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12 May

Courage to report — and report on — domestic violence

by Elisabeth Johns As the cops, courts and everything-in-between reporter for the Standard Freeholder in Cornwall, Ont., I had to check the police blotter every day. Day in and day […]

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11 May

The death of CAIRS

CAIR’s passing will be mourned by regular visitors to the CAIRS online data base, currently managed by David McKie. Originally viewed as a threat to access, the Coordination of Access […]

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10 May

Globe big NNA winner

The Globe and Mail won six of the 21 awards at the 59th National Newspaper Awards, announced May 9. La Presse of Montreal was next with five awards; the Ottawa […]

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9 May

CNA and CCNA to merge

The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) and the Canadian Community Newspaper Association (CCNA) have entered into a co-management agreement. The agreement will see the two associations share the same location, although […]

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9 May

Privacy veil slapped on Dot CA WHOIS searches

WHOIS searches on .ca domain names are about to get a whole lot less informative. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is slapping on new privacy restrictions. The name of the registrant, […]

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9 May

TVA tait la nouvelle sur Maxime Bernier toute une soirée

Richard Therrien, Le Soleil | Le personnel de TVA a reçu l’ordre mercredi de ne pas aborder la nouvelle concernant les fréquentations douteuses du ministre conservateur Maxime Bernier le soir même. Sur […]

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8 May

Torstar, New York Times post losses

The Toronto Star cut 122 jobs following a tough first quarter that saw parent corporation Torstar lose $3.5 million.  About a third of the jobs will be lost  from the […]

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8 May

Canadian papers dump Audit Bureau of Circulation

Three Canadian newspaper companies withdrew from the Audit Bureau of Circulation this spring, opting to have their circulation measured instead by a new organization, the Canadian Circulation Audit Board. Torstar, […]

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8 May

Pathfinders

What is a pathfinder, you might ask? A pathfinder is a specialized resource guide that gathers together, organizes, and annotates links to information about a specific topic such as immigration […]

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8 May

Metro losses

Even free newspapers are hurting. Metro International lost $8.75 million in the first quarter of the year, despite strong advertising revenues and readership in much of North America and Hong […]

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