Postmedia newspaper wins Michener Award; Citizen reporter honoured
The Michener Award is Canada’s highest honour for meritorious public service journalism, awarded for the kind of work that asks uncomfortable questions, makes decision-makers squirm and, sometimes,...
View ArticleToday's letters: Defending Jeff Leiper and open access publishing
A letter writer defends Jeff Leiper, while another defends open access and yet another says Canada, really, needs to decide on what it stands for internationally. Got opinions? Write to us at...
View ArticleKiff: Disproportionate funding goes to media linked to Falun Gong
While most of Canada’s conventional media have endured shrinking audiences and revenues in recent years, segments of the ethnic media have seen significant growth thanks to a constant influx of...
View ArticleMacDougall: Tory MP Cheryl Gallant's anti-media rant part of a bizarre...
The most polite thing one can say about Cheryl Gallant’s bizarre “Gallant News Network” video is that it’s no more bizarre than most of the things Cheryl Gallant says or does. The six-term Conservative...
View ArticlePrentice: Enough with the left-wing bias, Ottawa Citizen
Is it just me, or is the Citizen consistently showing favouritism towards the Liberals and leftists in its news columns and editorials? I have no doubt of the paper’s left-wing bias. But I admit I am...
View ArticleThe Capital Builders: How Harvey Glatt brought culture to Ottawa's 'wasteland'
Harvey Glatt was fully expected to take over the family business. The business was the Baker Brothers’ junkyard, the LeBreton Flats institution founded in the early 1900s by Glatt’s maternal...
View ArticleHouse of PainT festival celebrates 14 years of hip hop culture
House of PainT Aug. 24-27, Dunbar Bridge, Brewer Park and other locations Tickets and info: houseofpaint.ca More than 200 urban dancers, hip hop artists, graffiti artists and DJs will congregate this...
View ArticleGoogle is linking secret, court-protected names to online coverage
Google’s powerful search engine is defeating some court-ordered publication bans in Canada and undermining efforts to protect young offenders and victims. Computer experts believe it’s an unintended,...
View ArticleAdam: The library debate is about porn, not free speech
Do people have the right to watch porn in a public library? That’s at the heart of the debate in Ottawa after a woman caught a man watching sexually explicit images at the Greenboro library. There...
View ArticleWoman wins lawsuit against video company for recording her without permission
An Ottawa woman has won a lawsuit that could have profound implications on the right to privacy of people in the age of social media. Basia Vanderveen, a communication strategy consultant, successfully...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....