#layoffs #merger #metroland media #Postmedia #stittsville #stittsville news #torstarCOMMENT: Turning the page on the Stittsville News_ "That daily experience of seeing your local places, names and events creates a kind of resonance and connection and investment with where you live. Canadians pay a lot of lip service to the importance of telling Canadian stories. We are so used to seeing American references that just watching a movie, for example, set in a Canadian place will “charge us up” with local feeling. ...
#layoffs #merger #metroland media #Ottawa Citizen #Postmedia #torstarPostmedia to close Metro Ottawa and eight area community papersThe Stittsville News is one of eight local community papers that will be closed after a swap between Postmedia and Torstar. (File photo) Nine Ottawa-area newspapers will be shuttered after a trade between Canada’s two largest newspaper chains. The swap, announced Monday, saw Postmedia Network Canada Corp. ...