Sun Media: Calgary Sun

Calgary Sun: Sun Media Corp. announced Tuesday it will cut its free commuter 24 Hours chain in half by closing the free urban daily in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton, cities where it will instead focus on the Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun and Edmonton Sun tabloids, according to Huffington Post. "We didn't see how we could improve the situation for these weeklies in the next year and it's sad," he added and Canadas largest newspaper publisher is shuttering 11 papers and slashing 360 jobs in a second wave of mass cost-cutting in recent months as the chain struggles to boost profits amid persistent industry-wide challenges. It will also shut down eight small weekly newspapers in central Canada that weren't profitable, said Martin Tremblay, vice-president of public affairs at Sun Media. Seven have been closed since June and the eighth, Le Progres de Bellechasse, was shuttered Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.