CHEK-TV was purchased by a group of employees and local investors on September 4, 2009, after Canwest announced plans to close the station earlier that year. The new ownership changed the focus of the television station to include more local coverage, gradually expanding local news content.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. These changes also impact CTV Red Deer, which rebroadcasts CTV Edmonton’s programming. Bell Media has been operating the station since 1997.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. These changes also impact CTV Atlantic Sydney, which rebroadcasts CTV Atlantic Halifax’s programming. Bell Media has been operating the station since 1997.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. These changes also impact CTV Atlantic Saint John, which rebroadcasts CTV Atlantic Moncton’s programming.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. Bell Media has operated the station since 1997.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. Bell Media has been operating the station since 2013.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. Bell Media has been operating the station since 1997.

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CTV announced in a memo on February 8, 2024, that effective immediately CTV News @ Noon newscasts on all CTV stations except Toronto were cancelled along with the 6 p.m. and late night weekend newscasts on all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montréal, and Ottawa. CTV newscasts on federal stat holidays on all stations except Toronto also ceased. Bell Media has been operating the station since 2013.

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On July 18, 2024, Corus Entertainment laid off almost all of the employees at the Global Kingston station. The TV studio at 170 Queen Street was closed and local programming was reduced as newscasts on Global Kingston were replaced with a regional newscast produced out of Toronto and anchored out of Peterborough. The morning newscast was also cancelled.

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The last local news broadcast anchored out of the Global Okanagan studio aired on August 16, 2024. Beginning on August 19, 2024, as part of Corus Entertainment’s restructuring plans, Global Okanagan decreased its local news programming and now only broadcasts a pre-recorded newscast anchored and produced at Global BC in Vancouver at 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. every weekday. Around a dozen jobs were lost at Global Okanagan.

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Stingray Group announced on May 13, 2025 that community television stations CITL-TV and CKSA-TV would be closing effective immediately. The stations served the community of Lloydminster, a city on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, incorporated by both provinces. CKSA was a CBC affiliate when it began broadcasting in 1960, before switching to Global in 2016 and CityTV in 2021.

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Stingray Group announced on May 13, 2025 that community television stations CITL-TV and CKSA-TV would be closing effective immediately. The stations served the community of Lloydminster, a city on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, incorporated by both provinces. CITL has been a CTV affiliate since it began broadcasting in 1976.

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CHAT-TV went off the air on June 3, 2025. Pattison Media said shrinking support for local TV, economic challenges and ongoing losses were the reasons for the closure, which resulted in the layoff of 16 employees. The station was launched by Monarch Broadcasting in 1957 and was sold to Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (later renamed Pattison Media) in 2000. The station provided local news programming for Medicine Hat and surrounding communities in Alberta.

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Turn on/off markers that display changes to online local news sites. Symbols on the marker indicate the launch/closure of an online local news site.

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In the fall of 2012, the Vancouver Province launched VancouverDesi.com, a new website serving the South Asian community in B.C. It closed in June of 2015, and the url now redirects to the Province's Asia Pacific section.

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KelownaNow, an online site, first appeared in 2012.

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An independent, online, weekly newspaper dedicated to Cape Breton Island in general and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in particular.

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Armchairmayor.com, a blog run by a former mayor and reporter, added local news coverage when the Kamloops Daily News closed in early 2014. On August 2, 2015 the site transformed into NewsKamloops.com. On Oct. 3, 2016 newKamloops announced it would cease publication.

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Saint John Newschasers is an online site which publishes local news via Twitter and Facebook.

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Openfile.ca, an online local news site that provided local news in six Canadian cities, ceased publication September 28, 2012. It was launched in mid 2010.

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Openfile.ca, an online local news site that provided local news in six Canadian cities ceased publication September 28, 2012. It was launched in mid 2010.

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