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Canadian Heritage funds $110,000 research project to map local news coverage across Canada, with second phase planned for Quebec and Ontario.
Sep 12, 2026•about 2 hours ago
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Canadian Heritage funded the first phase of a federally supported research project aimed at developing a national directory of local news coverage across Canada. The project, which ran from October 2025 to March 2026, cost $110,000 and is being led by researchers from Université Laval, Concordia University, and Toronto Metropolitan University. The proposed second phase would expand the system across Quebec and Ontario, covering 1,859 census subdivisions. The eventual goal is to create a bilingual, open-source directory and interactive map of local news outlets that can be regularly updated.
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A federally funded research project led by researchers from Université Laval, Concordia University, and Toronto Metropolitan University aimed at developing a bilingual, open-source directory and interactive map of local news outlets across Canada. The project uses artificial intelligence combined with human verification to classify news outlets by their relationship to individual communities. The first phase was funded by Canadian Heritage and ran from October 2025 to March 2026 with a budget of $110,000. The proposed second phase would map local news coverage across Quebec and Ontario before potential national expansion.
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