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Reports on a March 2001 agreement between Pacifica Papers and Norske Skog Canada Ltd. (NSC) to merge under the latter's name. Operation of both companies on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Transformation of NSC into the North America's third-largest groundwood paper maker; Amount of paper to be contributed by Pacifica's Powell River and Port Alberni mills.

Predicts growth in Canada's pulp and paper sector for 1999, according to Canada Pulp and Paper Association. Projected increase in shipments of products; Estimated earnings of pulp and paper industry in 1998; Prediction on supplies and shipments of pulp and paper to offshore markets.

Reports the improvements of the Kruger Inc. newsprint and coated-paper mill in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

Reports the filing of lawsuit by the Cerberus subsidiary against Pacifica Papers Inc. in British Columbia Supreme Court. Rejection of the application of New York-based Cerberus to appeal the May 8 interim order; Allegations of the subsidiary; Votation of shareholders on Norske Skog deal.

Focuses on Kruger Inc.'s modernization project at its paper mill in Bromptonville, Quebec Province. Project cost and objectives.

The article reports on the condition of newspaper industry in Canada. It highlights the dismissal of staffs of several newsrooms including Windsor Star, Montreal Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen. An overview on the advertising revenues of American technology company Google Inc. and social networking company Facebook Inc., is also emphasized.

Reports the business competition among the newspapers industry in Toronto, Ontario. Launch of various free commuter paper; Merger of GTA Today and Metro; Number of copies distributed daily.

Reports on the brewing war in the newspaper industry in Canada. Feud between `The National Post' and `Globe and Mail' newspapers; Accusations of pumping up circulation numbers with a deluge of free copies; Audit Bureau of Circulations' release of figures showing that the `Post' was leading in terms of circulation. INSET: A cozy history..

Reports on the relocation of the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers in Canada. Where papers are relocating to.

Reports on the decrease of West Coast newsprint supplies because of the strikes in four papermills in British Columbia. Decrease in production of newsprint bought by western American newspaper; Closure of Fletcher Challenge Mills and MacMillan Bloedel mill.

Reports on Quebecor Inc.'s agreement to spin off to Torstar Corp. four of Sun Media's Ontario broadsheets. Amount that Torstar agreed to pay for the newspapers; Canada's largest newspaper group; Plan by the two companies to work together on future deals.

Reports that Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada have agreed to terms ending a five-month-old strike. Resumption of newsprint deliveries; Provisions of the six-year contract entered into by the union; Difficulties in negotiations.

Focuses on the speech delivered by Canada's cartoonist Lynn Johnston at the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors convention held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Inspiration for the characters in her cartoons; Johnston's belief that comic strips help preserve a nation's history and at the same attract young newspaper readers.

Discusses `Toronto Star' newspaper's purchase of an equity interest in the parent company of Sing Tao Daily, a Chinese newspaper printed in Canada. Terms under agreement; Chinese readers' interest in Canadian news reporting.

Discusses the consequences of Hollinger Inc. chairman Conard Black's decision to renounce his Canadian citizenship. Criteria for considering a newspaper Canadian; Impact of Black's decision on the qualification of the 'National Post' as a Canadian-owned newspaper; Possibility of transfer of Black's stake in the paper to his wife Barbara Amiel.

Deals with labor issues that affect the newsprint industry in Canada as of July 2004. Reason behind labor disputes against newsprint producer Abitibi; Information on other labor disputes against Abitibi in 1997.

The article discusses the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement arranged by 21 forestry companies belonging to the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and nine environmental organizations. Launched in May 2010, the agreement is said to be the result of large publishers and printers such as Hearst, Scholastic, and Transcontinental urging the forest industry's use of green practices. It notes that Canada's boreal and west coast forests supply a big portion of North American newsprint.

Reports on the expansion program of manufacturers of newsprint in Ontario. Spruce Falls Inc.'s additional production capacity for pulp; Rainy River Forest Products Inc.'s production of high-gloss groundwood paper.

