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So John Scalzi posted a picture from Halifax today.

That clock tower? It's the kind of thing my Dad would never let us get a look at during our cross-country travels in the early 1980's. "You see that over there? That's (Québec City/Halifax/Boston/Hamilton). That's as close as we're getting."

I hated that.

And this was the same guy who trooped our family past Diefenbaker's corpse in Ottawa; Into the Olympic Stadium in Montréal mid-Expos game where the cheers over a batter hitting the ball damn near drove me to run away I don't know where in a panic; a few other sights, too.
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I know that I still want daily newspapers in my life, even if I find the current local crop somewhat wanting from time to time and am tempted to aim my subscription dollars at out-of-town papers.

With that in mind, I wanted to send my condolences to anyone lurking or friendlisting here from the Halifax area re: the Daily News. I've seen the news reports on the announced shutdown. I'm sorry to see this happen, as the city could certainly do with the ongoing competition that until now was in play.

More on the subject of newspapers in general to come, I think. I'm just not sure as to when or what form my thoughts will take.

For anyone interested, I note that Justin Beach has some thoughts of his own on the subject at publicbroadcasting.ca.

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