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Ever since the 1919 launch of the New York Daily News, the headlines in America's oldest tabloid have reflected the gut-level pulse of the robust city. When then-President Gerald Ford [...]

No one expected Napoleon to retreat from the steppes of Russia, or Conrad Black to dispossess himself of the newspapers he has spent most of a lifetime acquiring. But there [...]

Time is the enemy of people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by motor neuron [...]

The claims were extravagant. It wasn't just a remarkable find: a paleontological site in North Dakota's Hell Creek formation that was chock full of impeccably preserved fossils. Those fossils were [...]

It was hot when you arrived. I think it was the summer of 1887, but it could have been much earlier. All I know is how badly Marvin Stone from [...]

Last year, astronomers spotted an unusual interstellar object moving through the solar system at the breezy pace of 26 km per second. Named 'Oumuamua--from the Hawaiian for 'scout'--various theories emerged [...]

On a recent sunny morning, after the Saint John River floodwaters had finally receded, Ruby Henry arrived at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick with a plastic grocery bag, hopeful [...]

DAVID-AND-GOLIATH tales are rare in politics. That's only one reason why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory over 10-term Democrat incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York district primary in June saw [...]

The article discusses the owner of the Chinese paper recycling company Nine Dragons Paper, Zhang Yin, who is the world's wealthiest woman.

Presented is a list of 30 Canadian businesses dedicated to environmental protection and includes the Aecon Group, BC Biomedical Laboratories and Bentall LP.

The changes have been anything but conservative at Canada's unabashedly right-wing national daily. After months of speculation that CanWest Global Communications Corp. was set to fold its perennially money-losing National Post, the paper was granted a reprieve. Ken Whyte, editor-in-chief, and Martin Newland, his deputy--the duo behind the Post's cheeky mixture of agenda-driven news, pointed commentary and unapologetic fluff, have left to pursue unspecified "opportunities." Leonard Asper, CanWest chief executive, announced a three-year plan to make the paper profitable and appointed his older brother David to oversee the flagship. Matthew Fraser, a media commentator and journalism professor with no previous management experience, was named editor-in-chief. More and more Post reporters have been showing up on TV screens, and the content of the chain's daily papers across the country has become increasingly standardized--a trend that seems sure to intensify as the company struggles to get out from under a $3.6-billion debt load.

To mark his company's 40th anniversary in June, Wayne McLeod consumed piece of birthday cake at 19 of the firm's 29 manufacturing plants around the world. McLeod is president and [...]

Focuses on Canada's dominant newspaper owner CanWest Global Communications Corp. and the role of president and chief executive officer Leonard Asper and founder and executive chairman Izzy Asper. Scrutiny they are receiving based on the question of what they will do with the assets; Goals of the media company, which has been a family enterprise; Issue of debt; Controversy surrounding its plan to publish centrally written editorials in the major Southam papers.

In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, the Canada Revenue Agency is vowing to recoup $2.6 billion by hunting down tax dodgers who use offshore accounts. The initiative involves [...]

States Conrad Black, Canada's erudite and archly conservative media baron, has agents meeting with `New York Daily News' unions and creditors to discuss details of a rescue bid for the bankrupt 73-year-old newspaper. Black already owns 102 daily and 199 weekly papers. His flagship London `Daily Telegraph'; History of the `Daily News'; Effects of the death of Robert Maxwell; Labor concessions sought; Black's former dealings with combative unions; Other possible buyers.

Turns out the wimple is an imperfect defence system: critics are after Mother Teresa again. Based on an exhaustive reading of the literature detailing her good works, three Canadian scholars [...]

Ann Weiszmann has an understandable fascination with Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews by giving them doctored identity papers called 'shutz-passes.' After all, her mother, [...]

In an attempt to counter the hype and hoopla surrounding the launch of Conrad Black s revamped Ottawa Citizen last week, its underdog rival, The Ottawa Sun, unleashed a puckish [...]

HOW MUCH IS a newspaper worth in the age of the Internet? If you live in New Brunswick, the answer might be nothing at all. Or perhaps even less. The [...]

