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Former CTV journalist Seamus O’Regan is seeking the federal Liberal nomination in the Newfoundland riding of St. John's South-Mount Pearl.

Sherring, who is on leave from the Sun, will run in Gloucester-South Nepean. 

Canadian prison officials’ decision to prevent a Star journalist from interviewing Omar Khadr is a breach of the public’s right to know, writes public editor Kathy English. 

The CBC, Toronto Star and documentary producer White Pine Pictures are taking the federal government to court to ask that Omar Khadr be allowed to be interviewed by the media. 

Did the Toronto Star cross an ethical line in reporting information from confidential sources with inside information about Mayor Rob Ford's rehab stint?

It is patently wrong, writes Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead, for political leaders to selectively invite media outlets for some unknown reason to a press conference and also unacceptable to refuse to answer any questions.

An audience member complained that showing a “Vote Justin Trudeau” sign held by demonstrators at a 4/20 rally indicated bias and endorsed the Liberal Party and Trudeau’s position on legalizing cannabis. But the CBC ombudsman's Esther Enkin disagreed.

With federal politicians set to take a break for the summer, it’s worth taking stock of the atmosphere that has existed for journalists covering the prime minister and his cohorts and that threatens to persist until the next federal election.

My union may have made my life more difficult, but it hasn’t compromised my independence, writes the Toronto Star's national affairs columnist Tim Harper.

Sure, computer systems vary across the country, and there are subtle differences in the access provisions in different provinces and at the federal level.  But if a government body in one part of the country can be open with a particular dataset, that’s a good indication that others can be as well, writes Fred Vallance-Jones.