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16 Jul

Chatelaine editor steps down

The editor-in-chief of Chatelaine left her job abruptly on Thursday for “personal reasons,” as reported by the Globe and Mail. Sara Angel was appointed to the position June 1, 2006, after a nine-month […]

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13 Jul

NY Times journalist killed in Iraq

An interpreter and reporter in the Baghdad bureau of The New York Times, was shot and killed today, reported the Times. The story quoting bureau chief, John F. Burns said […]

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11 Jul

Sikh group attacks CBC

The World Sikh Organization has launched a lawsuit against Canada’s national broadcaster, a reporter and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, alleging that a CBC documentary examining the issue of Sikh extremism […]

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9 Jul

Iran cracks down on critical media

German news site Spiegel.com reports on actions taken by the Iranian government to combat its fear of a creeping media coup. Ham Mihan, a pro-reform newspaper, and the ILNA online news agency were both […]

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9 Jul

Inuit kids go cuckoo for Kaakuluk

Children were clamouring for copies of Kaakuluk — a glossy magazine published in both English and Inuktitut — when a small test run was released in June. Kaakuluk and its sister publication Pivuut […]

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9 Jul

Osprey board OKs Quebecor bid

After Quebecor made a last-minute increase in its offer for Osprey shares, the Osprey board of trustees approved the bid, CanWest News Service reports. The new offer came after a […]

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6 Jul

Ellingsen was offered $2,000 by journalist: Defence

Robert Pickton’s defence has alleged a journalist offered the Crown’s key witness $2,000 to tell her story in the middle of the trial, reports Vancouver 24 Hours. Defence lawyer Richard […]

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6 Jul

Ellingsen met with journalists, jury hears

Vancouver 24 Hours reports the Crown’s key witness said she secretly met with journalists while the Pickton murder trial was in full swing. It happened just weeks before she took […]

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3 Jul

Johnston freed by kidnappers

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been freed after being held for almost four months in Gaza, the BBC reports. Johnston said it was “fantastic” to be free after an “appalling […]

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3 Jul

Hamas surrounds kidnappers’ area

Hamas security forces are on rooftops surrounding the area in Gaza City where kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston is reportedly being held, the Guardian says. It was unclear whether the operation […]

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