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5 May

A killer story

Hot Docs film Life With Murder documents the life of a small-town Ontario man who murdered his 18-year-old sister, and the family that continues to stand by him. Dana Lacey […]

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5 May

The truth about Tiger

The accusations started soon after Tiger Woods’ extramarital activities hit the tabloids. Golf columnist Lorne Rubenstein dispels the myths around Tiger’s fall from grace. The interview room at the Augusta […]

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3 May

Canwest: Shaw gets approval, Torstar makes bid

Two bits of news out of Winnipeg today: Shaw communications will buy part of Canwest’s broadcast division from Goldman Sachs, and Torstar has submitted a formal bid for the beleaguered […]

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29 Apr

Buy a scoop, pay the consequences

Tech blog Gizmodo paid US$5,000 for its scoop on a next-generation iPhone. As result, police seized the editor’s computers and Apple is gearing up its ample legal team. The question […]

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28 Apr

Why so tame, lefties?

Globe and Mail TV columnist John Doyle’s recent column is about the CBC, Canada’a culture war and why only the conservatives are willing to take chances on television. The topic […]

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28 Apr

Minute of Silence

A call for newsrooms around the world to fall silent for a minute on May 3rd to protest the murder of hundreds of journalists is gathering support from organizations concerned […]

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27 Apr

Is Torstar bid favored to buy Canwest newspapers?

A quickening is apparent within Canada’s biggest newspaper conglomerate, long mired in the slough of despond. Beleagued Canwest LP is comprised of the remnants of some once-venerable FP publications, some […]

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23 Apr

“Public trust” side of CanWest sale

Canada’s largest media union has told the bankers auctioning the CanWest chain of newspapers to consider the “public trust.” The company’s newspaper division is under bankruptcy protection and its bankers […]

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23 Apr

HuffPo turns five

May 9th marks the fifth anniversary of The Huffington Post, which now holds 10th place in Neilsen’s news standing after an explosive year of readership growth that made it the […]

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21 Apr

Climate scientist sues National Post

Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist based at the University of Victoria, is fighting back against climate-change deniers at the National Post.  The press release is below: Apr 21, 2010 15:53 […]

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