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The HuffPost Canada union is dead. Long live the HuffPost Canada union
The workers of HuffPost Canada got to have a union for two weeks, but its impact will last a lifetime -
![Collage of two stories on Winnipeg Free Press website: On left, "Complicated road to community New book tracks growth, development of Manitoba's 20,000-strong Muslim population". On right, Steinbach pastor hounded for vaccination ad participation"]()
Free Press religion reporter on how the paper is restoring faith in Winnipeg news coverage
The two-year-old beat, funded by different religious groups, is fostering community engagement and providing new revenue -
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True crime’s influence on an era of internet sleuths raises ethical concerns
In a genre constantly questioned for its ethics, how should people go about being respectful consumers? -
![A nurse is reflected in a window as she puts on personal protective equipment to treat a COVID-19 patient inside the intensive care unit of Humber River Hospital in Toronto on April 20, 2021.]()
‘People just need proof:’ How health-care media barriers and government obstruction shaped the story of the pandemic
Despite ‘hitting a bureaucratic wall,’ journalists explain the importance of challenging hospital media restrictions -
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How journalists informed audiences in a data-filled era
The pandemic has shown the value of a data-literate news media -
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Could a dedicated disinformation beat help address the infodemic in Canada?
From vaccine hesitancy to the rise of far-right extremism, COVID-19 has mainstreamed conspiracy theories at an astonishing rate, with devastating impacts — but the handful of reporters and researchers addressing them in Canada say they don’t have the resources to respond to the country’s dis- and misinformation crisis alone -
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How the Toronto Star used TikTok to cover the election
'More [important] than the tools is the willingness to change and learn and pick up a new platform' -
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Inside the raid on Fairy Creek’s HQ: Violence, arrests and media exclusion
Clay Nikiforuk and Aleisha Langmann were in the Fairy Creek area from Aug. 7 to 14, on assignment for Ricochet. In addition to covering the RCMP’s offensive against the HQ camp, we wanted to find out if media access had improved in the wake of a court ruling that found police conduct towards journalists was unlawful -
![People gather on East Hastings Street to remember Thomus Donaghy, an overdose prevention worker who was stabbed to death on July 27, 2020, while he was on duty.]()
One year on the Downtown Eastside beat
Jen St. Denis shares how reporting exclusively on one Vancouver neighbourhood has changed her approach to journalism -
![A dog walks near the Church of the Holy Family in Łutsël K’é, Northwest Territories. The church was built near the present day settlement in the 1930’s and moved to its current location at the tip of the peninsula—one of the tallest and most recognizable structures in the community.]()
A truer North
Local journalists from northern Canada are trying to build a better, more representative system
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