B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell met earlier today with Prime Minsiter Paul Martin in Ottawa, according to a Prime Minister’s Office release. No mention of the meeting is available on the B.C. premier’s website. Campbell is not the only provincial premier haunting the halls on Parliament Hill, either. The Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson reports that [...]
Feb
25
Trek-to-Ottawa 2005: a western budget odyssey?
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Feb
21
It’s been done before, but the Toronto Star’s Tim Harper tries his hand at putting future of blogger-media relations into context. Harper’s take acknowledges that MSM (mainstream media) has already been stirred by the so-called blogosphere, despite its “dismissive approach.” This is nothing new. But what works is Harper’s roundup of sources and items that [...]
Feb
21
If you ain’t broke (for 10 years)…
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Broke students and graduates can mark down this Friday as their first Red Letter Day of the year. According to the House order of business, Parliament will enter second reading debate of an NDP bill (Bill C-236) which amends a section of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act that prevents bankrupt students from defaulting on outstanding [...]
Feb
16
With the strike of his send button, CBC Radio 3′s director Steve Pratt has typed the swan song that will change one of Canada’s most original and inspiring (not to mention public) media projects. In an e-mail newsletter to Radio 3 ‘subscribers,’ Pratt announced today that the online music/new media magazine will shift towards increasing [...]