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26 October 2026,     OWEN SOUND

TC Transcontinental to close RBW Graphics

 

 
TC Transcontinental will permanently close its massive printing facility in Owen Sound, Ontario, at the end of January 2027, impacting over 360 jobs and ending an historic printing presence that spanned decades. Originally known as Richardson, Bond & Wright (RBW), the facility has long been one of Owen Sound’s largest private employers and a giant in the Canadian print-media sector. The plant has produced millions of retail flyers, major national magazines, and commercial print materials that were distributed across the country.

26 October 2026,     MONTRÉAL

Châtelaine launches Sur Invitation series

Camille Cardin-Goyer
Camille Cardin-Goyer
 Châtelaine has launched Sur Invitation, a new conversation series that brings portraits of remarkable women into a new format. The series opened recently with a 27-minute chat with Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette. Hosted by Châtelaine Editor-in-Chief Camille Cardin-Goyer, Sur Invitation delivers candid, wide-ranging discussions that explore the personal experiences, convictions, and ideas that influence its guests. For the full interview, translated into English, please click here: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIqLQHLEVHM.

 

26 October 2026,     TORONTO

Webinar to explore AI solutions for magazines
 
A new hour-long Magazines Canada webinar November 5, 2026, will delve into AI productivity tools and automation for magazines. Host Christopher Smyth will reveal low-cost and no-cost productivity tools for small magazines that integrate easily with larger systems. From out-of-the-box tools to third-party automation to building AI as an automated assistant, participants will discover practical strategies and resources. Registration (members, free): https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8317310877891/WN_u58JcSTrRHqDB2jsX7Uzvg#/registration

26 October 2026,     STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Canadian wins Nobel Prize for literature

Anne Carson
Anne Carson
 Toronto-born author, poet, and essayist Anne Carson, 76, has won the Nobel Prize for literature for her playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. Carson earned three University of Toronto degrees and is the second Canadian woman and first U. of T. alumna to win the international accolade, widely regarded as the world’s highest literary honour. Carson taught classics at several North American universities and lives in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she and her husband, Robert Currie, were granted citizenship in 2022.

26 October 2026,     TORONTO

Toronto Star tests new advertising model

Saturday Star, October 3, 2026
Saturday Star, October 3, 2026
The Toronto Star has tested a new advertising model that allows a brand to sponsor free access to its journalism. Sony Pictures underwrote a full day of unlimited access to thestar.com on Saturday, October 3, 2026, as part of a campaign supporting The Social Reckoning – a 2026 American biographical film and legal thriller written, co-produced, and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The new model packages print, digital, newsletters, and access to journalism, into a single sponsorship, giving advertisers “a broader role” than traditional advertising placements.

26 October 2026,     OTTAWA

New book details rifts between Freeland and Trudeau, Canada and Trump
 
 In Unreliable Boyfriend, former Canadian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland delves into how her political relationship with then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went from a warm, face-to-face invitation into public service, to a Zoom call years later where he ended her finance role. She also discussed how they worked together on trade, management of the pandemic, and rollout of national childcare. The book’s title, however, actually refers to the United States under President Donald Trump – not Justin Trudeau.

13 October 2026,     MICHIGAN

New e-publication helps local newsrooms
 
 The Economic Opportunity Lab has released a free new “playbook” to help local newsrooms report on the policies and places that shape economic mobility in their communities. The Lab is a partnership between the Local Media Association, Comcast NBCUniversal, and the Harvard-based research group Opportunity Insights, which brought together 48 local newsrooms and 10 NBC Telemundo stations across five regions to report on how place and policy are shaping access to opportunities, with the ultimate goal of driving economic mobility.

13 October 2026,     MONTREAL

CJC settlement year 2025 claims portal to open October 13
 
The Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) claims portal for Settlement Year 2025 will open on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Any news businesses wishing to submit their claim for compensation from Google under the Online News Act can do so then. The deadline to submit claims is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Payments are anticipated by the Spring of 2027. Submissions are assessed across three ‘pillars’ of eligibility – the news business, the news outlet, and newsroom employees.

13 October 2026,     TORONTO

Giller Prize announces 5-title shortlist for 2026
 
 Authors Tara Gereaux, Michelle Good, Nicholas Herring, Nazanine Hozar, and Patmeena Sabit, are the five writers shortlisted for this year’s Giller Prize. The $100,000 annual award recognizes the best in Canadian fiction. The 2026 shortlist features historical fiction set in 1940s Saskatchewan (Gereaux’s Wild People Quiet), a contemporary story about a road trip from New Brunswick to Toronto (Herring’s Your Breath in Charcoal), and a compelling novel about child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq war (Hozar’s The Small Ones).

6 October 2026,     TORONTO

National Newspaper Week campaign

 

Al Gorithm. Journalist?
Al Gorithm. Journalist?
Meet Al Gorithm. He looks human and sounds human, but he isn’t a journalist. Al is the satirical face of this year’s National Newspaper Week campaign running October 4–10 across Canada. This fictional character was created to make a simple point – as AI-generated content becomes more human-looking and human-sounding, it can be harder to tell whether a real person is actually behind the information we read. The 2026 campaign asks Canadians to look more closely at who or what is behind the news they absorb.

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