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The Schnozz

Larry Zolf is prepared for an ambush. A pair of thick, black-framed glasses sits atop his schnozz, the legendary nose that’s been described as his spare sex organ. A microphone clenched in one hand and a 60-pound Frezzolini news camera in the other, he stands on the stoop of a mansion in Montreal’s prestigious Westmount… Continue reading The Schnozz

Atlantic Coasting

Defending their lead: Cindy Day, Bruce Frisko, Maria Panapolis, Starr Dobson and Steve Murphy (clockwise from top left)

CORRECTION: The published print version of this story—and the version that originally appeared on this site and was recently unpublished—said that CTV Atlantic was shut out in the major television categories at the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards. In fact, CTV Atlantic did not enter the Journalism Atlantic Awards. The Ryerson Review of Journalism regrets the error and… Continue reading Atlantic Coasting

A Farce to be Reckoned With

Last July, Ezra Levant taunted critics when he donned a niqab on his prime time TV show The Source. His stunts may be tongue-in-cheek, but he's dead serious about his right to poke fun at liberal pet causes

“I’m not a fat ninja,” declared Ezra Levant. “It’s just me, Ezra, wearing a niqab.” That was the beginning of a segment of his Sun News Network television show, The Source, last July. He was indeed dressed in a style of burqa worn by women throughout the Arab Peninsula and wore it to make a… Continue reading A Farce to be Reckoned With

Northern Revival

Watson proposed a different way to cover the North—like a foreign bureau. It costs just as much as a overseas posting, but the Star approved the idea

Paul Watson wends his rented car along the picturesque Alaska Highway. Past Carcross, he keeps heading south on a road that hugs a towering mountain to the right with blue snow-capped mountains across a grey lake to the left. The rain gently pitter-patters and the windshield wipers do not change their slow, steady pace. Country… Continue reading Northern Revival

Northern Tenacity

Right away, her editor saw Keevil's "crazy, raw talent." She earned her reputation as a crusader by tackling stories other reporters won't touch

Five years ago, three Yukon News reporters held a meeting tosee who would cover which political party on election night. Genesee Keevil, who had been at the News for two years, drew the right-of-centre Yukon Party. It wasn’t the short straw. She wanted the assignment, as did others. When she arrived at the conference room… Continue reading Northern Tenacity