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    Community newspaper coverage of Sunday’s election call lacking

    While it is said all politics is local, a quick survey of community newspapers sites in British Columbia, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario and the Atlantic region found an overwhelming majority did not have any breaking news regarding the election call Sunday. About 10 per cent of the more than 200 newspapers reviewed had some…

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    Election hub

    With a federal election finally out of the gates, J-Source is your election coverage hub. Find out what other journalists are thinking and doing, share a story, and gain that extra information and insight you need to do your best reporting. To get you started, the Big Issue will regularly highlight new articles on the…

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    Greens and the election debate

    Nobody, so far, has adequately explained why the Green party has not already been included in election debates, even as their popularity rivals that of the Bloc Québécois and in some areas the New Democrats — who are included. In my opinion, media decision-makers have stepped over the line as gate-keepers in election debates. The…