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**CBC News** is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC Newsworld, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info.

## History

The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. *CBC News Roundup* (French counterpart: *La revue de l'actualité*) started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by *The World at Six* on October 31, 1966.

On English-language television the first newscast, part of *CBC Newsmagazine*, was given on September 8, 1952, on CBLT (Toronto), the only English station then telecasting. Later that year *CBC National News* was introduced (anchors: Larry Henderson, Earl Cameron, Stanley Burke), then changing its name to *The National* in 1970.

CBC began delivering news online in 1996 via the Newsworld Online website. The CBC News Online site launched in 1998. In 2016, the site was renamed CBC Indigenous.

## News output

### Television

The Television News section of CBC News is responsible for the news programs on CBC Television and CBC News Network, including national news programs like *The National*, *Marketplace*, *The Fifth Estate*, and *The Investigators* with Diana Swain. It is also responsible for *CBC News: Sunday with Wendy Mesley* until its cancellation in September 2020.

They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for Air Canada's inflight entertainment.

#### Local

Most local newscasts on CBC Television are branded as *CBC News: [city/province name]*, such as *CBC News: Toronto at Six*. Local radio newscasts are heard on the half-hour during morning and afternoon drive shows and on the hour at other times during the day.

### Radio

The Radio News section of CBC News produces on-the-hour updates for the CBC's national radio newscasts and provides content for regional updates. Major radio programs include *World Report*, *The World at Six*, *The World This Hour* and *The World this Weekend*. The majority of news and information is aired on CBC Radio One. All newscasts are available on demand online, via apps or via voice-activated virtual assistants.

### Online

CBC News Online is the CBC's CBC.ca news website. Launched in 1996, it was named one of the most popular news websites in Canada in 2012. The website provides regional, national, and international news coverage, and investigative, politics, business, arts and entertainment, investigative, politics, business, entertainment, Indigenous, health, science and tech news. An Opinion section was reintroduced in November 2016. Many reports are accompanied by podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News content is available on multiple platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

### Network

CBC Newsworld is an English-language news channel owned and operated by the CBC. It began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. It was revamped and relaunched in 2009 as part of a larger renewal of the CBC News division.

### Weather centre

In November 2005, the CBC News Weather Centre was established to cover local and international weather, using in part data provided by Environment Canada. Claire Martin was hired to serve as the primary face of the Weather Centre.

Most local CBC stations have retained their weather team to provide local weather information, including:

* Johanna Wagstaffe – CBC Vancouver meteorologist
* Ian Black – CBC Ottawa meteorologist
* John Sauder – CBC Manitoba meteorologist
* Jay Scotland – CBC PEI meteorologist
* Karen Johnson – CBC Toronto and Windsor weather specialist
* Catherine Verdon-Diamond – CBC Montreal weather specialist
* Tanara McLean – CBC Edmonton/Calgary weather specialist

## Programming

### Television

CBC News provides the following television programs.

Current programs:

* *The National*, flagship news program
* *CBC News Now*
* *Midday*
* *The Fifth Estate*, weekly news magazine
* *Marketplace*, consumer news magazine
* *Politics*, political news program
* *The Investigators with Diana Swain*
* *Arsenault One on One*
* *The Exchange*, business news program
* Local newscasts
* Documentary series *Doc Zone*, *The Passionate Eye*, CBC Docs POV and *The Nature of Things* air on CBC Newsworld but are not produced by CBC News.
* *CBC News: Sunday with Rosemary Barton,* Sunday news program

Former programs:

* *CBC News Magazine* (1952–81)
* *The Journal* (1982–92)
* *CBC Prime Time News* (1992–1995)

### Radio

CBC News provides the following radio programs.

* *World Report*, morning newscast
* *The World This Hour*, hourly newscast
* *The World at Six*, national dinner-hour newscast
* *The World This Weekend*
* *The House*, weekly national political affairs show
* Local newscasts

### Digital

CBC Digital provides the following services:

* CBCNews.ca website and Digital News App
* Live and on-demand streaming of radio and TV news programming
* Podcasts (broadcast highlights and original content like *Finding Cleo*)
* Social media including Facebook. Instagram and Snapchat. CBC News Twitter feed has over 2.5M followers.
* Digital delivery of CBC News in airports, trains, elevators and coffee chain

## CBC News Bureaux

CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. Main cities are listed in bold, with the notation *(M)*.

* **St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (M)**
* **Halifax, Nova Scotia (M)**
* **Fredericton, New Brunswick (M)**
* **Montreal, Quebec (M)**
* **Quebec City, Quebec (M)**
* **Toronto, Ontario (M)**
* **Ottawa, Ontario (M)**
* **Winnipeg, Manitoba (M)**
* **Regina, Saskatchewan (M)**
* **Edmonton, Alberta (M)**
* **Calgary, Alberta (M)**
* **Vancouver, British Columbia (M)**
* **Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (M)**
* Victoria, British Columbia
* Kelowna, British Columbia
* Moncton, New Brunswick
* London, Ontario
* Sudbury, Ontario
* Thunder Bay, Ontario
* Windsor, Ontario
* Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
* Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
* Whitehorse, Yukon
* Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Sydney, Nova Scotia

### International

* **London, United Kingdom (M)**
* **Paris, France (M)**
* **Washington, D.C. (M)**
* **New York, New York (M)**
* **United Nations Headquarters, New York (M)**
* **Jerusalem, Israel (M)**
* **Moscow, Russia (M)**
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Beijing, China
* Shanghai, China

CBC also uses satellite bureaux, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside of the bureaux.