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“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.” -- Hannah Arendt
....with that in mind, go visit our FACT CHECK campaign, promoting credible Canadian news sources: tinyurl.com/2d57ytpz
....with that in mind, go visit our FACT CHECK campaign, promoting credible Canadian news sources: tinyurl.com/2d57ytpz
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November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.” -- Hannah Arendt
....with that in mind, go visit our FACT CHECK campaign, promoting credible Canadian news sources: tinyurl.com/2d57ytpz
....with that in mind, go visit our FACT CHECK campaign, promoting credible Canadian news sources: tinyurl.com/2d57ytpz
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The documents used to smear Canadian journalist
@davidpugliese.bsky.social as a Russian operative were forensically reviewed and deemed "crafted with deliberate intent to deceive"
Former cabinet minister @calxandr.bsky.social needs to explain how & why he acquired them.
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@davidpugliese.bsky.social as a Russian operative were forensically reviewed and deemed "crafted with deliberate intent to deceive"
Former cabinet minister @calxandr.bsky.social needs to explain how & why he acquired them.
More: tinyurl.com/yc5n9tyt
Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus
Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated
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October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The documents used to smear Canadian journalist
@davidpugliese.bsky.social as a Russian operative were forensically reviewed and deemed "crafted with deliberate intent to deceive"
Former cabinet minister @calxandr.bsky.social needs to explain how & why he acquired them.
More: tinyurl.com/yc5n9tyt
@davidpugliese.bsky.social as a Russian operative were forensically reviewed and deemed "crafted with deliberate intent to deceive"
Former cabinet minister @calxandr.bsky.social needs to explain how & why he acquired them.
More: tinyurl.com/yc5n9tyt
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This temporary foreign worker is owed $60,000 in unpaid wages from his time in Canada. He may get nothing.
Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.
Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.
This temporary foreign worker is owed $60,000 in unpaid wages from his time in Canada. He may get nothing
Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This temporary foreign worker is owed $60,000 in unpaid wages from his time in Canada. He may get nothing.
Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.
Migrant workers who prove wage theft are increasingly unable to recover the money they are owed even when Ontario government is trying to collect it.
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Our Fact Check campaign is now live at factcheckhere.ca! On this website you can...
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our Fact Check campaign is now live at factcheckhere.ca! On this website you can...
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
-Find credible news sources
-Read about the importance of fact-checking
-Share our Fact Check campaign content like this ⬇️
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Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.
#canlab #savelocalnews
#canlab #savelocalnews
Unifor’s Fact Checked campaign fights misinformation by boosting Canadian journalism
TORONTO—Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.“The Canadian…
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September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Unifor’s Media Action Plan launched its hard-hitting Fact Checked campaign today with social media, TV and newspaper spots to bring attention to the fight against misinformation.
#canlab #savelocalnews
#canlab #savelocalnews
This campaign is now live. Check it out! www.factcheckhere.ca
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This campaign is now live. Check it out! www.factcheckhere.ca
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On Aug. 1, Emancipation Day, Unifor recognizes this powerful quote from Jean Augustine that serves as an important reminder that historical change can't take place without collective action, backed by solidarity, unity and mobilization.
#Unifor4RacialJustice #canlab
#Unifor4RacialJustice #canlab
Unifor honours Emancipation Day
“Black history is not just for Black people – Black history is Canadian history.”On August 1, Emancipation Day, Unifor recognizes this powerful quote from Jean Augustine, the first Black woman to…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On Aug. 1, Emancipation Day, Unifor recognizes this powerful quote from Jean Augustine that serves as an important reminder that historical change can't take place without collective action, backed by solidarity, unity and mobilization.
#Unifor4RacialJustice #canlab
#Unifor4RacialJustice #canlab
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“Elbows up, do not give concessions to foreign streamers to appease them. It will not work out for us in the end. The answer is regulation and support!”
--Unifor media director @randykitt.bsky.social presented to the CRTC today on Canadian content.
Watch the full presentation: tinyurl.com/2an6wzee
--Unifor media director @randykitt.bsky.social presented to the CRTC today on Canadian content.
Watch the full presentation: tinyurl.com/2an6wzee
May 27, 2025 – Unifor
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) holds a public hearing from May 14 to May 27. 2025 in Gatineau, Quebec, on defining Canadian content and supporting the creation ...
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May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Elbows up, do not give concessions to foreign streamers to appease them. It will not work out for us in the end. The answer is regulation and support!”
--Unifor media director @randykitt.bsky.social presented to the CRTC today on Canadian content.
Watch the full presentation: tinyurl.com/2an6wzee
--Unifor media director @randykitt.bsky.social presented to the CRTC today on Canadian content.
Watch the full presentation: tinyurl.com/2an6wzee
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Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...
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If you work in journalism in the Toronto area, stop by Bad Press XVII this Wednesday!
It's GTA's journalism meetup and this is the special post-election edition at El Mocambo! 🥳
Get your FREE tickets here: tinyurl.com/3pd8msc8
It's GTA's journalism meetup and this is the special post-election edition at El Mocambo! 🥳
Get your FREE tickets here: tinyurl.com/3pd8msc8
May 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you work in journalism in the Toronto area, stop by Bad Press XVII this Wednesday!
It's GTA's journalism meetup and this is the special post-election edition at El Mocambo! 🥳
Get your FREE tickets here: tinyurl.com/3pd8msc8
It's GTA's journalism meetup and this is the special post-election edition at El Mocambo! 🥳
Get your FREE tickets here: tinyurl.com/3pd8msc8
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Journalism jobs alert: Applications are open for Toronto Star's year-long paid reporting and photo internships, as well as the "Radio Room" paid part-time program for students. Here is the link for the year-long reporting internships. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Torstar/7440...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Journalism jobs alert: Applications are open for Toronto Star's year-long paid reporting and photo internships, as well as the "Radio Room" paid part-time program for students. Here is the link for the year-long reporting internships. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Torstar/7440...
