At Great West, we gave our share directly to our local reporters, bringing their wages up for the first time in years. CBC used that money last year to hire another 30 reporters in communities across Canada, which is great. But covering communities that are well-served by local media just because CBC doesn’t have a presence there isn’t useful — if anything, it could make it harder for those local outlets to survive. And I really have a problem with them spending their government money advertising their expanded competition with community media. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNational PostTim Shoults is vice president of Great West Media, a family-owned and operated community news media company serving 20 rural and suburban Alberta communities.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2026 11:40 UTC