Global TV Edmonton

Horrid! No real world reporting, mostly local common interest stories repeated for several days. Objectivity… not really an objective at all, and the mindless banter of talking heads is annoying and getting worse all the time. If I wanted to watch oprah I would turn there, this was purportedly a NEWS show!
Better sources for fact finding on the net now, local news is rapidly becoming irrelevant.

This is, in my opinion, the best station for news updates. Their morning show is, by far, my favorite (and I run into Shaye at the local Sobey’s from time to time) in terms of traffic and weather updates, as well as news reports. I also appreciate the early news, and Global National for a more abbreviated (especially the fluff stories) local and national news update. Their anchors are friendly, but professional, and all seem to have a decent sense of humour.

Global Edmonton News at 6 is the best. It’s the only station I will tune into for the news when I get home from work. The team on the 6PM news hour is like the all-​star news team and it starts with the fan favourite Gord and the beautiful Carol Ann. Just tune in once and you’ll see why everyone loves them. But of course we can’t forget about the supporting cast of Nicola, Su-​Ling and Julie. I enjoy Nicola’s humour and wits while delivering the weather, and the journalism from Su-​Ling and Julie as they cover health and consumer issues.
If there’s one thing that could be improved, it’s the Sports segment. It’s too focused on the local teams here in Edmonton. Covering local teams here is fine but if none of the Edmonton teams are playing, there is barely any sports segment. In fact, I’m pretty sure when they ‘Hawks won the Stanley Cup last season, they spent about 5 seconds on it. As a sports fan, it’d be nice if they could at least cover the main headlines of the day.

I work for a company who’s main slogan for its employees is «Be Un-​boring» — Be un-​boring in everything you do, in every part of your life. So this kinda, sorta makes me an expert on all things super cool. So with absolutely 100% of my being I can say that Global TVs Fall Launch party this year was a smashing, innovative, creative, crazy-​zany, well planned and excellently executed success!
From the minute I drove up to the Hotel MacDonald there were signs indicating where to go and they all had a «spacey» theme too them. Upon entering the main «Meet & Greet» area it was clear, this was going to be good! The place was decked out in retro-60’s vibe, space-​crazy-​cool décor! There were faux planets, silver skinned models with long blue lashes directing the crowed where to go. And a killer presentation that stimulated the crowed on Falls new and recurring shows. After the presentation the doors opened into the Fairmont’s beautiful and stately terrace; unfortunately it was tented up and on such a warm evening that made the tent stuffy and hot (not good when you have an open bar, people need to breath!) If only this company had someone on staff whom could predict the weather and know it was going to be beautiful out… Just sayin’ ;p
Now having fantastic food catered by the spectacular Hotel Mac is nice. Having an open bar with funny, witty bartenders like Martin is great. Getting a blue martini out of a Rocket Ship ice sculpture booze luge is even better. But what really makes a party, what creates conversation and lends to hundreds of sensational and comical twit pics is this: Activity areas! IE for people reading this at home, when you throw a party, even a back yard barbecue, have something fun on hand for people to do. Activities create conversation, it forges alliances, competition, it brings people together — «Hey, I remember you, we were on our knees in a ball pit together trying to win an I-​pad at Global’s crazy party last June!» I myself have never thrown a party without an interactive or game component and this event had 3! There was a ball pit where you dove for Global animated sitcom characters (as in Bart, Homer, Lisa, Bob, Peter Griffin and the like.) There was a Jeopardy style quiz show with its own zany host in a peppermint green acrylic suit. And finally, there was a match that TV show to its day and time game — which I may add, I rocked at!
For 5 hours people wined, dined and chatted. They watched Gord and Carol Ann be their endearing selves, which is why they are so successful I mite add. It was a chance to meet people you have wanted to meet, chat with people you haven’t seen in months or years. It was an evening of fun, frivolity and creativity. After all, the whole point of of television is to take you away from your life for 22 or 44 fabulous minutes, so why shouldn’t the launch party of those shows be any different! Thank you to Global for having me as your guest. For me, it was the party event of the season!
Cheers, Miss Jennie M.

I am sticking to the news that is delivered on this channel. Morning news: too many private opinions about the going– ons of the news. Impartiality and free of bias is totally gone when newscasters opine on the air regarding their personal views. This morning newscast is more like Entertainment tonight. It is rather embarrassing when they are ‘guessing’ the ages of celebrities or the timeline of historical events. Tres, tres boring. Just too canned because they have the internet and thus the answers right in front of them and they ‘pretend’ they are totally using their smarts to come up with the answer. I don’t tune into the news to see this kind of garbage reporting.
As for the newscasters, I quite like Shaye Ganam, he has a very wry sense of humour and it goes well with his position. His partner (Jennifer) is a complete dud: she just does not resonate a TV personality and she seems to be a total phony baloney, in a lot of ways she gives me the creeps.
The weather person at noon and sometimes in the morning is getting really good. Her name