CPAC senior producer Dan Fonda set to retire in August after 27 years with national network

Dan Fonda, who spent nearly three decades with the go-to public broadcaster for politicos, journos and voters across Canada, is retiring in August.
It’s Pierre Poilievre versus the media

We know that he wants to defund the CBC once he’s prime minister, but he’s also just as unhappy with The Canadian Press and by extension the private-sector news firms that created it.
Tech giants play game of chicken with Canada

Meta and Google’s moves to ban Canadian news on their platforms feels more like poker than principle.
David meets Goliath in the internet battle for Canadians’ hearts and minds

If there is a chance to support local media outlets over international internet giants, all politics is local.
Meta ‘not talking’ to Ottawa amid Online News Act dispute, says Heritage Minister Rodriguez

Meta and Google announced plans to end news links in Canada before the Online News Act comes into force.
Press freedom will last only as long as we are willing to fight for it

Press independence, and therefore the quality of news the public gets, is under pressure by interfering owners almost everywhere.
‘Real impact for publishers’: Meta and Google’s responses to Bill C-18 add to turmoil in Canadian media

‘Canada needs to have a strong, free and independent press,’ says Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, adding, ‘it’s fundamental to our democracy.’
Death of a newspaperman: a tribute to Geoffrey Stevens

I have yet to meet anyone with a keener eye for politics or a sharper nose for news, but you’d never know it from how lightly he wore his accomplishments.
We must fight to keep integrity and experience at the forefront of journalism

Veteran reporters like Paul Workman, Daniele Hamamdjian, Tom Walters, and Joyce Napier offered something today’s youth need: a trusting face who cares about what’s going on around the world.
Bell Media job cuts, including seasoned Hill journos, spark worries from fellow reporters and editors

In an internal memo, Richard Gray, Bell Media’s vice-president of news, said it needs to significantly adapt to how it delivers news and will move to a single newsroom approach across brands. But some seasoned reporters got the axe.