The National Post named Rob Roberts its new editor-in-chief on Monday. Roberts has held various editorial positions with the Post, including copy editor when the paper first launched in 1998, until departing to lead the Canadian Press’s Atlantic Bureau. Postmedia names Rob Roberts editor-in-chief of the National Post https://t.co/4vnCTndfP3 — J-Source (@jsource) July 8, 2019…
By Colin Perkel A reporter’s last-ditch attempt at blocking an RCMP demand for his background materials in a terrorism case failed Thursday with a judge refusing to stay the production order. In her ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies said the Mounties still have valid reasons to make their demand of journalist Ben Makuch…
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