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Sun Media's national bureau chief David Akin debunks some of the myths surrounding Prime Minister Stephen Harper's dealings with the press, including who chooses the questions the PM answers and whether the…

If you haven’t read this great behind the scenes look at a government trying to control the media, I encourage you to do so. It lifts a veil on how governing parties try…

Linda McQuaig is the third journalist who has entered the race in Toronto-Centre to fill the seat vacated by former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae. 

The CBC and Radio-Canada won't air a TV commercial attacking the federal government's influence on the public broadcaster. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, an independent Canadian media watchdog, launched a campaign Monday aiming…

The federal government is poised to roll out an upgraded version of its open data site. It's one of a growing number of open data sites, and journalists willing to take the time to…

Several media organization, including the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression have launched an advertising campaign to protest Bill C-60. “Our public broadcaster must be at arms…

Last week's stories about a man who appears to be Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what might be crack, raises just about every journalistic issue around responsible reporting and libel that there…

  Sun News Network says Conservative senator Mike Duffy did not lobby the CRTC on its behalf for mandatory carriage, the National Post reported. “He’s not doing anything for us, formally or…

John Gordon Miller writes the Star skirted around the edges of these editorial principles by rushing into print, without anything but a last-minute attempt to get Ford and his people to tell their…

Shocking news is hard to believe. Last night, there was lots of news, plenty of it shocking. The sun was setting on another day, literally, when newsrooms tore up their front pages…