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RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story
By May 16, 2012 03:50 pm 11 commentsOTTAWA - The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing story involving the decision to sole-source the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter, claiming it was a breach of national security, The Canadian Press has learned. Read more…
Filed inReporters will remain free to report on animal disease outbreaks: minister
By May 15, 2012 03:45 pm 1 commentsThe British Columbia government has no intention of restricting journalists from reporting on disease outbreaks on farms, said Agriculture Minister Don McRae. Read more…
Levant's latest rant about Tyee 'dead wrong' says editor
By May 10, 2012 11:36 pm 23 commentsRight-wing television host Ezra Levant spent some of his May 9 Sun TV program making false claims about The Tyee. Read more…
Filed inHuffington Post to launch BC, Alberta editions
By May 8, 2012 02:56 pmThe Huffington Post Media Group today announced plans to launch two new regional website in Canada: HuffPost British Columbia and HuffPost Alberta. Read more…
Filed inGlobe to Harper govt: Stop 'smearing' green critics
By May 7, 2012 09:57 am 10 commentsThe federal government's claim that Canada's environmental movement is "laundering" money for foreign charities is apparently part of a deliberate campaign to "smear and intimidate" its critics, reads a Globe and Mail editorial. Read more…
In protest of library staff cuts, VPL workers will leaflet writers fest
By May 4, 2012 10:39 amUnionized workers at the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) are feeling the bite of $500,000 worth of planned staff hour cuts, which union members plan to protest by leafleting the May 9 Vancouver International Writers Festival at the VPL, said Alexandra Youngberg, president of CUPE Local 391. Read more…
Mulcair declares himself friend of reporters, foe of Harper
By May 3, 2012 09:54 am 16 commentsNDP Leader Thomas Mulcair vowed to work alongside journalists to fight against the Harper government’s lack of transparency at The Canadian Association of Journalists conference on Sunday. Read more…
Filed inWill Conrad Black step out of U.S. prison a new man?
By May 3, 2012 09:00 am 6 commentsDon't expect a brand new man when Conrad Black, Canada's most famous former press baron, emerges from a Florida prison and sheds the jumpsuit. Read more…
Filed inColleen Kimmett’s Tyee piece nominated for National Magazine Award
By May 2, 2012 05:06 pm 3 commentsColleen Kimmett is a finalist for a National Magazine Award in the category of Best Short Feature, the nod coming for her Tyee-published first-person account of falling in and out of love with raising chickens in her Vancouver backyard. Read more…
Filed inAnother change in BC Premier Christy Clark's office
By May 2, 2012 11:05 am 12 commentsThe deputy press secretary in Premier Christy Clark's office who is married to a CBC legislative reporter is leaving to take a communications job in a government ministry. Read more…
Filed inBC makes another attempt to restrict election advertising
By May 1, 2012 04:12 pm 5 commentsAfter losing in court, the British Columbia government is trying again to restrict third parties from advertising before elections. Read more…
UBC Indigenous reporting class tackles Aboriginal health
By April 23, 2012 04:26 pmCanada's first Indigenous reporting class at the University of British Columbia has set out to prove the story of Aboriginal health issues in Canada isn't all doom and gloom with the release feature stories on Aboriginal health issues--and solutions--and a series of radio stories running on CBC this week. Read more…
Filed inBraving the barbs: leaders battle it out in final Alberta election debate
By April 19, 2012 02:28 pm 4 commentsParty leaders battling it out in the final days of the Alberta election campaign braved the barbs of a live studio audience in a final debate before Monday's vote.
