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2 years ago
Rewriting colonial narratives
The Eastern Door and Iorì:wase on the Mohawk-led media scene of Kahnawake, Que.
3 years ago
Death of an owner silences small northern Ontario paper
Dennis Smyk was the Driftwood, the paper that was the voice of Ignace, Ont. since the ‘70s
3 years ago
There’s a one-woman show in Deloraine, Manitoba
After 14 years of newsroom cuts, reporter Judy Wells is determined to keep her local paper alive
3 years ago
A millennial buys the local paper
Why a 24-year old gives up city life for a job at his local paper and then, five years later, buys it
3 years ago
A fourth-generation newspaper rides the waves of change
Why a 109-year old, family-owned Alberta outlet remains optimistic about the future despite a shifting rural population
3 years ago
Delivery by the thousands beneath glacier-clad peaks
How a woman from southern Ontario and a man from the Prairies figured out local-news survival in B.C.’s Kootenays
3 years ago
Do oil and paper mix on B.C.’s northwest coast?
When the island paper was sold to Black Press Media, Haida Gwaii residents began to re-evaluate their relationship to local news
4 years ago
The Power of Place: When ‘Local’ is More than a Catchphrase
While big-city newsrooms discuss the future of local news, the voice of rural Canada wanes.
5 years ago
Muslim communities are telling new stories to break old stereotypes, say panelists
By Angela Long for the Local News Conference
If you want to learn about the Muslim community, don’t read the news, says the associate editor of The Islamic Monthly.
Steven Zhou, who converted to Islam six years ago, said…
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French-language publication Projet J, hosted by J-Source, is led by the journalism program at the Université du Québec à Montréal and funded by a group of donors.
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