The Case of the Abandoned Shoe Store
Directly across from the western block of Parliament Hill stands the National Press Theatre at 150 Wellington Street, the traditional site of news briefings for every prime minister since Lester B. Pearson in 1965. Because of an ongoing feud with the national media, however, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has only set foot in the gallery […]
The Great Newspaper War of Woodstock, New Brunswick
Ken Langdon says his upstart and independent Carleton Free Press injects competition into New Brunswick's newspaper landscape. Brunswick News, owner of Langdon's former paper, the Woodstock Bugle-Observer, alleges Langdon used proprietary information for his start-up
Ken Langdon was sitting in a Tim Hortons in Woodstock, New Brunswick, talking with a friend and drinking a black coffee when his cell phone rang. Debbie Bustard, house proctor of a residence for students from New Brunswick Community College that Langdon owns, was calling. Two forensic accountants were at the residence; they had a […]
Not Older, Better
If you scan the glossy covers of women’s magazines on newsstands these days, you’ll see a particular type of woman – young, thin, sexy. Or maybe a celebrity. Or a model. Or maybe food. What you won’t see, usually, are middle-aged women staring back at you. More, launched last March, is designed to be something […]
Metal on Metal
How metal magazines—and their fans—keep the Canadian music magazine industry afloat
On the right night, at the right bar, metal fans show up ready to go. Young men and women, barely old enough to cross the ID line, scan merchandise, buy drinks and wait for the show. At the end of a good night, they’ll stagger, — if not limp — toward the exit doors, disoriented, […]
Blog Rolling at CBC
Some complain the new blogging guidelines are draconian. Others, who wrote their own manifesto on rules of conduct over a year ago, say CBC management extends an olive branch to employee bloggers
On August 3, Inside the CBC posted the entry, “CBC proposes approving employees’ personal blogs.” Within 24 hours, CBC’s official employee blog received 60 replies. Another 40 were posted before the end of the month. Many were unhappy with the ideas proposed by management, and several responses called the rules “heavy handed” and “way over […]
Judgement Day
When Paula Todd was a TVO talk-show host she was both a shoulder to cry on and a tough interrogator. On her new CTV legal program The Verdict, she emphasizes the latter, tossing her acerbic opinion into the mix just to watch the fur fly
Paula Todd sits at a table in a CTV studio room. She wears a smart black suit and pink blouse, with a string of pearls around her neck. Her blond hair frames her strong cheek bones. The tag line for the Wednesday, October 17 edition of The Verdict with Paula Todd reads: “Aggressive Panhandlers.” The […]
And They Throw Erasers Too, Just Like in Public Schools…
In the second of a two-part investigation into the coverage of religion during Ontario's recent election campaign, the Review examines how reporters dealt with a suddenly hot topic, the funding of faith-based schools. Turns out they learned a lot by just hanging out and observing the action at Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools
When Daniel Girard stepped into the Leo Baeck Day School at Bathurst and Eglinton in Toronto, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Uniforms, probably. Reverence, maybe. He did notice yarmulkes adorned with the Maple Leafs logo andSimpsons characters, and shorts and T-shirts worn to Friday afternoon services in the Holy Blossom Temple next to the […]
And then Adam John Bit into the Apple…
In the first of a two-part investigation, the Review examines how the debate over financing faith-based schools played out in Ontario's election coverage. This week, a look at the day Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory was asked whether he would allow creationism to be taught in publicly funded schools
The first item on Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory’s election campaign agenda for Wednesday, September 5 is to tour the Kamin Education Centre, a private Jewish school in Thornhill, Ontario. This morning, the aptly named Leader of the Opposition is here to discuss his plan to fund private religious schools and bring them into […]
