CBC News, May 01, 2013

Russian fans show love to Canada's U18 gold-medal team - CBC CBC.ca SOCHI, Russia — Madison Bowey and his teammates could hardly believe what they were hearing in the dying seconds of Canada's gold-medal match against the USA at the world under-18 championships on Sunday. The Canadians were nursing a 3-2 ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

CBC News Announces New Anchor of Radio One's World Report Broadcaster CBC News announced today that David Common, a multi-talented correspondent currently based in New York City, will take over as anchor of one of CBC News's flagship programs: CBC Radio One'sWorld Report. Common will take the helm in September of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirstine Stewart leaves CBC to head up Twitter Canada Toronto Star Stewart, arguably the most powerful person in Canadian broadcasting and the woman who brought Canadians shows such as Battle of the Blades and Republic of Doyle, announced her surprise resignation to Hubert Lacroix, CEO and president of the CBC,... See all stories on this topic » Toronto Star

How can you tell if your shirt was made in a sweatshop? CBC.ca The death of more than 300 people in a garment building collapse in Bangladesh has renewed concerns about the conditions of workers who make clothing for some of the biggest brands in the Western world, including Canada's Joe Fresh. Bangladesh ... See all stories on this topic »

CBC executive to head Twitter Canada ITWorld Canada “I've had some of the happiest moments in my life at the CBC and I've been honoured to represent such an important name to Canadians,” said in a statement. “I'm proud of what we've done together these past seven years. I will miss the CBC family dearly ... See all stories on this topic » ITWorld Canada

Neil Macdonald: The secretive world of printing money CBC.ca The plain fact is that these central bankers, Canada's Mark Carney among them, are executing what is perhaps the most profoundly important public policy of our time — an unprecedented printing of money and lowering of interest rates — with little in ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

If Harper ran CBC programming Canada.com It undermines nearly 80 years of public broadcasting in Canada and around the world by meddling with the essential arms-length relationship between the CBC and the government of the day. The change is disturbing as it has all the markings of an attempt ... See all stories on this topic »

Jay Bouwmeester enters new territory: The playoffs - CBC CBC.ca Jay Bouwmeester, when April is in full effect, usually has to decide on whether he's headed to Latvia, Ukraine or some other far-flung place to represent Canada at the IIHF world championships. That's because the veteran defenceman has faithfully been ... See all stories on this topic »

Brian Stewart: Europe's army? Guess what, it's the French CBC.ca France's best units — and they are among the world's very best — like to fight hard and unseen. It's an attitude Paris strongly endorses, feeling the U.S., the U.K. andCanada are mugs to allow embedded reporters up front where the fighting is. Where ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Ignoring al-Qaeda, Iran links 'extraordinarily foolish' CBC.ca Given the ideological differences between the Sunni militant group al-Qaeda and the theocratic Shia government in Iran, recent allegations that the two groups had conspired in a foiled attack in Canada struck many observers as odd. But two years after ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Neil Macdonald: The illusion of growth CBC.ca In all, at the end of 2012, the balance sheets of the world's largest central banks, those of the G20 nations and the eurozone, including Sweden and Switzerland, totalled $17.4 trillion US, according to Bank of Canada calculations from publicly ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Abdicating Dutch queen was a wartime Ottawa schoolgirl CBC.ca When the future Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family returned to the Netherlands after their Second World War sojourn in Ottawa, the young princess discovered mealtimes just weren't what she was used to. For one thing, there was no ice ... "There was ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

CBC executive to head first Canadian office of Twitter Globe and Mail But while Ms. Stewart may be the highest-profile Canadian media executive to decamp from broadcasting to the high-velocity world of social networks, her move echoes a shift that has been picking up speed south of the border. There, investors and ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

A highlight reel of Don Cherry's controversial comments Victoria Times Colonist The CBC ombudsman would later rule that Cherry's comments crossed the line. September 1996: Cherry blasted Canadian fans for cheering for Russia over the U.S during a World Cup of Hockey match. He called the lack of support for Canada'ssouthern ... See all stories on this topic » Victoria Times Colonist

Xaxis Introduces Xaxis Premium Programmatic Buying Solution to Canadian ... Financial Post Xaxis, the world's largest audience buying company, announced today the launch of Xaxis Premium in the Canadian market. The new programmatic buying solution provides advertisers with ... Sites addressable through Xaxis Premium include more than one ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirstine Stewart leaves CBC to run Twitter Canada Canada.com Kirstine Stewart, the executive vice-president of CBC's English Services, has left the public broadcaster after seven years to oversee the new Canadian office of Twitter. ... That new phase will include the Olympics, the PanAm Games, the Brazil World Cup. See all stories on this topic »

The Coast, Citizen, CBC, La Presse, Star, Vancouver Sun vie for Michener Award Montreal Gazette CBC's Investigative Unit and Enquete showed links between industry funding and "independent" research that downplayed the health risks of asbestos mining in Canada. The research was used to support a "safe use" policy of continued asbestos exports to... See all stories on this topic » Montreal Gazette

CBC VP Kirstine Stewart resigns to join Twitter CBC.ca "I've had some of the happiest moments in my life at the CBC, and I've been honoured to represent such an important name to Canadians," Stewart said in a release. "I'm proud of what we've done together these past seven years. ... Looking ahead to CBC's... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Playoffs 2013Hockey Night gets social for Stanley Cup playoffs CBC.ca Hockey excitement is in every corner of the social world, and it's about to hit a whole new level as the Stanley Cup playoffs begin on CBC. You can expect an interactive journey as we take you from the first round to the Stanley Cup final on television ... See all stories on this topic »

Mr. Hockey is a well-told tale for playoff time Globe and Mail It's Gordie Howe playing for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. Back in the day. That's the opening of Mr. Hockey (Sunday, CBC, 8 p.m.), a TV movie about Howe, specifically his post-Red Wings comeback in the World Hockey Association league, playing with his ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Connor McDavid burnishing 'Next One' status at U-18 tourney - CBC CBC.ca SOCHI, Russia — From his perch in the stands at Shayba Arena, Al McAdam watched wide-eyed as Connor McDavid made another highlight reel play in Canada's game against Sweden at the under-18 world championship. McDavid, who's only 16, banked... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Twitter Hires CBC's Kirstine Stewart As Managing Director (And First Team ... TechCrunch He also noted that Stewart is the first team member for Twitter Canada, and that the company is looking to do more hiring in Toronto. Stewart is leaving her position as executive vice president for English services at CBC-Radio Canada. According to her ... See all stories on this topic »

Train plot suspect to be deported BigPond News Canada once tried to deport one of two men arrested this week on suspicion of what police say was an al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train, public broadcaster CBC reports. Raed Jaser, 35, and an alleged co-conspirator were arrested ... See all stories on this topic »

Arrest made in Canadian missionary's death in Haiti - World - CBC ... Arrest made in Canadian missionary's death in Haiti. Richard E. Joyal, 62, was ... www.cbc.ca/news/.../haiti-missionary-joyal-death-arrest.html

Canada to announce arrests after thwarting 'major terrorist attack ... Canada's national police agency was expected to hold a news conference later on Monday to give details of the alleged plot. ... to the two brothers accused of bombings at the Boston Marathon last week, CBC said. ... More world news ... www.nbcnews.com/.../canada-announce-arrests-after-thwartin...

Canadians not following through on debt paydown ... - CBC.ca Canadians not following through on debt paydown resolutions ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/.../business-debt-levels.html

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