Starting with the Basics

Article #1: Saint John fire leaves family homeless
On Sunday a fire chased a mother and her son out of their house. The fire damaged the Killam Properties building on Davenport Avenue, and the Red Cross is helping the family until they figure what there next step will be. CBC received their information about this tragedy from the Saint John fire department.

Article #2: Teen stabbed after breaking up assault in Saint John
On Saturday a 17 year old teenager was stabbed when he intervened in a street assault. This incident happened on Peters Street in the uptown area. The boy was said to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, he seen at least two older men, aged 29 and 56 beating up the third man on the street. These men were charged with aggravated assault, the teenager is suffering non-life threatening injuries, and the police do not know the condition of the original victim. All information collected from CBC was from Sargent Peter Fres.

Article #3: Wild bear breaks into Moncton Zoo, kills deer
On Monday morning a wild bear broke into the Magnetic Hill Zoo in Moncton, and killed a Reeves muntjac, a certain breed of a deer. It is very unfortunate for a wild animal to get into the zoo because there is a seven foot fence around the whole facility. "We do not find skunks and raccoons who find their way under or over our perimeter, but in my 24 years at the zoo, I have never seen a large wild animal enter the facility." general manager Bruce Dougan said. This information CBC received was from Bruce Dougan.    

Code of Ethics Suggestions

- You should not distort or plagiarize anyone's work.  
- Only prevent freedom of speech if people are harmed. 
- You should act and say things that are appropriate for all ages.
- Make sure that all information is accurate. 
- Make sure that all headlines, news teases, pictures, videos, etc do not misrepresent.
- Avoid stereotyping by race, gender, age, religion, etc.

Journal Entry #1 - First Newspapers

     The first Canadian newspaper was printed on March 23, 1752. This newspaper was called the Halifax Gazette, printed in a small print shop on Grafton Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The shop owner's name was John Bushell, who is said to be the first person to publish a newspaper in Canada, while in actuality it was Bartholomew Green who intended to print the first paper as early as July 1751.

     There are many differences between today's modern newspapers and historical newspapers. for example, the length in the newspapers has increased and so has the content itself. The first newspaper was printed on just half of a single foolscap sheet, and todays newspapers have many pages. The paper has also changed where it used to be printed on a foolscap sheet, and now its available on both physical paper as well as on the internet. The actual content has changed by some newspapers being just about local news while other larger newspapers can be about anything happening in the world.

     Publick Occurrences was forced to shut down because they were critical of the government. I do not think that the government should have that kind of power or control today because the publishers are speaking their minds and should have the right to say what they want to. Yes I was surprised to find out that the first newspaper was printed in Halifax because it is a small community, I didn't think they would even have the right equipment to print the papers. You would assume that the first newspaper would be printed in a larger province like Ontario or Quebec, where they have a greater population and more money.