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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/im-not-a-denier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/im-not-a-denier/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236975 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/im-not-a-denier/feed/ 0 After Megan Leslie tried once on Monday and three times on Tuesday to get... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/more-on-the-oil-industrys-hand-in-a-federal-museums-energy-show/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/more-on-the-oil-industrys-hand-in-a-federal-museums-energy-show/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:30 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235332 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/more-on-the-oil-industrys-hand-in-a-federal-museums-energy-show/feed/ 0 CBC has an interesting story (from its French service Radio-Canada) on the Imperial Oil... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/topp-on-the-arts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/topp-on-the-arts/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:27:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234957 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/topp-on-the-arts/feed/ 0 Brian Topp has released his fifth policy paper, this one on the arts. I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:24:17 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/feed/ 0 I sometimes talk about how Canada has problems making – or at least getting... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/03/smaller-cbc-remains-a-goal-for-conservatives/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/03/smaller-cbc-remains-a-goal-for-conservatives/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:03:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/03/smaller-cbc-remains-a-goal-for-conservatives/feed/ 0 Heritage Minister confirms his vision of a smaller, decentralized public broadcaster http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/29/cbc-anniversary-extravaganza-cost-6-6-million/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/29/cbc-anniversary-extravaganza-cost-6-6-million/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:18:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231408 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/29/cbc-anniversary-extravaganza-cost-6-6-million/feed/ 0 Funds for the CBC's 75th anniversary celebrations came largely from existing budgets, documents show http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/hot-headed-off-the-presses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/hot-headed-off-the-presses/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:50:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/hot-headed-off-the-presses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/hot-headed-off-the-presses/feed/ 0 In letters obtained under access laws, Quebecor’s CEO scolds the CBC, even as he pleads for advertising dollars http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/feed/ 0 Whatever their motives might be, the CBC's antagonists are, on the whole, right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:30:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228164 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/feed/ 0 Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne criticizes the federal government’s response to the Attawapiskat... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/you-dont-have-to-hate-the-cbc-to-demand-transparency/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/you-dont-have-to-hate-the-cbc-to-demand-transparency/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:06:29 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227487 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/you-dont-have-to-hate-the-cbc-to-demand-transparency/feed/ 0 Keeping the public looped in on spending could be a guarantee of quality http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/cbc-to-hand-over-internal-records/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/cbc-to-hand-over-internal-records/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:46:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226670 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/cbc-to-hand-over-internal-records/feed/ 0 Information commissioner has right to see documents, federal court rules http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:30:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225100 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/law-class/feed/ 0 The House of Commons law clerk considers Dean Del Mastro’s demand that the CBC... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/the-rest-of-the-story/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/the-rest-of-the-story/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:36:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221140 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/the-rest-of-the-story/feed/ 4 Yesterday afternoon, Conservative MP Brian Jean stood just before Question Period to share some... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:36:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220541 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/19/how-to-talk-out-of-both-sides-of-your-mouth-ii/feed/ 3 Glen McGregor notes that, while Dean Del Mastro thinks “a lot of Canadians would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/on-his-unconventional-childhood-what-steve-jobs-is-really-like-and-what-don-cherry-taught-him/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/on-his-unconventional-childhood-what-steve-jobs-is-really-like-and-what-don-cherry-taught-him/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:01 +0000 Colin Campbell http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/on-his-unconventional-childhood-what-steve-jobs-is-really-like-and-what-don-cherry-taught-him/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/on-his-unconventional-childhood-what-steve-jobs-is-really-like-and-what-don-cherry-taught-him/feed/ 2 The 'Dragon's Den' star on his unconventional childhood and what Steve Jobs is really like http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/support-the-arts-tax-the-rich/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/support-the-arts-tax-the-rich/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:45:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/support-the-arts-tax-the-rich/feed/ 12 Brian Topp continues to make use of his Globe pulpit: defending the Canadian arts... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/parliamentary-business-as-warfare/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/parliamentary-business-as-warfare/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:01:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217394 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/28/parliamentary-business-as-warfare/feed/ 11 Ned Franks considers the early days of the 41st Parliament. “I would have thought... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/preventing-inquiry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/preventing-inquiry/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:03:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217341 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/preventing-inquiry/feed/ 13 While the Conservatives launch inquiries into the CBC and NDP, another proposal disappears. The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:30:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/feed/ 19 Who said Canadian history was devoid of excitement? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-giller-for-the-masses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-giller-for-the-masses/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/a-giller-for-the-masses/feed/ 0 People were so excited about the new award, they voted for books they hadn’t read http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/poverty-terrorism-and-911/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/poverty-terrorism-and-911/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213936 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/poverty-terrorism-and-911/feed/ 38 During his interview with the CBC, Stephen Harper was asked about comments Jean Chretien... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/and-that%e2%80%99s-the-kind-of-life-it%e2%80%99s-been/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/and-that%e2%80%99s-the-kind-of-life-it%e2%80%99s-been/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:00:04 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210155 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/and-that%e2%80%99s-the-kind-of-life-it%e2%80%99s-been/feed/ 2 Lloyd Robertson, 77, is signing off. We think. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/the-state-broadcaster-and-the-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/the-state-broadcaster-and-the-state/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:25:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207352 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/the-state-broadcaster-and-the-state/feed/ 75 Public Safety Minister Vic Toews laments that the “state broadcaster” is not being sufficiently... