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Written on Jan, 26, 2016 by in , , | Leave a comment

Email offers ‘full time contracts of up to four months,’ work from home without bylines   Source:cbc.ca Please click here to read story

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Written on Jan, 08, 2016 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: pewresearch.com Click to read entire story here This weekend, Boston Globe editorial employees received an unusual request: Could anyone run a paper route? Due to problems with the paper’s new distributor, some home subscribers had not received their print editions. About 200 Globe workers responded to the call, and hand-delivered copies to local residents. Although the paper announced Tuesday that it was returning to its …

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Liberals have promised to repeal bill C-377, which passed Senate in June after bitter battle Source: cbc.ca Click here to read the entire story

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Written on Dec, 12, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Source: http://j-source.ca By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The news director of two BC radio stations has resigned over allegations that management asked staff—including editorial staff—to participate in a voluntary one day ad-sales blitz. Sean Eckford was the news director at Coast FM, in Nanaimo and Sechelt, for nine years, and Juice FM, in Duncan, for about a year and half. …

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Written on Dec, 09, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

DAVID S. BARR AWARD FOR STUDENT JOURNALISM DAVID S. BARR was much more than a lawyer to those privileged to know and work with him. He was the Guild’s mentor, advisor, role model, institutional memory and friend. Before starting his own practice and representing our union and others, Barr was a National Labor Relations Board attorney. He was passionate about justice …

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Dear Local President, I am pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the John Belcarz and Dan Zeidler post-secondary education/training memorial scholarships. Two scholarships of $1,000 each are available. The accompanying attachments contain a poster and application form in both English and French (also available on our website: http://www.cwa-scacanada.ca). Please circulate this information to your members. In solidarity, …

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Written on Dec, 09, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Source:theglobeandmail.com   Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Postmedia Network Inc.’s credit rating to the same grade assigned to ailing Greece, warning that the newspaper company could struggle to refinance its high-interest debt and calling its capital structure “unsustainable.” Read entire post here

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Written on Nov, 24, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Source: nationalobserver.com “I’m not going to lose my job over a fart joke,” Dan Murphy recalls Wayne Moriarty, editor-in-chief of The Province newspaper, saying. It was the morning of Friday, June 22, 2012. Murphy, The Province’s long-time staff cartoonist, was meeting with Moriarty in the editor’s office on the fifth floor of the paper’s headquarters on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. The discussion between …

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Written on Nov, 05, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: timescoloinst.com We usually run columns by Jack Knox — such as the great one on Thursday’s front page — but we don’t often write about Jack Knox. Today, we are making an exception. Knox was named British Columbia’s commentator of the year at the annual Jack Webster awards dinner in Vancouver on Wednesday night. – See more at: timesclonist.com

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