Quebecor smearing CBC: president
Friday, December 10th, 2010CBC president Hubert Lacroix took aim Tuesday at competitor Quebecor Inc., alleging the company is using its journalists to “smear” the public broadcaster in the media and in the courts. Quebecor’s newspapers, which include the national Sun chain, has been publishing articles and editorials attacking spending at the CBC and criticizing the broadcaster’s handling of [...]
Stand on guard against CBC changes – Letter to Editor, Northumberland Today
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008To the Editor: I am writing this letter to all classical music lovers and supporters of the CBC’s Radio 2, and of Canadian classical musicians and composers, as well as of the CBC Orchestra. In March, the CBC announced the elimination of funding for the CBC Orchestra and a total re-formatting of Radio 2′s programming [...]
Lets cherish our dearly loved CBC Radio Orchestra – Letter to Editor, Vancouver Sun
Monday, May 5th, 2008Published: Monday, May 05, 2008 I’ve had this pain in my chest ever since I heard about the administrative plan to disband the CBC Radio Orchestra. I have heard that this is the result of CBC’s desire to have more multicultural programming. Multiculturalism has always, to me, seemed to be an “adding to,” not a [...]
Appalled at the CBC canning of orchestra – Letter to Editor, Vancouver Sun
Monday, May 5th, 2008Published: Monday, May 05, 2008 I am appalled at the CBC canning the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra (whose music was used as part of the presentation to get Vancouver the Winter Olympics!). It defies logic to abolish an orchestra with a 70-year-old tradition whose very existence confounds those many countries with radio orchestras who view [...]