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Israel’s military said it targeted and killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist in an airstrike on Gaza City on Sunday, but rights advocates said he had been targeted for his front-line reporting on the Gaza war and that Israel’s claim lacked evidence. Anas al-Sharif, 28, was …
Read More »Stepping off the Trump treadmill: A CBC correspondent bids farewell to Washington
I got a journalism tip over drinks from a veteran Canadian correspondent when I first landed in Washington more than a decade ago — a formula for stories guaranteed to thrill audiences back home. In summary? The more ridiculous Americans look, the better. Guns, rednecks, cultural stereotypes, I was told, …
Read More »Heidi Petracek on joining Global National as Atlantic correspondent: ‘I feel very lucky’
Long-time broadcaster Heidi Petracek has joined the Global National team as the new Atlantic correspondent based out of Halifax. Petracek has spent her 25-year career reporting across Atlantic Canada and beyond — starting out in her home province of Saskatchewan, before going on to work in Calgary, Toronto, Corner Brook, …
Read More »CityNews hires Lisa LaFlamme as special correspondent
CityNews has announced it has hired veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme as a special correspondent to lead its coverage of the death and legacy of Queen Elizabeth. LaFlamme became the subject of headlines across the country last month when she was fired from her job as chief news anchor for CTV National News. The move prompted widespread …
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