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This note was appended at the end of David Reevely’s column in the Citizen on Thursday: Some personal news: Eighteen years, three owners, four editors-in-chief and five newsroom jobs later, this is my last regular column here. On Monday, I start as a news editor in the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press, covering Parliament Hill. ...

I believed I had chosen a profession where I would make a difference and what I wrote would impact people’s lives. I also expected to retire from this profession. That was not to be. -- Theresa Fritz, former managing editor of Metroland Media East. ...

Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson is looking to set up a community news site to replace the _ Kanata Kourier-Standard _ , which is to be closed in January, writes Paul Adams, an _ iPolitics _ columnist. The _ Kourier-Standard _ is closing along with _ Metro Ottawa _ and seven other Ottawa community newspapers previously owned by Torstar Corp. ...

_ "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. ...

The 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. ...

Reports of Susan Sherring’s retirement are greatly exaggerated. Certainly, she has taken a buyout from the Ottawa Sun and yes, she has put down her pen for now. But she’s not going away that easily. Sherring, 57, had been at the paper since day one, writing about everything and anything. ...

_ ** iPolitics ** _ reported Thursday on more cuts coming to the Postmedia-owned ** _ Ottawa Citizen _ ** _ and _ ** _ Ottawa Sun _ ** . According to the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, Postmedia will reduce the amount of local coverage in the print editions of the two papers. ...

There’s been some movement in Ottawa’s media landscape this week, here’s a roundup: Shakeup at New Country 94 ( CKKL-FM ) If you listen to this station, your morning drive is going to be a bit different from now on. ...