TORSTARthere will no doubt be an outcome with Torstar in 2017. ts.b shares cannot remain in the dumpster at roughly $2.00. it makes no sense. i see more the company becoming privatized rather than be taken over by another public company, which i thought could have been transcontinental inc. (tcl.b), who is by the way is torstar's publisher of the toronto star newspaper, but it appears that Fairfax is the one having a firm grip on torstar, owning 19 million class-b shares. Torstar has fallen about 90 per cent since Fairfax first invested in September 2006, when the publisher was trading around $20 a share. It took a $175 million loss on its stake in 2008 and 2009, according to a 2010 letter to shareholders. torstar is to release Q4 earnings in early february. the stock should then sail smoothly to $3.00 and upwards and an offer coming through in a not too distant future.