Debuting this September on Global?

The Times Colonist's newsroom is beginning to look like a cross between Brave New World's antiseptic society and 1984's security state, according to Public Eye tipsters. Last Monday, management notified the broadsheet's word slaves that food and beverages would no longer be allowed in the newsroom. No reason for the restriction was given. But Times Colonist reporters who are not members of the paper's deadwood brigade are seething about the decision, since many of them are accustom to taking working lunches at their desks. Meanwhile, our tipsters tells us security cameras were also installed in the newsroom on the same day - not to monitor cleanliness but instead deal with a supposed theft problem. No word whether the video feed from those cameras is being piped directly into publisher Bob McKenzie's office or recorded for a future reality show.