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Steve Faguy

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Blogger, media analyst, copy editor at the Montreal Gazette. blog.fagstein.com

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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 10h
Bell launches new tool to let small businesses easily create AI slop TV ads www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
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Bell Media Launches AI-Powered Video Ad Creation Tool for Canadian Small & Medium Businesses - Bell Media
TORONTO (September 29, 2026) — Bell Media today announced the launch of Bell Ads for Business AI Video Builder, a new integrated AI solution designed to help Canadian small and medium-sized businesses...
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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
La carte d'électeur que je viens de recevoir pour les élections municipales de Toronto. Uniquement en français car mes taxes scolaires soutiennent le réseau francophone.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kayla Grey on leaving TSN kaylagrey.substack.com/p/the-shift
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The Shift
A bittersweet goodbye
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Alberta is getting a sixth telephone area code in 2028: 568 crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Telecom Decision CRTC 2026-252 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bixi will be free on election day bixi.com/en/elections... (25 min. max or 15 min. on electric Bixi, requires $100 refundable deposit)
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Élections Québec One-Way Pass | BIXI Montréal
On October 5, we’ll be exercising our right to vote. BIXI bikes will be free from 8 am to 8:30 pm to help you get to the polls.
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those who were wondering « why would someone go to that trouble » in the matter of my unidentified writer. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...
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Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Obituary for former CHOM/CHUM/CFNY personality David Marsden globalnews.ca/news/1207565...
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David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has died | Globalnews.ca
David Marsden, the program director who made CFNY one of the most influential radio stations in the world back in the late 70s and early 80s, has passed away.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amazon announces its NHL broadcast teams. On the French side: - Alain Crête (fresh off his RDS retirement) - Michaël Roy - Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - Maxime Lalonde - Guillaume Latendresse - Jean-Sébastien Giguère - Marc-André Perreault press.amazonmgmstudios.com/ca/en/press-...
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Prime Video Assembles Powerhouse On-Air Roster for NHL on Prime <i>Wednesday Night Hockey</i>
Live coverage kicks off Wednesday, September 30 at 7 p.m. ET as the Toronto Maple Leafs take on the New York Islanders
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is the second day of advance voting, and the Quebec Liberal Party candidate in Duplessis, Samuel Murray, has no photo on the party website, no social media presence, refused interviews with local media and did not show up for a candidates' debate in the riding. #polqc #ghostcandidates
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley has filed a complaint with the #CRTC over TVA refusing to negotiate a distribution contract for TVA Sports. Why is it refusing? Well, because Hill Valley was distributing TVA Sports to hotels without paying for it (TVA sued on copyright grounds and won)
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Videotron acquired a company that had a contract with the city of Ottawa. It then demanded compensation from the city, arguing that Ottawa is now bound by Videotron's contract terms. The #CRTC said uhh no that's not how contracts work. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Telecom Decision CRTC 2026-251 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CBC will continue Hockey Night in Canada, but presenting eight Saturday night PWHL games instead of NHL. Saturday night programming will also include CBC Sports Primetime, hosted by Andi Petrillo. www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
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CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Agents find a way around said tool in 3...2...
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Laval’s Leylah Fernandez wins Singapore Tennis Open montrealgazette.com/sports/tenni...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Went outside to watch the cycling race go by. It lasted about five seconds, then an eight-minute wait, then another 10 seconds, and that was it. Boy those cyclists are fast.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For those who want to watch tonight's *other* Canadiens-Senators game, it's streaming on the Senators' website www.nhl.com/senators/vid...
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Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators | Ottawa Senators
Tune in to today's broadcast of the pre-season game between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tonight is the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, which in Canada will air on CTV for the first time. (Double check your PVRs.) CTV's late local news, where applicable, moves to 10:30pm to make room on the schedule.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every year in late summer, I and others at The Gazette get a bunch of emails asking if we will do a full season TV schedule and guide on how to find the Canadiens on TV. For the 13th year in a row, here we are, today online and tomorrow in the print edition.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Québec will move to a proportional representation electoral system. Just like the federal government did in 2015.