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/not-much-of-a-spectator-sport/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/not-much-of-a-spectator-sport/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:11:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/27/not-much-of-a-spectator-sport/feed/ 0 Kathleen Petty signs off as host of CBC Radio’s The House with a few... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/mellissa-fung-and-her-captors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/mellissa-fung-and-her-captors/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 11:00:31 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191368 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/mellissa-fung-and-her-captors/feed/ 3 The CBC reporter held in Afghanistan resisted, defied and then forgave them http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/cbc-want-to-email-our-articles-pay-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/cbc-want-to-email-our-articles-pay-us/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 18:49:59 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190496 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/cbc-want-to-email-our-articles-pay-us/feed/ 27 This bizarre scheme comes via a company called iCopyright http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/does-the-cbc-want-quebec-to-separate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/does-the-cbc-want-quebec-to-separate/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:45 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/does-the-cbc-want-quebec-to-separate/feed/ 29 Ezra Levant is wrong. The CBC Vote Compass thing isn’t a shill for the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/mansbridge-v-layton/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/mansbridge-v-layton/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:57:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/19/mansbridge-v-layton/feed/ 27 The NDP leader talks to the CBC host. Layton said “there’s no question” Harper’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/mr-harper-has-his-choice-of-invites/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/mr-harper-has-his-choice-of-invites/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:02:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180650 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/mr-harper-has-his-choice-of-invites/feed/ 31 Rogers and the University of Toronto, the CBC and Canada 2020 have each now... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/22/its-my-party-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/22/its-my-party-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:19:05 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=177948 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/22/its-my-party-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/feed/ 6 Contestants host viewing parties to reveal their fate—good or bad http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:00:08 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/14/on-dragons-who-cant-make-deals-kevin-oleary-and-what-he-thinks-of-the-bachelorette/feed/ 19 On dragons who can't make deals, Kevin O'Leary and what he thinks of 'The Bachelorette' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/cbc-ombudsman-blasts-o%e2%80%99leary-for-racist-remark/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/cbc-ombudsman-blasts-o%e2%80%99leary-for-racist-remark/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:18:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176462 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/cbc-ombudsman-blasts-o%e2%80%99leary-for-racist-remark/feed/ 26 Controversial business commentator used term offensive to aboriginals http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/stephen-harper-and-canada-a-love-story-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/stephen-harper-and-canada-a-love-story-iii/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:13:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170871 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/stephen-harper-and-canada-a-love-story-iii/feed/ 46 From Paul and John’s consideration of the Harper Era, insight into the place of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:45:11 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170528 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/cindor-reeves-on-cbc-updated/feed/ 7 The CBC has picked up the Cindor Reeves story. I originally reported he would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/06/cindor-reeves-and-the-cbc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/06/cindor-reeves-and-the-cbc/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:00:09 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170456 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/06/cindor-reeves-and-the-cbc/feed/ 6 Cindor Reeves will be on CBC Radio’s The Current Monday morning.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:00:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/newsmakers-52/feed/ 0 Kim Campbell schools the U.S. right, Naomi Campbell’s ‘Frost-Nixon moment,’ and Nabokov was right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/nurse-jack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/nurse-jack/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:24:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170081 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/nurse-jack/feed/ 16 The NDP leader spends two days working in a hospital.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/19/the-unglorified-government/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/19/the-unglorified-government/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:55:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167583 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/19/the-unglorified-government/feed/ 39 Last night, the CBC aired the second part of Peter Mansbridge’s interview with the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/grandma-uncle-frank-peter-mansbridge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/grandma-uncle-frank-peter-mansbridge/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:40:31 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166128 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/grandma-uncle-frank-peter-mansbridge/feed/ 4 CBC tackles the big questions of 2011 with an exclusive panel made up of my relatives http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/peter-kent-explains-the-greenhouse-effect/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/peter-kent-explains-the-greenhouse-effect/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:04:52 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165574 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/peter-kent-explains-the-greenhouse-effect/feed/ 210 Whatever his qualifications and future as Environment Minister, in cannot be said that Peter... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/digging-for-dirt-on-the-cbc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/digging-for-dirt-on-the-cbc/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:20:41 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163995 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/digging-for-dirt-on-the-cbc/feed/ 83 Michel Drapeau has asked for information from the CBC that its top brass says no one deserves to know. Are they right? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/suing-the-messenger/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/suing-the-messenger/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:40:57 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=160026 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/suing-the-messenger/feed/ 1 The Yukon News defended a CBC reporter’s controversial report. Now, to defend itself, it’s taking her to court. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/children-in-war-and-in-prison/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/children-in-war-and-in-prison/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:38:12 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=160905 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/children-in-war-and-in-prison/feed/ 16 Canadians working in broken countries can offer only imperfect options http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/21/hezbollah-the-united-nations-and-the-murder-of-rafik-hariri/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/21/hezbollah-the-united-nations-and-the-murder-of-rafik-hariri/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:44:12 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159356 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/21/hezbollah-the-united-nations-and-the-murder-of-rafik-hariri/feed/ 32 Excellent and enormously consequential reporting by the CBC… Also infuriating, depressing, and, sadly, not... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/11/hey-there-cbc-glad-you-could-finally-make-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/11/hey-there-cbc-glad-you-could-finally-make-it/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:23:11 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=157689 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/11/hey-there-cbc-glad-you-could-finally-make-it/feed/ 15 The CBC catches up with a story Maclean’s broke more than a year and...