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6 Oct

Vancouver Sun gets an update

The Canwest-owned Vancouver Sun has made some changes to the structure and content of its print edition. On Oct. 4, editor-in-chief Patricia Graham explained the changes to readers in a […]

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6 Oct

Politicians setting news agenda, not journalists

BySue Ferguson Thank goodness somebody finally started talking about it. Childcare, that is. For the first two weeks of campaigning, barely a whisper could be heard. And then Family Day […]

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6 Oct

Who’s afraid of ethics in the law?

ByStephen J. A. Ward As journalists follow the election campaign, they might not feel the rumblings of a seismic shift that may soon shake the ground rules of Canadian journalism. […]

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6 Oct

Débats des chefs: des commentateurs déphasés

Paul Cauchon, Le Devoir | Avec deux débats canadiens et deux débats américains, les deux dernières semaines ont été fort occupées pour les commentateurs politiques, particulièrement à la télévision, qui […]

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6 Oct

“The” issue versus “those” issues

In the final weeks of the campaign, the economy is settling in as federal election 2008’s ballot box issue. But in our rush to define “the” issue, what happens to […]

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4 Oct

Mallick decision: populist pandering?

Globe and Mail columnist Russell Smith wants to know “if the CBC is desperately trying to make itself more palatable to the majority Conservative government that may be coming our […]

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4 Oct

MSM wins! Long live the MSM

“The news tornado of September has been a boon to the downtrodden traditional media,” reported Ian Brown in a Globe and Mail piece about web sites of big mainstream media […]

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4 Oct

Canada-Europe trade talks nearly invisible

What’s the biggest social, political and economic issue in Canada right now? Social conservativism vs liberalism? Tax cuts? Bank regulations? Climate change? Plagiarism? None of the above, not in my […]

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3 Oct

Bylines pulled at the Gazette

Staff at the Canwest-owned Montreal Gazette pulled their bylines Oct. 2, as a work-to-rule campaign went into effect, according to a Montreal Newspaper Guild (MNG) press release. The guild said […]

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3 Oct

Les nouvelles rapprochent, la sexualité rebute

Caroline Roy, Le Journal de Montréal | Sept familles sur dix estiment que la télévision les rapproche au lieu de les éloigner. Étonnamment, ce que les membres d’une même famille […]

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