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Paul Watson, who won a Pulitzer prize in 1994, has quit the Toronto Star over that paper’s “refusal to publish a story of significant public interest” — an allegation the paper denies.

“There’s no truth to that suggestion,” a spokesperson told the National Post. “Suppressing stories of significant public interest is something the Star has never done and we don’t do.”

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Watson announced his resignation on his blog Tuesday.

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July 7, 2015

At a meeting today in Vancouver, I submitted my resignation to the Toronto Star following the newspaper’s refusal to publish a story of significant public interest.

Resigning is the only way I can resume that reporting, complete the work and fulfill my responsibilities as a journalist.

My reporting is an attempt to give voice to federal civil servants and others involved in the grueling, High Arctic search for British Royal Navy explorer Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Several are experts in their fields.