Another Newspaper Goes Silent
Canadian Press
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The last edition of the Kamloops Daily News rolled off the presses Saturday, days after the paper announced it had given employees two months' notice.
Rob Munro, spokesman for Unifor, Local 2000, says it's best for everyone to cease operations quickly so people don't have to work in a demoralizing environment.
Publisher Tim Shoults has said he's saddened about the closure but that it was necessary because of declining revenues and a failure to sufficiently cut costs. “Personally I am very saddened to make this announcement,” said Shoults. “We have struggled for the last several years, worked tirelessly and taken many difficult steps along the way which were designed to ensure our future. Unfortunately the realities of our industry, our local advertising market and our labour situation were too great for us to overcome.”
The paper, which has a circulation of nearly 27,000, announced Monday that it would cease publication after 80 years and that 55 part- and full-time employees would lose their jobs.