Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton roasted the reporters today with this:

During a speech in Hamilton, Hampton claimed the real issues affecting Ontarians, such as adequate care for seniors and child poverty, are being ignored by the media.

"All I've heard from the media is you want to talk about faith-based schools. There are real issues out there," Hampton shouted at reporters on Thursday.

"We've become the child poverty capital of Canada. Don't any of you people care? Don't you care about that? Don't you care that there are seniors living in soiled diapers?"

From CBC.ca:

Global Television is cutting 200 jobs across Canada as it develops new "state of the art" broadcast centres in four cities, CanWest announced on Thursday.

The company said the centres, to be located in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto, will use the latest in broadcast technology. It will also mean local news programs can immediately begin the transition to high definition, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. said. 

Although CanWest is adding 50 positions as part of the process, it will lose 250 jobs, meaning a net loss of 200.

From TheStar.com:

Canada's most-read daily newspaper is hoping a daring advertising strategy will give it a leg up on the competition.

The Toronto Star is planning a revamped approach to selling newspaper advertising, including a switch to modular ads and sectional pricing, starting Jan. 1, 2008. Sectional advertising means advertisers will be charged a different rate depending on which section their ads appear in.

The changes are expected to provide advertisers with the standardized sizes and targeting opportunities being offered by online media, television and radio.