“You might very well think that, but I couldn’t possibly comment — that matter is before the courts!” Shazaam! Just like that you’re out of trouble.
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About ninety journalists have been cut from the Postmedia chain across the country, according to a memo from CEO Paul Godfrey. In Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton newsrooms will be merged but there will be no closure of any Sun chains. It’s unclear how many journalists were let go from each newsroom but CANADALAND was told the Ottawa Sun will be operating with just two editorial employees.
Thirteen Toronto Star employees have been laid off today, CANADALAND has confirmed. In a memo to staff, editor-in-chief Michael Cooke said ten tablet employees and three digital employees will be leaving the company in light of the Star closing its print centre. The Star will also be outsourcing customer service and administration work, which will affect about 15 staff according to an email send to the newsroom by publisher John Cruickshank. The memos are below.
NOT SORRY is fond of unsympathetic loudmouths, so it’s a good week when Kevin O’Leary makes the headlines. It seems the entire oil sector is on Shark Tank so he’s offering one million dollars to the scrappy industry provided they subvert democracy.
In the face of a lockout, the Chronicle Herald has been looking for recent journalism school graduates to fill the positions of their workers. The union has threatened to expose those freelancers.
Griffin Poetry Prize founder and bankroller Scott Griffin is no longer associated with General Kinetics Engineering Corporation, the manufacturer of shock absorbers for armoured vehicles destined for Saudi Arabia as part of Canada’s $14-billion arms deal with the country, a spokesperson for the Griffin Poetry Prize has confirmed.
A weekly panellist on Radio-Canada Acadie’s drive-home radio show, L’heure de pointe Acadie, has been fired for trying to correct misinformation published by the French-language public broadcaster.
The firing of New Brunswick’s chief medical officer has raised questions among the community about possible corporate influence on government and has prompted corporate giant JD Irving to demand the removal of a CBC article.
Canada’s pre-eminent fashion commentators were aflutter about the Trudeaus’ interview in Vogue.
