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Looks into Canadian bans on preliminary hearings. Ontario Justice Francis Kovacs' banning of foreign reporters from the manslaughter trial of Karla Homolka; American media's criticism of the ban; Comparison of the legal systems in the United States and Canada; Canadian journalists and publications' views on the issue.

The article reports that Canadian digital news media outlets collaborated to tackle the biggest challenges in the industry. Topics include Canadian digital news media company The Discourse began to examined what was working in Canada and the U.S. by focusing on what new media outlets were opening instead of on what newsrooms were closing, and the outlets including the Narwhal, Taproot Edmonton, The Pointer discussed the challenges in the industry in a session organized by The Discourse.

The article deals with the partnership between the Canadian Press and Pagemasters, a subsidiary of the Australian Associated Press, to provide centralized design, editing and production services to newspapers in Canada and the U.S. This partnership will allow newspapers in North America to outsource some of their editing operations. Under the terms of the agreement, work would remain on shore and near clients in an attempt to add efficiency while preserving quality by depending on familiarity with local and regional information or culture.

Editorial. Discusses the ideas revealed by the U.S. Senate Committee about proposed government regulation of the Canadian press as of May 2003. Pledge of U.S. Senator Joan Fraser to examine the quality and diversity of news and information Canadians need and deserve; Restriction of chain publishers from establishing a single editorial policy for all their papers; Impact of the holdings of Hollinger and Thomson Corp. on Canadian liberty.

Comments on the negative impact on Canada's press freedom of the decision of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court barring the newspaper `Canadian Press,' from publishing a story. Justification given for the court ruling; Details of the dispute's background.

Focuses on the decision of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court against the newspaper `Canadian Press,' which has a negative impact on press freedom in Canada. Criticisms against the court's decision to forbid the paper from publishing stories about the tentative conclusions of a federal investigation into a fatal ship collision.

Editorial. Comments on a Canadian judge's ruling on what local citizens can read about murder cases and what appears in print and on the air across the border in the United States. Canadian police's involvement in press censorship; Prohibition of publication of details about a certain murder case trial.

Reports on the Ontario Press Council's ruling on the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's alleged abuse of power when they run newspaper advertisements opposing changes to the nation's labor law. Complainant; Focus of the issue; Proposed amendments to the labor law.

Reports that the Ontario Press Council has ruled that the `Ottawa Sun' newspaper acted properly in covering a convicted child molester. Interview of the newly freed pedophile in May 1997; Incident involving the pedophile and a neighbor headlined at the paper's front page; Ethical debate among area newspapers.

Reports on the Ontario Press Council's decision to dismiss a complaint that four cartoons published by the `London Free Press' over 13 months reflected an ongoing policy of offending Roman Catholic readers. Newspaper's rights to publish material that some readers may find offensive; Details of the complaints by London resident Lillian Hennessey.

Discloses that the Ontario Press Council has refused to censure the Sudbury, Ontario-based `Northern Life' newspaper for its publication of an obscenity. Details of the council's ruling on the issue; Excerpts from the article that contained the obscenity; Complaints made by a reader about the obscenity.

Discloses that the Ontario Press Council has more than doubled in size after the Ontario Community Newspapers Association took out a bloc membership. Total number of community newspapers in the council; Number of daily newspaper members; Election of two new directors.

Reports on the inclusion of the `Guelph Tribune' and `Woolwich Observer' newspapers as members of the Ontario Press Council.

Editorial. Comments on newspapers' use of offensive words. Ontario Press Council's defense of a newspaper's use of obscene words in referring to fictional characters; Effects of defense lawyers' tactics to use the n-word in the O.J. Simpson trial on newspaper reporting.

Reports on the Ontario Press Council's decision regarding newspaper Toronto Star's complaint on the use of the words `slut' and `bitch.' Approval of the use of words when referring to fictional characters; Slut and bitch as common colloquialisms.

Reports on the Ontario Press Council's rejection of the complaints about an editorial cartoon which appeared in `Toronto Sun' newspaper that featured Attorney General Marion Boyd. Means for the newspaper to express its opinion on Boyd's anti-male bias agenda; Unjustified comment on Boyd's appearance.

Reports on the ruling of the Ontario Press Council that a `Record' newspaper reporter who recycled a hostage story by selling it to the `National Enquirer' did nothing unethical. Rejection of a complaint by Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario residents who were allegedly embarrased to see their photograph and story about their hostage experience in the `Enquirer'; Explanation of the council.