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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Thursday, April 7

Gomery: Brault publication ban partially lifted

by DavidAkin on Thu 07 Apr 2005 02:27 PM EDT

Justice John Gomery has partially lifted a publication ban on some testimony given in front of him over the last few days. We have a report with some video from the inquiry at CTV’s site:

[Montreal ad executive Jean] Brault claims in his testimony that he systematically kicked back ... more »

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CTV NewsNet 'freed' by federal regulators

by DavidAkin on Thu 07 Apr 2005 02:03 PM EDT

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) lifted key aspects of the license for CTV Newsnet today and provided it with more money for programming.

The key paragraph from the CRTC release says:

"The licensee is no longer required to operate CTV Newsnet in a 15-minute news wheel. In addition, the ... more »

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