The U.S. primaries last Tuesday captured a huge portion of the news hole -- in broadcasts, print and online -- in this country last week.

Kathy English, the Toronto Star's public editor, defends the heavy coverage by her publication.

From the BBC:

Two journalists working for the American network CBS are believed to have been kidnapped in southern Iraq.

Police and witnesses said they were seized from a hotel in the city of Basra by at least eight gunmen.

CBS released a statement saying the two were missing and that efforts were under way to find them.

The network did not name the journalists and it requested that others refrain from speculating on their identities. 

From CP via CTV.ca:

The Halifax Daily News ceased publication Monday as the owner of the money-losing tabloid, Montreal-based Transcontinental Media, moved ahead with a plan to replace the paper with a free daily called Metro.