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3 Mar

Five take buyouts at The Gazette

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Montreal Gazette_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>In the latest round of buyouts at Postmedia Network, five staff are leaving <em>The Gazette</em>, in Montreal.</p>

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3 Mar

New Furlong filing admits ‘no actual knowledge’ behind a key allegation

<p><strong>By Bob Mackin, for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2014/03/02/Furlong-Filing/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=030314#sthash.EsE62glr.dpuf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Tyee</em></a></strong></p><p id="39236408">In new B.C. Supreme Court documents, the CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics admits he has no proof that a journalist made an abuse complaint about him to the RCMP.</p>

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3 Mar

CBC ombudsman: Is it acceptable to focus on one side of a story?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_37.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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3 Mar

Updated: Editor-in-chief Scott White leaving Canadian Press

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Scott White_0.JPG" title="" />Scott White, the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Press, told staff Monday he was leaving the news agency, ending a 35-year career as a journalist.</p><p>In a brief email to J-Source, White confirmed his departure but said he could not share any details.</p>

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3 Mar

Globe public editor: Why the words we choose matter

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_67.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The words you choose matter, and there were two examples this week that have provoked debate.</p>

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3 Mar

What Peter Mansbridge’s CAPP speaking fee says about his news judgment

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Peter Mansbridge_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Dan Rowe</strong></p>

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3 Mar

Sun News host Ezra Levant sued for libel

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Ezra Levant_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By The Canadian Press</strong></p><p>A Saskatchewan lawyer is alleging Sun News Network host Ezra Levant defamed him in a series of blog posts and is seeking $100,000 in damages.</p><p>Khurrum Awan was completing his articling and looking for work as a lawyer when he alleges the most egregious libels were posted.</p>

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3 Mar

Dominique Payette: d’observatrice à actrice

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/maxresdefault_0.jpg" title="" />Alors que les élections provinciales semblent devoir être déclenchées mercredi, chaque parti annonce ses candidats vedettes. Parmi eux, Dominique Payette dans Charlesbourg.

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3 Mar

Ask a Mentor: Let’s be real—should I bail from my journalism gig for greener pastures?

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p><strong>QUESTION</strong>:</p>

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3 Mar

Is reporting on labour issues no longer a ‘sexy’ beat?

<p><strong>By H.G. Watson</strong></p><p>I belong in a museum.</p><p>At least, that's what Rod Mickleburgh, former labour beat reporter for the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> and <em>Province</em>, says as we begin our interview about a beat he covered for close to 16 years, and that I have been assigned to for the past six months. "You're actually a paid labour reporter," he said, with a slightly incredulous chuckle.</p>

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