A major media request to review details spelled out in a comprehensive report of the Steven Truscott case was temporarily turned down by an Ontario Court of Appeal judge last week.

The request to review the comprehensive package, put together by retired judge Fred Kaufman, was jointly submitted by media outlets, including The News-Record’s parent company, Sun Media.

The court turned down the request, citing ...

The Castlegar (BC) Citizen has published its last edition. The paper was formed in 2000 by striking employees at the Hollinger-owned Castlegar Sun. Seeing no end to the strike, which started November 4, 1999, nine employees started their own paper with help from the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Local 2000.

Soon, the paper had developed an advertising base and local community ...

I’m going to give 75 cents to the newspaper staff. Divide it up any way you wish.

Now, for that 75 cents I am giving you tonight, I want you to deliver tomorrow to my house a newspaper that will contain more reading matter than the current best-selling novel.

I want all the news. And I want every bit of it to be fresh. I want pictures of all local accidents, fires, meetings and events that I’m ...

The town of Fort Nelson, BC, has burst onto the international scene by staging a Guinness World Record-breaking water balloon fight on June 20.

The Fort Nelson (BC) News reports that over 2,200 people lined either side of the Alaska Highway, and in the space of 3 ½ minutes, they threw 40,000 water balloons across the median and into history.

The blowout was the idea of Fort Nelson grade ...

The Publisher had the opportunity to meet with CCNA President Lynn Hennigar at her office in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, to see how she runs her business and to discover her agenda for the CCNA.

The first thing that one notices when walking into Lighthouse Publishing is the table of Page Awards from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association's (CCNA) Better Newspapers Competition. This is an office that ...

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The Publisher presents this third instalment of our RSS Focus on Technology. In the April and May instalments, we learned that RSS is an electronic news feed, and that this new technology is fast becoming a common way to access the news on-line. To learn more about RSS, visit: http://www.communitynews.ca/rss/

Recap: What is RSS?

Flyer distributors hope that they can answer the question 'Are my flyers being delivered?' with more confidence.

On June 9, the Flyer Distribution Standards Association (FDSA) launched a program in which audits can be done on flyer distribution using the CCAB auditing service.

The initiative started when industry stakeholders decided to form a partnership. Murray Skinner, president of Metroland ...

Glacier Ventures has announced its acquisition of Madison Publishing, effective July 1, 2005.

Madison's community newspaper holdings include the Lillooet (BC) Bridge River News, the Sechelt/Gibsons (BC) Coast Reporter, the Squamish (BC) Chief, and the Whistler (BC) Question.

The Osprey Media Income Fund continues to expand its holdings in Ontario.

On June 24, Osprey announced its purchase of the Stirling (ON) Community Press. It is a paper that publishes three zoned editions in Eastern Ontario that are distributed to over 58,000 homes. Alan Coxwell, who co-founded the Community Press in 1985, will join Osprey.

With his usual sense of humour, ...

The "has been" has arrived!

That’s been a running joke at CCNA that I’d like to share with you now. A number of years ago, Sean Murray and I were labeled "has beens" by publisher Jim ...