Big Media in Canada, which are ruthlessly squeezing every last loonie out of our once-profitable news media, used their remaining political influence to shake down the digital giants with the Online News Act in hopes of cashing in big on the runaway success of the platforms. In the process, they have put Canada’s emerging online media and niche publications in the emergency ward.
Eagle Feather News, an Indigenous newspaper covering communities across Saskatchewan, says it is taking a "hopefully brief" but indefinite hiatus because it can't afford to pay journalists or print its next edition.
Knowledge is, in part, about intention. And with certain academics falsely claiming Indigeneity, our communities’ knowledge is under attack from within