It aired from the network's new national news centre at CHAN-TV's studio in Burnaby, British Columbia.

[citation needed] Originally airing in different timeslots around the country, Global National moved to a standard 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. Atlantic) start time nationwide in 2006.

The weekly program, titled 16x9 - The Bigger Picture, features a high-gloss, tabloid format, and is the network's first foray into the field long occupied by CTV's W-FIVE and CBC's the fifth estate.

The show, hosted by weekend Global National anchor Carolyn Jarvis, was a nominee for Best Information Program or Series at the 2011 Gemini Awards.

[citation needed] Upon the acquisition of the assets of Western International Communications in 2000 by Global's then-parent company Canwest, it launched the CH television system in 2001, which consisted of CHEK-TV Victoria, CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal as well as CHCA-TV Red Deer.

[citation needed] As part of a network-wide branding overhaul, local newscast titles and timeslots were standardized effective February 6, 2006,[7] following the BCTV model.

The only station that did not follow the BCTV model is CHBC-TV Kelowna, which has kept its call sign as part of its news branding.

On October 4, 2007, Canwest announced it would be centralizing news production control room functions for all owned-and-operated stations (except CHBC-TV Kelowna) at four broadcast centres – CHAN-DT Vancouver, CITV-TV Edmonton, CICT-TV Calgary, and CIII-TV Toronto.

[8] A press release from the company has also stated that on-air talent (including weather anchors), reporters, producers, photographers, editors, and other news gathering positions will remain at the affected stations.

The increase in news programming is part of a benefits package that Shaw Media has promised to fulfill as a condition to purchasing the network.

16:9 was also moved from Saturdays to Friday nights, and Global News' website also received a redesign in early 2013 with compatibility for mobile devices in mind.

[11] On April 9, 2015, Shaw announced cutbacks of Global's local news operations and a subsequent re-organization.

Anchors and meteorologists are provided by the centralized news operation, while local stories are presented by the station's reporters.

[12] Local morning shows in these markets also switched to a hybrid local/national format with an eight-minute long national segment every half-hour.

Troy Reeb, Global's senior vice president of news and station operations, explained that these changes would allow individual stations to devote more resources to the creation of local news content for television and digital platforms, and reduce redundancy in their coverage of national headlines.

Further decentralization has occurred as of March 2021, with the three prairie stations centralizing their weekday evening newscast production through a new MMC base out of Global's Regina's facility.

[18] On January 11, 2012, Shaw Media announced it had filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a 24-hour Vancouver-based regional news network (to be licensed as a Category B digital cable specialty channel).

Proposed programming includes a primetime talk show hosted by Global BC senior reporter Jill Krop.

Airing from 7am to 10am ET on Saturdays and Sundays, the show provides viewers with "content ranging from the latest breaking news to exciting and in-depth interviews and frequent, detailed weather reports.

Stations that formerly operated under the branding: In July 2010, Global National showed footage of a demonstration at the 2010 Winter Olympics in a segment about a Toronto march held by groups demanding a public inquiry into police actions during a G20 conference.