As COVID-19 cases hit record highs, workers at the paper chain say they’re concerned their employer isn’t allowing WFH option, per public health advice Continue Reading Black Press Media employees question keeping workers in offices as second wave hits B.C.
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. Continue Reading COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Black Press
The news comes as Black Press Ltd. closes newspaper’s pressroom and mailroom Continue Reading 25 laid off at Red Deer Advocate
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?
Twenty-six full-time and 26 part-time positions in Calgary will be eliminated when plant closes. Continue Reading Black Press to print Calgary Sun; 52 Postmedia positions to be eliminated
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By Mitchell Thompson Black Press, the British Columbia-based news company with a near monopoly on Vancouver Island, has launched a free daily after a string of newspaper closures. The new paper, the Vancouver Island Free Daily, launched Sept. 27 and is being helmed by managing editor Philip Wolf and content editor John McKinley, with Wolf…
Print journalists watch as the last flickering embers of what was a tremendous blaze that warmed an entire civilization begin to go out.