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14 May

CBC News Network expands News Now with Vancouver host

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/05/14/bc-news-net-hanomansing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC News Network has announced</a> new live programming, with an expanded <em>CBC News Now </em>launching in Vancouver on Sept. 19.</p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/ian_hanomansing">Ian Hanomansing</a> will host the Monday-through-Friday primetime broadcast, though details on the format on the show have yet to be determined. Hanomansing told CBC that it will include a mixture of sports, weather and breaking news. </p>

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11 May

Suspects du métro: des visages, des noms et des adresses publiés

<p>L'explosion de bombes fumigènes dans le métro de Montréal, hier matin, occupe le haut du pavé médiatique depuis plus de 24 heures. Des photos de suspects fournies par les services policiers ont été largement relayées hier, et les noms et l'adresse de deux d'entre eux ont été révélés ce matin, alors qu'une perquisition était en cours à leur domicile. Sur les réseaux sociaux, leur procès a déjà commencé, plusieurs réclament une peine de prison.</p>

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11 May

Ban billboards, revive print advertising dollars

<p><strong style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; ">By Sarah Berman</strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; "> for </span><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/05/10/Ban-Billboards/" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; " target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a></p>

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11 May

The Globe and Mail asks employees to take unpaid leave

<p><strong>See also: <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/globe-and-mail-move-behind-metered-paywall-fall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Globe and Mail to move behind metered paywall this fall</a></strong></p><p>When publisher Philip Crawley told employees about <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s plans to implement a metered paywall system, he also told them of plans the newspaper has to cut costs over the summer.</p>

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11 May

The Globe and Mail to move behind metered paywall this fall

<p><strong>See more: <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/globe-and-mail-asks-employees-take-unpaid-leave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Globe and Mail asks employees to take unpaid leave</a></strong></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> will begin charging for online content this fall.</p>

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10 May

Deux nouveaux médias québécois: Les News et Le République

<p><strong>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/dure-semaine-pour-le-journalisme-au-quebec">Dure semaine pour le journalisme au Québec</a></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000">Alors que Rogers et les Éditions Voir ferment des médias, deux nouveaux sites d'information émergent: le curateur d'information <a href="http://lesnews.ca/"><em>Les News</em></a> et le quotidien en ligne <a href="http://lerepublique.com/"><em>Le République</em></a> qui sera dédié aux reportages de fond et à l'enquête journalistique.</font></p>

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10 May

Two Ottawa journalists win Michener fellowships

<p>Two women in Ottawa will spend four months working on two very different special projects, as new Michener-Deacon Fellows.</p><p>The first Michener-Deacon fellowship in journalism education has been awarded to an Ottawa journalist Melanie Coulson, senior online editor at the <em>Ottawa Citizen, who </em> will conduct research into the growing phenomenon of audience participation in the journalism produced by media enterprises. </p>

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10 May

New fellowship in journalism eduction goes to two Ottawa journalists

<p>The first Michener-Deacon Fellowship in journalism education has been awarded to two Ottawa women who will pursue two very different projects for four months.</p><p>Melanie Coulson, senior online editor at the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> will conduct research into the growing phenomenon of audience participation in the journalism produced by media enterprises. </p><p>Laura Eggertson, a freelance journalist, will investigate Aboriginal youth suice as a significant health crisis in Canada.</p>

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10 May

CBC Hamilton digital service officially launched

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC hamilton.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p>CBC Hamilton—the Corporation’s first digital-only service—launched last night, a day ahead of schedule.</p>

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10 May

Rare criminal libel charge against Fredericton blogger dropped

<p>UPDATED</p><p>Criminal libel charges against a Fredericton blogger have been dropped after the New Brunswick Justice Department decided Canada's criminal libel charge may be unconstitutional.</p><p>Police in Fredericton raised eyebrows in January by charging a local blogger with defamatory libel, a charge rarely used in Canada. The charges apparently stemmed from comments Charles LeBlanc made on his blog about a local police officer.</p>

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