Well said. I have a vested interest in the matter: I'm the editor/reporter for a weekly paper in the BC Interior. While I do cover some bigger matters - we had a hotly contested NDP nomination battle in the riding recently, with the provincial NDP leader asking one of the nominees, a four-time MLA, to step aside - I mostly cover local matters no one else would: the Lions providing two AEDs to local organisations; an Atom hockey tournament; an upcoming concert by the handbell choir; a group that is providing meals, clothing, and training for low-income people in our community; a local artist who has an exhibition running in Kamloops; what's going on at the local library; and much more. Not earth-shattering stuff, but people like to open the paper and read about people they know and things that are going on in our towns.

When community newspapers die, they take a lot with them, and people lose connection with what's going on around them.