Publisac

• Publisac flyer service shutting down in Quebec, leaving local newspapers in limbo

  Weekly newspapers across the province have depended on the door-to-door Publisac service to bring local news to Quebecers' doorsteps.

  Nov 3, 2023
  
• Transcontinental moving flyer distribution in Mirabel to Canada Post during appeal

  Mirabel switched to an opt-in system for Publisac in October 2019. Montreal plans to adopt such a system starting in May 2023 as it aims to become zero waste by 2030.

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2022
  
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• Transcontinental to appeal ruling dismissing effort to quash Mirabel flyer bylaw

  The city of Mirabel, north of Montreal, switched to an opt-in system for Publisac in October 2019. Transcontinental says an opt-out system is simple and effective.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2022
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• Publisac grocery flyers to reach only those Montreal households that ask for them

  The mayor says about 800,000 flyers and ads reach Montreal doorsteps each week, amounting to more than 41 million flyers per year that wind up in recycling depots and landfills.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2022
• Transcontinental CEO calls bid to ban flyers in Montreal ‘impractical’

  The CEO of Transcontinental Inc. says the proposal to drastically cut down on mail flyers is ``insensitive, incoherent and impractical.''

  Canada

  Dec 9, 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
• Montreal to hold public consultations on future of Publisac

  The City of Montreal wants to hear from residents.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2019
• Will you sign this petition against the Publisac in Montreal?

  If a new petition in Montreal gets 15,000 signatures by June, the city will launch public consultations on the future of the Publisac.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2019