NOW What: Is There A Future for the Alt-Weekly?

When I was a suburban teenager dreaming of downtown, one of my weekly rituals was walking to the grocery store on Thursday and fetching the latest issues of Toronto’s two main alternative weeklies,
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NOW What: Is There A Future for the Alt-Weekly?

The loss of local voices goes beyond arts scenes and progressive op-eds as trusted legacy publications become propaganda for your city's worst actors.