Some eastern Ontario residents have been left with fewer ways to consume the news after Metroland Media Group announced it was ending print publications of community newspapers across the province.
On Friday, the Toronto Star's sister company announced it had sought bankruptcy protection and was laying off 600 people, including 68 journalists.
Those local papers are among the country's oldest. The Metroland website for the Perth Courier, for example, lists its first publication date as 1834.Another blow to local news came earlier this week when the independent Glengarry News printed its last edition on Wednesday after over 130 years. Internet access is often spotty or completely lacking in rural communities like Alexandria, she said, making the general online shift a real problem for older residents.
Carleton professor Dwayne Winseck says the 'the writing's been on the wall for awhile' adding that he thinks Nordstar is trying to shelter their group of seven daily newspapers. "How many of these weekly newspapers are putting out strong publications with the big news in them? I don't think that there they've been really substantial papers ever," Winseck said.
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