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Nelson: Trying to define who's a journalist is a pointless exercise
Being called a journalist has always made me uneasy. Ted Byfield got it right. He called us — even the women — newspapermen. They were lost souls, who’d left school without a degree, started work for...
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Breakenridge: Lesson about meddling may have been lost on NDP
It was already obvious a month ago, but it should be abundantly clear now: the Alberta government has no business deciding who is a journalist. It’s just unfortunate that reaching such a...
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Longtime Calgary Sun columnist/editor mourned
His quiet and calm exterior often concealed a razor-sharp wit and a vast wealth of knowledge about politics at every level. Roy Clancy, a longtime Calgary Sun columnist and editorial page editor, lost...
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U of A professors say early coverage overreacted about risk to kids using...
Eggs sizzling in a frying pan; that’s the image that some media portray of your child’s brain when watching TV, or these days, when they’re glued to their smartphone or tablet. But it looks like that...
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Federal government has 'made good' on promise to unmuzzle scientists
One year after government scientists were effectively unmuzzled, the federal science minister says they’ve come a long way with the policy but there’s still a change in culture taking place in the...
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Breakenridge: It's the media's job to report the facts, not to cover them up
Last October, fears were high about a possible backlash against the Blood Tribe after one of its members was charged with the horrific beating and sexual assault of a young Lethbridge woman. No doubt...
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Rural first responders express concern over new Alberta provincial radio network
It’s a communication breakdown that some rural emergency workers fear could cost lives. Issues about cost, interoperability and poor reception have some first responders in rural areas concerned about...
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Home-Douglas: Global warming? Who will notice when they're glued to their...
By Pierre Home-Douglas I don’t know why people are so concerned with events like global warming. Quite frankly, I don’t think anyone will really notice when the polar ice sheets melt and the oceans...
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Rogers to expand CityNews into Calgary by winter 2018
Rogers Media announced Monday it will be expanding its news program, CityNews, into Calgary by the winter of 2018. It’s part of a wider expansion that will also see local versions of the program air in...
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Gord Gillies to replace Bruce Kenyon as morning host on News Talk 770
Gord Gillies, longtime co-anchor of Global News Hour at 6, will be shifting to the radio airwaves this August, replacing Bruce Kenyon as the morning news host on News Talk 770. The Morning News with...
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Family-friendly things to do on the Canada Day weekend in Calgary
The headline is a bit of a giveaway: most of the family fun this weekend is generated by the nation’s 150th birthday. Rather than reinventing the Maple Leaf, I will simply direct you to our...
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Councillor warns Calgary's thin blue line is dangerously stretched
Spending money on policing during tough economic times is a sound investment. That’s the reaction from city politicians in the wake of Tuesday’s police budget showdown between Chief Roger Chaffin and...
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Cox: Liberals refuse to ensure media can continue to gather local news
By Bob Cox The federal Liberal government has ignored its own members of Parliament – again. Anyone following the furor over proposed changes to small business taxes won’t be surprised by this. But it...
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Fortney: Youth mental health summit gives the tools to survive and thrive
They are two young men accustomed to living in the public eye, both of them funny, quick-witted and seemingly fearless. On Thursday, Andrew Phung and Graham Mosimann are once again in fine, fearless...
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New Calgary police media guidelines intended to impose consistency in...
New Calgary police guidelines on speaking to the media will impose consistency while maintaining transparency, Calgary’s top cop says. After Tuesday’s Calgary Police Commission meeting, chief Roger...
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Calgary's New Central Library slated to open in one year, ahead of schedule
Calgary’s New Central Library entered its final chapter Tuesday, as officials celebrated the one-year countdown to the building’s grand opening. The doors of the $245-million landmark, built over a...
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Calgary author Simon Rose explores a 'nasty, horrible dystopian world' with...
The demolition of Calgary’s General Hospital in the 1990s is as good a place as any to find inspiration for a dystopian science-fiction tale. But author Simon Rose says it wasn’t so much the 1998...
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