From The Globe and Mail:

Vancouver Police want to interview Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason in their investigation of the leak of confidential information about city council's decision to approve a $100-million loan to developers of the 2010 Olympic Village.

But Mr. Mason is declining the request, leaving police uncertain about how to proceed with a probe currently aimed at determining whether a criminal offence has been committed.

The Globe and Mail broke the story of the approval of the loan during an in-camera council meeting last month. The agreement became a major issue in this month's municipal election that saw Peter Ladner, the mayoral candidate of the majority Non-Partisan Association, defeated, and the NPA reduced to a single seat on Vancouver City Council.

John Cruickshank has left his position as CBC News' publisher to take the helm of the Toronto Star as, er, publisher.

His tenure at the public broadcaster will have lasted a whopping 14 months.