Relates how Andrew McCredie, editor of the community paper, the 'North Shore Outlook' in North Vancouver, British Columbia, caught its rival 'North Shore News' which he suspected of plagiarizing his paper's sports listings and results.

Focuses on issues and developments affecting United States and Canadian newspaper companies as of March 2000. Includes the impact of the growing competition among leading newspapers in Canada on advertisers and readers; Increase in average monthly household expenditures reported by `The News & Observer' in Raleigh, North Carolina; Promotion launched by two Spanish-language newspapers in New York to increase readership.

Reports on the success of the `Montreal Gazette,' in competing for online business. Background on the paper's readership; Factors considered in deciding to go multimedia; Success in featuring a page about the referendum; Plans for a transaction model; Ways for marketing the paper online.

Discloses that the Ontario Press Council has refused to censure the Sudbury, Ontario-based `Northern Life' newspaper for its publication of an obscenity. Details of the council's ruling on the issue; Excerpts from the article that contained the obscenity; Complaints made by a reader about the obscenity.

Reports that the `Vancouver Sun' and `Province' newspapers will equip all their photographers with AP News Camera 2000 digital cameras and a portable PowerBook model 540c. Newspapers' conversion to digital news photography; Reasons behind the need for new equipment; Capabilities of the new equipment according to `Vancouver Sun' senior photographer Nick Didlick; Advantages of digital technology.

The article provides information about the report by auditing and professional service firm PricewaterhouseCoopers regarding the newspaper industry worldwide. It revealed a 38 percent decline in advertising revenue of U.S. and Canadian papers since 2005, and an estimated additional 16 percent fall in the next three years. It also showed a 0.5 percent growth in 2009 revenues of newspapers in the Latin American region which it attributed to low broadband penetration.

Editorial. Discusses the ideas revealed by the U.S. Senate Committee about proposed government regulation of the Canadian press as of May 2003. Pledge of U.S. Senator Joan Fraser to examine the quality and diversity of news and information Canadians need and deserve; Restriction of chain publishers from establishing a single editorial policy for all their papers; Impact of the holdings of Hollinger and Thomson Corp. on Canadian liberty.

Focuses on the changes in the funny pages of dailies in Canada. Addition of strips appealing to younger reader by Torstar Corp.; Addition of comics pages in 'The Guelph Mercury'; Removal of comics strips in 'The Hamilton Spectator.'

Reports that `Globe and Mail' newspaper is publishing color reproductions of each issue's Page One on giant-sized outdoor billboards in Toronto, Ontario. Launch of campaign on March 22, 1999 in partnership with the Xerox Corp.; Assessment of the effectiveness of the campaign.

Reports on Bowater Inc.'s announcement of plans to close its pulp mill in British Columbia as Montreal-based Abitibi-Consolidated announced its purchase of Stone Container Corp.' newsprint operations and related assets. Reason for the mill's closure; Details of Abitibi's purchase; Abitibi's negotiations with Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union.

Recounts the events that led to the takeover of the University of British Columbia's newspaper `The Ubyssey' by the student government. History of the controversies of the paper; Impact of the sexual content of the 1993 Valentine's Day issue; Political implications; Defenses of each party involved in the closing of the paper.

Reports on `Windsor Star' newspaper's printing, inserting and distributing from a greenfield plant in an industrial park in Windsor, Ontario. Use of anilox offset color presses; Automated online inserting through the use of Ferag, Sheridan and Quipp equipment; Shift from evening to morning publication.

Reports on the loss of satellite links suffered by two Canadian news outlets due to radiation. Telesat Canada's Anik E1's blanking out on January 20, 1994 followed by Anik E2 on the same day; Disruptions created by satellite failures on the news outlets' operations; Alternatives taken.

Assesses the success of the transit newspaper battle in Toronto, Ontario, with commuters picking hundreds of thousands of copies of the free tabloids every workday. Complaint from the Toronto Transit Commission on the littering of the newspapers and subsequent call on the newspaper publishers involved to contribute cash toward the cleaning of the litter.

Reports on the proliferation of free commuter tabloid newspapers in Toronto, Ontario. Launching of `GTA Today'; Publishing of `FYI Toronto'; Launching of `Metro.'

