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    3 months ago

    “It’s a real shock,” said Mr. Jobb, who worked as a reporter, an editor and a columnist at The Chronicle Herald for 20 years.

    It really isn’t and this is at the very least a North American local news issue. Their advertising and subscription model hasn’t been viable for a decade now.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    But the move to dissolve the companies, and a corresponding filing they made for creditor protection, come at a time when news outlets large and small are facing yet another major threat to their existence.

    Instead of paying Transcontinental 10 million Canadian dollars, the purchase price for the deal, it sued the printing company for, in its view, misrepresenting the financial state of the papers.

    In court filings, Fiera said that the companies had been in default on those loans for five years “and have no path or timeline for repayment of the credit facilities notwithstanding the patience of the lenders.”

    For anyone who lives along the path of next month’s total solar eclipse or who is planning a trip to view it, The Times has created an interactive map showing the likelihood of cloud cover.

    In her review, Amy Nicholson writes that “French Girl,” a love triangle farce that largely takes place in Quebec City, has a script that is pushed “dangerously close to parody.”

    Tate McRae, a musician from Calgary, is in the discussion as this week’s guests on “Popcast” have a conversation about the history of the Main Pop Girl, the top tier of stars that includes artists like Rihanna.


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