Newspapers should be treasured

The growing ignorance of the population and the rise in marginal ideas can be directly linked to the decline of quality media.

Postmedia is in its death throes, and it is time their papers were put out of their misery and brought back as trusts with community money, support, and strong newsrooms, writes Andrew Caddell. Unsplash photograph by Priscilla Du Preez

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 1, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE. —It was 1960. I was eight years old, and my father would come in the door with the Montreal Star under his arm. My older brother and sister would grab a section each and I would follow them. We would kneel on the floor poring over the pages, then ...

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