3 Sun Media staff cut from Parliament Hill Bureau

Christina Spencer, Elizabeth Thompson and Peter Zimonjic were fired from Sun Media's Parliament Hill bureau, Toronto Sun Family reports. Rumours suggest as many as six employees were let go.The news come after the company's announcement it would launch a right-leaning 24 hours news network. Former PM spokesman Kory Tenecyke was recently named head of the Ottawa bureau. Toronto Sun Family reports: "Rue Frontenac, staffed by locked out Journal de Montreal employees, says Sun Media reps from Toronto arrived in Ottawa today to "announce the sad news to Christina Spencer, Elizabeth Thompson and Peter Zimonjic.""The online newspaper says Spencer, Thompson and Zimoniic didn't see it coming and quoted the president of the press gallery as saying they all "have a very good reputation on the Hill." J-Source.ca