Local News

• Métro Media to declare bankruptcy as local journalism takes another hit

  CEO Andrew Mule said the decision was made after the company abruptly suspended operations at its more than 30 hyperlocal publications, including the Journal Métro.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2023
  
• Amid C-18 row, media group urges advertisers to pledge 25% of budgets to local news

  The call to support local media sources comes amid years of declining advertising for Canadian news as ad dollars migrate to tech giants.

  Money

  Jul 13, 2023
  
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• Saskatoon school offers daily breakfast program to fight food insecurity

  'Toonies for Tummies' has estimated as many as 2 million children may now be at risk of going to school on an empty stomach, double the number prior to the pandemic.

  Health

  Mar 13, 2023
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• 65 years since CHBC TV first beamed into Kelowna households

  Live television broadcasting on CHBC TV began in Kelowna on Sept. 21, 1957, with local headlines encouraging uptake of the new technology: 'Baby sitter problem? Then get a TV.'

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2022
• Newspaper launches in Vaudreuil-Soulanges amid COVID-19 pandemic

  The newspaper promises to be the voice of local businesses in Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

  News

  May 14, 2020
• After 119 years, the Lacombe Globe will soon print its final edition

  After more than 119 years, a newspaper in Lacombe, Alta., is going out of business.

  Features

  Jan 16, 2020
• Media cast in different role as Quebec studies how to help to struggling industry

  The committee hearings on the future of the media run until Friday.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2019
• Jazzercise is 50, and it has evolved beyond lunges, legwarmers and leotards

  The company has boogied way past the era when it gained its fame and has morphed into a modern global empire that continues to keep people around the world moving.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2019
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• Stanstead Journal, Quebec’s oldest weekly newspaper, scales back publication

  "It is no longer a viable business, and no real government help is forthcoming," said Jean-Yves Durocher, the paper's owner and publisher.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2019
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• People will ‘scramble’ to find care with new plan: Whitby autism care advocate

  "The funding isn't going to cover all the costs of care," said Chris Potvin of Whitby, Ont.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2019