As part of a nationwide restructuring by parent company Bell Media, CTV Calgary is losing three sports reporter/anchor positions in Calgary, Peter Shokeir of the Calgary Herald reports.
Local athletes, other members of Calgary’s sports media and viewers took to social media to show support for Glenn Campbell, Lisa Bowes and Heath Brown, whose positions were affected at CTV Calgary, although what happens to them could ultimately depend on local union procedures.
Canadian hockey icon Hayley Wickenheiser tweeted:
“Very sorry to hear this news. @CTVGCampbell @CTVHeathBrown @CTVLisaBowes . . . great people who did a lot for #yycsports,” Canadian hockey icon Hayley Wickenheiser tweeted.
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Globe and Mail suspends columnist Leah McLaren after breastfeeding controversy
A source told the Star that McLaren, who wrote about her attempt to breastfeed Tory Leadership candidate Michael Chong’s baby without his knowledge and at a time when she was not lactating herself, has been forbidden to comment on her controversial column or on her suspension.
Calls and e-mails to the newspaper were not immediately returned Thursday. McLaren told the Star by email on Thursday that she could not comment.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Former Star medical reporter Marilyn Dunlop dead at 88
Marilyn Dunlop, long-time Toronto Star medical science writer has died at age 88, the Star reports. Dunlop, who studied journalism at the University of Western Ontario, began what would become a 28-year-long career at the Star in 1964.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Author of Maclean’s Quebec malaise piece steps down from post at McGill
The author of a controversial article about Quebec that appeared in Maclean’s magazine this week has stepped down from his post at McGill University, the Canadian Press reports.
Andrew Potter said in a social media post Thursday his resignation as director of the Institute for the Study of Canada was effective immediately.
Potter described Quebec in the article as a “pathologically alienated and low-trust society” with a glaring absence of solidarity.
It stated the events surrounding the recent massive snowstorm that saw 300 cars stranded overnight on a major Montreal highway revealed a malaise that is “eating away at the foundations of Quebec society.”
McGill University said it accepted the resignation but that Potter will remain an associate professor in the faculty of arts.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Vice journalist must turn over materials to RCMP, appeals court rules
The Star's Alyshah Hasham writes:
After VICE Media reporter Ben Makuch published three stories about accused terrorist Farah Shirdon in 2014, the RCMP demanded he hand over all his communications with Shirdon.
The ensuing legal battle that set press freedom against the interests of law enforcement reached the Court of Appeal, which on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision not to quash the order to produce the documents.
The ruling is being criticized by press freedom and civil liberties organizations for putting a “chilling effect” on public interest reporting and free expression.
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