Staff at three community newspapers in the Lower Mainland are bracing for layoffs as their publisher announced it will cancel the outlets’ printed editions next week, according to their union.
Some experts say the changes will leave the communities they serve with even less local news coverage.
On July 31, Glacier Media informed Unifor Local 2000 that it would shut down print operations and lay off staff at Burnaby Now, Tri-City News and the New Westminister Record by Aug. 11, the union said in a Thursday statement.
The last print edition of each paper will be on Aug. 10, according to a Burnaby Now story announcing the changes to readers on Thursday.
Glacier has not
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