In 1940's Montreal, Canada, a young reporter named Harry Barnes gets his first job at The Daily Witness, the worst paper in the city. A naive man, he struggles to accept the realities of the life of a reporter whether dealing with suspicious stories. or coping with his tyrannical boss. Along the way, he meets and falls for a reporter from a competing paper named Julia who is struggling at her job while quietly forming a journalist union local. Egged on by his worldly comrades, Harry tries to woo her by helping her and learning about her cause. However, events nearly out of his control push him to make a decision on one miserable night that will change his life forever.