CBC Ottawa is changing how we serve the audience, less by platform and more by time of day. We are moving to become a comprehensive four-platform local news service — across the day and on demand.

This fall, CBC Ottawa News will introduce new local services specifically for mobile users and will strengthen existing desktop and web services.

CBC Ottawa will deliver more content on the platforms the audience is using more often, with the vision to provide continuously refreshed local digital content.

To help make this change possible, CBC Ottawa TV News Late Night and Weekends will become regional shows based out of Toronto with Ottawa content included.

Programming details:

CBC Ottawa News at 11 will become a regional TV newscast starting Sept. 7.

CBC Ottawa News on Weekends become a regional TV newscast starting Sept. 12.

CBC Ottawa News will air for 60 minutes on TV at 6 p.m., starting Oct. 5.

CBC Ottawa News will air seven one-minute hourly TV newscasts starting Oct. 5.

CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning will air on CBC Television from 6-7 a.m. starting Sept. 8.

Why?

CBC is facing significant financial challenges, a fact that can't be ignored.

But research also tells us that our audiences news consumption habits are changing, so we built this plan from the ground up.

The decision was made to invest heavily in digital and mobile, add seven one-minute TV hourly news updates to the schedule, offer 60-minute newscasts and regionalize the late night and weekend TV news programs.

Our ability to cover major breaking news remains unchanged. Breaking news, enterprise and investigative news are the cornerstones of CBC News and remain our priority in Ottawa.

As well, hosts Adrian Harewood and Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco will remain actively involved in providing local news to our audiences and will continue to be seen on CBC Ottawa News.

Dabaghi-Pacheco will be providing local news breaks throughout the afternoons and evenings, and Teri Loretto remains as a key backup to our regular weather climatologist, Ian Black.