Burnaby Now
{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Canada}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Burnaby Now
| logo = Burnaby Now logo.svg
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1983|11|23}}
| owner = Glacier Media
| publisher = Lara Graham
| editor = Mark Falkenberg
| language = English
| ceased publication = April 21, 2025
| headquarters = Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
| circulation = 44,158
| circulation_date = 2022
| website = {{URL|https://www.burnabynow.com/}}
}}
Burnaby Now was an online newspaper owned by Glacier Media and based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Until 2023, it published a weekly tabloid newspaper{{cite web|title=Contact The Burnaby Now|url=http://www.burnabynow.com/contact-us|website=burnabynow.com|accessdate=24 July 2020}} to 47,000{{cite web|title=Burnaby Now profile|url=http://www.glaciermedia.ca/advertisers/local-newspapers/burnaby-now|website=glaciermedia.ca|accessdate=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110143742/http://glaciermedia.ca/advertisers/local-newspapers/burnaby-now|archive-date=2016-01-10|url-status=dead}} residents and businesses.{{citation
|url= http://www.burnabynow.com|publisher=Burnaby Now|title=Burnaby Now|access-date = 2020-07-24}}
The first edition was a 12-page broadsheet format issued on November 23, 1983, which was a week after the final publication of 123-year-old The Columbian newspaper. The final print edition was produced on August 10, 2023, as part of cuts to three Glacier Media publications.{{cite news |last=Wyton |first=Moira |date=August 5, 2023 |title=Union says layoffs coming as Glacier Media cancels print editions of three Lower Mainland newspapers |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/glacier-media-print-editions-cancelled-1.6929242 |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=August 11, 2023}}
In February 2025, Glacier Media announced Burnaby Now would close no later than April 21.{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2025 |title=3 Metro Vancouver community news outlets to close as parent company cites 'financial challenges' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-now-new-westminster-record-tri-city-news-closure-1.7465970 |access-date=April 18, 2025 |work=CBC News}}{{Cite news |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Burnaby Now, New Westminster Record, Tri-City News to close |url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/burnaby-now-new-westminster-record-tri-city-news-to-close-10270756 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330080425/https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/burnaby-now-new-westminster-record-tri-city-news-to-close-10270756 |archive-date=March 30, 2025 |access-date=April 18, 2025 |work=Burnaby Now}}
See also
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.burnabynow.com/}}
{{Glacier Media}}
Category:Mass media in Burnaby
Category:Defunct newspapers published in British Columbia
Category:Newspapers established in 1983
Category:1983 establishments in British Columbia
Category:Online newspapers with defunct print editions
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