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30 Oct

Jennifer Martin stepping down as co-host of Alberta Primetime

<p>Jennifer Martin is stepping down as co-host of CTV’s <em>Alberta Primetime</em> after four years with the show. She will join Shaw Communications as manager of programming for northern Alberta in November.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>So going to miss my colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/ABPrimetime">@ABPrimetime</a>, 25 yrs on air & heading into mgmt, more to come on Monday's show!</p>

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30 Oct

Marc Riddell joins Global BC as managing editor, digital

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Riddell.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /></p><p>Marc Riddell joined Global BC as its first managing editor, digital, on Oct. 28.</p><p>Previously, Riddell worked as executive producer of news at CBC Vancouver and executive producer of CBC’s <em>Power and Politics with Evan Solomon</em>. He also worked with Global National and was key in helping re-launch BC1’s 7 pm talk show <em>Unfiltered</em>.</p><p> </p>

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21 Oct

Rabble fires editor Derrick O’Keefe amidst controversy

<p><strong>By Laurent Bastien Corbeil</strong></p><p>Online magazine Rabble.ca has laid off editor Derrick O’Keefe. The news was first announced on O’Keefe’s Twitter feed on October 7 and sparked the resignation of one of his colleagues.</p><p>“Effective October 4, Derrick O’Keefe will no longer be acting as Rabble’s editor,” Rabble said in a statement. “We thank him for his contributions in this role over the past year and wish him all the best in his future endeavours.”</p>

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17 Oct

CBC journalist Laurie Graham joins CTV as Ottawa deputy bureau chief

<p>CBC journalist Laurie Graham is joining CTV Ottawa as its deputy bureau chief, tweeted the network’s parliamentary bureau chief Robert Fife.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Pleased to announce respected CBC journalist Laurie Graham joins CTV's Ottawa Bureau as Deputy Bureau Chief. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23cdnpol&src=hash">#cdnpol</a></p>

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15 Oct

The Guardian (PEI) gets new opinion and news editors

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Wayne_0.jpg" title="" />Wayne Thibodeau has been named the news editor of <em>The Guardian</em>.</p>

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4 Oct

Paginator says goodbye to Sun Media colleagues with fun video

<p>When Brad Demers’s position as a paginator at the <em>St. Catharines Standard</em> was eliminated, he decided he wanted to say goodbye in his own cheeky way.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bhANnoj8FLI?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></p>

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4 Oct

AM640’s John Oakley and Global’s Liza Fromer co-host daily simulcast segments

<p>AM640 host John Oakley and <em>The Morning Show</em>'s Liza Fromer will co-host live, daily simulcasts at, you guessed it, 6:40 a.m. EST daily.</p><p>The daily simulcasts, launched on Oct. 7, will be aired on AM640 and <em>The Morning Show</em> weekday mornings.</p>

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2 Oct

Julian Sher joins CBC’s fifth estate as senior producer

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Sher_0.jpg" title="" />Julian Sher joined the CBC’s <a href="file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/cbc.ca/fifth"><em>fifth estate</em></a> as a senior producer on Sept. 23.</p>

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30 Sep

Alex Panetta named new Washington correspondent for Canadian Press

<div><p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Panetta_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Goodman.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Alex Panetta will be the new Washington correspondent for The Canadian Press.

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30 Sep

Matt O’Grady leaves post as Globe B.C. bureau chief

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Matt O'Grady_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>The Globe and Mail</em> is currently interviewing candidates to fill the role of B.C. bureau chief. Matt O’Grady left his position at the helm of the bureau on Sept. 16, roughly a year and a half after he joined the newspaper. </p>

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