Updated: Postmedia to buy Sun Media English papers for $316 million
Postmedia Network has struck a $316-million deal with Quebecor to purchase 175 Sun Media English-language newspapers and digital properties.
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Stories that whisper, instead of screaming
For a seven-day stretch, TC Media writers filed stories from their communities that sought to capture small yet poignant moments.
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Around the world: Growing tensions in Israel leads Canadian world headlines
The growing tensions between Israel and Palestine following two deadly attacks Monday led many Canadian world sections Tuesday
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Josh Wingrove on how he captured that dramatic video of the shooting on Parliament Hill
The Globe and Mail’s dramatic video of a police gunfight with an armed shooter, shot by politics reporter Josh Wingrove, has been seen around the world.
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Ottawa Shooting: News as immediate, messy, public process
Social media has changed how we know and respond to events.
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Around the world: U.S. midterm elections lead Canadian world headlines
By Adam Jönsson, for the International Reporting Bureau at Humber College The results of the U.S. midterm elections led many Canadian world sections Wednesday. The Globe and Mail ran its election coverage above the fold on its front page. The story by Paul Koring ran under the headline ‘‘White House faces paralysis as Republicans take the…
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Around the world: German celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall lead Canadian headlines
Canadian media documented the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with significant coverage.
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Graphic: Newspaper ownership concentration in Canada
By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor Postmedia’s plan to buy all of Sun Media’s 175 English-language newspapers and websites has many reporters and commentators concerned about the concentration of media ownership. If this deal is approved by the Competition Bureau, Postmedia would become one of the largest media companies in Canada. But the situation is more complex than…
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Cindy Witten named senior director of CBC Radio talk department
By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor Cindy Witten is joining the CBC as senior director of the Radio Network Talk department. She starts her new role on Sept. 22 and will oversee the production of all network programming on Radio One, including shows such as The Current, Q and As It Happens. “Cindy is the perfect person to lead…