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After the mayor issued a second apology—a written one this time—Dale announced he will drop his lawsuit against Ford and Vision Television. 

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized to Star reporter Daniel Dale during a city council meeting, saying he did not mean to suggest Dale was a pedophile. But the reporter says Ford’s statement…

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…

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…

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…

With recent reports that camera operators from Global News and a 680 News/CityNews crew were shoved, Centennial College journalism professor Ellin Bessner looks at the challenging work conditions journalists face while covering…

J-Source and Maclean's teamed up to live blog Question Period and explain what the press gallery does during this daily weekday political theatre arena.   

In this behind-the-scenes look, Postmedia News reporters Jordan Press and Mike De Souza explain how they tag-teamed to cover the rapidly evolving senators' suspension debate. They explain the technical and logistical problems…

Municipal politics can be a tough beat to cover, especially for a new reporter. Katie Starr, the council reporter for Norfolk News in southwestern Ontario and recent graduate of Western University’s journalism…

In this analysis of two public apologies made by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, J-Source Law Editor Thomas Rose suggests apology law may be trivializing the value of an apology in public discourse.…