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The @cajournalists.bsky.social is launching the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program!
This initiative aims to build a network of trained volunteer news professionals, to help colleagues deal with stress, burnout and other mental health challenges at work.
Apply: tinyurl.com/mpeuftrb
This initiative aims to build a network of trained volunteer news professionals, to help colleagues deal with stress, burnout and other mental health challenges at work.
Apply: tinyurl.com/mpeuftrb
March 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The @cajournalists.bsky.social is launching the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program!
This initiative aims to build a network of trained volunteer news professionals, to help colleagues deal with stress, burnout and other mental health challenges at work.
Apply: tinyurl.com/mpeuftrb
This initiative aims to build a network of trained volunteer news professionals, to help colleagues deal with stress, burnout and other mental health challenges at work.
Apply: tinyurl.com/mpeuftrb
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Following a press boycott and condemnation from the CAJ, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has walked back on his decision to ban media scrums.
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N.S. premier restores legislature scrums amid accusations of assault on press freedom - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
Two weeks ago, Houston ended the long-standing tradition of government ministers having informal exchanges with media — known as scrums — outside the legislative chamber.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Following a press boycott and condemnation from the CAJ, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has walked back on his decision to ban media scrums.
globalnews.ca/news/1105275...
globalnews.ca/news/1105275...
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Two media workers from Ricochet have received a formal apology from the RCMP for acting unreasonably.
A significant victory for journalism in Canada because RCMP have also pledged policy changes to safeguard the rights of journalists!
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read: tinyurl.com/ycdxvrnr
A significant victory for journalism in Canada because RCMP have also pledged policy changes to safeguard the rights of journalists!
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read: tinyurl.com/ycdxvrnr
EXCLUSIVE: RCMP formally apologize for violating journalist’s rights, commit to changes in wake of explosive oversight report
RCMP commissioner issues apology to journalists, accepts CRCC oversight report that found widespread failures to respect press freedom.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Two media workers from Ricochet have received a formal apology from the RCMP for acting unreasonably.
A significant victory for journalism in Canada because RCMP have also pledged policy changes to safeguard the rights of journalists!
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read: tinyurl.com/ycdxvrnr
A significant victory for journalism in Canada because RCMP have also pledged policy changes to safeguard the rights of journalists!
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read: tinyurl.com/ycdxvrnr
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"Social media–fueled junk can quickly fill the void that emerges when reliable local news is difficult to come by."
This is a terrific piece from April Lindgren at @thewalrus.ca -- Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think.
Read: tinyurl.com/238yfmh7
This is a terrific piece from April Lindgren at @thewalrus.ca -- Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think.
Read: tinyurl.com/238yfmh7
February 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Social media–fueled junk can quickly fill the void that emerges when reliable local news is difficult to come by."
This is a terrific piece from April Lindgren at @thewalrus.ca -- Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think.
Read: tinyurl.com/238yfmh7
This is a terrific piece from April Lindgren at @thewalrus.ca -- Local News Is Dying. The Consequences Are Worse Than You Think.
Read: tinyurl.com/238yfmh7
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Several major media companies have just filed a lawsuit against Toronto-based AI company Cohere.
The suit claims Cohere has infringed copyright laws by using content to train software, without permission or compensation.
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The suit claims Cohere has infringed copyright laws by using content to train software, without permission or compensation.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y9zw3z37
February 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Several major media companies have just filed a lawsuit against Toronto-based AI company Cohere.
The suit claims Cohere has infringed copyright laws by using content to train software, without permission or compensation.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y9zw3z37
The suit claims Cohere has infringed copyright laws by using content to train software, without permission or compensation.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y9zw3z37
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🚨MEDIA JOB POSTINGS ALERT🚨
The Canadian Press has posted several opportunities across the country, including reporter, editor and bureau chief!
Take a look: tinyurl.com/33d2kxe5
The Canadian Press has posted several opportunities across the country, including reporter, editor and bureau chief!
Take a look: tinyurl.com/33d2kxe5
February 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🚨MEDIA JOB POSTINGS ALERT🚨
The Canadian Press has posted several opportunities across the country, including reporter, editor and bureau chief!
Take a look: tinyurl.com/33d2kxe5
The Canadian Press has posted several opportunities across the country, including reporter, editor and bureau chief!
Take a look: tinyurl.com/33d2kxe5
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BREAKING: Canada's major news organizations sue ChatGPT maker OpenAI. My story for @torontostar #cdnmedia #tech #ai #chatgpt www.thestar.com/business/can...
Canada’s major news organizations band together to sue ChatGPT creator OpenAI
The suit alleges theft of published media to train software and seeks billions in damages.
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November 29, 2024 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: Canada's major news organizations sue ChatGPT maker OpenAI. My story for @torontostar #cdnmedia #tech #ai #chatgpt www.thestar.com/business/can...
In a case of human intelligence vs. artificial intelligence, Canada's major news orgs — including Torstar — launch lawsuit against OpenAI over "illegal" use of news articles to train its ChatGPT software. Story via @starbeer.bsky.social @torontostar.bsky.social www.thestar.com/business/can...
Canada’s major news organizations band together to sue ChatGPT creator OpenAI
The suit alleges theft of published media to train software and seeks billions in damages.
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:53 PM
In a case of human intelligence vs. artificial intelligence, Canada's major news orgs — including Torstar — launch lawsuit against OpenAI over "illegal" use of news articles to train its ChatGPT software. Story via @starbeer.bsky.social @torontostar.bsky.social www.thestar.com/business/can...