No penalty after CRTC ruled CBC violated broadcasting licence

Canada’s broadcasting regulator won’t punish the CBC for cancelling local evening newscasts, despite ruling the move violated the public broadcaster’s licence. As reported in Blacklock’s Reporter, the CRTC found that the CBC’s March 18 decision to replace local 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts withCBC News Network, breached the media outlet’s broadcasting licence, a moveCBC News Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic.-- More...