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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. ...