February 4, 2025

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The stories that go untold when a small town loses its newspaper

At 147, the Packet and Times was almost as old as the town itself. Last month, its owners killed it off. It was just one of many small newspapers closed with a snap of the fingers by Canada's two biggest newspaper chains.​ Marcus Gee spends one week in Orillia, Ont. telling the stories that won't be told anymore

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