• The new Black Press paper, the Vancouver Island Free Daily, launched Sept. 27 across Vancouver Island. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Black Press launches a new Vancouver Island wide daily newspaper

    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…