Torstar National Expansion???So this is the first step in the transformation - hire 20 journalists, sprinkle them across Western Canada and increase your digital presence. As an example of how harebrained this is here is a snapshot of Vancouver's media landscape not including Radio and TV and ignoring The Globe and Mail BC edition and the National Post:
| Newspaper | Language | Publication frequency |
| 24H (Vancouver edition) | English | CEASED PUBLICATION 2017 |
| The Indo-Canadian Voice | English | Weekly, free, English |
| The Awaaz Newspaper | English | Weekly, free, Punjabi |
| Asian Pacific Post | English | Weekly, free, Chinese |
| The Canadian Immigrant | English | Monthly, free |
| Discorder | English | Monthly, free |
| Filipino Post | English | Weekly, free, Filipino |
| The Georgia Straight | English | Weekly, free |
| Good News Weekly | English | Weekly, free |
| La Source / The Source | French and English | Bi-weekly, free, bilingual |
| L'Express du Pacifique | French | Bi-weekly |
| Ming Pao (Vancouver edition) | Chinese | Daily |
| Metro (Vancouver edition) | English | Daily (free) |
| Only | English | Ceased publication, currently online only, formerly a free semi-monthly |
| The Peak | English | Weekly free Simon Fraser University student newspaper |
| The Province | English | Daily, except Saturday |
| The Republic | English | Bi-weekly, free |
| Sing Tao (Vancouver edition) | Chinese | Daily |
| South Asian Post | English | Weekly, free, Indo-Canadian / Pakistani |
| The Epoch Times (Vancouver edition) | Chinese | Daily, free |
| The Ubyssey | English | Weekly free University of British Columbia student newspaper |
| Vancouver Courier | English | Semi-weekly, free |
| Vancouver Sun | English | Daily, except Sunday |
| Voice | Chinese | Weekly, free, and online |
| WestEnder | English | Weekly, free, CEASED PUBLICATION 2017 |
| World Journal (Vancouver edition) | Chinese | Daily |
Online Media:
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AX3 Battery, Asian news and events site
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BC Buzz with Dave Michael Garg, online TV & magazine outlet focused on the environment
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Daily Hive (formerly Vancity Buzz), local news and lifestyle outlet
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HUSH Magazine, an editorial platform for lifestyle, social commentary and entertainment
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LifeVancouver, Japanese news and events site
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Taiyangbao.ca, a Chinese-language news website produced in association with
The Vancouver Sun newspaper
· TheProvince.com, a news website produced in
The Province newsroom
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The Tyee, alternative news site
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Vancouver Desi, a South Asian news portal produced in association with
The Province newspaper
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The Vancouver Observer, alternative local news site
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Vancouver Weekly, alternative news weekly site
· VancouverSun.com, a news website produced in
The Vancouver Sun newsroom
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VIES Magazine, independent entertainment magazine in Vancouver, B.C. with focus on music, sports, food and beverage
See a big opening there for The Star? This ranks up there with StarTouch as the most ill-conceived strategy ever. How does the impending paywall play into this strategy? Is the assumption that consumers will be so blown away by the output of these newly hired journalists and The Star's award-winning content they will sign up to pay for it?
This is what happens when you appoint a CEO and a team with no idea on how to deal with the current media landscape. A desperate idea that would feed into Honderich's inflated view of the value of The Star. Michael Cooke's weak endorsement of this idea on his way out the door can only be described as Sad! Where is Linda Hughes on this issue? She's from Edmonton and knows this idea has no merit. Shame on them all.