Summer 1992

The Drive for Quality at Thomson Newspapers

The Drive for Quality at Thomson Newspapers

This is crap…it’s truly dreadful. This headline doesn’t tell me anything. I…

On Being Fired

On Being Fired

It was mid-May of 1991 and I was fresh off the plane…

Days and Nights on the Kid Shift

Days and Nights on the Kid Shift

It’s seven o’clock on a frigid November morning, and Toronto Star feature…

Ethics R Us

Ethics R Us

As this decade began, the trend watchers in the media predicted that…

On Being Chilled

On Being Chilled

A few hundred years ago, during a night of drunken carousing, young…

Whipping Boy

Whipping Boy

Marty York sits alone at the front of the plane. There are…

Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

In February, 1991, the CBC’s Toronto station, CBLT, aired a clever, facetious…

Blocking Papers

Blocking Papers

Until shortly before showtime on October 8, 1991, producers of CBC’s the…

Cop Out

Cop Out

In June 1987, CBC reporter Claude Gervais and a cameraman rushed into…

Dubious Disctinction

Dubious Disctinction

Stunned silence filled the meeting room. The 11 governors on the board…

Horning In

Horning In

Rick Spence thought it was an easy call. The editor of Profit:…

On the Blink

On the Blink

It was Toronto’s civic event of the season. Last fall’s mayoralty race…

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