Former Colborne resident, Adam Huras, was one of the key figures in an apology offered today by the Telegraph-Journal, a daily paper operating in New Brunswick.
Adam was one of two Telgraph-Journal reporters covering the state funeral for former Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc on July 3 in Memramcook, N.B.
The article contained inaccurate statements which the paper now admits should not have been published. The apology, printed on July 28, goes on to say that Adam and his co-reporter, Rob Linke, did not write the erroneous statements in the article they submitted for publication.
The story stated that a senior Roman Catholic priest in New Brunswick had demanded that the Prime Minister's Office explain what happened to the communion wafer which was handed to Prime Minister Harper during the celebration of communion at the funeral mass. The story also said that during the communion celebration, the Prime Minister "slipped the thin wafer that Catholics call 'the host' into his jacket pocket".
The article created a nation-wide controversy which has now been resolved with the apology to the reporters, and to the Prime Minister,and with the firing of two senior staff members at the paper.
The 23-year-old journalist spoke to Cramahe Now by phone from Moncton on July 29. While unable to divulge details of the situation, he was clearly glad it was behind him.
Adam began his journalistic career in Brighton, working for The Independent while attending secondary school. Upon graduation, he headed to Ryerson University in Toronto where he completed a four-year degree in journalism.
He completed an internship at the National Post and in his final year he also held down a 32-hour-a-week job on the Sports Desk. The job sent him to cover games played by the Rock, the Leafs, Blue Jays and an NCAA game.
He was working on a contract job when the Telegraph-Journal came calling. Upon the recommendation of his school, they offered him an internship. Not willing to leave a job for a prospect, he asked them to call again when they had a position.
Two days later he got the call to be the Provincial Reporter, working out of the Moncton office of the province-wide daily.
He started there on May 5, 2008.
His parents, Bill and Jennifer, and his brother, Jared, still live in Colborne.
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Telegraph Journal apology
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