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10 Nov

CBC to air reworked doc

After a few fixes characterized by the filmmaker as minor, a controversial documentary will be broadcast on the CBC Nov. 20, the Globe and Mail reports. The program, about the […]

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10 Nov

The new news…

A story about Black Tickle, Labrador on the Globe and Mail’s website Saturday, while the stereotypical “death of rural Newfoundland & Labrador” story we have been reading for more than 30 years in […]

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9 Nov

CanWest cuts newsroom staff

Hello? Hello! Is anybody reading this stuff? Does anybody care? Or are Canadians — and the Canadian journalists who ought to be especially concerned here — really a bunch of […]

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9 Nov

CAJ criticizes CBC decision

The Canadian Association of Journalists is concerned that a CBC decision to pull a documentary on the Falun Gong movement sends a message of self-censorship. The documentary, which had previously […]

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9 Nov

Man’s name banned in teacher affair

NewsAn Alberta man who had an affair with a teacher 10 years ago, when he was a teenager, cannot have his identity published despite his desire to go public, the Supreme […]

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9 Nov

U.S. author fights British libel judgment

NewsNovember 8, 2007 — Does the guarantee of free speech in America’s first amendment trump English libel law? That’s the question facing New York’s Court of Appeals this month. Rachel […]

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8 Nov

Falun Gong documentary pulled

The CBC abruptly pulled a documentary about the controversial Falun Gong movement in China just hours before it was to be broadcast. The network denies the decision had anything to […]

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8 Nov

Chronique : Sur fond de censure, la Chine célèbre sa Journée des journalistes

Bruno Maltais, APEM À l’occasion de la huitième édition de la Journée des journalistes en Chine, des dizaines de journalistes chinois passent cette journée symbolique derrière les barreaux. En attendant […]

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8 Nov

Chief Justice speaks on journalism

Courts and journalism are inextricably linked to democracy — a free press and democracy cannot be separated, says The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of […]

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7 Nov

Le conflit de travail au Journal de Québec profite à Quebecor Media

La PC/Le Devoir | Alimentés par le câblodistributeur Vidéotron et l’acquisition des journaux d’Osprey Media, les profits de Quebecor Media ont explosé au troisième trimestre. Les dirigeants de l’entreprise montréalaise […]

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