{"id":573381,"date":"2026-03-31T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573381\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:02:09","slug":"four-local-toronto-area-metroland-newspapers-make-a-print-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573381\/","title":{"rendered":"Four local Toronto-area Metroland newspapers make a print comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Torstar and Metroland Media Group say print editions for four local newspapers in the Greater Toronto Area are making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>A monthly print edition of the Burlington Post debuted last week, while the Oakville Beaver will be available for pick up at public locations and local businesses starting Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Whitby This Week and Oshawa This Week are set to have print relaunches on April 8 and 15, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Metroland says it is also relaunching its journalism internship program with 20 new editorial intern positions for the summer and year-long positions across Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Metroland moved its hyperlocal newspapers to digital-only \u2014 save for six major daily newspapers \u2014 after the company sought protection and restructured under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.<\/p>\n<p>Metroland received more than $3.2 million in Google payments last year in exchange for the tech giant getting an exemption from the Online News Act.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Torstar and Metroland Media Group say print editions for four local newspapers in the Greater Toronto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-573381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}