Common has worked for CTV News and CBC News . He began with the CBC at the London bureau , moving later to Toronto , Fredericton , Regina and eventually back to Toronto as a national reporter before being posted to Paris , France in 2006 . From France , he travelled extensively in western and eastern Europe and north Africa , shooting and editing his own stories . In 2009 , he was transferred to New York where he worked as the CBC 's correspondent in that city , though he covered the 2010 Haiti earthquake , and VE Day 65th anniversary celebrations in the Netherlands . Common has filed reports from across Canada , the United States and Europe , as well as helped cover conflicts in Haiti , Afghanistan and Iraq . He was the main weekday anchor of CBC Radio One 's morning newscast '' World Report '' for a number of years in the 2010s
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
David Common