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![Many journalists in Quebec use enterprise database OpenCorporates while doing their work. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
The Quebec government is trying to limit information accessible on a database of corporations
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Alexandra Bosanac Since their roll-out into bars across Quebec in 1994, video lottery terminals have pulled in millions of dollars a year for Loto-Quebec: some estimates put it at… -
![Will campaigns to revive community TV in the new digital world work? Photo courtesy Jason Rogers/CC BY 2.0.]()
Can community TV be brought back from the brink?
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By David Gray-Donald At one time in Canada, there were around 300 community TV stations. But in 1997, regulatory changes gutted their funding. Two-thirds of those stations have since been shuttered… -
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Updated columnist diversity survey shows representation has not improved since 2014
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Dylan C. Robertson Data collected late last year suggests Canada’s columns have grown even more unrepresentative since a similar 2014 J-Source columnists survey. Canada’s news and general interest columnists… -
![“Bhumika Can Speak For Herself” is a project powered by IBM’s Watson technology. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
“Bhumika Can Speak For Herself” using AI technology
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Tamsyn Burgmann Bhumika Shrestha gazes ahead with attentive eyes, shifts in her seat and awaits the first question: “Did you always know you are transgender?” She takes in the question… -
![The Toronto Women's March on Washington assembles in Nathan Phillips Square. Image courtesy H.G. Watson.]()
Drawing a line between the personal and the professional when it comes to protest
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Katrina Clarke I didn’t march. When tens of thousands of people packed the streets of Toronto for the Women’s March on January 21, I wasn’t there. Not because I don’t… -
![Carrie Mae Best's newspaper, the Clarion, covered Viola Desmond's arrest on the front page of its first edition in 1946. Image courtesy of the Nova Scotia Archives.]()
Meet the two African Nova Scotian reporters who helped bring Viola Desmond’s story to light
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Sandrinette M. Maniania In 2018, Viola Desmond will be the first woman in Canada to grace the $10 bill. Many now know her story, but a few may not know…
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