Salah Bachir, former President of Cineplex Media, has died at age 71. He led Cineplex’s Media Division for 15 years from 2005 to 2021, published Cineplex Magazine, and helped launch its Scene loyalty program. Arriving in Canada from Lebanon at age 10, he eventually founded several film-industry magazines, including Videomania and Famous Magazine. He left the theatre chain’s media division at the end of 2021 to lead Torstar’s Canadian entertainment and movie publication Star Cineplex.

 A coalition of Canada’s largest newspapers is suing AI company Anthropic in an Ontario court. Postmedia, Toronto Star (Torstar), The Globe and Mail, and The Canadian Press, insist that Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model, Claude. “Anthropic has capitalized on the commercial success of its AI models, building an expansive suite of services, and raised significant capital, all without obtaining a valid licence from any of the news media companies,” said the statement of claim. The lawsuit was filed on October 6, 2026, and the allegations have not yet been proven in court.

 

Walmart Canada’s 2026 Toy Guide, the retailer’s popular roundup of its toy recommendations for the year, was printed for children to enjoy as well, with interactive pages such as colouring and connect-the-dots activities. The guide will reach millions of Canadians via Canada Post and is now available in Walmart stores across Canada, and digitally on Flipp to December 24, 2026.

 

LIFE Magazine is making its long-awaited return to print in the U.S. on November 23, 2026, as a $45 quarterly publication. The chronicler of American lifestyles and trends through breathtaking photography was a weekly staple when it was founded in 1936. The 248-page issue titled Where Are We Now? will appear in an oversized format with no traditional print advertising and will be available at selected U.S. bookstores and newsstands. No retail rollout was confirmed for Canada at press time.

 The Canadian Community Newsmedia Awards (CCN Awards) presented by News Media Canada, recognize outstanding English and French community publishing across editorial, photography, multimedia, and general excellence categories. The 2026 Outstanding Columnist Award went to Paul MacNeill of The Eastern Graphic in Montague, PEI. His columns on tourism, provincial politics, and healthcare, earned praise from the judges for their “fearless approach to challenging those in power.”

 Toronto-born author, poet, and essayist Anne Carson, 76, has won the Nobel Prize for literature for her playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. Carson earned three University of Toronto degrees and is the second Canadian woman and first U. of T. alumna to win the international accolade, widely regarded as the world’s highest literary honour. Carson taught classics at several North American universities and lives in Reykjavík, Iceland, where she and her husband, Robert Currie, were granted citizenship in 2022.

 

TC Transcontinental will permanently close its massive printing facility in Owen Sound, Ontario, at the end of January 2027, impacting over 360 jobs and ending an historic printing presence that spanned decades. Originally known as Richardson, Bond & Wright (RBW), the facility has long been one of Owen Sound’s largest private employers and a giant in the Canadian print-media sector. The plant has produced millions of retail flyers, major national magazines, and commercial print materials that were distributed across the country.