$5 Million 40,000 Daily Copies 317 Editions 137 Locked-Out Employees 115 Striking Staffers 15 Months 12 Replacement Workers 1 Powerful Union Tactic The inside story of the labour-management conflict at Le Journal de Québec A burly security guard lifts a panel of metal fencing, carries it a couple of feet, and sets it down next… Continue reading One Powerful Union Tactic
Category: Spring 2009
Missing Links
From her desk overlooking the Parliament Buildings and beyond to Gatineau, Anne McIlroy is secretly collecting shiny objects. Little pieces of information that, by themselves, are not particularly significant. They slide innocuously into plain brown folders and remain hidden from the world until she can find the unifying concept that will consolidate them into a… Continue reading Missing Links
The Body Politic
The shelves in Terence Corcoran’s office at the National Post are piled high and deep. There are books and files on Canada’s debt, media concentration in America, financial planning and, of course, global warming. His files are legendary among co-workers, packed in boxes and cabinets lining the walls and floor, their subjects named in thick… Continue reading The Body Politic
Hysteriosis
On August 18, 2008, a smattering of newspapers across the country dutifully cautions Canadians to toss out the meat in their refrigerator drawers. The Victoria Times Colonist prints a story on page A4 headlined “Warning issued about meats” running fewer than 100 words. It’s about a possible contamination of Sure Slice roast beef and corned… Continue reading Hysteriosis
Proceed with Caution
Five 16-year-olds cram around a table at their usual after-school hangout, a deli in west-end Toronto. Munching the last bites of their bagels, Marina, Carly, Ellen, Sophija and Nevena discuss headlines about their apparent sex lives. They don’t snicker about anal sex or become awkward at the mention of contraception. Instead, these youths embrace frank… Continue reading Proceed with Caution