This article discusses how retail company Victoria's Secret may be destroying the habitat of the caribou in Canada in order to create its catalogs. Victoria's Secret, the U.S. purveyor of much bodacious lingerie, is struggling to assuage critics who accuse it of contributing to the demise in Canada of the threatened woodland caribou. Victoria's Secret prints and mails, on average, well over one million catalogues a day to promote its form-enhancing women's undergarments, sleepwear and clothing. But according to ForestEthics, a San Francisco-based environmental watchdog, about 25 percent of the paper in those catalogues comes from trees felled in Canada's virgin boreal forest, where the caribou live. Last fall, ForestEthics launched a cheeky ad campaign dubbed "Victoria's Dirty Secret." Featuring an arresting photo of a woman in a black merry widow wielding a chainsaw, it calls on the public to pressure the company to stop using paper from endangered forests, to use more recycled paper, and to stop publishing so many catalogues. Anthony Hebron, spokesman for Limited Brands, the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Victoria's Secret, says its catalogue practices are changing.

In the age of convergence, where fearsome local editors have taken a back seat to faceless corporate managers from out of town, the romantic good old days at the [Montreal Gazette[ are slipping fast into nostalgia, alongside the three-martini lunch, felt fedoras thrown on the ice at the Forum, and the let-them-deny-it approach to sensational copy. The paper became part of a megadeal that saw the Asper family's CanWest Global Communications Corp. of Winnipeg gain control of the Southam newspapers from media mogul Conrad Black. The Gazette was a building block of the fabled Montreal Anglo establishment which controlled much of Canada's economy, to say nothing of national politics, through most of the last two centuries. Journalists complain about the Aspers' bottom-line-driven style of management. The Gazette has been a special place since its inception. One of its backers was an American, Benjamin Franklin, and its first publisher was a Voltairean freethinker from France.

Six years ago, the Oxford English Dictionary officially added the term 'intersectionality' to its lexicon, and in 2017, Merriam Webster followed suit--because, as it explained, 'Lately, the word seems to [...]

I still have the handwritten notes I jotted down in a three-ring Hilroy notebook on Jan. 8, 2008-the date of my first radio reporting class. You were the professor. I [...]

The 95-year-old wrote of the disappointment of an empty mailbox, and the joy of a handwritten note. Maclean's readers responded. There is satisfaction in the feel of the paper. The [...]

The article discusses an academic publishing initiative in which the peer-review process can be fast-tracked if researchers are willing to pay a fee. Topics discussed include the involvement of members of the journal Scientific Reports' editorial board in protesting this decision, the practices of so-called predatory publishers that critics claim will publish any research for a fee, and the fact that research from Asia is often published in journals that publish for a fee.

Canadian author Nino Ricci made a splash last week with an open letter to Globe and Mail editor John Stackhouse and publisher Phillip Crawley expressing heartfelt concern for the paper's [...]

"The Reluctant Refugee" is a personal account of the author's experience as one of the first Syrian refugees to arrive in Canada in 2014. The author discusses their journey to Canada through private sponsorship and highlights the challenges and stereotypes faced as a refugee. They also reflect on their experiences as a queer man in Syria and their involvement in the underground queer community and journalism. The author describes their journey from Lebanon to Canada, the challenges they faced upon arrival, and their eventual success in building a new life. They advocate for improvements in the refugee sponsorship process and share their current involvement in sponsoring another refugee. [Extracted from the article]

Canada's immigration policies have been linked to a housing crisis and strained social services. The government's admission of too many people without a plan for housing has resulted in tent encampments, high rent, and limited access to healthcare. The Liberal government initially denied responsibility but later acknowledged their policies played a role. This crisis has caused a decline in support for the Liberals and an increase in anti-immigration sentiment. Canada's history of immigration has included exclusion and racism, but in recent years, the country has been seen as inclusive. However, the recent crisis has shifted public opinion. The Conservative Party has moved towards mainstream views on immigration, while the Liberal Party has adopted more pro-immigration policies. The Trudeau government appointed Dominic Barton to advocate for increasing the number of permanent immigrants each year. The Liberal Party has made it easier to immigrate, but this has led to a population growth that surpasses available housing and raises concerns about accommodating newcomers. Critics argue that high levels of immigration may not be the solution to the housing crisis and could hinder economic productivity. Policymakers should address these concerns and ensure Canada can provide for new Canadians before bringing them into the country. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses various individuals who are shaping the Canadian education system. Marc Miller, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, is working to address issues with Canada's international-student program, which has become a cash cow for underfunded universities and colleges. François Legault, the Premier of Quebec, has implemented tuition hikes for out-of-province undergraduates to protect the French language, leading to lawsuits from McGill and Concordia universities. Other figures mentioned include Scott Moe, who has sparked a debate on parental rights in schools, and Melissa Cash, who has developed an educational app for children. [Extracted from the article]

The pandemic--and one very bad winter--have exposed long-standing gaps in Canada's pharma supply. We can't get caught off-guard again. LAST SUMMER, my colleagues and I published a paper in the [...]

