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Robert Washburn
Professor e-journalism
Loyalist College

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Recent Posts

Revelation about Walmart tax break sends Cobourg budget chief scrambling

The municipal budget is boring. That is until you get your tax bill.

Cramahe citizen activist talks about zoning for cannabis, grow ops, muslim cemeteries and more

The Cramahe Community Association is not exactly a high profile citizen’s group. Yet for many years, Gritt Koehl and her husband, Ernie, have attended council meetings, written letters, organized residents and lobbied hard in an effort to hold politicians in her area to account.

These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For Years. We Found Out Who Created Them.

Alex Merto for BuzzFeed News Jay Pinho and his wife, Victoria, rely on Google Alerts to track the public appearances of US Supreme Court justices on their website, SCOTUS Map . But late last year, the results began to worry them.

MPP Piccini shares views on teachers strike, plant closure, and upcoming budget

Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini speaks candidly about his position on the ongoing labour dispute between teachers and the government. He addresses the union's concerns, giving his stance on class sizes, e-learning, and compensation.

Wearing two hats, Sanderson addresses Port Hope concerns and county issues head on

It does not take Port Hope Mayor Bob Sanderson to make his mark. At the first meeting of the Northumberland County council as warden recently, he and the rest of the council put the brakes on the 2020 budget, saying there was insufficient time to review all the items in order to make a good decision.