CanWest drops libel suit against The Tyee

Canwest Global Communications Corporation has dropped a libel suit against The Tyee online newspaper, based in Vancouver. It concerned a column by Rafe Mair published in December 2007, found to contain a factual error and later removed and corrected. According to a story carried today on the blog The Hook, published by the Tyee, the paper published apologies on December 27 and later on January 17