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Aaron Kylie joined the Canadian Geographic as its new senior editor.
After nearly five years at Montreal-based magazine Maisonneuve, editor-in-chief Drew Nelles is resigning. The magazine published a job posting for Nelles’ job on Friday on its newly redesigned website.
After 14 years at the helm of the company founded by his father, Pierre Karl Péladeau will step down as CEO of Quebecor Inc., and will be replaced by Robert Dépatie, the president of the company’s telecommunications division. Péladeau’s unexpected departure from one of Canada’s largest media and telecommunication companies was announced in a press release Thursday morning.
Bob McKenzie, the publisher of the Victoria Times Colonist since 2004, announced on Tuesday that he was stepping down. His replacement has not yet been named.
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.
On Monday, CBC opened a new radio station in Kitchener-Waterloo, the first one in Ontario in 40 years. The new station will have a mix of hyper-local news, current affairs, and local cultural content. Tamara Baluja reports.
This is the first time Shaw Media is launching a 24-hours news station, but unlike other networks, it will test the waters in Metro Vancouver, where BBM Canada statistics show it has a strong base. Tamara Baluja reports.
After 18 years at The Globe and Mail, Stephen Northfield is leaving the newspaper to become Human Rights Watch’s director of digital media in New York City.
Roger Smith has been a fixture of CTV’s Ottawa bureau for nearly two decades, but that will all comes to an end on March 15. Smith announced his retirement yesterday.
The Globe and Mail's Book section hasn’t been killed, but there are some changes being made to it.
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