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘One single service’: STM to manage adapted transit for the entire Montreal region montrealgazette.com/news/stm-ada...
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A cautionary tale for my editor friends (and probably many others in this new world.) Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...
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Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson
Policy Options removed an article after concerns about the contributor’s identity could not be resolved. Here is what happened and why.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Student-run newspaper The Lance makes a comeback on University of Windsor campus, 10 years after it stopped print production and seven years after shutting down windsorstar.com/news/student...
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Student-run newspaper The Lance makes a comeback on UWindsor campus
The student-run independent newspaper stopped print publication in 2016 and closed down three years later
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The PWHL will host its own all-star game in Toronto March 7, rather than a few players piggy-backing on the NHL festivities (which are on Long Island in February) www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026...
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FIRST-EVER PWHL ALL-STAR SET FOR TORONTO MARCH 7
NEW YORK AND TORONTO – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) will bring its biggest stars together in Toronto on March 7, 2027, for PWHL All-Star presented by Scotiabank, featuring a four-team...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Months after ruling that journaldesherbrooke.com (no relation to Journal de Montréal/Québec) was not a news outlet because its content was AI generated, the Quebec Press Council rules it can now be considered one after it begins producing original content. conseildepresse.qc.ca/actualites/l...
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/09/2026
Some CNN, MS NOW and Politico staff still denied access to the White House despite court order to reinstate press badges. cnn.it/4hMTqtR
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Postmedia (my employer) launches new websites for Windsor Star windsorstar.com and London Free Press lfpress.com
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Home Page
The Windsor Star keeps you up-to-date on what's happening in the world with the latest breaking news, stories, and headlines in Windsor.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes, I remember. It's literally tonight. #HappyEarthWindAndFireRoyaltiesBoostDay
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Élections Québec is holding a voting results simulation this afternoon so the media can check their systems. It has fake candidates and results, but just in case, congratulations to the new Parti accès propriété et équité/Climat Québec/Parti populaire du Québec/Bloc Pot minority government. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you tune in to Sportsnet One right now, you can watch the Canadiens blow a lead to the Leafs in Montreal. If you tune to TSN2, you can watch the Canadiens blow a lead to the Leafs in Toronto.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Quebec election candidates list is final at 908. Here are announced party candidates that didn't make it: From the Canadian Party of Quebec: Keeton Clarke (Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne) Claudia Ottaviano-Maheux (Vaudreuil) ... #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The #CRTC has approved the change of ownership of Corus Entertainment from the Shaw family to a new company owned by its lenders. Due to Corus's dire financial situation, it has chosen not to impose tangible benefits. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2026-247 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Files are still being updated, but all five major parties officially have candidates in all 127 Quebec ridings. There are 18 candidates announced by their parties that aren't on the official list yet, including 10 from Démocratie Directe, 6 from Climat Québec and 2 from the Canadian Party. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Winnipeg's 680 CJOB announces three-year extension of Winnipeg Jets radio rights. www.corusent.com/news/680-cjo... (I've asked Corus to clarify if this is to 2029 or 2030, as their existing deal was supposed to end in 2027.)
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680 CJOB EXTENDS MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH WINNIPEG JETS AS EXCLUSIVE RADIO BROADCAST PARTNER - Corus Entertainment
The Three-Year Extension is in Partnership with True North Sports + Entertainment, with Game Coverage Beginning September 19  For Immediate Release  WINNIPEG, September 17, 2026 – Corus Entertainment ...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The deadline for Quebec candidate nominations has passed. The deadline to be removed from the ballot is Sunday. Welcome to Opposition Research Publication Season! Unrelated, here's a candidate scandal that came out 45 minutes after that deadline. #polqc www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/09/17/d...
