The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias has a big scoop (well, it's news to me) in the small world of Canadian media: Matthew Fraser is done as editor-in-chief of the National Post.

Here's the relevant excerpt:

Word from the National Post is that Matthew Fraser is editor-in-chief no more. No news of his fate, although sources say he will move to a corporate job at CanWest.

Insiders cite Fraser's differences with new publisher Les Pyette for his departure. He is out of town and could not be reached for comment.

Meanwhile, Posties expect deputy editor Doug Kelly to get the nod. He did not reply to my email yesterday afternoon.

If he had, I would have asked him about the beleaguered Ottawa bureau, once the terror of Parliament hill.

It has recently suffered three big losses. They are Sean Gordon, who joined the Star, Bill Curry, who defected to the Globe and Mail, and Andrew McIntosh, the investigative reporter who dogged former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien over Shawinigate, who left for the Sacramento Bee.

If McIntosh has left the country, that's not only bad for Canadian journalism, it's bad for Canadian democracy. He is one of the best investigative journalists we had.

(Disclosure: I work for CTV News Online. The Globe is a corporate cousin and CanWest-Global, which owns the National Post, is a competitor. That being said, my opinions are solely my own. I am not speaking for my employer in any way, shape or form)