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Peter Clemente, a veteran broadcast journalist who worked for CityTV in Vancouver and CKPG in Prince George, B.C., died from a terminal illness on Feb. 12. 

Desbarats, an award-winning journalist who worked with Global Television, Reuters, the Montreal Star and the Toronto Star, has died. 

Faber, managing editor and assistant news director for CTV Vancouver, will travel to Sierra Leone to lead human rights workshops and mentor local radio and TV reporters.

Charles Bury, longtime editor of the Sherbrooke Record newspaper and former chair of the Canadian Association of Journalists, died from advanced liver cancer at 67.

105.9 FM is an independent radio station that offers local news, traffic and weather for York Region, a suburb of Toronto. The station has brought in some recognizable names, including Jim Lang, former host of the morning show on Sportsnet 590 The FAN, and Howard Glassman, also known as Humble Howard. 

Amber Schinkel will join Scott Fee as co-host of Global Calgary's Morning News Show on Feb. 3. She replaces Susanne Fox who left the show in December. 

Toronto Star political journalist Susan Delacourt will be awarded the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism on April 10.  

O’Regan, the former co-host of CTV’s Canada AM and a CTV National correspondent, will mentor and advise entrepreneurs and student innovators over a two-year term at Ryerson. 

LGBT biweekly magazine Xtra has fired one of its well-known journalists, Andrea Houston. Houston was named the 2012 Honoured Dyke for her advocacy and writing, which led to the passage of provincial legislation that forced Ontario Catholic schools to allow students to form gay-straight alliances.

Intini, who held the position of editor at Sportsnet, has been promoted to editor-in-chief by Steve Maich, who left the magazine’s top position to take on a more senior role at the magazine’s parent company, Rogers Media.