Even when the Newscentre desk is fully staffed, that's still only a fraction of the number of people who are working on the newscasts. The resources of the CBC News Service play a crucial role in covering the news you see on your TV screens. From St. John's to Victoria, from London to Beijing, the CBC has journalists on the ground in major centres and small communities, across the country, and around the world. And all of them can come into play in a typical newscast. How The world and the country are divided between the assignment editors.
CBC television has several in Toronto.
One is concerned with foreign news, speaking daily with our journalists in different parts of the world, to see what news in that country might interest Canadians. Another works with journalists in this country, keeping in touch with national reporters and local newsrooms. Another producer, based in Montreal, takes care of the assignments in Quebec. In Vancouver, there is another producer, who keeps track of the goings-on west of the Rockies. And in Ottawa, there are a couple of producers, who take care of the happenings on Parliament Hill.