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The danger in having media and politics mix in Quebec, writes Toula Drimonis, is that Quebecor, which also owns TV network TVA and cable company Videotron, not only controls how Quebecers see themselves and…

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting offers an annual award, encouraging Canadians to reflect and express themselves through original essays on the link between democracy and the media. J-Source is pleased to republish the…

Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal is well-researched and elegantly written biography of Mike Duffy, from his days as an ambitious kid and his climb out of the Maritimes, to becoming a…

Maclean’s political journalists—Paul Wells, John Geddes and Aaron Wherry—will offer their take on federal politics on a new show on Ottawa’s 1310 station.

It’s not easy to report on the Fords, writes Jan Wong, but the Toronto Star’s Robyn Doolittle is a journalist who has gotten the story right, over and over again. And yet…

The Toronto Star’s coverage of embattled Mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to smoking crack cocaine, helped stabilize fourth-quarter profits at parent company Torstar Corp., according to publisher John Cruickshank. His remarks are noteworthy,…

Vernon, who works as a reporter for Global Edmonton, has been promoted to the network’s provincial affairs reporter in Alberta. He replaces Vassy Kapelos, who joined Global National in Ottawa in December. 

An anonymous email to the Toronto Star's newsroom led to several exclusive stories about the inner workings of Canada's Conservative party. Public editor Kathy English explains why the newspaper published this confidential…

Robyn Doolittle, one of three reporters to view the video of Mayor Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine, will be giving a talk followed by a Q & A. Doolittle is a Toronto…

Journalists on the politics beat have been known to become government staffers and lobbyists eventually. So it's reasonable to assume, Sean Holman writes, that given the instability of the news industry, some…