Harrowsmith’s Fall 2026 50th Anniversary Almanac, released August 31 as “the ultimate keepsake”, features 288 pages of “history, heritage and hellery,” farm dogs, 2027 garden suggestions, heirloom recipes, books to read, best performing plants, a tribute to Canada’s diverse farmers, and much more. An Anniversary Section includes five classic cake recipes – from a depression-era chocolate vinegar cake to crab cakes. Chef Cynthia Peters shares her expertise on preparing a classic French dinner party.

 The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA), a provincial arts service organization that represents professional and emerging writers in Alberta, is seeking writers to join its awards juries. Deadline is September 18, 2026. In 2027, the WGA will present awards in ten categories, plus its City Book Prizes. Current openings on the juries cover fiction and non-fiction books, poetry, indigenous non-fiction and/or journalism, short stories, short non-fiction, unpublished essays, children’s picture books, plays, memoirs, and its City Book Prizes. More information: : https://writersguild.ca/call-for-jurors-alberta-literary-awards-2027/.

 

The Magazines Canada 2026 in-person and online Symposium (titled Dream, Build, Innovate), features professional development sessions that help busy magazine media professionals build and innovate. For those attending in person, there will also be plenty of time to connect with colleagues and friends. The event date is Wednesday, September 23, 2026, noon to 6:30 pm (ET) at The Guild Inn Estate in Scarborough, Ontario, as well as online.

 

Montréal language services agency Maxime Collins Inc. has added a Specialized Verification Branch for the editorial review of recipe books and magazines, cookbooks, and illustrated lifestyle titles, ensuring accuracy in both text and layout before large-scale printing. The new service combines the agency’s 15+ years of expertise in revisions, proofreading, and print-ready verification, to address the specific requirements of culinary and lifestyle publishing.

 

Founded in 1963, published six times a year, and formerly known as The Upper Canadian, Canadian Antiques & Vintage Magazine was Canada’s only national magazine dedicated to antiques, fine art, folk art, and vintage collectables. Various reasons were cited for the closure. During the pandemic in 2020, the magazine was forced to temporarily close because antique shops and shows also closed. Upon re-opening later that year, subscription and advertising revenue dropped by an unprecedented 48%.

 Citing financial viability, owner and publisher Postmedia has announced that L’Étoile, based in Moncton, and Infoweekend, which served northwest New Brunswick, have been closed. Both weekly newspapers were published by Irving-owned Brunswick News until 2022, when they were sold to Postmedia. The closures follow the July 2, 2026, final edition of the Miramichi Leader, also owned by Postmedia, and coincide with a reduction in print editions at Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper.

 The Department of Canadian Heritage’s new project will map areas of Canada that lack local news coverage by engaging industry experts to develop a directory using AI that will pinpoint regions where there is no local news coverage at all – and where news outlets aren’t meeting the information needs of the community. April Lindgren, Professor Emerita at Toronto Metropolitan University’s journalism school, is one of the academics involved in the initiative.