Ottawa Deputy Bureau Chief Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press discusses the weakening of freedom of information policy. Beeby offers journalists and activists some advice: "Don't file one request, file 20 requests because it's going to take that many to get a story. Myself, I'm experienced in using it. I have to probably file ten requests to get a story. That's how the system has broken down.... Be a pitbull about it! Insist on your rights. Don't give up because that's exactly what a government wants. They want you to give up and go away. So, perseverance counts a lot."

On July 29 in Toronto's dimly lit Lula Lounge, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression hosted a fundraiser to support the children of "Pikin News", a youth-run national newspaper in Sierra Leone. The paper, run by kids aged 12 to 17, provides the post-civil war generation of Sierra Leone an outlet to express their thoughts and feelings regarding the world around them.

Produced by Sachin Seth, filmed by Alexandra MacAulay Abdelwahab.

After meeting personally with opposition group leaders, AlJazeera English managing director Tony Burman seems to have secured a place for the channel in Canada's media landscape. Canadians now seem excited for a new voice in news, and ready for the network to hit airwaves this fall.