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17 Apr

Mexico decriminalizes libel

NewsIn a move hailed as a step toward greater press freedom, Mexican President Felipe Calder??n has approved amendments to decriminalize libel, slander and defamation. Mexico joins El Salvador as the […]

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17 Apr

Adding insult to injury

NewsIn many countries, it is a crime to insult public officials or any individual, group or religion. The World Press Freedom Committee has launched a campaign to eliminate this extreme […]

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17 Apr

Pickton judge sets access rules

NewsThe judge presiding over Robert Pickton’s murder trial has instituted a “sensible and practical protocol” to allow journalists to apply for access to exhibits. See the Vancouver Sun report.

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15 Apr

Digging through social networks

Mathew Ingram has a Facebook account. He’s not a student looking for someone to share his drunken stories with, or to hook up with his long-lost love from spring break. […]

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14 Apr

Callwood dies at 82

courtesy Saturday Night Magazine and Chris Nicolls June Callwood, remembered for her substantial body of journalistic work and for her passionate activism on behalf of vulnerable people, died on Saturday, […]

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13 Apr

Canadian Literature Pathfinder

ARCHIVES/GENERAL INFORMATION A Celebration of Women Writers: CANADAhttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/CANADA.html This low-tech site contains a vast list of the names of female Canadian poets, and links to pages with information about them. […]

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13 Apr

Canadian print publishing pathfinder

MAGAZINESAlberta Association of Magazine Publishershttp://www.albertamagazines.com/ Alberta Association of Magazine Publishers offers a members list. The listing provides magazine details including frequency, price, and a description of the publication. Columbia Association […]

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13 Apr

Death and Dying Pathfinder

RECORDS Canadian genealogy centre.http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-906.003-e.html Death and burial records searchable through Library and Archives Canada. Funded by the federal government. Canadian death records.http://www.afhs.ab.ca/registry/regcan_death.html Listings of church, cemetery, civil and newspaper records. […]

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13 Apr

Canadian Federal Politics Pathfinder

HISTORY AND GENERAL Library of Parliament’s Information and Document Resource Center http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/library_infodocbranch.asp?Language=E The Library of Parliament’s Information and Document Resource Centre provides information on the history and structure of Canadian […]

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13 Apr

Iraq War Pathfinder

MULTIPLE ISSUE SITES New York Times: Reach of War World Specialhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html After decades of service, The New York Times is still the United State’s preeminent ‘paper of record’ making, simply […]

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