Ontario Newspaper Awards handed out Saturday
HAMILTON - Steve Buist of the Hamilton Spectator and Jason Kryk of the Windsor Star took home the top two prizes Saturday at the annual Ontario Newspaper Awards dinner.Buist won the Martha Blackburn...
View ArticleSpeak up, stand down: What’s top court to do?
OTTAWA - When your reputation is being attacked from behind a cloak of anonymity, do you stand down or do you engage?That's one of the top questions swirling around the current contretemps between...
View Article3 lawyers for journalists held in Egypt quit
CAIRO - Three lawyers representing Al-Jazeera English journalists on trial in Egypt abruptly quit the case Thursday, accusing the Doha-based network of using the arrest of their staff to tarnish the...
View ArticleBan remains in high-profile child porn case
HALIFAX - A provincial court judge in Halifax upheld a publication ban Friday on the identity of a teenaged girl in a prominent child pornography case after her parents asked that their daughter's name...
View ArticlePrince Charles likens Putin to Hitler: report
HALIFAX - The royal visit to Canada has made headlines in Britain's Daily Mail for what the tabloid reported was a remark in which Prince Charles likened Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf...
View ArticlePrince Charles known for frank views: experts
HALIFAX - A media report that Prince Charles likened Russia's president to Adolf Hitler during a private conversation in Halifax is the latest sign that the Prince of Wales is more inclined than his...
View ArticleKnowlton Nash celebrated at funeral
TORONTO - Revered anchorman Knowlton Nash was remembered Wednesday as a devoted family man and top-notch journalist who always had time to help a colleague and steadfastly believed in the CBC.Peter...
View ArticleReport: Mulroney to become Quebecor chair
TORONTO - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is reportedly poised to assume greater responsibility at telecom and media giant Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR:B) The Globe and Mail says the company has...
View ArticleUS justices reject reporter’s bid to shield source
WASHINGTON - A newspaper reporter who has been ordered to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer accused of disclosing classified information lost his bid Monday to get the U.S. Supreme Court to...
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