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Canada ready for conservative TV network - broadcaster Published Saturday June 12th, 2010 A10 By STEPHANIE LEVITZ The Canadian Press OTTAWA - It's the right time for a right-of-centre television network in Canada, says one of the country's leading conservative broadcasters. But if that's what Quebecor Media Inc. is doing with their proposed new channel, it can't be styled as a "Fox News North," said Dave Rutherford, whose Alberta-based political talk show has been a mainstay of Canadian conservatism for two decades. "It's obviously got to be a stand-alone, Canadian-looking conservative channel," Rutherford said. Quebecor filed an application late last...