A former reporter with Burnaby Now, Naylor says the closures created a “news desert” and left about 600,000 residents without daily local news. Burnaby Now, New Westminster Record, and Tri-City News, three Metro Vancouver community newspapers closed early this spring as their parent company cited financial challenges. Bartel, who worked at Tri-City News for more than three decades, says the loss of community newspapers weighs heavily. More than 70 per cent of those closures were community newspapers. Burnaby resident Charles Limchareon, who once delivered newspapers, said print offers a break from screens.

Source: CBC News December 22, 2025 08:52 UTC