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Don Newman

Date of Birth 28-October-1940
Place of Birth Winnipeg
(Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg Capital Region, Area code 204, Area code 431, Area codes 204 and 431)
Nationality Canada
Profession TV Anchor, Editor
Don Newman, CM is the former senior parliamentary editor for CBC Television and hosted CBC Newsworld's daily politics program CBC News: Politics. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Newman began his career at CTV where he served as the network’s Washington correspondent from 1972 until 1976. In 1976, he moved to CBC and remained in Washington until 1979. He served two years as the Edmonton correspondent before moving to the parliamentary bureau in 1981. From 1981 to 1993, he was the host of CBC’s This Week in Parliament. In 1989, he began to host the daily Capital Report on the new Newsworld channel. He anchored major political events that affected Canadians on CBC Newsworld. Some of them include: Canadian federal elections Leadership conventions Opening of a new session of Parliament Visits by world leaders, notably, American presidents During George W. Bush's visit to Canada in 2004, Newman appeared on MSNBC Elections in the United States, including U.S. presidential elections State of the Union addresses by American presidents State funeral of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan During the coverage of the state funeral, Newman got expert help in the commentary from former ambassador Allan Gotlieb, Canadian ambassador to Washington in Reagan's day

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