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Globe and Mail national affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson held an online Q-and-A with readers today. He was asked the following about the news media's coverage of the election: Catherine Wilkie: It would be worthwhile to know what journalists, specifically Mr. Simpson, think of the state of journalism these days? Were Canadians well-informed in the past [...]
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Globeandmail.com will continue its election hub as a politics hub. Editor-in-chief Edward Greenspon unveiled the not-surprising development today in an editor's note to readers: This new section of our site will provide a blend of news, opinion and features about the federal political scene. We're keeping some of the staples of our election effort. You'll [...]
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Paul Gross's film Passchendaele opened this weekend, but when the 90th anniversary of the battle was marked in 2007, Canada had a limited presence at the ceremonies — especially compared to the attention lavished on Vimy several months earlier. The Globe and Mail's Doug Saunders offered this perspective on Passchendaele — to me, a synonym [...]
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