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CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin discusses climate change reporting and why what reputable agencies, such as NASA and NOAA, have to say is worth discussing.

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[[{“fid”:”3129″,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fields”:{“format”:”media_original”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:””},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“style”:”height: 258px; width: 180px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-media-original”},”link_text”:null}]]By Sylvia Stead, public editor for the Globe and Mail The headline above was on my column on grammatical mistakes that appeared in Saturday’s Focus section. It was penned by a very clever editor, Victor Dwyer: a wordsmith, writer and, if I may say, grammar nerd with…

Sylvia Stead on the grammatical errors caught by readers of The Globe and Mail.

Great reporters ask why and refuse to be stopped until they have the answers citizens need.

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Republishing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad would be a violation of the Star’s policy regarding respect for religion.

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