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29 Mar

Long-time Quill and Quire editor Susan Lawrence passed away

<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Long-time </span><em style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Quill and Quire </em><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">editor Susan Lawrence died from cancer </span><a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/quillblog/in-memoriam-susan-lawrence/" style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">last week</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjus

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26 Mar

CTV orders new Canadian talk show

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><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/The Social.PNG" title="" /></p><p>Canadian audiences will get a brand new lifestyle talk show this fall courtesy of CTV. <em>The Social</em> is a daily one-hour show “developed to deliver a unique Canadian voice to the CTV daytime schedule, in addition to providing custom opportunities for CTV’s advertising partners.”</p>

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26 Mar

Omar Sachedina joins CTV parliamentary bureau

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/omarsachedina">Omar Sachedina</a> is the latest addition to the CTV parliamentary bureau. He tweeted the announcement last week.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Very excited to finally announce that I will be joining our great @<a href="https://twitter.com/ctvnews">ctvnews</a> team in Ottawa in April as Parliamentary Correspondent! <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23cdnpoli">#cdnpoli</a></p>

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26 Mar

Canadian Geographic names new senior editor

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><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/Kylie.jpg" title="" /></p><p>Aaron Kylie <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=702">joined the <em>Canadian Geographic</em></a> as its new senior editor.</p>

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22 Mar

Maisonneuve editor-in-chief resigning; mag launches new website

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><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/Nelles.jpg" title="" />After nearly five years at Montreal-based magazine<em> <a href="http://maisonneuve.org/">Maisonneuve</a></em>, editor-in-chief <a href="http://drewnelles.wordpress.com/">Drew Nelles </a>is resigning. </p>

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14 Mar

Péladeau stepping down as Quebecor CEO

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Quebecor announced several changes at its executive level with Pierre Karl Péladeau stepping down as CEO of Quebecor Inc. He will be replaced by the president of the Videotron telecommunications division Robert Dépatie. </p>

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14 Mar

Victoria Times Colonist publisher Bob McKenzie steps down

<p> </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-size: 1.14258em; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Cambria, Utopia, 'Liberation Serif', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bob McKenzie, the publisher of the Victoria Times Colonist since 2004, <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/times-colonist-publisher-bob-mckenzie-steps-down-1.81305">announced</a> on Tuesday that he was stepping down.</p>

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13 Mar

TC Media launches new Quebec women’s magazine; Sylvie Poirier named editor-in-chief of Véro

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Sylvie Poirier was named the editor-in-chief of Véro, a new Quebec quarterly women's magazine that will hit newsstands in Quebec starting next fall. </span></p><p>Véro, short for Veronique, is a partnership between French Canadian radio personality <a href="http://www.veroniquecloutier.com/accueil" style="font-size: 10px;">Véronique Cloutier</a> and <span style="font-size: 10px;">TC Media</span><span style="font-size: 10px;">.</span></p>

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12 Mar

CBC opens first new radio station in Ontario in 40 years

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>CBC opened a new radio station in Kitchener-Waterloo, the first one in the province in 40 years. The new station, dubbed CBCKW, aired on 89.1 FM for the first time on Monday March 11 at 6 am with a brand new three-hour show called “The Morning Edition.” Previously, listeners could only tune in to the Toronto-based CBC Metro Morning show.</p>

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11 Mar

Global News launches B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Global News has invested “millions of dollars” in B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel, which hits the airwaves on Thursday March 14.</p><p>Although executives did not reveal the exact dollar figure for <a href="https://twitter.com/BC1">Global News: BC 1</a>, Global BC and National News vice-president Kenton Boston told J-Source “it’s a substantial capital investment” and the company created 30 new positions. </p>

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