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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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Monday, June 5

CSIS deputy director on "homegrown" terrorists

by DavidAkin on Mon 05 Jun 2006 11:31 AM EDT

Last Monday May 30, Jack Hooper (right), the deputy director of CSIS, was a witness in front of the Senate Committee on Defence and National Security [Read his opening remarks]. No one, of course, could have known that what Hooper would talk about would be front page news ... more »

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The Toronto Star wins on terrorism coverage, says New York Times

by DavidAkin on Mon 05 Jun 2006 05:29 AM EDT

The Toronto Star and its terrorism reporter Michelle Shephard are deservedly singled out by the New York Times for its tremendous coverage of the raids over the weekend.

The competition between Toronto's four major daily newspapers is often intense, particularly over crime news. But its results are rarely as one-sided ... more »

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