Two shots coming this flu season
The CBC is developing a national program to prepare for the potential of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall and […]
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Are you concerned about how you were reassigned?
If you have concerns about how you were reassigned at CBC, please get in touch with a member of your
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Hope is still alive for Victoria’s oldest TV station
The group bidding to take over CHEK-TV in Victoria is still negotiating with Canwest to keep the station open. It
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Ask Jean
Dear Jean, what should I do if I have an accident at work? While members who do certain jobs think
Effort needed to embrace Aboriginal workers in our workplaces
The face of Canada is changing. This is especially apparent in Canada’s urban centres and in the dry but stark
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Stop a sec to consider the change around you
We bounce from deadline to deadline, shift to shift and from one re-org to another so often that we forget
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Is the government review of CBC’s budget a state secret?
Last spring, I requested the document(s) that the Treasury Board sent to CBC brass demanding their participation in a “strategic
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Guild mourns sudden death of Dianne Trottier
Officers and staff of the Canadian Media Guild are mourning the sudden and tragic death of Dianne Trottier, a member
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Canadian Press launching new “Pagemasters North America” service
Dear Colleagues: The Canadian Press has announced the launch of a new international venture ? Pagemasters North America ? to
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Profile of the 2009 media cuts – our newest website is up
If you haven’t visited our newest website already, click on the blue banner, or surf directly to www.canadianmediaguild.ca. The purpose
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Ron Pambrun Scholarship awarded
Please join us in congratulating Emma McCutcheon of Toronto, who has been selected as the winner of the Ron Pambrun
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CBC: Layoffs + News Renewal = Upheaval and Resignation
At CBC News, these may look like quiet summer days…but they are days of complete upheaval. As if the layoffs
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CBC local news: good idea, bad time
Check out this very interesting insider blog post about the CBC-TV schedule changes that are going to affect local news,
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Two-tier TV service is an unpopular idea
There is evidence out of Kamloops that the CRTC’s ruling to mandate free TV signals in only 29 Canadian cities,
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84% say it’s unfair to lose free TV signals in smaller cities
An overwhelming majority ? 84% ? of residents in one of the Canadian cities that risks losing over-the-air television after
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Canwest can’t stop causing pain
There’s news today that should send shivers down the spine of every Canwest employee – as if they need more
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Victoria and Red Deer to lose local TV stations
[Guest post by karenatcmg] CHEK-TV in Victoria and CHCA-TV in Red Deer will close on August 31. However, Canwest says
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How Channel Zero plans to make a go of CHCH-TV
[Guest post from karenatcmg] The buyer of CHCH-TV in Hamilton figures they can start making money at the station by
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Two members appointed to National Grievance Committee at CBC
The Guild’s executive committee at CBC is pleased to announce that Pam Petrin and Turk Chan have been appointed to
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Go boldly where Shaw refused to go
[Guest post from karenatcmg] Somebody does want Brandon’s CKX-TV for a dollar. All appeared to be lost after CTV made
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Update on job cuts and CBC’s financial uncertainty
In response to member requests, the CMG has been working since April to develop a measure for employees to help
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CRTC draws line in the sand on free digital TV
[Guest post from karenatcmg] This week, the CRTC issued new policy on TV broadcasting. You likely heard about the apparent
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CHCH has a buyer!
Toronto’s Channel Zero will buy Canwest’s CHCH-TV in Hamilton and and CJNT-TV in Montreal, assuming the company gets the green