X-Nico

unusual facts about CBC Newsworld



Allan Gotlieb

When Ronald Reagan died in 2004, Gotlieb provided expert help in the commentary for CBC Newsworld's coverage of the state funeral, helping the CBC's senior parliamentary editor, Don Newman, who anchored the coverage, drawing from his experiences as Canadian ambassador to Washington when Reagan was president.

CICI-TV

Brendan Connor rejoined the station in 2011, after spending many years as a sportscaster and anchor for national and international networks including TSN, CBC Newsworld and Al Jazeera English.

Newsworld International

The network was launched by the CBC, in partnership with a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada in 1994, and aired much of the same programming as CBC Newsworld in Canada.

YTMND

The original "Tom Cruise Kills Oprah" video, on which the YTMND is based, was mentioned on Dateline NBC's "The Mank Blog" segment, VH1's show "Web Junk 20", and CBC Newsworld's "The Hour" with George Stroumboulopoulos.


see also