The Canadian Community Newsmedia Awards (CCN Awards) presented by News Media Canada, recognize outstanding English and French community publishing across editorial, photography, multimedia, and general excellence categories. The 2026 Outstanding Columnist Award went to Paul MacNeill of The Eastern Graphic in Montague, PEI. His columns on tourism, provincial politics, and healthcare, earned praise from the judges for their “fearless approach to challenging those in power.”

 A coalition of Canada’s largest newspapers is suing AI company Anthropic in an Ontario court. Postmedia, Toronto Star (Torstar), The Globe and Mail, and The Canadian Press, insist that Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model, Claude. “Anthropic has capitalized on the commercial success of its AI models, building an expansive suite of services, and raised significant capital, all without obtaining a valid licence from any of the news media companies,” said the statement of claim. The lawsuit was filed on October 6, 2026, and the allegations have not yet been proven in court.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 

 

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.