Focuses on CanWest Global Communications Corp.'s acquisition of Hollinger International Inc.'s Canadian newspapers. Sale of Hollinger's United States community newspapers; Price paid for the dailies and related publications; Proposal to `cross-fertilize' between the `Jerusalem Post' and its Global Television Network.

Reports that Canadian newspaper publishers are adding color capacity to their presses similar to what their United States counterparts have. Plan of stacking more print couples in four-color pressroom. Color capacity of the `Toronto Star'; Projections on growth of demand for color; Upgrading of other printing equipment.

Reports on the agreement of Southam Inc. to acquire Sun Media's 80% stake in the `Financial Post.' Media baron Conrad Black's involvement in the deal; Terms of the deal; Significance of the deal for Southam's planned rollout of a Canadian newspaper in October 1998; Analysts' assessment of the deal; Impact of the deal on Sun Media's stock price.

States that the Ontario's Labor Relations Board has found the Communications Energy and Paper-workers union violated two sections of the province's Labor Act when its struck Abitibi-Consolidated. Background on the union's strike.

States that Canadian publisher Southam Inc. is investing $100 million to create a national newspaper. Features of proposed newspaper; Support for project by advertising agencies; Suggestions for increasing circulation of local newspapers.

Reports on the use of a new page transmission system from the `Toronto Globe and Mail' to its five remote print sites starting May 13, 1994. Features and functions of the new equipment; Support policies; Return to original Anik E1 communications satellite; InfoFax order.

Reports on the feud between national newspaper dailies in Canada over the results of a readership survey conducted by the Newspaper Audience Databank Inc. Publisher Conrad Black's assertion that `The National Post' newspaper topped audit figures of `The Globe' and `Mail' newspapers; Publisher Phillip Crawley's criticism of the survey results. INSET: Conrad Black's New York friends..

Reports on a mortgage loan scam using classified advertising in small newspapers that victimized newspaper readers in the U.S. and Canada. Details of the fraud case; Effect of the scam on newspapers; Information on the discovery of the scam.

Reports on the sale made by CanWest Global Communications Corp. of some of its newspapers to Osprey Media Group Inc. Comparison of Osprey to U.S. newspaper chains Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. and Liberty Group Publishing Inc.; Remarks from Osprey chief executive officer Michael G. Sifton.

Discusses controversy over media competition in Canada. Transfer of half-ownership of the 'National Post' from Hollinger Inc. to CanWest Global Communications; Heritage Minister Sheila Copps' promise to name a government commission on media concentration.

Reports that Montreal, Quebec Province-based newsprint producer Abitibi-Consolidated is cutting back its mill capacity with the closure of one of its machines. Elimination of jobs; Move in response to slowdown in demand and soft prices; Plan by other newsprint companies to reduce their production.

Announces the decision of Noranda Forest Inc. to withdraw its plan to sell its newsprint operation in Masson-Angers, Quebec.

Reports that the `Anchorage Daily News' newspaper has given $200,000 to the University of Alaska's department of journalism and public communications.

Reports on the ruling of the Ontario Press Council that a `Record' newspaper reporter who recycled a hostage story by selling it to the `National Enquirer' did nothing unethical. Rejection of a complaint by Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario residents who were allegedly embarrased to see their photograph and story about their hostage experience in the `Enquirer'; Explanation of the council.

Provides an overview on the Web sites of several Canadian newspapers. Includes `Globe and Mail'; Rogers Communications Web site, CANOE; Southam Interactive.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the suspension of gay activist Gerald Hannon as a professor at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Ontario. Hannon's revelation of being a gay prostitute; Debate over Hannon's alleged promotion of pedophilia in his classes; Hannon's exposure of his gay activities to the press.

Reports the struggles of 'At Large Features Syndicate' during the weak economic times in Canada. Involvement in receiving work from, and sending payments to, various self-syndicated creators; Number of At Large Canadian columnists and cartoonist; Newspapers taking one or more of the syndicates offerings. INSET: Et cetera....