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28 July 2026,     VANCOUVER

Fund offers $5,000 to B.C. magazine publishers
 
 The B.C. Magazine Publishers Market Fund established by Creative BC, is offering financial support for British Columbia magazine publishers to attend selected magazine fairs, conferences, and related events to promote their publications in both foreign and domestic markets, and to develop marketing materials and/or promotional campaigns. Publishers can secure up to $5,000 per fiscal year for activities that meet the program objectives outlined by program funder Creative BC. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis until March 31, 2027, or until all funds are allocated. More information: https://creativebc.com/funding-program/magazine-publishing/magazine-publishers-market-fund/.

28 July 2026,     WINNIPEG.

Community newspaper and flyer distribution ends at WFP

 

 
TC Transcontinental, the parent company of the Winnipeg Free Press (WFP), has announced that the newspaper is ceasing its free weekly community newspaper and flyer distribution. As of July 24, 2026, the Free Press will no longer deliver flyer inserts to 200,000 Manitoba households. July 24 also marks delivery of the final edition of the Free Press Community Review, which featured local community content. The distribution change will impact 817 delivery contractors. The Free Press Community Review employed four people. Two of those staffers will be offered jobs at the Free Press.

28 July 2026,     TORONTO

Editor-in-Chief Halushak to leave Chatelaine

 

Maureen Halushak
Maureen Halushak
After seven years leading one of Canada’s most popular magazines, Maureen Halushak will step down as Editor-in-Chief of Chatelaine on August 5, 2026, to pursue a new opportunity. Halushak was named editor-in-chief in January of 2019, returning to the magazine where she began her career more than two decades earlier. Under her leadership, Chatelaine won Gold for Best Service & Lifestyle Magazine at the 2023 National Magazine Awards, and earned a Best Magazine nomination again in 2026.

18 July 2026,     HENDERSONVILLE TENNESSEE

EPPY Awards deadline is September 19, 2026

 

 
 
 
For three decades, Editor & Publisher Magazine’s EPPY Awards have recognized the innovation, creativity and journalistic excellence that define North American news publishing. Launched in 1996, the awards honour the people, teams and organizations whose work not only has impact, but also advances online journalism and inspires the news-media community. The deadline to submit entries is Friday, September 18, 2026, at 11:59 pm, ET. More information: https://enter.eppyawards.com/

18 July 2026,     ONTARIO & QUEBEC

Canadian news organizations join SPUR’s global coalition

 

Standards for Publisher Usage Rights
Standards for Publisher Usage Rights
CBC/Radio-Canada, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, Postmedia, Quebecor, Torstar, and TVO Media Education Group, has joined the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition, becoming part of a growing global alliance of news publishers working to ensure that intellectual property owners can control and monetize the use of their content by generative AI applications. The aim is to create a fair market that recognizes the important role that publishers’ intellectual property and journalism play in powering AI systems.

18 July 2026,     SUMMERSIDE

Editor of P.E.I.’s only francophone newspaper to retire after 48 years

Marcia Enman
Marcia Enman
After almost five decades as Managing Editor of La Voix Acadienne, Prince Edward Island’s only francophone newspaper, Marcia Enman will be retiring. The successful weekly publication has been thriving for 50 years. Enman joined in 1978 and watched it adapt to changing technology and the evolving needs of the francophone community. She plans to continue working one day a week after a new Managing Editor is hired, then retire this Fall.

18 July 2026,     TORONTO

Postmedia launches Distribution Solutions
 
 Postmedia Network has introduced Postmedia Distribution Solutions, a national wholesale distribution and merchandising business connecting publishers, brands, and retailers across Canada. Built on its recently acquired accelerate360 Canada business, the move “expands Postmedia’s national footprint into a complementary sector and strengthens our ability to serve partners from coast to coast,” the company added.

18 July 2026,     MELFORT, SASKATCHEWAN

Melfort/Nipawin Journal ceases publishing

 

 
The Melfort/Nipawin Journal, publishing since the 2019 merger of the Melfort Journal, Nipawin Journal, and Northeast Sun in Saskatchewan, ended printing in June of 2026 said parent company Postmedia. The Journal will transition from a free printed publication to a fully digital format. The printing press in its Melfort office was closed in 2018. Since then, the printed publication was switched to a free format, with content focusing mostly on provincial news from reporters based in Saskatoon and other larger centres.

18 July 2026,     SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO

Sault This Week newspaper ends operations

 

 
The final edition of the 59-year-old Sault This Week weekly newspaper was June 25, 2026, just over one month after its parent company Postmedia announced that it will be exiting the business of distributing retail flyers, with which the newspaper was bundled. The website link for Sault This Week now redirects to The Sault Star.

29 June 2026,     TORONTO, ON

COPA 2026 CALL FOR ENTRIES - JULY 1
 

The 2026 Edition of the Canadian Online Publishing Awards has been released. It includes a new division for Audio/Streaming content creators and 8 new categories.

Martin Seto, producer of the COPAs, wanted to do a refresh to make sure the COPA stays fresh and relevant in its 18th year. One of the new categories is AI assisted design, as the COPAs dips its toe in the world of AI.

 

NEW DIVISION

Audio and Streaming Content (Purple)

This division is open to any digital channel that streams audio and video that includes radio, TV and streamers on digital channels (Youtube, Spotify, Apple). 

 

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