The University of Alberta's student newspaper issued a retraction and apology this week a little more than five months after Edmonton-Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte sued it over articles that described him as a racist.

Days after Kerry Diotte threatened legal action against two Twitter users who accused him of being a racist for associating with a far-right political commentator, the MP announced he is suing a University of Alberta newspaper for comments made about him in the publication.

The Gateway, the 106-year-old student newspaper at the University of Alberta, will stop publishing weekly paper copies, staff said Wednesday.