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30 Oct

Coyne joins Maclean’s

Andrew Coyne will become the national editor of Maclean’s newsmagazine, announced publisher and editor-in-chief Ken Whyte. Coyne will join Maclean’s in early November, said a press release, noting that Coyne […]

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29 Oct

Anatomy of an ATI release

CP’s Bruce Cheadle describes yet another unsuccessful access to information request, in this case seeking government briefing materials on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. The latest batch of blacked-out documents arrived […]

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29 Oct

Why we fight … publication bans

CommentaryA Saskatchewan judge has ignored a reporter’s challenge to a publication ban imposed in a high-profile criminal case. In an October 2007 column, managing editor Vern Faulkner of the Prince Albert […]

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29 Oct

Ruling shields informers’ identities

NewsReinforcing the protection given to confidential police informers, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the court and Crown have no discretion to disclose any details to the public […]

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29 Oct

The limits of web speech

CommentaryThe courts are coming to grips with chat on the Internet, says BBC News Online columnist Bill Thompson. People who post anonymous comments on websites be warned — you can […]

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29 Oct

Quebecor censure encore!

Daniel Paquet, rédacteur en chef, Mediamatinquebec.com | Encore une fois, une entrevue prévue par un des journalistes du MédiaMatinQuébec a tourné court, après que la toute puissante et omniprésente Quebecor […]

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28 Oct

Nolen wins PEN Courage award

Globe and Mail Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen won the 2007 PEN Canada Paul Kidd Courage Prize, for her coverage of the AIDS crisis in Africa. (Nolen’s 28: Stories of AIDS […]

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28 Oct

Quebec forum for racists?

Are Quebec’s hearings on “reasonable accommodation” providing a platform for racist attitudes about immigrants and religious minorities? As news coverage of the hearings continues, a poll says most Quebecers approve […]

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28 Oct

Press gallery dinner

“It was enough to melt the heart of a cynical scribe: a standing ovation for two Conservative cabinet ministers – from the parliamentary press gallery,” leads John Ward of the […]

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28 Oct

Quebec conference on media and public democratic interest

Unionized Quebec journalists will host a conference next February, headed by Joan Fraser, on whether media is still serving the public interest. Fraser knows about this issue first hand. She […]

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