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By: Robert Washburn | January 15, 2018

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Not all small newspapers in southwestern Ontario are closing. One town just got a new one
The loss of dozens of journalism jobs and print editions of Metroland papers has many concerned about the impact on the availability of accurate news and democracy. (Erik White/CBC ) Some southwestern Ontario newspaper publishers are bucking trends by continuing to print paper versions of small-town newspapers at a [...] Click here to view original web page at www.cbc.ca
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