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23 May

Dealing with evasive politicians

QUESTION: How do you get politicians to answer tough questions? Getting a politician to talk to you isn’t difficult but getting one to answer the questions you want answered often […]

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23 May

As the spirit moves them…

by Heather Rivers and Elliot Ferguson We both had noted the changing scene in the religious community for several months. Heather had noticed that mainstream Protestant and Catholic congregations were […]

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23 May

‘Public’ file anything but: Access denied in dog photo case

By Tracey TylerToronto Star Legal Affairs ReporterIt was only a picture of a dog. But it was guarded like a state secret. Somewhere in an Ontario court file there’s a […]

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22 May

Western student paper loses independence over spoof issue

Maclean’s goes in depth with the latest on the Western Gazette, the student newspaper from the University of Western Ontario. The university’s administration passed a motion that gives them the […]

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22 May

CAJ raps Vancouver police impersonation of reporter

The Canadian Association of Journalists strongly condemns the Vancouver police’s actions on Saturday, May 19, when an officer impersonated a journalist to lure a suspect into a public place to […]

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22 May

Dow bid may be abandoned

Rupert Murdoch may be rethinking his bid to take over control of Dow Jones, investment analysts say. Bloomberg News reports via Boston.com that Murdoch is growing frustrated at a lack of […]

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22 May

Conflit au Journal de Québec: L’appel de Quebecor

Quebecor tente toujours de faire interdire la publication du Média Matin Québec. Le propriétaire du Journal de Québec, Sun Média, a déposé une requête en appel du jugement de la […]

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18 May

Cerberus courting Shaw and Can-West to help buy BCE

The Globe and Mail is reporting that Cerberus Capital Management is in talks with Shaw Communications Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp. to form a buying group to purchase BCE […]

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18 May

Two more journalists killed in Iraq

(AP) Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News in Baghdad were ambushed and killed as they drove home from work, the television network announced Friday.

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17 May

Outsourcing local news to India?

The editor of PasadenaNow.com, who in an earlier report was planning to outsource coverage of local city council meetings to journalists in India, has postponed his decision due to an […]

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