The Alberni Valley Times will close by the end of 2015. On Sept. 30, parent company Black Press gave staff 60 days’ notice that the paper will close.
The Alberni Valley Times serves a community of about 25,000 in the Alberni Valley on Vancouver Island. It was a daily newspaper until August of this year, when circulation was reduced to four times a week.
The only other paper in Alberni Valley, the biweekly Alberni Valley News, is also owned by Black Press.
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