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Tim Bousquet
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Editor at Halifax Examiner
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Postmedia acquires the Chronicle Herald and immediately turns the front page of the paper into an ad for the Alberta government.

The entire front page of the Chronicle Herald is an ad. The ad is a photo of a woman and two children in a grocery aisle. Beneath reads "Ottawa's Energy Production Cap Will Make Groceries More Expensive. The federal government's plan is misguided. Learn how it will impact all Canadians. Scrap the Cap.ca Alberta"
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SSsarahwhitehfx.bsky.social

To be completely fair, it’s not unheard of for the Herald to sell the front page. Heck, in my experience they’ll sell anything they possibly can if folks are willing to pay for it. But an ad for Alberta is definitely out there.

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whats wrong with wanting people to be able to afford things??? why are you Canucks such schmucks

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JFC.

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Ccomodisc.bsky.social

I was at a Sunmedia paper when it was bought by Postmedia. It was amazing to see they could actually make the paper worse than it already was. Including a continuous stream of this sort of non-journalistic rubbish.

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Locals have known it as the Chronically Horrid for decades, this just cemented it.

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NPnpilon.bsky.social

I would like to congratulate them on having the subtlety and restraint of a toddler that’s just chugged a latte.

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PSpamsword.bsky.social

In Alberta, a woman & her 2 daughters shop for groceries in a supermarket with gloriously wide aisles filled with generic boxes. Men don’t shop - Dad is at work in the oil patch & Kevin got dropped off at hockey practice. In this hellscape, there is only one kind of mac ’n’ cheese & it’s not Kraft.

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TIbikenwhisky.bsky.social

I subscribed to the Chronicle Herald during all three postings to Shearwater/Halifax. This makes me sad, and a little angry.

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Fgoodmorninghfx.bsky.social

🤢

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HRhalifaxretales.bsky.social

This is an example of why I didn’t want to work with Postmedia and quit my column when they purchased

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Tim Bousquet
@timbousquet.bsky.social
Editor at Halifax Examiner
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