On April 13, 2019, Kovacs announced on Facebook that she would be departing the station for the second time. Before becoming the station's community producer, she anchored "Global News Morning" (then "Morning News") from 2012 to 2015. "Global News at 6" anchor Heather Steele announced on May 15, 2019 that she would be departing the station for a new role at sister station CJOB. Steele officially departed Global Winnipeg on July 12, 2019. On July 25, 2019, Global Winnipeg announced that Steele's replacement would be Lisa Dutton, former anchor of "Global News Morning" at Global Saskatoon. Dutton officially started on July 30, 2019.