Ottawa Offers $58.8M to Continue Local Journalism Program for Another Three Years

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Canada’s government is spending another $58.8 million to fund local journalism jobs.

The money will go toward the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI), a program created in 2019 aimed at helping media organizations increase “civic journalism” for underserved communities.