The Nova Scotia government has cut the application fee for freedom of information requests to $5.00 from $25.00, effective August 14.
The fee had been the highest in Canada, matched only by Alberta.  Most jurisdictions charge $5.00 or have no fee at all. Saskatchewan municipalities charge a little more than $20.
When a member of the public [...]

CBC`s David McKie pointed us to this great story from the Winnipeg Free Press.
Reporter Jen Skerritt came to the CAJ conference in Vancouver in May and took the day of CAR training from McKie and Fred Vallance-Jones from King`s. She was so pumped, she headed right back to Winnipeg and asked the city and province [...]