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Established in the 1930s, CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , a Canada crown corporation, is the country?s national public radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Soci?t? Radio-Canada ....
 responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services. CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada with local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations.
Ombudsman
The CBC set out to maintaining its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism.






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Established in the 1930s, CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , a Canada crown corporation, is the country?s national public radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Soci?t? Radio-Canada ....
 responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services. CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada with local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations.

CBC News Standards


The CBC follows the which provides the policy framework within which CBC journalism seeks to meet the expectations and obligations it faces from the public.

Ombudsman


The CBC set out to maintaining its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As a Canadian institution and a press undertaking, CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with a these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is for other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporations most valuable asset. The is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of CBC and, through the President, to the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

News output


Television

The Television News section of CBC News is responsible for the main news programs on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld

CBC Newsworld is a Canada English language cable television specialty channel news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ....
 and Réseau de l'information
Réseau de l'information

R?seau de l'information is a Canada French language cable television news television channel operated by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. RDI began broadcasting on January 1, 1995 and is considered the French-language equivalent of CBC Newsworld, also owned by the CBC....
, as well as producing local supper hour news programs, national news programs like The National
The National

The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship national television newscast....
 and Le Téléjournal
Le Téléjournal

Le T?l?journal is T?l?vision de Radio-Canada evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English language CBC Television's The National....
, and news, business, weather and sports information on Air Canada
Air Canada

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and flag carrier. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to 160 destinations worldwide....
's inflight entertainment.

The distinctive music on all CBC television news programs was introduced in 2006. It was part of the extensive rebranding of all news programming under the CBC News title.

Local news
Most local newscasts on CBC Television are currently branded as CBC News at Six
CBC News at Six

CBC News at Six is the name used for most of CBC Television's local television newscasts, airing weeknights at 6 p.m. on television stations owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada....
, while all local newscasts on the French network are branded as Le Téléjournal
Le Téléjournal

Le T?l?journal is T?l?vision de Radio-Canada evening television newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the English language CBC Television's The National....
 followed by the city or region they serve (e.g. Le Téléjournal Montréal).

CBC Television has launched a comprehensive approach to regional program development. Pilots for revamped supper hour news programs targeted regional needs and preferences. A new hour-long supper hour show, CBC News: Here and Now, launched in November in St. John’s. Development work continues on a market-by-market basis according to the needs, circumstances and competition in each location.

Radio

CBC Radio News produces on the hour updates for the CBC's national radio stations and provides content for regional updates. The majority of news and information is aired on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is Advertising free and offers both local and national programming....
 and Première Chaîne.

Online

CBC News Online is the CBC's CBC.ca
CBC.ca

CBC.ca is the English language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was introduced in 1996. Under its previous names, the CBC's online service first went live in 1993....
 news website. Launched in 1996, it is one of the most popular news websites in the Canada The website contains exhaustive regional, national, and international news coverage as well as arts and entertainment, and sport news. Many reports are accompanied by Podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News provides streaming content exclusively to users of Microsoft operating systems. There are no plans to provide users of any other systems with content in a non-proprietary vendor-neutral format, and refuse to offer content to other users.

CBC News Bureaux

Cbc Building, Ottawa
Cbc Bldg
Cbc Centre
CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. Main cities are listed in bold, with the notation (M).
  • St. John's
    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

    St. John's is the Provinces of Canada capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the Newfoundland ....
    , Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador

    Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
     (M)
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
     (M)
  • Fredericton, New Brunswick
    New Brunswick

    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
     (M)
  • Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
     (M)
  • Quebec City
    Quebec City

    Qu?bec or Quebec, also Quebec City or Qu?bec City , is the Capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
     (M)
  • Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
     (M)
  • Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
     (M)
  • Winnipeg
    Winnipeg

    Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitude centre of North America, at the confluence of the historic Red River of the North and Assiniboine River Rivers, a point now commonly known as The Forks, Winnipeg....
    , Manitoba
    Manitoba

    Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
     (M)
  • Regina
    Regina, Saskatchewan

    Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city is the second largest in the province , and is a cultural and commercial metropole for both southern Saskatchewan and adjacent areas in the neighbouring American states of North Dakota and Montana....
    , Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
     (M)
  • Edmonton
    Edmonton

    Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
    , Alberta
    Alberta

    Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
     (M)
  • Calgary
    Calgary

    Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and High Plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies....
    , Alberta
    Alberta

    Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
     (M)
  • Vancouver
    Vancouver

    Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
     (M)
  • Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
    Northwest Territories

    The Northwest Territories are a provinces and territories of Canada of Canada.Located in northern Canada, it borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south....
     (M)
  • Victoria
    Victoria, British Columbia

    Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a major tourism destination seeing more than 3.65 million visitors a year who inject more than one billion dollars into the local economy....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Kelowna, British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Moncton, New Brunswick
    New Brunswick

    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
  • London
    London, Ontario

    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Sudbury, Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Thunder Bay
    Thunder Bay

    Thunder Bay may refer to several things in North America's Great Lakes region....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Windsor
    Windsor, Ontario

    Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views of the Detroit skyline....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Charlottetown
    Charlottetown

    Charlottetown is a Canada city and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885....
    , Prince Edward Island
    Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island is a Canada Provinces and territories of Canada consisting of an island of the same name. The Maritimes is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population ....
  • Saskatoon
    Saskatoon

    Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a metropolitan area population of 233,923. Saskatoon is the most populous city in the province of Saskatchewan, and has been since the mid-1980s when it surpassed the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan....
    , Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
  • Whitehorse
    Whitehorse, Yukon

    Whitehorse is the Capital of the Yukon, Canada. Whitehorse accounts for more than 75% of the territory's population and is the largest city in the three Canadian territories....
    , Yukon
    Yukon

    Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada three Territories of Canada. It was named after the Yukon River, Yukon meaning "Great River" in Gwich?in language....
  • Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

    Gander is a Canada town located in northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador and east of Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador....
  • Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador

    Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
  • Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Sydney, Nova Scotia

    Sydney is a Canada urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....


International

  • London, United Kingdom
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
     (M)
  • Paris, France
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
     (M)
  • Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
     (M)
  • New York, New York
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     (M)
  • United Nations Headquarters, New York
    United Nations headquarters

    The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950....
     (M)
  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
     (M)
  • Moscow, Russia
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
     (M)
  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • Beijing, China
    Beijing

    is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
  • Shanghai, China
    Shanghai

    Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....


CBC also uses satellite bureaux, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside of the bureaux. In the late 1990s, the CBC and other media outlets cut back their overseas operations.

CBC News in other countries

From 1994 to 2000, the CBC, in a venture with Power Broadcasting
Power Corporation of Canada

Power Corporation of Canada is a major Canada company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries. These industries include mass media, pulp and paper, and financial services....
 (former owner of CKWS
CKWS-TV

CKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston, Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford, Ontario to Morrisburg, Ontario and from Perth, Ontario to Oswego, New York in the United States....
 in Kingston
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
), jointly owned two networks:

  1. Newsworld International
    Newsworld International

    Newsworld International was a cable TV news TV channel broadcasting in the United States, whose content contained a mix of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other international broadcasting newscasts....
     (NWI), an American
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     cable channel that rebroadcast much of the programming of CBC Newsworld
  2. Trio, an arts and entertainment channel


In 2000, CBC and Power Broadcasting sold these channels to Barry Diller
Barry Diller

Barry Diller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and the Mass media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting....
’s USA Networks. Diller’s company was later acquired by Vivendi Universal, which in turn was partially acquired by NBC to form NBC Universal
NBC Universal

NBC Universal, Inc. is a mass media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi part of the French Media Group, Vivendi Universal without Canal+ Group ....
. NBC Universal still owns the Trio brand, which no longer has any association with the CBC (and, as of the end of 2005, became an Internet-only broadband channel). However, the CBC continued to program NWI, with much of its programming simulcast on the domestic Newsworld service.

In late 2004, as a result of a further change in NWI’s ownership to the INdTV consortium (including Joel Hyatt
Joel Hyatt

Joel Z. Hyatt is a prominent businessman and former attorney and United States of America politician of the United States Democratic Party. He is the founder of Hyatt Legal Services, and was featured in the law firm's television commercials speaking the slogan, "I'm Joel Hyatt and you have my word on it."...
 and former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore
Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an United States environmentalism activist who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President of the United States Bill Clinton....
), NWI ceased airing CBC programming on August 1, 2005, when it was renamed Current TV
Current TV

Current TV is an Emmy award winning independent business Mass media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt....
.

