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12 Feb

Shaw buys Canwest [UPDATED]

Heavily indebted CanWest Global Communications Corp is being effectively acquired by cable and satellite company Shaw Communications Corp., the companies announced.  “While there is much work still to be done, […]

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11 Feb

B.C. vows improved court file access

NewsBritish Columbia’s attorney general promises sweeping changes to make the province’s courts more open in the wake of a Victoria Times Colonist investigation that exposed inconsistent access practices at courthouse […]

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11 Feb

Complaint alleges Canwest violated advertising standards with Shell tarsand features

The Sierra Club of Canada filed a damning complaint against Canwest and Shell Canada, alleging they “violated the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.”The press release from the environmental organization said […]

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11 Feb

College strike avoided for now

After spending weeks bracing themselves for a strike, journalism students at Ontario colleges can breathe a little bit easier after a February 10 vote came out in the favour of […]

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11 Feb

NY Times readers share articles that “inspired awe”

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania studied The New York Times list of most-e-mailed articles and found that people tended to share articles “with positive rather than negative themes,” the […]

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11 Feb

Karaoke killings yarn out of tune

Well, dang Poynter’s Eric Alterman anyways, for popping the bubble of my favourite New York Times story this year: “Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord.” The tale of how Philippines […]

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11 Feb

Organization of News Ombudsmen launches new website

The international Organization of News Ombudsmen (ONO) has launched a new website “to serve as a hub for their international organization and a guidepost for news consumers to make sense […]

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11 Feb

The Mark receives funding from private investors

Canadian news and opinion start-up, The Mark, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from a group of private investors, according to an announcement from the company. The financing is […]

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11 Feb

Rédactrice en chef/Rédacteur en chef

Fondation pour le journalisme canadien Rédactrice en chef, rédacteur en chef, ProjetJ Engagement d’environ 10 heures/semaineRémunération : honoraires de 7 500 $ ou dégagement d’un (1) cours/anÉchéance du concours : 15 mars […]

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10 Feb

Award-winning articles, teaching presentations free for the classroom

If you’re looking for a perfect article for the classroom during the Olympics, try “Tourists, Stay Away, Playing Tourist in the Downtown East Side,” by Chris Koentges, up! magazine. The […]

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