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29 Mar

Lights, camera … court?

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Connie Monk </span><br /><br />In an historic first this week, cameras will record closing arguments in the landmark B.C. Supreme Court case on Canada’s anti-polygamy laws.<br />

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29 Mar

The Gray Lady paywall: will others follow NYT?

Last week the New York Times started charging Canadians for access to online content, and it plans to roll out its U.S. subscriptions this week. Good idea or bad idea? […]

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29 Mar

Royal Canadian Air Farce’s Roger Abbott dies

Roger Abbott, co-star of CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, has died at the age of 64. His co-star Don Ferguson, quoted in a story from The Toronto Star, said: “I’m […]

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29 Mar

APTN hires Dana Foster as news co-host

APTN National has hired Dana Foster to co-host APTN National News with Michael Hutchinson. Broadcaster reports: “Foster holds an extensive and successful career in the broadcast industry, with a broadcast […]

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29 Mar

2011 election coverage underway

We’re off and running – sort of. The federal election campaign period began with the prime minister refusing to talk to journalists. But there’s no stopping the pesky press pack […]

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28 Mar

Proposed legislation effectively states that agribusiness and journalism do not mix

By: Steven Zhou In both Iowa and Florida, a series of proposed laws are working their way through the state legislatures which, if passed, would make it illegal to take […]

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28 Mar

Exclusif Tête à tête avec Luc Lavoie, architecte de Sun News

Sun New fera son entrée dans le paysage médiatique canadien dans trois semaines. Déjà surnommée la Fox News du Nord ou encore le mouton noir de la télévision canadienne, cette […]

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28 Mar

Voices without frontiers

Montreal, March 25, 2011 Calling for the celebration of human diversity in society, Radio Voices Without Frontiers (RVSF) traveled the world for its fourteenth time this March 21st 2011 in […]

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28 Mar

Election 2011: The media coverage

Want to track the election coverage? Here’s a listing of election coverage sites from some of Canada’s major media outlets. CBC’s election coverage is led by news chief correspondent Peter […]

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28 Mar

Election 2011: Reporters need to think beyond coalition

The Globe and Mail’s Barrie McKenna writes that “In the absence of real debate about serious issues, the false premise of a coalition has filled the campaign vacuum….So why are […]

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