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19 Feb

U.S. judges using Wikipedia in rulings

New York Times reporter Noam Cohen uncovers that American judges are using Wikipedia in their judicial rulings. The accuracy of Wikipedia, an online dictionary that can be edited and written […]

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19 Feb

Crime Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada provides data tables and statistics related to crime and justice in Canada. The tables are sorted into categories such as; “civil courts and family law,” “correctional services”, “crimes […]

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19 Feb

The World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO), is an agency of the United Nations that works toobtain forall peoples “the highest possible level of health.” Their website has information about the organization, […]

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18 Feb

Youth sentencing sessions opened to media

Sentencing conferences convened by youth court judges are part of the court process and open to journalists and members of the public, but concerns about confidentiality and the administration of […]

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18 Feb

Too many publication bans?

FeaturePublication bans British Columbia’s courts have imposed on the high-profile murder prosecutions of Robert Pickton and Kelly Ellard have renewed the debate over suppressing information about criminal cases. Media lawyers […]

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18 Feb

Reporters to testify at murder trial

NewsThree Edmonton newspaper reporters who interviewed Thomas Svekla have been ordered to testify at his trial on charges of murdering two prostitutes. In a press release, the Canadian Association of Journalists condemns […]

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16 Feb

Student leaders caught posing as journalists

Members of student organizations at post-secondary institutions said they were journalists in order to get into a press conference featuring universities and colleges minister Chris Bentley, the Excalibur reports. The […]

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15 Feb

List of Canadian newspapers

Paperboy.com provides a list of online Canadian newspapers. There is also an international version of Paperboy that enables you to search in a directory of more than 6000 newspapers from […]

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15 Feb

Agriculture in Canada

This is the The Canadian Government’s website for agriculture and agri-food. The site contains policies, research, surveys, forecasts and news related to the agricultural industry, and other information mainly directed […]

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15 Feb

Canadian Organic Growers

Canadian Organic Growers are “promoting organic growing in order to build healthy local communities and ecosystems.” The website is an education resource and a networking organization that represent farmers, gardeners […]

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