It's generally weird to me that newspapers articles seem to be exempt from the expectation to cite their sources.
I.e., the author may as well have pulled it out of her ass, and you would be none the wiser. That's old school quality journalism for you.
The Globe and Mail is as authoritative and reputable as they get, but this isn't saying much. The media is just a shit show in general.
Having said that, even more pathetic is people who get their information from internet forums asking journalists to cite sources.
The authority hierarchy goes like this: Academic writing > Books by credentialed people > YouTube videos by credentialed people > Websites by credentialed people > Newspapers > Yahoo! Answers > Hacker News comments > Wikipedia.