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Updated: Dave Breakenridge joins Edmonton Sun as editor-in-chief
Breakenridge, currently online content editor of the Calgary Sun, will start his new role in Edmonton on June 23.
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Karen McColl wins Gordon Sinclair roving reporter bursary
Whitehorse freelance journalist Karen McColl will use the bursary to fund a canoe expedition to document the impact of development on remote communities along the Mackenzie River.
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Kevin Libin named ME of Financial Post
Libin, the managing editor of news at the National Post, will head the Financial Post. He replaces Grant Ellis, who left earlier this year for BNN.
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CJOB shakes up morning lineup in Winnipeg
The radio station’s news director, Richard Cloutier, and Kathy Kennedy are the new hosts of Winnipeg Morning News, which launched on June 2. The pair replaced popular host Hal Anderson, whom the station…
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Sophie Cousineau leaves Globe for Caisse
The Globe and Mail’s chief Quebec correspondent, Sophie Cousineau, is leaving the newspaper to become chief of staff to Caisse de depot et placement CEO Michel Sabia.
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Louise Egan leaves Reuters to join Bank of Canada
Egan, who covers the Canadian economy and central banking from Ottawa, is leaving Reuters to join the Bank of Canada as a senior communication consultant.
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Washington correspondent Robin Stickley to anchor Early News on Global BC
Global News Washington correspondent Robin Stickley will return to Vancouver to anchor Early News on Global BC. She will replace Deb Hope who retired earlier this year.
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Chantelle Bellrichard wins inaugural CJF Aboriginal journalism fellowship
Bellrichard, an associate producer at CBC Vancouver and a web developer at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, is the winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Aboriginal journalism fellowship.
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National Post names Anne Marie Owens as editor
Owens becomes the first female editor-in-chief of a Canadian national newspaper. She starts in her new role on June 9.
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Long-time CBC anchor Knowlton Nash died at 86
Nash, who spent 37 years with the public broadcaster, died at his home in Toronto.