Canada Bids Farewell to 290 Years of Newspaper History
The Guelph Mercury and Nanaimo Daily News both turned off the presses Friday.
Jan. 29 was a dark day for Canada’s daily newspaper industry. In Ontario, the Guelph Mercury put out its final edition after 149 years, while in British Columbia, the Nanaimo Daily News said goodbye after serving the community for 141 years.
The twin closings come on the heels of other grim media consolidation moves north of the border. From Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor’s weekend ode to the Mercury:
“It’s funny,” says Mercury sports reporter and photographer Tony Saxon, “but schools don’t ask for journalists to come in and talk about their jobs on Career Day any more…”
Saxon never saw it coming.
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