Mr. Arthur in @TheStar.com gets the Travis Dhanraj nothing burger exactly right: a feast for CBC hating neofascist nutbars and nobody else.
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The testimony of Travis Dhanraj was absurd: he misrepresented his time at CBC in multiple ways, and a huge swathe of Canadian conservatives saw what they wanted to believe. In a way, it was a very instructive example of how Canada’s conservative sausage is made. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Interesting piece - might have noted impact of Quebec 33 pc tuition hike for out of province students, eight year tuition freeze in Ontario and made more of the fact SFU hasn't been part of the Canadian university athletics scene for a long time but the funding squeeze in real
Vulnerable communities are being targeted by right-wing, bad faith personalities in the wake of a national tragedy.
Media can ensure they’re following best practices & avoid stoking an increasingly emboldened hate movement.
@transjournalists.org guide + more resources for covering Tumbler Ridge:
For sure - 4 is a very unlucky number for Chinese people
Elly was a mentor and friend. An extraordinary intellect.
I’ll miss you old friend.
He had a huge influence on all he worked with and on political journalism and on politics and the media s through more than 40 years at Carleton, 23 at the CBC and 30 years doing public policy and strategic communications work - he was a friend and wise counsel on so many things - he will be missed
I was also working on something about #HonestReporting but @jsource.bsky.social beat me to it. Impressive investigation by bsky.app/profile/spar... who has much more to report than I did. Read it here: j-source.ca/honestreport... #cdnmedia #journalism #cdnpoli #Israel #Gaza #Palestine
Carney Stakes Canada’s Auto Future on E.V.s as It Pulls Away From the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/w...
A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine.
Media workers spoke with @sparksriley.bsky.social about the perils of the relentless intimidation and disinformation manufactured by a ‘digital army for Israel:’
One of the most important stories published by @jsource.bsky.social. A comprehensive account of how so-called HonestReporting and its charitable organization have directed their power and money towards intimidating journalists in Canada. Brilliant reporting and writing by @sparksriley.bsky.social
all good points and the BQ became the official opposition n the 93 election
USA and Europe. One is an economically dysfunctional place of violence and no-go streets, restricted freedoms and censored media, immigration crises and a non-growing population whose choices threaten the ruin of a great civilization.
And then there’s Europe.
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Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
You can't make up what goes on in Alberta politics. One of the wildest stories I have ever reported.
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Canada's federal government is subsidizing an Ottawa tech company that provides wiretapping tools to ICE, the agency leading President Donald Trump’s violent mass-deportation campaign. thelogic.co/news/exclusi... Exclusive by @davidreevely.bsky.social in @thelogic.co #cdnpoli
Algonquin College plans to cut 30 more programs, including its excellent journalism school. www.algonquincollege.com/operational-...
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind - thelocal.to/cataract-sur...
What seems like a disproportionately large number of Venezuelans signing with the only MLB team in Canada. Why is anyone's guess.
We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
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"We don't have the infrastructure to be able to take up an investigation, to be able to levy fines or to ban social media companies," said Kaitlynn Mendes, a professor in inequality and gender at Western University "This is a huge problem."
(Gus Haynes stands up in the middle of the Wire's Baltimore Sun newsroom)
Folks, it's Monday! Gotta get your CAJ Award entries in by Tuesday, if you want to get one of those pretty little gold or silver certificates!!!!
More than 20 years ago, MPPs across all parties pledged to make Ontario completely accessible to people with disabilities by 2025. With that date past, advocates say the process has been a failure, by @jeffreybgray.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...
That’s certainly consistent with everything i have read on the issue - and who would have thought so many new students would create a KW housing problem
