Government and Democracy

Loss of local sports a symbol of wider problem

The elimination of local sports coverage at a TV station in Barrie, Ontario, is a prime example of the crisis facing media outlets across this country, Unifor says.

Kitsilano reopening a welcome start

Published on Friday August 12, 2016

There was some welcome news on the west coast this week.

On Monday in Vancouver, Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, officially reopened the coast guard’s Kitsilano Station.

It was the ceremonial completion of a promise the Liberal government fulfilled last May, when it reversed the former Harper government’s decision to close the station in the heart of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest harbour.