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5 Feb

Canadian admits book passages were not attributed

Canadian writer Paul William Roberts has admitted passages in his 2004 best-selling book A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq are similar to those that […]

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5 Feb

Journalists get seal tour

The Canadian government has acted as host toa group of European journalists on a tour of communities that depend on the controversial seal hunt, CBC.ca reports. Loyola Sullivan, Canada’s ambassadorfor […]

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30 Jan

Canadian heads Sun-Times News Group in U.S. midwest

Murdoch Davis, publisher/editor of the Post-Tribune in northwest Indiana, has been named president of the Midwest Suburban Publishing branch of the Sun-Times News Group. Before joining the Post-Tribune in 2006, […]

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26 Jan

CAJ opposes court ruling

The Canadian Association of Journalists is condemning an Alberta judge’s ruling Tuesday that three reporters must testify at a murder trial. The reporters, two from the Edmonton Journal and one […]

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25 Jan

LAtimes.com new focus for newspaper

Los Angeles Times editor James O’Shea has unveiled a new model for his newspaper that consolidates print and online reporting and emphasizes 24-hour breaking news online, reports MediaPost. The print […]

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24 Jan

New N.S. newspaper closes

The Valley Today, a newspaper launched three months ago in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, has shut down operations, the Globe and Mail reports. Its backers had thought that […]

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23 Jan

Thousands mourn Turkish-Armenian journalist

Senior Turkish and Armenian officials joined thousands of others in the streets of Istanbul today to pay tribute to slain journalist Hrant Dink, the International Herald Tribune reports. Dink was […]

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22 Jan

Turkish journalist assassinated

Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor, was shot and killed outside the Istanbul office of his Agos newspaper, reports PEN Canada. Dink, 52, received a six-month suspended sentence in October […]

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22 Jan

Media bypass publication ban

Some non-Canadian media outlets are reporting details under a publication ban in the high-profile trial of Robert Pickton in B.C., reports Robert Matas of The Globe and Mail. About 350 […]

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22 Jan

Pickton trial attracts international media

A member of the media is searched by a court sheriff upon entering B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. Tight security measures are in place for […]

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