On September 11, 2001, several American broadcasters without their own news operations, including C-SPAN
C-SPAN

C-SPAN is an United States cable television Television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming....
, carried the CBC’s coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 and Washington, DC. In the days after September 11, C-SPAN carried CBC’s nightly newscast, The National
The National

The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship national television newscast....
, anchored by Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge

Peter Mansbridge Order of Canada, LL.D. is a British-born Canadian broadcaster and newsanchor, CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast....
. The quality of this coverage was recognized specifically by the Canadian Journalism Foundation
Canadian Journalism Foundation

Founded in 1990, the Canadian Journalism Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Canadian journalism by recognizing outstanding journalistic achievement and by promoting dialogue between media in Canada, business, government and academe....
; editor-in-chief Tony Burman
Tony Burman

Tony Burman is the managing director of Al Jazeera English, based in Doha, Qatar. In October 2007, he received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Gemini Award for lifetime achievement in broadcast journalism....
 later accepted the Excellence in Journalism Award (2004) – for “rigorous professional practice, accuracy, originality and public accountability” – on behalf of the service.

C-SPAN has also carried CBC’s coverage of major events affecting Canadians, including:

  • Canadian federal elections
  • Six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
  • The war in Iraq
    2003 invasion of Iraq

    The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
    : The National aired on C-SPAN each night for about 3 weeks following the start of the war on Iraq
  • The power outage crisis in summer 2003
  • Key proceedings in Canadian Parliament
  • U.S. presidential elections: In 2004, C-SPAN picked up The National the day after the election for the view from Canadians. In 2008, C-SPAN carried the CBC's coverage of the election.
  • State visits and official visits of American presidents to Canada
  • Barack Obama inauguration in 2009.


Several PBS stations also air some CBC programming, especially The Red Green Show
The Red Green Show

The Red Green Show was a Canadian television comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on Public Broadcasting Service in the United States from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC....
. However, these programs are syndicated by independent distributors and are not governed by the PBS “common carriage” policy.

Some CBC Radio One programs, such as Definitely Not the Opera
Definitely Not the Opera

Definitely Not the Opera is a magazine-style radio program focusing on aspects of pop culture. The program is broadcast on CBC Radio One on Saturday afternoons, 1 p.m....
 and As It Happens
As It Happens

As It Happens is a long-running interview show on CBC Radio One in Canada. Its 40th anniversary was celebrated on-air on 18 November 2008. It is hosted by Barbara Budd and Carol Off and has been one of the most popular and acclaimed shows on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio; it is also distributed in the United States by American P...
, also air on some stations associated with American Public Media
American Public Media

American Public Media is the second largest Radio producer of public broadcasting programs after National Public Radio. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida....
.

With the launch of Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada

Sirius Canada is a Canadian partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was one of three services licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on June 16, 2005 to introduce satellite radio service to Canada....
 in December 2005, some of the CBC's radio networks (including Radio Canada International and Sirius-exclusive Radio Three and Bande à part channels) are available to Sirius
Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in the United States and Canada, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and ente...
 subscribers in the United States.

Foreign Correspondents


  • Beijing - Patrick Brown
    Patrick Brown

    Patrick Brown may refer to:* Patrick Brown , a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation* Patrick Brown , a Canadian politician* Patrick "Sleepy" Brown, an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer...
    /Michel Cormier
  • London - Adrienne Arsenault
    Adrienne Arsenault

    Adrienne Arsenault is a foreign correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .Arsenault joined the CBC in 1991, as an editorial assistant and night assignment editor for CBC Toronto....
  • Bangkok - Patrick Brown
    Patrick Brown

    Patrick Brown may refer to:* Patrick Brown , a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation* Patrick Brown , a Canadian politician* Patrick "Sleepy" Brown, an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer...
  • Beruit - Nahlah Ayed
    Nahlah Ayed

    Nahlah Ayed is a foreign correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .Ayed was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of Palestinian descent, and is fluent in both Arabic and English....
  • Washington DC - Neil Macdonald
    Neil MacDonald

    Neil Macdonald is an award winning Canada journalist who currently works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is the brother of comedian Norm Macdonald ....
  • Paris - David Common
    David Common

    David Common is a Canadian journalist. He is a CBC News correspondent based in Paris, France, France.He was born in Winnipeg but grew up in Toronto where he attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and York University....


See also

  • List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities
    List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities

    This is a list of past and present personalities associated with the CBC Television and CBC Radio arms of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
  • The National
    The National

    The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship national television newscast....


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