07-27-2014, 02:55 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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Where do you get your news (and do you pay for it)?
I never watch the news on tv and use internet sites for almost all of my news information. I usually poke around a few sites with my morning coffee.
I am finding it increasingly hard to get good, free news information in one place, particularly with good Canadian content.
I was thinking about subscribing to the National Post online service as I don't mind their format and it's about ten bucks a month. I'm fine with paying for a good news service site.
Does anyone else have a site that they use and recommend, free or not?
Thanks.
Last edited by schteve_d; 07-27-2014 at 02:58 PM.
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07-27-2014, 02:59 PM
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#2
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Vancouver :(
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07-27-2014, 03:05 PM
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#3
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Google News - news aggregators are the best.
Also, Reddit is pretty awesome.
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07-27-2014, 03:07 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Here.
No.
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07-27-2014, 03:52 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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CBC, Google News , The Young Turks Network.
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07-27-2014, 05:06 PM
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#7
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Lifetime Suspension
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Anywhere but the Calgary Sun. I don't know if it is just a new thing but I don't remember them being such a biased garbage newspaper. They never check facts and post lie after lie and seem like they have an agenda with every story.
It also doesn't help that it seems like the people who comment on stories are the dumbest people on the planet.
I like the Herald most of the time and Reddit.
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07-27-2014, 05:06 PM
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#8
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
Here.
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Why does everyone always say this whenever this is brought up? Calgarypuck is amazing, don't get me wrong. But more so for discussion on a variety of topics.
How many news items do you get from calgaypuck, if this is where you get your news? Like a couple major international stories per week, plus maybe a couple local ones?
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07-27-2014, 05:06 PM
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#9
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First Line Centre
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I have an old fashioned Economist subscription. It also gives me access to their website and iOS app which is nice. Works out to around $13/month and their content (both print and online) is fantastic.
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07-27-2014, 05:40 PM
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#10
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Calgary Puck for all the hockey related news.
In private browsing for the Calgary Herald and other newspapers.
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07-27-2014, 05:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Calgarypuck, Twitter, Reddit, Google News, CBC.ca
Nope.
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Huge thanks to Dion for the signature!
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07-27-2014, 05:52 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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A Twitter list which is about half local sources (CBC/Global Calgary, etc.) and half general sources, and then r/worldnews or CNN for everything else.
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07-27-2014, 05:57 PM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Here. And if pay for it, just don't tell anyone.
In addition to here Google News, and I check the local paper online. I don't pay for any of it. Probably would pay for access to the local paper if the price was reasonable but I leech access off of the family.
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07-27-2014, 06:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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CBC, MSNBC, CNN, BBC, CTVN, VICE, The Young Turks, Bill Maher, local news TV stations, google, al Jazeera, TSN and other links from here
all free except for TV sub
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07-27-2014, 06:48 PM
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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CTV & Global newscasts for local news
CBC.ca for some local and national news
The Irish Times for Irish news
The Guardian for football and world news
I very occasionally buy a newspaper or magazine if I want some in depth coverage (don't like reading long articles on a computer screen). Depending on my mood, that has included Calgary Herald, National Post, Globe & Mail, Macleans, The Economist, The New Yorker & The Atlantic. None of this is particularly often. Handful of times a year, maybe.
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07-27-2014, 06:55 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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cbc and twitter
I also use CP a lot. If I see a new topic pop up in off-topic I know it's a big story.
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07-27-2014, 08:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Abbotsford, BC
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National news: National Post, Maclean's, CBC
Local news: Tyee
International news: Al Jazeera, CBC, Maclean's
Opinion/Editorials: Maclean's
American news: Politico
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07-27-2014, 08:18 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Calgary
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I'm turning into my dad. I watch the news in the morning before work and I love to listen to 660 and 770 when I'm driving.
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07-27-2014, 09:11 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
Why does everyone always say this whenever this is brought up? Calgarypuck is amazing, don't get me wrong. But more so for discussion on a variety of topics.
How many news items do you get from calgaypuck, if this is where you get your news? Like a couple major international stories per week, plus maybe a couple local ones?
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Yep, don't really need to sit around hearing about the guy who saved that cat from the tree, or that people are really worried about housing prices, or which actor got a DUI. I already know or don't care.
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07-27-2014, 09:26 PM
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#20
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #-3
Yep, don't really need to sit around hearing about the guy who saved that cat from the tree, or that people are really worried about housing prices, or which actor got a DUI. I already know or don't care.
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On my Bell receiver I'll put a news channel on pause on one tuner, watch something else on the other tuner and come back to watch the news later. This way I can skip the ads and the cat in the tree vids.
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