s. In 2006, its breakfast
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
newscast, Matin Express, was rebranded as Le Téléjournal/matin (later replaced on Radio-Canada with a simulcast of RDI Matin, although RDI
Réseau de l'information
Réseau de l'information is a Canadian French language Category C news channel operated by CBC/Radio-Canada. RDI began broadcasting on January 1, 1995, and is considered the French-language equivalent of the CBC News Network, also owned by the CBC....
itself continues to air a half-hour program titled Le Téléjournal/matin).
Primetime edition
The flagship newscast is anchored by Céline GalipeauCéline Galipeau
Céline Galipeau, OQ is a Canadian news anchor for Radio-canada. Well-known for her comprehensive and insightful coverage from Moscow, she is currently the weekday anchor of the network's flagship newscast Le Téléjournal.-Early life:...
on Mondays to Thursdays and Pascale Nadeau
Pascale Nadeau
Pascale Nadeau is a Canadian news presenter for Télévision de Radio-Canada from Quebec. Previously a daytime presenter for the all-news network Réseau de l'information and a local presenter for CBFT in Montreal, she has been the weekend presenter of the network's flagship newscast Le Téléjournal...
from Fridays to Sundays. The newscast airs live at 10PM Eastern Time (11PM in the Maritimes, 11:30PM in Newfoundland) on Radio-Canada stations in Ontario and east, and on tape delay at 10PM local in the western provinces. An early edition of the program previously aired on RDI at 9PM ET, but this has now been replaced by a separate program titled Le Téléjournal RDI, hosted by Geneviève Asselin.
Bernard Derome
Bernard Derome
Bernard Derome, CM, OQ is a news anchor for SRC Television, who anchored the weeknight editions of Le Téléjournal until December 18, 2008.-Biography:...
anchored the program from 1970 to 1998, when he was replaced by Stéphan Bureau
Stéphan Bureau
Stéphan Bureau is a journalist, TV interviewer and producer of TV shows and documentary series.- Life and career :...
. Bureau anchored the program from 1998 until 2003, when he was replaced by Gilles Gougeon. Derome was brought back as anchor in 2004 in an effort to return the program to its earlier success. He retired from the program again on December 18, 2008. Galipeau, who succeeded Derome as the program's main anchor, was previously the weekend anchor.
Local Téléjournals
Local newscasts under the Téléjournal name air on all stations in the Radio-Canada network. The newscasts run for 30 minutes, except for Ontario and some Quebec stations, where it runs for an hour.Local newscasts, branded as Le Téléjournal (name of region/city) unless otherwise indicated, are produced in the following regions hosted by the following presenters.
- AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
(CBXFT-DT) - Rebecca Martel - Atlantic CanadaAtlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
(CBAFT-DT, as Le Téléjournal/Acadie) - Abbé Lanteigne, Martin Robert - Bas-Saint-LaurentBas-Saint-LaurentThe Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...
/Côte-NordCôte-NordCôte-Nord is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec...
/Gaspésie (CJBR-DT, as Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec) - Jean Martin (produced in Quebec City) - British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
(CBUFT-DT) - Julie Carpentier, Anne Levasseur - EstrieEstrieThe Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."...
(CKSH-DT) - Marie-Pierre Roy-Carbonneau, Chantal Rivest - ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
(including Kenora) (CBWFTCBWFTCBWFT is Radio-Canada's French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is broadcast locally on channel 3 cable 10, and on Bell TV channel 118.-History:...
) - Marie-Christine Gagnon, Patricia Sauzède-Bilodeau - MauricieMauricieMauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents...
(CKTM-DT) - Sophie Bernier, Michel Bherer - MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(CBFT-DT, as Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h) - Patrice Roy - OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
(except Kenora) (CBLFT-DT/CBEFTCBEFTCBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:...
; late nights on CBOFT-DT) - Odette Gough - OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
-GatineauGatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
(CBOFT-DT evenings) - Michel Picard, Daniel Bouchard - Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
(CBVT-DT) - Bruno Savard, Guillaume Dumas - Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (CKTV-DT) - Roger Lemay, Pierre-André Cloutier
- SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
(CBKFT-DT) - Marjolaine Perron
The network's two remaining private affiliates air newscasts at 6:30 pm, following a network-produced newscast.
- Abitibi-TémiscamingueAbitibi-TémiscamingueAbitibi-Témiscamingue is a region located in western Quebec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of 57,674.26 km2 . As of the 2006 census, the population of the region was 143,872 inhabitants.-History:The land was first occupied...
(CKRN-DT) - Alexandre Dubé (following Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h) - Bas-Saint-LaurentBas-Saint-LaurentThe Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...
/CharlevoixCharlevoixThe Charlevoix region, located in Quebec, includes parts of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains region of the Canadian Shield...
(CKRT-DT) - Marc Larouche (following Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec)