Quebec announces how budget's $36 million will support local newspapers

The Quebec government announced on Monday just how it intends to spend more than $36 million to support the province’s written press.
Speaking in Trois-Rivières on Monday, Culture and Communications minister Marie Montpetit, detailed how the $36.4 million will be spent over the next five years, describing the move as “historic assistance that no other government has made until now.”
Written media have until Jan. 15 to apply for some of the $19.2 million allocated for the