Sixteen years ago, an eternity in Internet years, media mogul Rupert Murdoch became one of the first newspaper publishers to venture online. In a now-forgotten deal, his sprawling News Corp. [...]

Reports that the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) reached an agreement with members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union to end a six-week strike in April of 1999. Terms of the agreement; How the strike impacted CBC; Problems the public broadcaster has faced in recent times.

Liberal Sen. Jerry Grafstein held a toast-and-roast goodbye party on the Hill to mark his retirement from the Senate in January. Grafstein was appointed by Pierre Trudeau in 1984. In [...]

Many solutions have been proposed for the global credit crunch but the most novel one yet is circulating in an unassuming academic paper that's been stirring up a lot of [...]

Reports on the burgeoning newspaper war between the `The Globe and Mail' and the `National Post' in Canada. Daily circulation of the newspapers; How the fallout from the battle will affect the entire industry and the standards it uses to measure success; How other competitors have made changes at their newspapers. INSET: The Opinionated Man of the `Globe'.

Sometimes, newspaper clarifications provide little remedy: 'Some copies of Wednesday's paper contain an outdated crossword puzzle and its solution. If you look here first, proceed with caution. If the answer [...]

Opinion. Media columnist George Bain comments on the huge size and weight of Canada's weekend newspapers. Cites examples. Questions the quality of the newspapers' news coverage and editorial content.

Profiles Franklin David Radler, the longtime partner and hatchet man for Conrad Black. Newspapers that the two control; The phenomenal success that Black has had; The evolution of Radler from hatchet man to publisher; Papers that he is in charge of; His success with them; His expectations for 1997 and 1998; The role that Black's wife Barbara Amiel plays in Radler's publications.

Data shows that 131.4% of SMBs have prioritized remote work technology as part of the iron going operations. (1) The world's business leaders recognize the benefits of an open approach [...]

WHEN ASSESSING THE logistical challenges of distributing hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses across North America, a University of Texas molecular scientist remarked during a recent forum that it's [...]

Italy is preparing extradition papers for Abu Abbas, terrorist mastermind of the once-feared Palestine Liberation Front, who was captured outside Baghdad by American forces. Abbas, 55, had eluded arrest since [...]

Prime Minister Jean Chretien officially ratified the Kyoto Protocol, and Environment Minister David Anderson delivered the papers to the United Nations in New York. With that, Canada became the 98th [...]

A truly imaginative soul sees opportunities where governments can make money -- when governments themselves have mostly missed them. At 46, David Pecaut is a tousled whirlwind, a former consultant [...]

THIS HAS BEEN a big month for the Scottish National Party's campaign to secede from the U.K., which is still being oddly overlooked in this most culturally Scottish fragment of [...]

Focuses on author Robert Sedlack. How drugs, alcohol, and the death of his mother impacted his life; His book 'The African Safari Papers'; Outlook for his success.

Confronting the Irvings New Brunswick threatens to shut down a mill The stench of sulphur has permeated the air of Saint John, N.B., for almost 30 years. The noxious fumes [...]

Focuses on four credit analysts who have been lowering their assessment of the world's largest landlords--Toronto's Reichmann family--to the point where investors refused to renew almost $800 million worth of Reichmann paper. President of Dominion Bond Rating Service, Walter Schroeder; Standard & Poor's Corp.'s William Chambers; Canadian Bond Rating Service and Moody's Investors Service; No loyalty in the money market; Well-considered judgments; Warning senior managers.

Presents a letter written by the author to Conrad Black, Chairman of Southam Inc. on the company's plans to produce a national newspaper in Canada. Comments quoted from vice-president of editorial at Southam, Gord Fisher; Papers and circulations Southam already has; Comments from advertiser Ann Boden of McKim Media Group; Cautions from the author for Black.

The article focuses on the mystery and controversy surrounding the removal of scientist Xiangguo Qiu and her husband out of her laboratory in Winnipeg by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in July 2019. Topics discussed include the personality and scientific achievements of Qiu, the accusations against Qiu, her career background, and the involvement of Qiu in a political battle in Ottawa and in international conspiracy theories.

The article lists the top 30 Canadian companies according to employee perceptions of their environmentally-minded programs and strategies, including the recruitment firm Arrow Professional Services, Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada, and digital health marketing company Klick Inc.