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Justin Trudeau’s mountain of miseries

Jun 20, 2022
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Sunday's front page: tinyurl.com/37frj3xx #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli #trudeau #canada
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Front page flogging of the federal Liberals in Postmedia’s tabloids touch on topics from the Emergencies Act aftermath to immigration and airport delays, plus passport delay debacles. Throw in the Russia Day scandal and non-debate on the Online Streaming Act, and the content keeps feeding resignation speculation.


Waiting for publisher prize patrol

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This is a bad column about C-18 that fails to address the many shortcomings of the bill. It also makes it sound as if small and large publishers will be equally compensated by C-18. There is no evidence that this is true.
nationalpost.comOpinion: More publishers need a fair deal from Google, MetaDuring the 2021 federal election campaign, several political parties made commitments to introduce news remuneration legislation.
3:35 PM ∙ Jun 18, 2022
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The routine newspaper op-eds insisting Ottawa shouldn’t stall in making Big Tech pay for news content have a new slant thanks to smaller publishers arguing they shouldn’t be left behind. (But there’s no evidence of their accommodation in Bill C-18 itself.) And on top of it all, Facebook looks ready to divorce the news industry as a presence on its platform.


Freedom Mobile will be sold by Rogers to Quebecor for $2.85 billion. The plan is part of trying to appease the Competition Bureau opposed to the entirety of Shaw being bought by Rogers. But rival independent bidder Globalive says the deal is even more anti-competitive, as Rogers would still be gaining 450,000 wireless clients out of the deal.


Allora Fest’s least wanted guest

The arrest of Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis on sexual assault charges in Ostuni, Southern Italy, occurred while he continues to wait for a civil trial initiated by prior allegations. There were suspicions that Scientology is backing the lawsuits against its outspoken ex-member, while Haggis’ lawyer is denying the details:

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Italian police have released grim new details from the woman who says she was "raped for days" by "Crash" director Paul Haggis:
thewrap.comPaul Haggis Sex Assault Accuser’s Grim Details Revealed: ‘I Was Raped for Days’A flight attendant found the alleged victim ‘cowering in a corner’ and barely able to speak
1:57 PM ∙ Jun 20, 2022
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Big Rude Jake dead at 57. An album called Butane Fumes & Bad Cologne put Jacob Hiebert’s “swing punk” music on the radar in Toronto in 1993, which gained him a U.S. record deal in tandem with the style’s revival. Big Rude Jake continued his live act into this decade, as he found alternative income streams like performing for seniors.


Finally, as the art world turns

Anna Weyant is the 27-year-old Calgary painter discovered on Instagram who recently joined the giant Gagosian gallery for representation. Oh, she’s also been dating its 77-year-old founder Larry Gagosian for the past year. And that’s how the Wall Street Journal turned this tale into tabloid fodder:

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Breakthrough artist, 27, drops agent who bought her work at reduced price of $15,000 and sold it for $1.6m
trib.alRising star artist Anna Weyant opens up about falling out with dealerA rising young star in the art world has opened up about her falling out with her former dealer, after signing with legendary gallerist Larry Gagosian -- who is also her decades-older boyfriend.
8:46 PM ∙ Jun 19, 2022
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