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Seamus O’Regan quietly left CTV National News

If you’re wondering why Seamus O’Regan is now filling in on Astral’s Newstalk 1010 shows, it’s because the CTV National correspondent left the show last year. His quiet departure was quite the contrast to the…
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,…
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.…
CTV Atlantic reporter Kayla Hounsell named RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow

Kayla Hounsell, a reporter and weekend anchor with CTV Atlantic in Halifax, was named the 2013 RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow. The $3,000 fellowship allows a working journalist to attend a seminar at…
Official list of Globe and Mail staff who took the buyouts

The Globe and Mail's publisher said in a town hall meeting in April that he'd like to see 60 employees take the buyouts, which represent eight per cent of the company's 770…
Gill Deacon joins CBC’s Here and Now as new host in September

Gillian "Gill" Deacon will join CBC Radio One's Here and Now afternoon radio show as its new host on Sept. 2. "The CBC has played a big part in my career and…
Mike Hornbrook retires from CBC Radio News

Mike Hornbrook is retiring from CBC Radio News after nearly 30 years with the public broadcaster. Mike Hornbrook was the economics correspondent for CBC Radio News. "For nearly a decade, Mike has been…
Chronicle Herald Opinions editor Bev Dauphinee retires

The Chronicle Herald’s long-time Opinion editor Bev Dauphinee is retiring after 35 years with the newspaper. Dauphinee started her career with the Halifax newspaper in 1978 and became one of the country’s first…
Neil Reynolds remembered

Veteran newspaper editor Neil Reynolds died Sunday. Tributes flowed in from newspapers across the country where Reynolds has worked over his long career.
La Presse reporter Laura-Julie Perreault named Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellow

La Presse reporter Laura-Julie Perreault has been named the Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellow. [node:ad] Perreault will join 11 other foreign journalists and 12 American journalists as Nieman Fellows at Harvard…