Newspapers

• Former city councillor buys Prince George’s last newspaper

  A former councillor in Prince George has purchased the city's only newspaper after watching multiple outlets in other British Columbia Interior communities shut down last year.

  Canada

  Feb 5
  
• PCO poll finds many do not trust the media and do not believe news outlets are closing

  Local governments scored highest when it comes to trust, while social media platforms scored lowest, with just one in 10 believing those platforms act in the public interest.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2023
  
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• Community mobilizes to stop staff cuts at Montreal Gazette

  A group calling itself the Friends of the Montreal Gazette, has launched a campaign they hope will stop any planned staff cuts at the newspaper.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2023
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• SaltWire newspapers in Atlantic Canada to stop publishing print editions on Mondays

  The four daily newspapers owned by the SaltWire Network in Atlantic Canada will soon stop publishing on Mondays, though there will be digital editions.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
• A world without news: Papers publish blank front pages to highlight industry struggles

  “Imagine if the news wasn’t there when we needed it,” read the message on the blank front pages. “If nothing is done, the journalism industry will disappear.”

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2021
• 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
• Note from SHA: ‘If you don’t want to see it in the newspaper’ leave it out of meetings

  Opposition leader Ryan Meili called it a “hush memo” meant to dissuade healthcare workers from speaking out about concerns they may have.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2019
• Debate on future of Publisacs rages

  An environmentalist is calling on the city to regulate the distribution of plastic bags with flyers.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2019
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• Quebec unveils $50M in annual funding to aid struggling news industry

  The measures add up to a $50-million annual boost until 2024 to aid local media organizations in the midst of a journalism crisis.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2019
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• Sask. government to release province’s historic newspapers online

  The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan will begin to release the first digitized copies of the province’s community newspapers from 1939 to 1945.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2019