The union, which is a local of CWA Canada, says it filed its application with the Ontario Labour Relations Board on Monday after a majority of the plant's staff signed union cards.

Postmedia Network Inc. says it will lay off about 80 employees and permanently close 15 community newspapers -- including several in Manitoba -- as the newspaper conglomerate navigates the financial fallout of COVID-19.

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

The Montreal Gazette, CBC and Rhonda Massad, who runs the West Island Blog, testified to the challenges facing English news companies in the province.

The development came two days after the newspaper said it would not take down a secretly recorded video of several Senators players from an Uber vehicle in Arizona, despite a legal notice insisting that leaving it online violates provincial privacy laws.

In a letter released Thursday to unionized employees, Postmedia says that if a final offer proposed by the company is voted down then they will lock out employees on Sept. 10.

The closure comes not long after a swap between Postmedia and Torstar that saw almost a dozen newspapers end their runs.

Martin's column, which used unnamed sources, painted Kent as bad candidate who had alienated party staff.

“It was like getting hit by a truck and you’re in a state of shock,” Brown told Postmedia in his first interview since he resigned on Jan. 25.

Ordinary residents, politicians and journalists say the closure of more than 30 newspapers across the country - the vast majority in Ontario - represents a huge loss to the communities they serve.