Mediagazer: Glacier Media kills Burnaby NewsLeader and New Westminster NewsLeader (Stephen Hui/Georgia Straight)

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Glacier Media kills Burnaby NewsLeader and New Westminster NewsLeader … The community newspaper that gave me my first job in the business—as a carrier—is shutting its doors. — Today (September 10), it was made public that the Burnaby NewsLeader, along with the New Westminster NewsLeader …

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