Monique Beech named Sun Media’s digital content director
Monique Beech, Sun Media’s national community manager, will become its digital content director on Dec. 20.
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Does Alberta’s Bill 45 threaten media freedom?
Labour legislation passed by the Alberta government at the beginning of December is causing concern not just in government workplaces and union offices, but also in some newsrooms. Bill 45, along with its companion legislation Bill 46, imposes fines for illegal strikes and abolishes arbitration. More than that, though, it bans anyone—whether a union officer or…
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Doug Ford says Toronto Star Daniel Dale’s lawsuit is attempt to sell newspapers
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s brother, councillor Doug Ford, dismissed Daniel Dale’s libel notice as an attempt to sell newspapers. Meanwhile, Michael Cooke, the Star’s editor-in-chief, said Dale will remain as city hall acting bureau chief while the legal proceedings continue.
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Andrew Cash’s urban worker strategy bill tackles unpaid internships
The NDP MP wants Ottawa to create strong, national legislation to tackle unpaid internships. His strategy seeks to get Ottawa on track to clarify its rules and encourage the provinces to commit to a single, strict, standard that outlines how employers can take on interns
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The future of community journalism spells economic survival of rural communities
Local news media can and should be seen as playing a critical role if rural communities hope to be resilient in the face of economic upheaval, writes J-Source innovation editor Rob Washburn in the final part of this three-part weekly series on community journalism.
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Everything a journalism professor should be: Carleton’s Catherine McKercher retires
After 27 years teaching journalism to undergraduate and graduate students at Carleton University, Catherine McKercher is retiring.
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Updated: Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale serves libel notice Mayor Rob Ford, Vision TV for libel
Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale will sue Mayor Rob Ford for libel related to an interview he gave with former media baron Conrad Black on Vision Televison, in which the mayor insinuated that Dale was a pedophile.
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Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale: “Rob Ford is lying about me, and it’s vile”
Toronto Star city hall reporter Daniel Dale says that "literally every single thing" that Mayor Rob Ford told former media baron Conrad Black in a Zoomer TV interview about a 2012 encounter they had "is false in some way." The Ford interview, in which the mayor insinuated Dale was a pedophile, prompted a backlash againt Black,…
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Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot hockey
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, photographer Steve Russell crams in a ton of tips this week on how he shoots NHL hockey, and how it can apply to an arena near you.
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Retired CTV Ottawa anchor Leigh Chapple dies
Leigh Chapple, a retired CTV Ottawa anchor, died at age 58. Chapple retired from 2012 after a 36-year career, according to an article published in The Ottawa Citizen.