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The National Post reports that it is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on an Ontario appeal court decision that the Post had to relinquish a document received from a confidential source. The document was connected with the Post's reporting of alleged conflicts of interest involving Jean Chretien, a case that became known as Shawinigate.

John Kryk -- SUN Media, March 24, 3008: "This is a horribly sad day for the Toronto Sun entertainment department. After a courageous, 11-month battle for her life, staff writer Sherri Wood died last night of brain cancer. The Etobicoke native was two weeks shy of her 29th birthday."

The Hamilton Spectator is reporting that there will be no appeal of the ruling that overturned a contempt of court conviction against a Hamilton reporter.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's office said yesterday that the decision will not be challenged.
On Monday the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a 2004 ruling against Ken Peters for refusing to divulge the identity of a confidential source during a civil trial in Hamilton. The judge in that case convicted Peters of contempt of court and ordered the Hamilton Spectator to pay more than $31,000 in legal fees.
The appeal court ruling, which will not be challenged,  acknowledged reporters' charter rights,  but stopped short of protecting journalists with a comprehensive shield law.

A Canadian reporter's contempt of court conviction for refusing to reveal a confidential source has been overturned on appeal. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled today that reporter Ken Peters of the Hamilton Spectator had rights under the charter to protect his source.  He refused to divulge his source during a 2004 civil trial and was ordered to pay more than $30,000 in legal costs. That fine was set aside by today's ruling.