A lost dog, trapped on a ledge, gets saved by firefighters in Port Hope, Ontario:
Okay, yes, this is good news, but on a pretty small scale. So why am I repeating it? Well, partly because hearing about a real life happy ending for an animal never hurts, but also because of where I found the story – under the "Good News" heading on the CNEWS website.
I find it intriguing that they've had to create such a category. Are they suggesting that regular news is so overwhelmingly bad that we need a safe category to turn to when we'd rather not be depressed by what's going on in the world? Or are we all so numb to what's going on that we need to be told what's good news and what isn't? Oh, journalism, you are an endless source of entertainment...