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Des billets de 20 $ cachés dans les cadeaux d'un candidat caquiste
Le député sortant de Rousseau et candidat caquiste Louis-Charles Thouin distribue des casquettes et des chandails contenant de petites sommes d'argent
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Bill Brioux @briouxtv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remembering The Toronto Sun's editorial cartoonist iron man, #AndyDonato (1937-2026). Sixty-five years drawing cartoons! #bestlifeever tinyurl.com/2vxtrzbx
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Two hours to go until the deadline for candidate nominations in the Quebec election. Here's how many are registered as of 11:51 a.m.: Coalition Avenir Québec: 127 Parti Québécois: 127 Québec solidaire: 126 Liberal Party: 125 Conservative Party: 124 Climat Québec: 49 ... #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jean-François Lisée, whose agreement to participate in 2018 when he was PQ leader led to the only televised English-language leaders debate in Quebec history, defends mailing bilingual voter information www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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Tirer des roches aux Anglais
Ces jours-ci, les Anglos se sentent attaqués dans leur dignité de citoyen québécois. À raison.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rogers tells the #CRTC it intends to install HD Radio on its transmitter for CHEZ-FM (106.1 Ottawa) once it moves to a new CBC-owned antenna in Chelsea, QC. (New antenna is higher but power will be reduced to maintain same coverage area.)
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Opening statements for tonight's #polqc debate: Fréchette: PSPP BAD Milliard: I feel you. (Did I mention I was a pharmacist?) Ghazal: (Checks notes) Duhaime: Hope and change PSPP: Happy to be here, we're great
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh no, we're cancelling Colbert again.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#CRTC approves a new transmitter for Evangelical Baptist radio station CJVI-FM Brownsburg-Chatham (Radio Espoir 102.7) in Rivière-Rouge, a community northwest of Mont Tremblant. New transmitter is at 102.9 FM, 250W. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2026-239 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#CRTC issues decision updating Broadband Fund eligibility criteria to include "resiliency projects" that provide a second or backup telecom link to remote communities, but stops short of including operating costs crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2026-242 | CRTC
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Quebec Superior Court ruling says Élections Québec must prepare bilingual voter reminder cards (though the injunction doesn't cover actually mailing them out, that will be up to a future ruling) montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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Élections Québec ordered to prepare English reminder cards for voters
Élections Québec announced in September it wouldn't send English-language election mailouts.
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Alexandre Pratt @alexandrepratt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Richard Martineau s’offusque ce matin: pourquoi ne se sert-on pas de la piste de l’île Notre-Dame pour organiser des courses de vélo? Pourtant, les Mondiaux de cyclisme passent bel et bien sur le circuit Gilles-Villeneuve 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Less than 48 hours until the deadline for candidates to file for the 2026 Quebec election, we're at 806 officially registered and 915 announced (including 127 from each of the five main parties). 20 parties have at least one candidate, and there are 14 independents. #polqc
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Remember when TVA's Face-à-Face debate was supposed to be a solution to a five-party interruption-fest? #polqc
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Obituary: Serge Losique fought for his Festival des films du monde to the bitter end montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm all for considering edge cases and allowing exceptional cases, but ... how many people were forced into bestiality as part of a human trafficking operation and then eventually applied to work at the FBI? Apparently more than zero? How many more than zero? How widespread is this issue?
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Élections Québec puts in place special measures for distant regions of eastern and northern Quebec, apparently wanting to avoid what happened in Nunavik during the last federal election www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/communiques/...
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Élections provinciales de 2026 : mesures spéciales dans certains secteurs éloignés
Notre institution est neutre et indépendante. Elle a pour mission d'assurer l'intégrité, la transparence et la fiabilité des élections et de promouvoir les valeurs démocratiques québécoises.
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Steve Faguy @fagstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Concordia University student newspaper The Concordian joins Quebec Press Council as associate member www.newswire.ca/fr/news-rele...
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Le Conseil de presse du Québec est fier d'accueillir The Concordian comme nouveau membre associé
/CNW/ -- Le média anglophone The Concordian se joint au Conseil de presse du Québec à titre de membre associé. The Concordian est un média étudiant de...
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