Canadians using websites for more news

Obviously, if people pay for high-speed internet. They may as well get every use for there buck. Buying a new paper that is at times hard to read and is a enviremental waste rather than a free alternative that doesn't use any paper waste and no trees were cut down in the process.

The option is obvious. Get with the times newpaper industry.

The internet is a great tool but it also has it's pro and cons. One thing I can see coming to a quick end is free access to dailies. I can't imagine news papers continuing to allow access to their sites without charging for very much longer which is kind of too bad. I really enjoy being able to surf through a variety of news papers in the morning.

Considering the crap we put up with for news, it's no wonder.
Getting spoon fed the only the stories that the media makers want us to know just isn't getting it done. With the net, I can troll oppinions from around the world, get different perspectives and make up my own mind. Not have it dictated to me by some media hack in short, snappy bumper sticker slogans.
It's also nessesary to remember that there have been more than enough examples where a Canadian blogger beat the media to the story, and often covered it far better and deeper than the media ever would.
TV news has become info-tainment.

I agree there were many newspapers in the US looking for bailouts earlier this year:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475046,00.html

Bailing them out would be like bailing out betamax video recorders. I used to enjoy reading the paper, but I don't think they have much time left unless they change their product drastically. In toronto we also have the "metro" and "24" free papers daily, which briefly summerize most of the main stories so buying the paper seems like even more of a waste. Especially when the main options are the star and the sun.

Metro and 24 are just a couple of Liberal rags that belong on the floor of the bus and trains

The problem with newspapers, and maybe it's just me, but they're a bitch to read. Sure, the content is great, but the paper they use is terrible.

Really ? Is the Sun a Liberal rag ? they write 24.
http://www.24hrs.ca/

There's a huge difference between blogs and newspapers. That's like comparing apples and oranges.

One is run by a guy (or three) usually in spare time, not as a career. Even those who do operate full time, don't usually employ anyone other than themselves. As such, they don't have to rely on advertising revenue to survive, simply because the blog is not their sole reason for existence. Newspapers however, employ dozens of people, and as such need streams of revenue that Google Adsense will never be able to provide. Craiglist stole newspapers biggest revenue stream, classified ads, and that's why many have turned into info-tainment, to attract readers, and therefore advertisers.

I don't like it, but it's better than relying on bloggers, who can print anything they want, because they are not tied to any rules of journalistic integrity. You may not like newspapers (nor do many younger people), but I have to wonder what 'news' will be like after they all die off.

As you like it..
In vancouver, I have a choice between 2 newspapers owned by the same media firm.
I like to read a newspaper but the quality and objectivity of the news is more important.

You believe in objectivity? You?.... Really?...

Huh.

Yes, you troll and then use your avatar as a slogan which is fair comment. I respect you because I may not agree with your POV at least you are passionate about your politics. Which is a great deal more then most.