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Rewriting colonial narratives

The Eastern Door and Iorì:wase on the Mohawk-led media scene of Kahnawake, Que.
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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 Continue Reading Death of an owner silences small northern Ontario paper
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 Continue Reading There’s a one-woman show in Deloraine, Manitoba
A Calgary radio station sets the standard for community fundraising

As campus radio stations struggle with new financial realities, CJSW’s success offers its peers a model to replicate Continue Reading A Calgary radio station sets the standard for community fundraising
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 Continue Reading A millennial buys the local paper
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 Continue Reading A fourth-generation newspaper rides the waves of change
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 Continue Reading Delivery by the thousands beneath glacier-clad peaks
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 Continue Reading Do oil and paper mix on B.C.’s northwest coast?
Not gold, but close

The warming effects of local media in a subarctic town Continue Reading Not gold, but close
Changing public perceptions of mental illness

Allison Garber was diagnosed in her early 20s, with obsessive-compulsive disorder and general anxiety disorder. Garber was a university-educated, middle-class woman working a prestigious internship in Toronto. On the inside, though, she…