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Diving star Alexandre Despatie joins Joanne Vrakas as host of City Montreal’s new Breakfast Television show
Despatie announced his retirement from competitive diving just two days prior to Thursday’s announcement. “The announcement of Despatie in particular has been enough to capture the interest of French-language media in Quebec,…
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Former Halifax Chronicle Herald managing editor Jane Purves has died
Former Nova Scotia cabinet minister and journalist Jane Purves died at age 63 on June 1, the Halifax Chronicle Herald reported. Purves started working at the Chronicle Herald in 1974 in the Truro bureau.…
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Cottage Life wins big at CSME Awards
Photo courtesy of CSME. L-R: Aaron Spitzer, Up Here; Penny Caldwell, Cottage Life; Diane Peters, Precedent; Simone Castello, Canadian Living; Karen Eull, Fresh Juice Cottage Life picked up three awards at the Canadian Society for Magazine Editors…
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90 postes coupés chez TVA
L’annonce a surpris tout le monde hier matin. Par voix de communiqué, Pierre Dion, président et chef de la direction du groupe, annonçait 90 coupures de postes chez TVA, soit 4,5% des…
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French CBC changes name from Radio-Canada to ICI
The name change to "ICI" or "here" in French had been rumoured for several months, and follows over a year of internal survey. A video on Radio Canada’s website explains the public broadcaster is…
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Toronto Star radio room internship remains in-house; interns take 32 per cent pay cut
The Toronto Star's radio room program is staying in-house after the union negotiated a 32 per cent pay cut for the interns. "The hourly rate for the students working in the radio…
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End of an era: Shocking amount of great talent leaves The Globe and Mail
It can’t do any good to lose the number and quality of people on the Globe list, writes former Globe staffer Dan Westell. But the media owners are desperate to find a…
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Book review: Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis: Pioneer Journalist of the Canadian West
In her new book, University of Alberta professor Patricia Demers examines the legacy of Miriam Green Ellis, an all-but-forgotten agricultural reporter from the Prairies who refused to be confined to the "women's…
