COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Surrey Now-Leader

 Two journalists on a staff of four were laid off and then brought back because of a work-sharing program, says the union, which indicated they are likely to be laid off again. Their hours were reduced to three days per week from five, in changes announced April 3 and implemented April 6.

Updated Oct. 22: Journalists at Black Press’s Lower Mainland papers, including the Surrey Now-Leader, 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.