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OTTAWA — The federal government will begin early in the new year the search for a new head of CBC/Radio-Canada, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said Tuesday as she faced questions about her confidence in its current leader.

TORONTO — Heather Butts has been named the new weekend anchor for CTV National News.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it is selling all of its shares in Cogeco Inc. to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for $829 million in a move to reduce its debt leverage ratio.

TORONTO — Creditors of Metroland Media Group have voted to approve the company's restructuring proposal after the newspaper chain announced cuts to 60 per cent of its workforce earlier this year.

OTTAWA — Top CBC executives said Friday they are considering options to manage the broadcaster's financial pressures, including taking a look at "senior executive compensation," following plans to slash 10 per cent of the public broadcaster's workfor

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have called CBC president Catherine Tait to testify about her announcement the public broadcaster would cut 10 per cent of its workforce, while not ruling out bonuses for executives.

Former editors at Reader's Digest Canada are reflecting on the bite-sized magazine's outsized impact in the publishing landscape, following reports that the brand would shutter operations at its Canadian edition in the new year.

Canadian journalist Connie Walker says she'd love to find a new home for her Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast after Spotify decided not to renew it. "Stolen: Surviving St.

OTTAWA — Canada's public broadcaster is feeling the heat after its president declined to rule out the possibility of holiday bonuses this year, hours after announcing massive layoffs.

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has signaled that she would like to see Meta regulated under the Online News Act, as social-media users find loopholes to share news on its platforms.