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National Observer will now have a trio of finalists up for national journalism awards in May after Emilee Gilpin made the cut as a finalist for an award recognizing Canada's best emerging Indigenous journalist.
On Thursday, the Canadian Association of Journalists announced finalists for its annual awards recognizing the country's best investigative journalism of 2017, including National Observer's managing editor Mike De Souza and reporter Carl Meyer.
Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Canada Corp. agreed to lists of employees who would be terminated as part of their deal last year to swap dozens of mostly community newspapers, Canada's competition watchdog alleges in court documents.
No charges will be laid against a Quebec reporter who was arrested after he requested an interview with a woman who was the subject of one of his stories, Crown officials said Thursday.
Google, Facebook and Twitter are facing criticism for providing a platform for false information to spread, potentially impacting the last U.S. election that saw Donald Trump elected as president.
Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions is still mulling over whether to file charges against a reporter who was arrested after contacting someone for an interview.
National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier.
Gatineau police director Mario Harel admitted Friday that his department was in uncharted territory, but he stood behind a decision to arrest a Radio-Canada journalist this week, despite mounting criticism that the arrest could have a silencing effect on working reporters.
Antoine Trépanier was arrested Tuesday night after spending a few days working on an investigation about a woman who had practiced as a lawyer in Ontario without being a member of the law society.
