Canadian Publishing Industry News
19 August 2026,     EDMUNDSTON
New Brunswick loses two weekly Francophone newspapers
 
 Citing financial viability, owner and publisher Postmedia has announced that L’Étoile, based in Moncton, and Infoweekend, which served northwest New Brunswick, have been closed. Both weekly newspapers were published by Irving-owned Brunswick News until 2022, when they were sold to Postmedia. The closures follow the July 2, 2026, final edition of the Miramichi Leader, also owned by Postmedia, and coincide with a reduction in print editions at Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper.
Edmundston Mayor Eric Marquis said the end of Infoweekend means the loss of a reporter who covered local events and municipal councils in the northwest. He added that the city may have to increase efforts to get accurate information out to residents without relying on social media, where misinformation is a concern. That community previously lost Le Madawaska, an independent newspaper founded in 1913, sold to Brunswick News in 2003, and closed in 2018.
 
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