As local community and daily newspapers close across the country, their archives – and their stories of local politics, controversy and culture – are at risk. “Community newspapers tell us a story of time and experience,” said Claire Gilbert, an archivist and librarian at the Royal British Columbia Museum. “They’ve got everything from the way…
The Prince Albert Daily Herald is about to be independently owned and operated by its employees. An employee buyout of the newspaper, led by the newspaper’s publisher Donna Pfeil, was made public in a news release Friday night after an agreement was reached between employees and the paper’s current owners Star News Publishing. “The deal…
The National Post and Financial Post insert is still included in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Continue Reading Print editions of the National Post and Calgary Herald are no longer available in Saskatchewan
By Pat Reddick for Media Are Plural Enter panic mode, it’s time to seriously worry about things. Or, better yet, get your thinking cap on and come up with some ideas for how to save an industry. For the past few months, we’ve seen an outpouring of ideas in Canada about how to save the…
By Jaren Kerr On September 11, 2001, Jeff Brodrucky helped hand out 10,000 copies of the Toronto Star to commuters passing through the Yonge-Sheppard subway station in Toronto. “I gave out, at that time, ten thousand papers myself and they were bringing me bundles of paper. I couldn’t give them out fast enough. And that was…
How did Canadian newspapers report on a busy political and sports news day?
Chronicle Herald staff go on strike after 12:01 deadline passes.