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Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. It killed 47 people, spilling six million litres…
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North Dakota Cow Crap Will Harm Lake Winnipeg
Massive dairy concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) being permitted and proposed in North Dakota are a threat to our waterways, including Lake Winnipeg and the…
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In memory of John F. Conway: “As proud of his enemies as his friends.”
There will no doubt be many tributes to John F. Conway’s immeasurable impact on Saskatchewan politics, as well as his teaching and mentorship of generations…
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Platform Crunch: CBC funding is a wedge issue in Canada’s federal election
Long before the federal election race began, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigned on defunding Canada’s public broadcaster, the CBC (while sparing Radio-Canada).
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News deprivation
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Now 2.5 million Canadians don’t have access to local news. That’s a problem for our democracy.
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Canadian icons
We asked Canadians to tell us about their perceptions of public service broadcasting and CBC/Radio-Canada
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Bang for our buck
Public broadcast funding in Canada is good value for Canadians
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Mixed signals
With a growing number of communities who are deprived of local news, Hamilton offers an example of how Canada’s public broadcaster could step in.
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Find out how news deprived your community is
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Find out how your city fits into the bigger picture.
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Signaux contradictoires
Depuis deux décennies, Hamilton tente d’obtenir une station de radio locale de CBC. Les réponses apportées à ses demandes sont un exemple édifiant de l’approche…
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Privation d’information
Les 16 dernières années n’ont pas été tendres pour les médias locaux au Canada. Ce rapport crée un nouvel ensemble de données qui permet de suivre…
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Emblèmes canadiens
Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) a confié à Environics Research le mandat de mener une série de discussions de groupe avec des Canadiennes…
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