Liberal Leader Raj Sherman, struggling for traction much of the campaign, set the tone by suggesting the election has turned into a choice between bullies and bigots. The bullies reference was a shot at the Progressive Conservatives, who have faced allegations they have used heavy-handed tactics to silence critics. Read more…
Filed inThe importance of the Charter - and press freedom
By April 17, 2012 12:47 pm 3 commentsAlong with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadians' right to freedom of the press turned 30 years old today. But as Ivor Shapiro asked in a column here in February: does anyone really care? Read more…
Filed inTransgendered BC woman to compete for Miss Universe
By April 4, 2012 12:03 pm 4 commentsLOS ANGELES, Calif. - A British Columbian woman originally barred from the Miss Universe Pageant because she was born a male has been given the thumbs up to participate in the competition and there's a suggestion her case might allow others like her to take part in future. Read more…
Filed inTransgendered BC woman may get another shot at Miss Universe title
By April 3, 2012 10:30 am 5 commentsVANCOUVER - The case of a transgendered Vancouver woman kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada pageant reached a new high on Monday, pitting Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization against a prominent American lawyer. Read more…
Filed inBudget highlights: Old age security, packing in the penny
By March 29, 2012 02:50 pm 8 commentsOTTAWA - Highlights from the Conservative government's 2012 budget, released Thursday. Read more…
Filed inForum aims to help local politicians make 'progressive' change
By March 28, 2012 03:40 pmA two-day conference starting Friday will bring together B.C. politicians, policy-makers, educators and others who are at the cutting edge of social change -- and finding that edge close to home. The range of workshops at The Future Is Local Civic Governance Forum, to be held at Harrison Hot Springs, reflects various hot button issues local public officials face these days, said Charley Beresford, executive director of The Columbia Institute, which is putting on the event. Read more…
Will social media determine next NDP leader?
By March 23, 2012 03:50 pm 12 commentsAs New Democrats vote in the first round of their leadership election on Friday, a website has already ranked the candidates by their use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Read more…
Tyee editor answers questions posed by Levant
By March 20, 2012 11:25 am 17 commentsTyee editor David Beers was traveling down a highway with his family on holiday when emailed questions from Ezra Levant arrived yesterday morning. Levant's controversial views on 'ethical oil' and who has the right to journalistically explore important questions involving the oil sands and Canada's energy future were satirized in the video "Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap" published by The Tyee last week. Afterwards, Levant used his Sun TV show to attack The Tyee. Preparing a second show designed to do the same, he sent the questions below Monday morning. By the time the queries made it to Beers, there was no time to answer them before the deadline Levant provided. Read more…
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Ezra Levant fires back at Tyee over puppet rap satire
Bell acquires one of Canada's last independent media firms
Christy Clark supporter Harry Bloy resigns from cabinet
LA Times showcases BC's lessons from Climate Action Plan
Robocalls issue keeps bloggers, tweeters active over weekend
MPs should defeat Internet snooping bill, says poll
Protest against Vic Toews in Richmond today
Critic calls Vancouver police statements on Bill C-30 'misleading'
Scientist apologizes for using fake name to obtain Heartland docs
Toews must go says National Post editor, and the tweets roll on
Minister Toews attacked by twittersphere over Bill C-30
BC fighting to keep secret its reason for keeping secrets
Judge rejects cameras in court for Stanley Cup riot sentencing
BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
Rural reporters can't make a living, says former Nelson Post editor
Federal bureaucrats pose as 'new Canadians' on Sun News citizenship ceremony
Statistics Canada to make much more data available for free, starting Wednesday
Month on welfare challenge wins more media attention than years as critic
Media outlets post Vancouver riot photos online before handing over to police
CBC ombudsman finds conflict in reporter's link to Premier Clark's office
The page after that contains:
Canadians joining Wikipedia in protesting proposed US anti-piracy law
CTV's Taggart: Getting anchor job brought out the mean in some 'friends'
Tyee's Nikiforuk, Sun's Skelton touted as Canadian Newsperson of Year
BC gov't can't hide ministers' records from FOI with 'Out of Scope' claims
Paywalls coming to New Brunswick, ending free access to online news
Docs show 'harperization' of government communications
Major ad company refuses to run anti-coal billboard, says enviro group
Black Press to quash anonymous comments
Twitterverse covering BC municipal elections
CRTC reverses controversial usage-based billing decision
BC to spend 'lots' advertising jobs plan, says minister
BC preparing to advertise Premier Clark's jobs plan
What to expect at this weekend's Media Democracy Days in Vancouver
Minister Bell apologizes for guide's gay tourism gaffe
No mention of 'gay tourism' allowed, BC guide warns
BC government withholds FOI responses from open info website
Occupy Vancouver tent dweller wins Last Candidate Standing contest
BC politics website Public Eye to suspend publication
Tories want CBC to turn over internal files to Commons committee
Tyee wins gold, silver Canadian Online Publishing Awards
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