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Press Freedom is not Negotiable – A Rewrite under Protest

(This letter was submitted to the Alberni Valley News on October 16, 2025) Dear Editor, I am a little stunned. This week, a vice president of Carpenter Media, the new American owner of the Alberni Valley News and other former Black Press papers, contacted me about a letter submitted a week earlier but not published. …

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Updated Oct 14 — Small town Canadian newspapers at risk from anti-democratic Carpenter Media ownership group

(The Letter was sent to the Alberni Valley News on October 8 2025) Update: October 14th – Carpenter Media Editor Refuses to Run my Letter. Today I was phoned (I believe… it all happened a little quickly) by Senior Vice President & Group Publisher Canadian Division, Mary Kemmis. She said she is in charge of …

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