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24 Aug

Canadian media will continue to send journalists to Afghanistan

Despite the injuries sustained by two Radio-Canada journalists in a roadside bomb attack on Wednesday, news directors at Global National, CTV News, CBC News, Canwest News Service, the Toronto Star, […]

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23 Aug

Two CBC journalists injured in Afghanistan

Two Canadian journalists were injured in a road-side bomb attack near Kandahar, Afghanistan yesterday. Two Canadian soldiers were killed in the attack on the light-armoured vehicle in which the two […]

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23 Aug

Radio-Canada journalist recounts Afghanistan attack

Radio-Canada senior reporter Patrice Roy says it’s “difficult to imagine” the scene after surviving a roadside bomb attack that killed two soldiers in Afghanistan on Wednesday. He and camerman Charles Dubois were both injured during the […]

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20 Aug

Legendary U.K. journalist dies at 94

British journalist Bill Deedes, the inspiration for the central character in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop, has died at the age of 94, reports CBC. Deedes, who was still writing for […]

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20 Aug

Maclean’s defends against HPV story backlash

Maclean’s.ca has posted a response from its editors defending the magazine’s cover story which Canadian Chief Public Health Officer David Butler-Jones called “inappropriate and one-sided.” The story questions government plans […]

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20 Aug

Energy companies afraid to share info

A Natural Resources Department study says energy companies are refusing to share critical data with federal officials because they’re afraid sensitive information will become public through the Access to Information […]

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13 Aug

“Fake cardboard buns” journalist sentenced to 1 year in jail

A Chinese journalist who faked a story about steamed buns filled with cardboard was sentenced to to a year in jail and a fine of 1,000 yuan (C$97), according to […]

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12 Aug

CP reporters win justice award

Jim Bronskill and Sue Bailey, both Canadian Press reporters, won the Justicia Award for excellence in print journalism, for a five-part series about mentally ill people within Canada’s justice system. […]

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4 Aug

CP environment reporter dies at 57

Dennis Bueckert, who died suddenly this week, was remembered as a dedicated reporter who cared deeply about the environment. One colleague described him as “a uniquely kind and gentle soul.”

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1 Aug

Murdoch acquires Dow Jones

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has won his battle to buy Dow Jones & Co., which includes the Wall Street Journal, reports the National Post. Some members of the family that […]

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