He has also anchored coverage of many world events , both in the studio and on the scene . In the studio , he anchored coverage of the Gulf War , the War in Kosovo , the September 11 attacks and the 2014 Parliament Hill shootings . He was on the air live when the 2003 invasion of Iraq began and anchored coverage of it . On the scene , he anchored coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall , the funerals of Diana , Princess of Wales and Pope John Paul II , numerous royal , papal , and US presidential visits to Canada , numerous Olympic Games , and the inauguration of US President Barack Obama . He reported extensively from Normandy both 50 and then 60 years after D-Day and from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands for the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day . He also reported from the Netherlands for the sixtieth anniversary of V-E Day
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Peter Mansbridge