The Victoria Times-Colonist is a fish-wrapper/wire service masquerading as a news source.  I've been a Globe subscriber for more than 20 years because I didn't respect the product/service that the local rag was producing.

The loss of the local paper is to me - much sound and fury signifying nothing.

A more compelling case would be what the ownership group of the Vancouver Sun have done to it, the Province, the Ottawa Citizen et al.    The loss of quality reporting / editorials in major cities is a true shame.