5 years ago
Toronto Public Health investigating possible transmission of tuberculosis at Postmedia Place
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News
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor
Toronto Public Health officials are investigating three cases of tuberculosis at an office tower in Toronto that houses National Post and Postmedia staff.
Dr. Elizabeth Rea, an associate medical officer of health with the tuberculosis…
5 years ago
‘Nationalize’ Postmedia? That’s just the first step
By Crawford Kilian, for The Tyee
Canadian newspapers have gone through convulsive changes since the 1990s, largely thanks to the Internet. Their corporate owners appear to have shifted business plans. First they tried to save their papers by cutting costs,…
5 years ago
Here is who was laid off today at the Vancouver Sun and The Province
Postmedia announced plans to layoff 54 staff from the Pacific News Group on March 10.
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5 years ago
Postmedia plans to lay off 54 staff at Vancouver Sun and The Province
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor
Postmedia has announced that they plan to lay off 54 staff at the Vancouver Sun and The Province by early April.
A memo posted by Financial Post media reporter Sean Craig on Twitter outlined details…
5 years ago
Postmedia cuts non-unionized staff benefits
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor
Postmedia has made substantial cuts to non-unionized employee benefits, including axing its employment assistance program and eliminating maternity and parental leave top-up payments.
A memo released on March 9 details the changes for both full-time…
5 years ago
Memo: Upcoming Changes to HR Programs at Postmedia
The following memo was sent to all Postmedia staff on Mar. 9, 2017.
Across Postmedia we currently have numerous and varied benefit programs, pension plans and other human resources policies like vacation that apply to various employee groups. In order…
5 years ago
National Post memo details departures from newsroom, newsroom reorganization
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor
A memo sent to National Post staff on Nov. 18 by editor-in-chief Anne Marie Owens details 20 newsroom departures, most the result of a round of buyouts aimed at reducing salary costs at Postmedia by…
5 years ago
Unions demand Postmedia executives reject $2.3 million in bonuses
By The Canadian Press
Unions representing Canadian journalists want five Postmedia executives to reject bonuses totalling $2.275 million as the struggling newspaper chain continues staff reductions.
The company awarded Postmedia president and CEO Paul Godfrey $900,000, CFO Doug Lamb $450,000,…
5 years ago
Postmedia moving majority of local content to A section in four newspapers
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Business
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor
Postmedia editors across Canada have announced plans to move most local coverage to the A section of the print editions in similar editors’ notes that ran in four newspapers on Monday.
The move comes just…
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