COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Peace Arch News

One journalist was laid off before being recalled for a work-sharing program and having their hours reduced from three days a week to five, says the union. Another journalist was transferred to the Maple Ridge Times and a circulation worker was laid off. Changes were announced April 3 and implemented April 6.

Updated Oct. 22: Journalists at Black Press’s Lower Mainland papers, including the Peace Arch News, have had their hours restored to full time under Service Canada Work-Sharing Agreements between Oct. 6 and 26 for the duration of the provincial election.

This post is part of the COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada, a joint initiative of J-Source, the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The map will be regularly updated. If you have any additional information about known changes or have knowledge of a new impact, please contact us at info@j-source.ca or fill in details using the form COVID-19: Impacts on media in Canada.